God, post-punchline Hi & Lois can be *brutal*: comicskingdom.com/hi-and-lois/...

My father died of a Roundup-related cancer six years ago. Perhaps it makes no difference in the world, and the company has changed hands since he was exposed to it, but it is now and forever banned in my house.

Okay so my question is, who keeps asking for these exams? God knows his family's not around. Does Susie Wiles have medical power of attorney?

The whale's watching football again

[Extremely PBS Narrator Voice]: The framers thought American freedoms were being threatened by tyrants. What they didn't realize at the time was...they were tyrants.

Has the cunning Islamo-Communist who actually likes public transit and doesn't know to let a Cuomo run things killed us all yet or nah

Welcome to 2026, the year we finally remove the stain of Donald Trump from American politics. Or when the nation is taken over by intelligent apes. Things happen, you know?

But do the assisted living facility residents really get Bowie's "Heroes"?

well we have been saying 2025 can't end soon enough

THINGS THE KIDS COME TO READ ME FOR:

No man who uses the semicolon in a text should be considered eligible, for anything, ever.

unless your year-end review is "2025 went out for a pack of smokes and never came back" i don't want to hear it

Me after three days of celebrating the Nativity of the Lord Jesus with family and friends

It's like the Church of the Subgenius went into the distilling business

My family when I'm beating egg whites for æbleskiver

The incredibly corrupt, lawless, & unconstitutional nature of the entire DOGE enterprise requires Elon Musk and lots of other people to spend the rest of their lives in jail.

Tintin magazine, dated December 26, 1946.

n.b.: Telling me insultingly that I should be meaner to other people is a great way to get stuffed down the Bluesky mute hole.

Amazingly, this isn't just privilege or arrogance for a lot of these folks. Their entire epistemology is built on the fundamentalist* belief that the gospel and truth are one and the same. That Christian ideas are not universal is simply outside their mental framework.** bsky.app/profile/seth...

Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.

Merry Xmas to all who celebrate!

Wishing all of our friends a very happy holiday season full of peace, love & happiness! Gracias Ignacio Gomez for this wonderful piece of art. #WeFeedYou Deseándole a todos nuestros amigos unas felices fiestas llenas de amor, paz y felicidad! Gracias Ignacio Gómez por está increíble pieza de arte.

Okay, now I REALLY want to know why he wanted that Qatari Air Force One so bad

More important, the setting for A Christmas Story

I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE BESIDES MY TAXES, THE EPSTEIN FILES, VIDEO OF BOAT MURDERS, MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA, NUCLEAR SECRETS I STOLE, AND WHATEVER HUNDREDS OF HUSH AGREEMENTS COVER

I don't know who thought pinching the riff from "Der Hölle Rache" for a Christmas song was a great idea, but maybe keep workshopping that.

Aw, they got us concentration camps for Christmas! They shouldn't have!

Christmas Eve. Mary the Prophet. open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

Very nice, but please note that Maine Public goofs a bit: neither Quakers nor Unitarians are mainline denominations. In fact, as Field points out, they're not even strictly speaking *Christian.*

So tempting on today of all days

oh look [checks notes] 2007 prospect.org/2007/10/10/f...

Worth pointing out that nationalist regimes of any type tend to be unstable, because by definition it is impossible for there ever to be sufficient unity (i.e. purity) in the polity.

Joe Ely passed? Well, damn.

I believe fans should not be exempt from the mediated spectacle of NFL violence

tip o' the pin to @theodramatist.com

Waiting for a girl, and she gets me into fights Waiting for a girl, we get drunk on Friday night

Pope Leo: “Before the holy night of Christmas, think of someone with whom you would like to make peace: it will be a more precious gift than those you can buy in the shops, because peace is a gift that is found, truly, only in the heart.” press.vatican.va/content/sala...

h/t @phillewis.bsky.social

Some friends were grousing with how Trump seems to get away with everything. "Don't worry," I said. "He will face ultimate judgment some day." "You think he's going to Hell?" "No," I said with just a hint of dramatic pause. "I think he will be forgotten."

Mad internet points to the first lawmaker to declare "Redact THIS, Mr. President!"

Strategy is to delay until they're sure the Argentinian non-extradition agreement is rock solid.

They couldn't release all the Epstein Files because the black ink cartridge died

This is obviously not a desirable outcome, but I will say two things: It sounds like the jury considered the charges carefully, asking the judge multiple questions. And Dugan is quoted as saying "I'll take the heat," which she certainly has, without backing down.

T'heck with this nonsense

Please put him in a cardigan in front of a fireplace, please put him in a cardigan in front of a fireplace, please put him in a cardigan in front of a fireplace, please