hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

Has anyone in Congress announced that they're starting the impeachment process yet?

building the case to the rest of the world isn’t to explain Trump’s actions are wrong—that’s clear. It’s to demonstrate elite dissent & rejection of Trump’s actions, to reassert Congress’s role in authorizing force, & to create the kind of public noisiness about policy that characterizes democracies

The arguments for why it's bad politics are all unpersuasive, but also no excuse even if it were true. You took an oath and that oath is not contingent on if the other members of Congress will join you in doing the right thing. It does not depend on which party is in the majority. Get caught trying.

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Checking the borbometer to see how cold it is before going outside😂 #birds #brrrrrds #borbs

i can't describe for you the weirdness of visiting one of the (relatively few) parts of the world that has a high background level of regard and gratitude for the U.S.A. It feels like stepping into a mirror universe.

SOME PERSONAL NEWS feed! (I'm not even in my own feed smdh) bsky.app/profile/did:...

We had a chance to lower healthcare costs. I fought hard for it. But the Congressional GOP refused to do anything, and now people are staring down the barrel of budget-busting spikes in their premiums. [1/2]

Happy New Year from the National Butterfly Center! 🦋 We’re excited to share our January Calendar of Events. We have story time, night hikes, workshops, and more. Save our calendar and we hope to see you soon!

It was a mistake to write this earlier. I've been distracted all day by thoughts of what I should cook.

[Herman Melville tries to tell a joke.]

Evening

Check out the Mini of the Month posts! Here’s one to get you started:

Yep, the level of vicious bigotry is extreme and we can cannot give an inch. There is a movement on the far right, supported by billionaires and powerful people in the White House, who want to ethnically cleanse Somalis from the U.S., and we must describe it as such and treat it as such.

Can confirm, and some states have stricter child pornography laws than the federal government has. For example, if I'm remembering correctly, federal law has a safe harbor provision for people who have a small number of images and report them to the FBI; not all states have that.

I reviewed a very good book, and got some thoughts out of my system. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/b...

I genuinely love January and February. I didn't always; I took a lot of time to think about what I enjoy this time of year and to lean into those things. (This strategy was so successful that I've replicated it for other times of year.)

This is very funny and it also reminds me that it’s time for my annual post about how I learned to love the post-holiday wintertime

I would enjoy watching Trump do the actual Spelling Bee

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

One of the most important tools in the lawyer’s persuasive toolbox is framing. Take this excellent example, from my toddler, earlier today; “Please don’t take away my toys!” … “Please don’t take away…the toys…that *Santa* gave me.”

I wanted to make a lemon pig but I didn’t have lemons or toothpicks now I’ve gone and summoned the spirit of Dali and will have a surrealist year ☹️

This is honestly incredible news. I wouldn't have believed it five years ago. (Also: get your flu shot.)

My swear-in book is Strunk & White “Elements of Style.”

Partner saw my steam burn and asked if a bean bit me. Then he surreptitiously pinched me and said, “I saw the one that did it! Big fella. White. Looked like a lima.”

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There nine days this December that were 15+ degrees higher than average. There were only two days that were below average.

Time-lapse of an ultrasonic cheese cutter at Rodolphe Le Meunier fromager.

WEALTH TAX

It sounds like something you’d read on Wikipedia about a 17th century monarch

"The president of the United States is a pedophile who can't stop bleeding" sounds like something you'd tell your kid to keep them away if you lived on the border

First injury of 2026: steam burn from slow cooker full of black-eyed peas

Want to do something for democracy in the new year? Follow the link to learn how to be a poll worker anywhere in the US. You get to help make sure your little corner of the election is run professionally, lawfully, & w/ an eye toward making sure every eligible voter gets to cast a ballot that counts

Appropriate, probably

FYI: New Year resolutions don't begin until Monday Jan 5. You're allowed to maintain your bad habits for the rest of the weekend. I don't make the rules (actually, I did make this one, but my vow to stop making arbitrary rules doesn't kick in till Monday).

Resolutions this year: 1) eat more fiber (traditional New Year’s black-eyed peas, collards, and sauerkraut give me a head start) and less sugar 2) do more yoga and stretching

It's another year, Park Protectors. Let's do this 💪

The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot

In 2026 we're going to show these motherfuckers that we're not stuck in here with them, they're stuck in here with us

🦝🥂🎉

When I was a kid, I loved NYE because I got to stay up late and my family always played party games. But my own kids are not late-night people, and we’ve never really figured out what to do with the holiday, and honestly, that feels ok.

hope is a discipline and we are going into 2026 with those discipline guns ablazing

We ate Chinese food. Kids were asleep by 8. Just finished When Harry Met Sally. I’ve had a few good NYEs but mostly this is a holiday I’m happy to sit out.

Maybe it will happen in 2026.

Happy New Year, Bluesky!

They’re gonna try to kill us again next year. Fuck ‘em again next year.

This year sucked in a lot of ways, but I got to spend it with my favorite people. That makes up for a lot.