Joyous Christmas to all my friends on Bsky. — With warmest wishes for a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

As is my annual #ChristmasEve tradition, please enjoy Richard Willams' 1971 "Christmas Carol"—co-produced with Chuck Jones. Aired only once, it superbly honors Dickens' text & John Leech's 1843 illustrations—and features the most terrifying Marley's ghost ever! #Christmas youtu.be/ZTzyC9CZuOA?...

MR. MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL debuted #OTD in 1962. Jim Backus stars in this brilliantly conceived, beautifully animated musical adaptation w/ songs by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. This was TV’s first animated Christmas special — and it's a strong contender for its best. #Animation #ChristmasMovies

As is my annual #ChristmasEve tradition, please enjoy Richard Willams' 1971 "Christmas Carol"—co-produced with Chuck Jones. Aired only once, it superbly honors Dickens' text & John Leech's 1843 illustrations—and features the most terrifying Marley's ghost ever! #Christmas youtu.be/ZTzyC9CZuOA?...

Snow for New York beginning on #Christmas and/or #BoxingDay? —Yes, please!

The First Public Christmas Tree Lighting in Madison Square Park, New York City. (Samantha Sokol - Untapped New York) This day in New York City History marked the first public Christmas tree lighting in the nation. www.untappedcities.com/on-this-day-...

This 12th-century tower in Ray, Northern Iran, circa 1860s, is known as Toghrul Tower. It serves as the tomb of Turl Beg, a Seljuk ruler who died in 1063, situated near the outskirts of Tehran

One can and should do *much* better! —Hiring a decent architect helps. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates —Hugh Hardy (1932-2017), partner-in-charge Currier Gallery of Art Expansion (1979-1982) Manchester, New Hampshire Demolished 2006 #BrickArchitecture #PostModernism #PoMo #DemolishedBuildings

If Cuomo (god forbid) had won, who would he ask to swear him in? Wrong answers only, please.

new failing state capacity heuristic just dropped

Now imagine it decorated for Christmas. 😉

Duck meets decorated shed.

when your hammer makes solid contact with your chisel, and the chisel with the stone, there’s a wonderful feeling of force being transmitted from one to the other and of the potential for that force to change things and this right here is it

That weird thing on the burned-out shell of the White House that looks like a whip? —It's conventionally described as a lightning rod. So is Kate's latest, daringly-thoughtful piece.

Our "try and stop me" Vandal-in-Chief who jackhammered the Bonwit Teller friezes after promising to save them bypasses the GSA to fast-track demolition of 4 DC buildings that would destroy irreplaceable murals from Shahn, Guston and others. newrepublic.com/article/2042...

I buy the argument that the land is more valuable without structures than with. This is true of a lot of class-B/C/D buildings in the area, whereas it still pays to build A and Trophy buildings on good locations. And with the White House, why give them the benefit of the doubt?

A year ago I'd have thought this article was too dramatic. Now I have no doubt that reduction in government-owned real estate is triple-bottom-line for reactionaries: a smaller government subsidizing private landowners, while the artifacts of the New Deal and Great Society are turned to dust.

Longtime NCPC member Mina (Mydelle) Wright is alleging that the White House—not the GSA—is soliciting bids to demolish four federal office buildings in SW, including Marcel Breuer's HUD and the Egyptian-ish New Deal era Wilbur Cohen Building.

Here he is taking the photo.

We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Upon exiting the Avon Theater in Stamford CT, with my younger brother, I'll never forget how agitated Grandma was by the scene in "Mame" starring Lucille Ball (1974) where she opens a home for unwed mothers. Scandalized—she thought it was inappropriate for young children, and deserved an R rating!

It is a well-known black-and-white street photograph titled “Light Break” taken by the Iranian photographer Hossein Fatemi in 2014 (it won awards and has been widely published, including in National Geographic and LensCulture).

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE #ICEstapo

The world is not ready for cognitive warfare that is indistinguishable from reality in any way. This is going to become the norm for nation states as well as individuals and groups to cause full scale disruption of everything they can

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE

<all together now>

Silicon Valley was a mistake

The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy." It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Particular cruelty in sending people to a country the USA may or may not be bombing soon

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE

A modest proposal: Reestablish NYC's nuclear defense infrastructure. 😉

Huh. You'd think they'd already know that the Giant Power Heidelberg Electric Belt and Suspensory is *only* proven method of increasing male vitality.

This must sound like a great musical instrument when it rains. A recording of its tintinnabulations would be most welcome.

Turkey lurkey in the fridge? Last night, we put all the last scraps of turkey in a casserole dish & followed Sardi's recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini—which Vincent Price—a noted gourmand—included in his 1965 "Treasury of Great Recipes". It was sublimely delicious!

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami. They are lying to us.

"Le Ballon Rouge" directed by Albert Lamorisse (1956)

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE

25th Amendment now.

George Will: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." True, but he's working on a war. Any day now. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"

When you stayed up too late shitposting.

This alone is impeachable behavior.

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

#LosDesaparecidos #TheDisappeared #abolishICE #fuckICE

Catalog page from 1929 Mosaic Tile Company in Zanesville, Ohio, showing some of the patterns that Hermann von Holst used in his ComEd substations.

Micawber Court Windsor Terrace, London N1 3d diamond tile wall #reference #materialreference

Rust Lakeview, OH