Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea

A great essay about something else. But this is a breathtaking sentence. lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-h...

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

NEW: All flights to and from El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'special security reasons,' FAA says.

There should be Congressional hearings over this

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week. n.pr/3Mq3Y6i

If you are in or near Chicago and want to show solidarity with Minnesota, pray for our nation, consider this event Fri night. Tony Pizzo, OSA (provincial of the Augustinian Chicago province) will preside. Everyone welcome, its not just for Catholics. Please share.

Bro she should go to jail

i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states

Rough Draft #10 is out now! We’re talking 2026 resolutions: art as a side quest, learning without “deluxe finished product” pressure, midlife career pivots, being terrified all the time, bass guitar dreams, hula hoops, Chicago love, and more! roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

It’s really too bad that Trump’s cabinet are all spineless worms or equally crazy because “the President has gone insane and is going to destroy the transatlantic alliance because they didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize” is kind of exactly the thing we have a 25th Amendment for

If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

The good better best is going to be next level. Ben Johnson is going to ascend directly into Heaven like Elijah.

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

“It’s bad luck Ghorman. We need what's in the ground, and when we're done, there won't be much left to call home."

Hannah Arendt mention on the young and the restless

When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.

i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.

Incredible timing that Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are co-starring in a movie when the former's press quotes are like "I Googled racism last night and it turns out it's a thumbs down" and the latter's are like "Voltaire said we must strangle the last king with the bowels of the last priest”

We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.

There’s something worse than Trump coming. youtube.com/shorts/EhsKw...

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🧵 On 6 December 1989 a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique with a semi automatic weapon. Separating women and men, he shot the women, screaming, “You are all feminists” 14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

First thing he said to me after repeating my name was “that’s good blood”

The French electronic duo turns distressed dreams into symphonies plucked from cotton candy clouds. Yet to see Air's members perform live, everything looks so effortless. n.pr/4rANTdX

Holiday home tours are so weird like I don’t want to see your house or your tacky furnishings

#countdowntochristmas Ernest saves Christmas

Epstein Hegseth's order Withholding economic data Getting richer while president Questions about his health I'm probably forgetting a few. But the point is that ANY other administration in history would be called "scandal-plagued" if not already over. The only change is in what we accept.

I dunno man it just really seems like American universities have lost the plot over the past 30 years or so and while I too love college football and basketball, the people making key decisions at them don't seem to care about their educational mission at all

#countdowntochristmas in earnest this time. The Santa Clause

#countdowntochristmas how the grinch stole christmas (2018)

#countdowntochristmas Scrooged

#countdowntochristmas The Grinch from 2000

#countdowntochristmas Dear Santa (2024)

#countdowntochristmas Jingle All The Way the first two days was Home Alone and Mickey’s Christmas Carol

Who is Olivia nuzz? I admit I haven’t the foggiest clue who that is. I thought she was like a kardashian or a hadid

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

Taemin is gonna be on the Kelly clarkson show!

An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today: ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...

If anyone has connections in Charlotte, NC or any other city where ICE/CBP are ramping up operations or announcing intent, I’d be happy to tap them into our Chicago whistle network. Please message me on Signal if you’re willing to host assembly events or receive supplies! emidly.08

Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.