Happy New Year, y'all. In the immortal words of Colonel Sherman T Potter, "May she be a damn sight better than the last one..."

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎊

Approximately 148 F bombs but who’s counting?

Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts. George, Edwin and Josephine Moran Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory

Welcoming my Ghost of Christmas Past with warm nostalgia, my Ghost of Christmas Present with gentle understanding, and my Ghost of Christmas Future with cautious optimism.

“I wish I had a river I could skate away on.” #photography #stormhour #photographybreak

This is one of our favorites!

The ghosts of Christmas Past are now well dressed. 🎄👀 #IYKYK

Santa took some time from a busy schedule to join demonstrators. 🎄 #SignsOfProtest #photography #photohour #photographybreak

The fact that people need a dead man's files to believe a thousand living women tells you everything about whose voices they value and whose they don't. @houserepublicans.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

“for countless millions, the receipt of handwritten pages from a lover, a parent or a friend served as an intimate proxy for their presence.” #Writing #Letters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

That sound you hear is Walter Cronkite rolling over in his grave.

If you're a staffer at 60 Minutes who worked on that CECOT segment that got yanked by Bari Weiss at the last minute, figure out a way to leak it. Not saying it's an easy decision or there won't be consequences, but ask yourself why you got into journalism in the first place.

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

I think I just accidentally sneezed out one of my demons. May the flu be with him.

NWS says we could get some snow Tuesday. But a white Christmas? Maybe not: Although the Greater French Toast Area might get an inch, it might also be washed out when the precip turns to rain. Still, worth an upgrade from 1 to 2 Slices. bostonfrenchtoast.com

Winter Solstice sunrise over the Boston skyline (from Mt. Watatic).

Happy Winter Solstice. The mists returned to Avalon as we celebrated the return of the light on the shortest day. Tomorrow daylight hours begin to lengthen. It was a beautiful morning on Glastonbury Tor.

Yes, it's obscene and will be removed. But it is amusing that Donald is too stupid to know what memorial means. If only . . .

Santa’s naughty list is probably heavily redacted, too.

The website will probably crash due to the volume of traffic, but here are the Epstein files the DOJ has released so far.

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

They are disappearing people. Listen to this. Nightmare. (And the longer they stay the more money core civic makes)

Did I say I 🖤my city ✌🏼😎

Boston doesn’t back down. Ever

With two weeks left to go in 2025, my biggest fear is that we haven't yet reached the bottom.

On the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, demonstrators retraced the historic march from Old South to the Boston harbor tonight and dumped ice into Boston Harbor, declaring: No Kings, No Tariffs, No ICE. 📹: @we.jamsa

This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.

I've never wanted to hear a response from Rob Reiner as much as I do right now.

" The greatest danger to our future is apathy." ... Jane Goodall April 13, 1934, ... October 1, 2025

Too much hate in this world.

With this first snow there is a moment of peace. ❄️ #photography #photohour #photographybreak

Daily reminder SEARCH: "Epstein Files" Every social media app, every search engine. Every day.

ALERT: The Rhode Island Blood Center is calling for immediate blood donations, especially with type O- and B- blood, after Saturday’s incident. Hospitals need extra supply right now. Extended donor center hours are available. If you’re eligible, please donate.

Your Dark thoughts Jagged edges Demons I’ll embrace it all. ~ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ.~

Student who was shot in the stomach in a mass shooting at her high school in Santa Clarita, CA in 2019 was locked down in her dorm at Brown tonight. "I chose Brown because it was a safe community for me to be in. I liked Rhode Island. I felt safe here." www.ms.now/the-weekend-...

Hoping everyone is safe in Providence and Brown University.

Oh no ….

Happy 100th Birthday, Dick Van Dyke! Thank you for sharing your joy with the world.

Your daily fortune: Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes, wonderful new things will emerge from a complete mess.

Hopefully this gets it on record that he destroyed what's not his personal property, & lied his way through it Also hopefully spares us from another one of his tasteless "improvements": "[He wants to] “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool [in DC]. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours"

Snow? Is NWS saying snow? And even on the coastal plain? Yes, they are, more or less, for Saturday night into Sunday: "Now, before everyone becomes too excited this system doesn't appear to be a prolific snow maker." So 2 Slices. bostonfrenchtoast.com