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stonelands.bsky.social
Inside the mother of all Neolithic tombs ... Newgrange in Ireland. This photo, from excavator Michael O'Kelly's book, shows the chamber (with spiral carving) that is illuminated via the famous roofbox opening at winter solstice. A 5,200-yr-old celebration of the return of the sun. #TombTuesday
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
THIS is what makes my head spin: The president is not a moral figure in any idiom, any land, any culture, any subculture. I'm not talking about the liberal enlightenment that would make him want the country to take care of the poor and sick. I mean he has no Republican values either. He has no honor among thieves, no cosa nostra loyalty, no Southern code against cheating or lying, none of the openness of New York, rectitude of Boston, expressiveness and kindness of California, no evangelical family values, no Protestant work ethic. No Catholic moral seriousness, no sense of contrition or gratitude. No Jewish moral and intellectual precision, sense of history. He doesn't care about the life of the mind OR the life of the senses. He is not mandarin, not committed to inquiry or justice, not hospitable. He is not proper. He is not a bon vivant who loves to eat, drink, laugh. There's nothing he would die for - not American values, obviously, but not the land of Russia or his wife or young son. He has some hollow success creeds from Norman Vincent Peale, but Peale was obsessed with fair-dealing and a Presbyterian pastor; Trump has no fairness or piety. He's not sentimental; no affection for dogs or babies. No love for mothers, "the common man"" veterans. He has no sense of military valor, and is openly a coward about war. He would have sorely lacked the pagan beauty and capacity to fight required in ancient Greece. He doesn't care about his wife or wives; he is a philanderer but he's not a romantic hero with great love for women and sex. He commands loyalty and labor from his children not because he loves them, even; he seems almost to hate them — and if one of them slipped it would be terrifying. He does no philanthropy. He doesn't - in a more secular key - even seem to have a sense of his enlightened self-interest enough to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Doesn't even affect a love for the arts, like most rich New Yorkers. He doesn't live and die by aesthetics and health practices like some fascists; he's very ugly and barely mammalian. Am I missing an obscure moral system to which he so much as nods? Also are there other people, living or dead, like him?
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
“Is it Too Late?”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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rsuzi.bsky.social
cheknews.ca/killer-whale...
Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt off B.C. coast: new report
Scientists have found evidence that two unlikely collaborators — killer whales and dolphins — may be helping each other find and feast on salmon off the coast of British Columbia.
cheknews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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theonion.com
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab?
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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antijen.bsky.social
"Mommy, look, the neighbors put up their Jesus box!"

Nobody is allowed to teach him the real word. Ever. Please.
A nativity scene in a lawn, where the manger is basically a huge box made of garden lattice, open in front.
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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diedrichbader.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=duXD...

My daughter wrote and directed this
Please check it out
Thom Lennon is incredible in it
TUMBLED (Short Film)
YouTube video by Ondine Bader
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
“I fear not thy epidemic, man,” said Ahab
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Good morning
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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unftr.com
Trump's second term isn't chaos—it's systematic revenge. While we're distracted by his daily outbursts, he's dismantling institutions with ruthless efficiency. His name will join Machiavelli, Orwell, McCarthy—shorthand for something terrible.

Watch the full video: youtu.be/8tj4bzSlpDE
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
OPENING 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY! (12/19): I was looking to do a comedy that was smart, sophisticated & very high-brow, but I did THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS instead.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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nehoc.bsky.social
Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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weratedogs.com
We only rate dogs. This is a very cozy bed bug. We advise you to get a new bed, since this one is taken, and kindly request you only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (TT: coldsmuckersuncrustable)
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
burndiggity.bsky.social
An excellent analysis of the Supreme Court’s corruption and its architect—lashed to the maga mast
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28d
Using racial profiling in immigration sweeps. Defying Congress' power of the purse. Firing independent agency commissioners.

President Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man: John Roberts
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
burndiggity.bsky.social
I love this cartoon.
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
burndiggity.bsky.social
It’s pretty clear.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Nov 10
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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urgeoverkill.bsky.social
🔥 🔥 🔥
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM