Sarcasm & Santa
@doyourdrafts.bsky.social
Extreme-part-time TTRPG content author, unfinished novelist, ADHD, Dyscalculia, she/her, Curséd of the Egg Gods, Kobold of Many Images. I do not speak Welsh, even if I claim that I do.
Finished that Netflix documentary about Forrest Fenn's treasure hunt.
Anyway, tech bros will always be sure they're doing the right thing when they are just setting the stage for more death and misery.
I can't understand why Posey thought starting a new hunt would be a good idea.
Anyway, tech bros will always be sure they're doing the right thing when they are just setting the stage for more death and misery.
I can't understand why Posey thought starting a new hunt would be a good idea.
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Finished that Netflix documentary about Forrest Fenn's treasure hunt.
Anyway, tech bros will always be sure they're doing the right thing when they are just setting the stage for more death and misery.
I can't understand why Posey thought starting a new hunt would be a good idea.
Anyway, tech bros will always be sure they're doing the right thing when they are just setting the stage for more death and misery.
I can't understand why Posey thought starting a new hunt would be a good idea.
Dude, this guy taught his dog to smell bronze up to 4' down to find this treasure, and he never found it but his dog looks like he's having the BEST time.
I don't think that was a waste of time.
I don't think that was a waste of time.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Dude, this guy taught his dog to smell bronze up to 4' down to find this treasure, and he never found it but his dog looks like he's having the BEST time.
I don't think that was a waste of time.
I don't think that was a waste of time.
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Delete any accounts on social media that feeds AI.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Delete any accounts on social media that feeds AI.
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At Law Dork today, I highlighted "four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025." www.lawdork.com/p/four-lesso...
As I did that, Trump announced that he was giving up on his National Guard efforts in states where the action is opposed by the state — illustrating all four of my points.
As I did that, Trump announced that he was giving up on his National Guard efforts in states where the action is opposed by the state — illustrating all four of my points.
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
At Law Dork today, I highlighted "four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025." www.lawdork.com/p/four-lesso...
As I did that, Trump announced that he was giving up on his National Guard efforts in states where the action is opposed by the state — illustrating all four of my points.
As I did that, Trump announced that he was giving up on his National Guard efforts in states where the action is opposed by the state — illustrating all four of my points.
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Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oof.
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Oof.
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Happening in my neighborhood. Time to start my Nosy White Neighbor patrols. If you’re trolling through my neighborhood dressed like a white guy about to rob a bank expect to be challenged, dickface.
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happening in my neighborhood. Time to start my Nosy White Neighbor patrols. If you’re trolling through my neighborhood dressed like a white guy about to rob a bank expect to be challenged, dickface.
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It has been The Onion's best year since we broke Watergate and subsequently, personally had Richard Nixon removed from office.
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
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I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
Our Annual Year 2025
January February March April May June July August September October November Sports Entertainment January February March April May June July August September October November Sports Entertainment
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December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It has been The Onion's best year since we broke Watergate and subsequently, personally had Richard Nixon removed from office.
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
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The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
(Published June 2025)
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
(Published June 2025)
How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
(Published June 2025)
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
(Published June 2025)
"You're a walking unabridged dictionary."
"You're banned from playing Guess Who because you're too good at cold reading your sister." (I was 7)
"Wait, I gotta take a photo for the group chat, mom." (He took a photo of the meal I made and sent it to his friends to make them jealous. It worked.)
"You're banned from playing Guess Who because you're too good at cold reading your sister." (I was 7)
"Wait, I gotta take a photo for the group chat, mom." (He took a photo of the meal I made and sent it to his friends to make them jealous. It worked.)
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"You're a walking unabridged dictionary."
"You're banned from playing Guess Who because you're too good at cold reading your sister." (I was 7)
"Wait, I gotta take a photo for the group chat, mom." (He took a photo of the meal I made and sent it to his friends to make them jealous. It worked.)
"You're banned from playing Guess Who because you're too good at cold reading your sister." (I was 7)
"Wait, I gotta take a photo for the group chat, mom." (He took a photo of the meal I made and sent it to his friends to make them jealous. It worked.)
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Dear universe: please stop making medical emergencies happen for my friends. If you have it to spare: Lane is one of the best and fiercest defense attorneys I know, and his commitment to pro- and low-bono work means a long medical recovery could be really rough for him financially.
Bsky, my pneumonia has taken a bad turn. I may be facing significant medical costs. I’m starting a GoFundMe to help out with medical bills and expenses. Please share if you can.
gofund.me/19d78b218
gofund.me/19d78b218
Donate to Help with Medical Bills for Pneumonia Recovery, organized by Lane Haygood
I have been diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia and will be hospital… Lane Haygood needs your support for Help with Medical Bills for Pneumonia Recovery
gofund.me
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Dear universe: please stop making medical emergencies happen for my friends. If you have it to spare: Lane is one of the best and fiercest defense attorneys I know, and his commitment to pro- and low-bono work means a long medical recovery could be really rough for him financially.
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One of the things that's wild about MAHA on social media is they're also vilifying Pedialyte and Ensure.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
December 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of the things that's wild about MAHA on social media is they're also vilifying Pedialyte and Ensure.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
I haven't slept. Just can't sleep, though I am exhausted.
Spent the last hour looking at places for sale in North Wales, because it's gorgeous there even if I can't really afford it.
I found a place I'd buy in a heartbeat if I had the funds. It was for sale last time I looked, two years ago.
Spent the last hour looking at places for sale in North Wales, because it's gorgeous there even if I can't really afford it.
I found a place I'd buy in a heartbeat if I had the funds. It was for sale last time I looked, two years ago.
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I haven't slept. Just can't sleep, though I am exhausted.
Spent the last hour looking at places for sale in North Wales, because it's gorgeous there even if I can't really afford it.
I found a place I'd buy in a heartbeat if I had the funds. It was for sale last time I looked, two years ago.
Spent the last hour looking at places for sale in North Wales, because it's gorgeous there even if I can't really afford it.
I found a place I'd buy in a heartbeat if I had the funds. It was for sale last time I looked, two years ago.
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Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
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Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
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This poor lad lost his life to the flu. Absolutely heartbreaking. It’s time our governments stopped pushing attendance when children are sick which has led to vast spread of disease and focus on #CleanAir and pro vaccine policies & good mask advice.
This poor lad lost his life to the flu. Absolutely heartbreaking. It’s time our governments stopped pushing attendance when children are sick which has led to vast spread of disease and focus on #CleanAir and pro vaccine policies & good mask advice.
Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’
Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.
people.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
people.com/alabama-boy-...
This poor lad lost his life to the flu. Absolutely heartbreaking. It’s time our governments stopped pushing attendance when children are sick which has led to vast spread of disease and focus on #CleanAir and pro vaccine policies & good mask advice.
This poor lad lost his life to the flu. Absolutely heartbreaking. It’s time our governments stopped pushing attendance when children are sick which has led to vast spread of disease and focus on #CleanAir and pro vaccine policies & good mask advice.
Sometimes you play a lawful good paladin, sometimes a chaotic neutral rogue...
And sometimes you play a lawful neutral necromancer who requires all members of the party to sign Postmortem Activation and Hold Harmless Waivers, just in case.
And sometimes you play a lawful neutral necromancer who requires all members of the party to sign Postmortem Activation and Hold Harmless Waivers, just in case.
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Sometimes you play a lawful good paladin, sometimes a chaotic neutral rogue...
And sometimes you play a lawful neutral necromancer who requires all members of the party to sign Postmortem Activation and Hold Harmless Waivers, just in case.
And sometimes you play a lawful neutral necromancer who requires all members of the party to sign Postmortem Activation and Hold Harmless Waivers, just in case.
My son's voice recently dropped to super resonant low tenor/baritone range, and he's been using it to go around doing the film trailer narrator voice for everyday things, memes, and badly designed signs with multiple ways to read them.
I'm not sad about this. It's fucking hilarious.
I'm not sad about this. It's fucking hilarious.
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
My son's voice recently dropped to super resonant low tenor/baritone range, and he's been using it to go around doing the film trailer narrator voice for everyday things, memes, and badly designed signs with multiple ways to read them.
I'm not sad about this. It's fucking hilarious.
I'm not sad about this. It's fucking hilarious.
The episode descriptions for the three episodes of this miniseries on Netflix about the search for Fenn's treasure are all written in verse.
I like that touch.
I like that touch.
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The episode descriptions for the three episodes of this miniseries on Netflix about the search for Fenn's treasure are all written in verse.
I like that touch.
I like that touch.
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He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
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2025 Measles Cases In America Surpass The 2,000 Mark
This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of course, but if you need one stark example of that failure then you can find it in measles. When I wrote this post way back in March of this year, it was our…
This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of course, but if you need one stark example of that failure then you can find it in measles. When I wrote this post way back in March of this year, it was our…
2025 Measles Cases In America Surpass The 2,000 Mark
This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of course, but if you need one stark example of that failure then you can find it in measles. When I wrote this post way back in March of this year, it was our first Techdirt post done on the disease in over 11 years.
www.techdirt.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
2025 Measles Cases In America Surpass The 2,000 Mark
This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of course, but if you need one stark example of that failure then you can find it in measles. When I wrote this post way back in March of this year, it was our…
This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of course, but if you need one stark example of that failure then you can find it in measles. When I wrote this post way back in March of this year, it was our…
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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A huge part of USPS' "loss" is the bullshit requirement that they fully fund pensions for the next 50 years. A GOP Congress passed that back in the Bush admin.
They have to fully fund pensions for people who haven't even been born yet.
They have to fully fund pensions for people who haven't even been born yet.
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A huge part of USPS' "loss" is the bullshit requirement that they fully fund pensions for the next 50 years. A GOP Congress passed that back in the Bush admin.
They have to fully fund pensions for people who haven't even been born yet.
They have to fully fund pensions for people who haven't even been born yet.
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨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 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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The mail is a public mass communication service ie essential to democracy
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨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.
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The mail is a public mass communication service ie essential to democracy