Counted them up: I've done more than 160 stories on Bounces in 2025, which is a whole lot. For this year-end post, I went back through to dust off some of my favorites from the year. I hope you've enjoyed the ride! Subscriptions make great gifts! www.benrothenberg.com/p/the-merry-...

That was a seriously remarkable season of television, Heated Rivalry.

Shane’s dad at the cottage:

Mom we broke the vase

Anyone who failed to vote for Harris needs to take that Ukrainian flag out of their bio. Literal war refugees have been scooped up by ICE around Chicago.

You know you're a fool if... you ever fail to vote a straight-D ticket in every election at every level of government for the foreseeable future.

Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative

The Trump administration is seeking to overhaul the country’s immigrant detention system in a plan that includes renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according to documents reviewed by The Post.

The way Netflix spent a gazillion dollars on Stranger Things only to be eaten up by two gay hockey sluts

Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE. CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.

(For when that one gets pulled down)

I'm 90% sure he pivoted to the right because they don't care about the sexual assault allegations

i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight

New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to. "The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen." @andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social

Important news for the Bluesky userbase (37-year-olds who went to the free Prospect Park shows every summer): Wolf Parade has the No. 1 song on Spotify right now because it's in the gay hockey movie.

Allyship. Thank you @bethorne.bsky.social @blessamysheart.bsky.social

We're rolling out a new bumper sticker -- bust monopolies! Monopolies have rigged our food/farm system, bought off politicians like Sid "Bootlicker" Miller, and are pillaging America. The buck stops here, but only if we have you in our movement 💪 www.claytontuckertx.com/bust-monopol...

Should get a pardon and a Presidential Medal of Freedom from the next administration

A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.

I’m howling.

Remember, the media went after Obama harder for attending a church with an extremist reverend than they ever have for Trump being Epstein's best friend & top client for decades

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Under Trump 2.0, tech platforms have proven to be much more responsive to the demands of a rising authoritarian than to pressure from workers, users, or civil society, writes @davekarpf.bsky.social. If we are going to repair democratic institutions, we to have to do it ourselves, he says.

A&M? Shocked.

Weird I wonder who makes up the workforce of people who take steers and turn them into boxed beef. Is it Elon's Optimus robots?

The Republicans really play people for rubes.

Every generation of New York politics has had its immigrant realignment. The Irish built Tammany, Jewish socialists built labor, Italians powered La Guardia--and now Mamdani is building something new out of bodegas, cabstands, and delivery apps. www.waleed-shahid.com/p/the-long-a...

Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.” A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.

What Nick Fuentes really looks like and what the NYT wants you to think he looks like.

Somebody got the big Cricut I see

wow, what a tuesday!

He really said play Kim Petras. It’s time.

Zohran says you’re trans now

WTH is this?

I’d be embarrassed to put that in front of a game store, let alone the most powerful office in the world

Cue the participation trophy memes

Mamdani taught Trump a new word!

NEW: #399 "The Cusp Boys" - Rybakina books her Finals spot and dips immediately - Jannik takes a break from Davis Cup and gets roasted (Sinner al forno) - Kostyuk decides to dabble in a little late-season transvestigation - And more! thebodyserve.podbean.com/e/the-cusp-b...

The beginning is just awesome, 4 sentences against Ackman

“Are you guys killing chickens on Survivor? I don’t think so.” -Alex. This goes so hard, all things considered.

I feel very strongly that the new stupid ballroom should *not* be torn down. I believe the next Dem President should, a week after taking office, have a Drag Queen Story Hour there, and then use it for a rotating exhibit of Black/Latin/East Asian/African/Queer art. We're going full troll, people.

i am pretty sure this isn’t how this works

This is so, so grim

Amtrak's new Acela trains can reach top speeds of 160 mph — 10 mph faster than the older version. Their arrival comes after years of delays due to testing complications and old infrastructure. Were they worth the wait?

paging mooooorgs

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

Coco Gauff wins 4-6, 7⁷-6⁴, 6-2 against Belinda Bencic This was a fun match but it completely turned after Bencic was a set and *4-3 up and then complained about Coco's team cheering when she went to serve, that was definitely the turning point and it clinches Coco into Riyadh. 📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

I hate when some people try to prove a point. Like no, ya missed the mark. Again.