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Always a great spot to grab a stocking stuffer or two for my wife
I have printed so many orders.
Becky and Lauren are back there flailing packages into bags.
Thank you for supporting small queer and marginalized businesses this year, folks.
Becky and Lauren are back there flailing packages into bags.
Thank you for supporting small queer and marginalized businesses this year, folks.
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Always a great spot to grab a stocking stuffer or two for my wife
STOVE
@JeffPassan tweeted
The Kansas City Royals are acquiring outfielder Isaac Collins and right-handed reliever Nick Mears in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, sources tell ESPN.
The Kansas City Royals are acquiring outfielder Isaac Collins and right-handed reliever Nick Mears in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, sources tell ESPN.
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
STOVE
How much weight has he lost?
December 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How much weight has he lost?
8 beds and 1 bathroom is a war crime
1. Note that the girl in this pastoral fantasy is sort of a landscape feature, like Stinky’s, not autonomous.
2. Also I am 75% sure she’s not a nice girl, she’s awful, and also she’s dead and this is her Hell
2. Also I am 75% sure she’s not a nice girl, she’s awful, and also she’s dead and this is her Hell
December 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
8 beds and 1 bathroom is a war crime
Friendly reminder that making money isn't the goal of the Postal Service
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Friendly reminder that making money isn't the goal of the Postal Service
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Whoa hold up, a healthcare system where the wealthy get better healthcare? I’m not following you Mark this is all strange to me.
Are you ok with rich people having access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals and you don't because the gov won't pay for it or they opted out of the Universal care program ?
Do you think it's right for doctors and nurses to only work for what they think is a living wage ?
Do you think it's right for doctors and nurses to only work for what they think is a living wage ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Whoa hold up, a healthcare system where the wealthy get better healthcare? I’m not following you Mark this is all strange to me.
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Ra's al Gullible
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Ra's al Gullible
It was stupid of me, but I never thought we'd see a team better than prime Golden State.
if the Knicks were one game off of being undefeated and had the best defense of all time you could not come close to shutting me up. i'm sure Thunder fans feel the same. you do not need to feel the same.
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It was stupid of me, but I never thought we'd see a team better than prime Golden State.
I think it was a good article in general, but i think it's also flawed.
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
As @howardbeck.bsky.social pointed out in his column, the recent history of making blockbuster trades for superstars is mostly not great!
He’d obviously benefit any team that trades for him, but it’s fair to be skeptical of the expected acquisition price.
He’d obviously benefit any team that trades for him, but it’s fair to be skeptical of the expected acquisition price.
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I think it was a good article in general, but i think it's also flawed.
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
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Going all in for Giannis is tempting, but history suggests it could end in disaster. “The NBA,” says one exec, “is not very good at learning from its mistakes.”
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
Should You Go All In for Giannis? History Screams No.
NBA teams love going all in for superstars. It almost never works.
www.theringer.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Going all in for Giannis is tempting, but history suggests it could end in disaster. “The NBA,” says one exec, “is not very good at learning from its mistakes.”
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
Every contending team should be in on Ellis
New Inside Pass:
🏀 Giannis and the Bucks
🏀 Anthony Davis suitors
🏀 Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers latest
and much more on ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47245704/shams-pass-nba-trade-deadline-notes-news-buzz-anthony-davis-giannis-antetokounmpo-teams
🏀 Giannis and the Bucks
🏀 Anthony Davis suitors
🏀 Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers latest
and much more on ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47245704/shams-pass-nba-trade-deadline-notes-news-buzz-anthony-davis-giannis-antetokounmpo-teams
Shams' NBA trade buzz: Why all eyes are on AD, Giannis and Kuminga
As NBA trade season nears, the futures of Anthony Davis and Giannis Antetokounmpo are in focus. Here's everything we're hearing.
www.espn.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Every contending team should be in on Ellis
Best alternatives to Spotify?
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Best alternatives to Spotify?
The other thing is that then not knowing obvious national current events is a sign of them not doing their job. Your job is to be informed, not ignorant of things going on.
Stephanopolous finally doing what every journalist should be doing when they tell these obvious lies. Look how it put this idiot back on his heels so all he could do was say the most idiotic crap.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The other thing is that then not knowing obvious national current events is a sign of them not doing their job. Your job is to be informed, not ignorant of things going on.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
Here's my opinion: Teams are likely to tank toward the end of year, and he Pelicans are going to get Murray back. This is probably a top 10 pick, but if you can trade it like it's a top 4 pick right now, they should probably do it.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
"Personally, I think [the Pelicans/Bucks superpick] is just too valuable to cede in any trade given how young the Hawks’ core is and the growing likelihood of adding a transcendent talent."
Maybe the Hawks feel differently, but PTH has one asset they'd prefer not to give up in any Giannis trade:
Maybe the Hawks feel differently, but PTH has one asset they'd prefer not to give up in any Giannis trade:
What a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade would mean for the Hawks
Will the Hawks shove their chips all in for Giannis?
www.peachtreehoops.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here's my opinion: Teams are likely to tank toward the end of year, and he Pelicans are going to get Murray back. This is probably a top 10 pick, but if you can trade it like it's a top 4 pick right now, they should probably do it.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
It's existential for them
The Supreme Court's conservative justices are the most powerful Republican political strategists in the country
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's existential for them
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
Well Rand, if you have the video ...
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well Rand, if you have the video ...
They're is also a decent chance they end up with two more lottery picks from Utah and Philadelphia
"If you don't want to see A.J. Dybantsa terrorizing your team's second unit a year hence while a remarkably refreshed-looking Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams do TikTok dances on the sideline, the imperative is clear. Take action now." defector.com/it-is-a-mora...
It Is A Moral Imperative For The Rest Of The NBA To Improve The Clippers | Defector
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 21-1 and the prohibitive favorite to repeat as NBA champions this year; they also might improve dramatically this offseason. That is because the Thunder own outright the ...
defector.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
They're is also a decent chance they end up with two more lottery picks from Utah and Philadelphia
Aliens?
the @washingtonpost.com reports that 80% of aliens arrested in DC crackdown had no criminal record--932 individuals. (DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin routinely asserts that 70% of those arrested have US criminal records.)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Aliens?
One of the funniest things would be OKC saying fuck you to everyone and sending Hartenstein, Wiggins/Joe, Wallace, and a truckload of picks to MIL to get Giannis. Might not be enough of a headliner without one of the Big 3, but they have a compelling offer to make.
Wrote about Giannis. It looks like the next couple months will depend on just how badly he wants to join the Knicks and just how cautious NY will be if so www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
The Giannis crisis has arrived
The question is whether it's a crisis with an interregnum or not.
www.teamziller.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One of the funniest things would be OKC saying fuck you to everyone and sending Hartenstein, Wiggins/Joe, Wallace, and a truckload of picks to MIL to get Giannis. Might not be enough of a headliner without one of the Big 3, but they have a compelling offer to make.
I feel like an Anthony Davis for Trae/LaMelo/Morant makes sense on a variety of levels for all teams involved, but Davis' age might f that up
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I feel like an Anthony Davis for Trae/LaMelo/Morant makes sense on a variety of levels for all teams involved, but Davis' age might f that up
I don't think this is terrible or anything, but the Hawks are basically just trying to launch their aging window forward like 8 years. And they're still ... not good enough?
Alright Hawks fans: if Milwaukee wants Risacher, Johnson, the New Orleans pick, their own '27 pick, and Kennard for the salary match .... are you doing it to get Giannis?
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think this is terrible or anything, but the Hawks are basically just trying to launch their aging window forward like 8 years. And they're still ... not good enough?