I do miss the parody accounts on Twitter. So sharp.

First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at: —Nigeria—tonight’s strikes —Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr) —Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Iran—3 strikes —Iraq—1 strike

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Because that's a normal thing for a "democratic" country.

The thing that is specifically resonant about the 60 MINUTES incident is how many online versions of the report were recorded on cell phones etc, similar to how Soviet samizdat were often printed on illicit homemade or obsolete presses, lending them a characteristic janky print quality.

if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now

Mulholland Drive x Pluribus #filmsky

Bari Weiss is so wildly unqualified for her job she didn't know to check for international streaming rights before spiking the 60 Minutes CECOT piece. Blame Canada. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Even worse, her whole schtick is gone. She can never again claim she’s for freedom and the “free press.” She’s a joke on every level.

The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?

Jon Kay standing at the ready 🫡

Incompetence, along with a whole organization who hates Weiss and is happy to undermine her.

Toronto food bank use tops 4 million visits this year. Doug Ford: The key is providing people with jobs. More than 50% of those who depend on food banks are employed. Doug Ford: Then, I am all out of ideas. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race... www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Israel, May 14, 1948: Stealing Palestinian land is awesome! Israel, June 5, 1967: Stealing Palestinian land is awesome! Israel, January 2011: Stealing Palestinian land is awesome! Israel, Oct 7, 2023: WHAT THE HELL?? 😮 Israel, Dec 21, 2025: Stealing Palestinian land is awesome!

Piggybacking on this to share a term I enjoyed seeing today in reference to SV authoritarians: the Nerd Reich.

Hey Pantone, after the backlash that Cloud Dancer White was not a color, might I suggest a new color for 2026 Color of the Year?

I’m very tempted to do a title search to see who owns this monstrosity in <blinks hard> Ann Arbor.

Up to 1200 victims. Someone or many someones will come forward. No reason now to hold back due to fear or deference to the law.

The Epstein Files, everybody!

"An academic discovers a paper attributed to him that does not exist has been cited 42 times" is a sentence with an actual referent in 2025.

We need to do an MRI of Bill Kristol‘s brain to figure out how to replicate whatever happened to him on everyone at the National Review and Dispatch

Space news is the best. Like, what do you mean there's a runaway supermassive black hole 10 million times bigger than the sun moving through space at 2 million miles per hour www.space.com/astronomy/bl...

It’s normal for the head of CBS news to weigh in on internal squabbles inside the conservative movement, right?

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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

Prince Edward Island has far more autonomy than the City of Toronto

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)

I'm gonna be honest, I think "Venezuela stole the oil in the ground in Venezuela from the US" is going to be a hard sell even for the faithful

Obv MTG is virulently antitrans but for anyone pushing this talking point, always remember. For every person you see with red hair, you have statistically also seen someone who is intersex.

💀 WTI sub-$55 First time in nearly a half decade.

Hell World. Hell World. Hell World.

A large chunk of my life's work is to get more people involved and paying attention to municipal civics but then I watch a few minutes of Toronto City Council and I want to renounce everything I've done.

Employment growth since April ("Liberation Day"): United States: +119,000* Canada: +166,200 * The U.S. number is expected to be revised down.

Never change, Councillor Holyday.

There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it." It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵

I feel like if you’re the Conservative leader and you lose Rupa then you may as well pack up all your apples and make the move to Battle River-Crowfoot for good.

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

real sign of the times that the federal reserve chair all but accused the federal government of falsifying jobs data and it didn't even last a full day in the news cycle

She should be thrown back into jail.

Martha Stewart has revealed how she eats bagels and I am speechless

Senator Warren, this is your moment.