Penguin walking on a “penguin highway” - with zoom out for perspective.

It was nice just getting back on the bike after surgery. I managed to put in enough miles to lose 40 lbs.

Putin has been trying to make Ukraine fail for a quarter century

Yep. As we try to show in this piece, Stephen Miller's real aim is to unmake the world created by the 1965 immigration act:

It's hastening the end of my formerly enjoyable occupation. Imagine all the amazing new cults it will create.

[holding hostages in a bank vault] “I join the cops in wanting to resolve this dangerous situation”

Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.

Trump gets his marching orders from the Kremlin’s murderous thug.

The “Big Bad Wolf” has gotten a bum rap. Far from being dangerous (wolf attacks on humans are extremely rare and are usually provoked), the wolf is a better friend than you know. wapo.st/4peEOoI

wtaf

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

It started to get really good when the two-headed cat showed up.

Somehow this has become an evening with Sarah Vaughan.

Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.

The Secret Agent was my kind of film.

This reminds me that you can get a dog in Zwift, not that I'm close to unlocking that achievement.

Ford is writing off nearly 20 billion dollars in losses on EV and battery factories. And pivoting to…. Batteries to power AI data centers @bentleyallan.bsky.social Why I say that trump’s US is crushing green industry and going all in bet on AI and fossil fuels.… techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f...

Just a few examples of FBI/DOJ documents that haven't been released: The 2019 prosectors' memos on co-conspirators they considered charging. The 2007 60-count draft indictment of Epstein. A raft of victim statements detailing abuse from powerful men. And much more None has been released.

only a bit above the paywall but you get the horrible gist www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

I’m filling today on @wfmu.bsky.social *and* I’ve got a live set from the hard-rockin’ The Duke Of Surl! Show starts at noon EST, live set starts at 1pm. Don’t miss a minute! On the radio in and around NJ / NYC at 91.1, 91.9, and 90.1fm, and online from anywhere at wfmu.org

Let's go, Chicago...

prolonged and exhausting

Watch the censored video from CBS for yourself. Democracy dies in darkness

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Ukrainian F-16 in pursuit of the Russian Kh-101 missile. - United 24

Alls I want is a news channel of ugly, boring, honest, slow-talking mf'ers.

A little video I made in Bakersfield while I was filming myself with one of these cameras:

“.. The astounding haul hints at a level of transactionalism for which it is difficult to find obvious comparisons in modern American history.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made. SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The US government must be in The Hague together with russians. They say it perfectly knowing that russia is preparing to attack even more countries, including NATO countries.

………

Fuck this guy.

Rick Steves is the Dolly Parton of the greater Puget Sound region.

As a Chicagoan who never felt like investing in this franchise, okay then.

We are ruled by a Satanic death cult.

This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?

“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of

I just wanted to endorse the podcasts A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs and Cocaine & Rhinestones. I might get back into actually reading about this stuff.

The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

So embarrassing. Being played by a foreign enemy. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...

What American institutions are standing up and "meeting the moment"? Sleeping giants awake: US foundations. Podcast with head of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey. fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-th...

Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

luigi mangione had a better healthcare plan than this

My biggest problem with the leadership of the party is their failure to use their power, including kinetic power, to defend liberal democracy. Tolerance should not be extended to authoritarians.