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Planning the pages: 2025 edition
As it’s the first day of a new year, it’s also the time when (apparently traditionally, now) I select a list of potential reads. There’s 25 this year (because 2025 right?) and whi…
captainfez.com
Here's my plans for reading for this year. Let's see how effectively I stick to them. (Hint: probably not well.)
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Cool. Cool. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Cool. Cool. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
FINALLY IT'S MY TIME
“It is a really powerful thing to show that I still take pride in owning things that make me happy,” Levine said.
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wapo.st/3YteWu4
DVDs and CDs are becoming cool again, thanks mostly to Gen Z
Consumers of all ages are looking to discs to get offline and away from algorithms, and for a younger generation, it’s seen as “vintage.”
wapo.st
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
FINALLY IT'S MY TIME
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The rules of reality-based dressing, from a mere mortal via @FT
“If you find a garment that really works, wear it to death. People won’t remember that you wear it all the time. All they will remember is that you look good.”
How I dress …
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“If you find a garment that really works, wear it to death. People won’t remember that you wear it all the time. All they will remember is that you look good.”
How I dress …
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The rules of reality-based dressing, from a mere mortal
Never mind Pedro Pascal, with his stylist and personal trainer — it’s people who dress well despite work and kids who deserve the gongs
giftarticle.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The rules of reality-based dressing, from a mere mortal via @FT
“If you find a garment that really works, wear it to death. People won’t remember that you wear it all the time. All they will remember is that you look good.”
How I dress …
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
“If you find a garment that really works, wear it to death. People won’t remember that you wear it all the time. All they will remember is that you look good.”
How I dress …
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
I was too slow to get my shit in for this this year but go check out an embarrassment of auditory riches: www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/12/cycl...
Cyclic Defrost: Best of 2025
I know what you’re thinking, am I human? Did AI write this? Or at the very least did it help? And the answer is who cares? It’s humans who are plunging us into unjust bullshit wars, pretending geno…
www.cyclicdefrost.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I was too slow to get my shit in for this this year but go check out an embarrassment of auditory riches: www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/12/cycl...
So turns out those two James Ellroy books I bought in order to keep reading a quartet? Already have 'em. Goddamnit.
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
So turns out those two James Ellroy books I bought in order to keep reading a quartet? Already have 'em. Goddamnit.
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a bunch of rock stars debasing themselves by performing at a billionaire's private party is nothing new and so barely worth commenting on. but facilitating Anthony Kiedis singing a Motorhead song in public? a fucking crime punishable by death consequence.net/2025/12/corp...
A Bunch of Famous Rockers Played the Most Ridiculous Corporate Holiday Party
Billionaire Todd Boehly hired Slash, Eddie Vedder, Bruno Mars, and Anthony Kiedis for the Eldridge Industries holiday party in Port Chester, New York.
consequence.net
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
a bunch of rock stars debasing themselves by performing at a billionaire's private party is nothing new and so barely worth commenting on. but facilitating Anthony Kiedis singing a Motorhead song in public? a fucking crime punishable by death consequence.net/2025/12/corp...
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Everybody take a breath and wait.
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Everybody take a breath and wait.
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
Reacting to misinformation and guesses, and reacting to the ugly hypocrisy of fuckwits like Joyce, won’t serve any of us well.
#Bondi
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2025 book eighty-two: Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wall Street ⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
2025 book eighty-two: Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wall Street ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Moving bookshelves? Moving bookshelves.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Moving bookshelves? Moving bookshelves.
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“...and i'd do it again"
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“...and i'd do it again"
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It’s so perfect that it’s a Peugeot, this is the most french shit, don’t get me started. The sort of shit you just assume is a joke the French are playing on the world but the French are so committed to the bit they’re all driving with these steering wheels too saying “hoh hoh stupid englishman lol”
Finally, what we've all been asking for at long last is here: a steering wheel designed by someone who is not a human being, and has never driven a car.
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
This Stellantis Brand Is Quietly Preparing Its Most Radical Steering Wheel Yet for Production | Carscoops
The Hypersquare steering wheel and steer-by-wire technology are headed for a production car soon, as Peugeot begins early prototype testing
www.carscoops.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It’s so perfect that it’s a Peugeot, this is the most french shit, don’t get me started. The sort of shit you just assume is a joke the French are playing on the world but the French are so committed to the bit they’re all driving with these steering wheels too saying “hoh hoh stupid englishman lol”
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Tempted to do a WORST BOOKS I READ IN 2025 thread.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tempted to do a WORST BOOKS I READ IN 2025 thread.
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Me, interrupting Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday party- "Statistically, there is little evidence to suggest that chimney sweeps experience more good fortune than anyone el-"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Me, interrupting Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday party- "Statistically, there is little evidence to suggest that chimney sweeps experience more good fortune than anyone el-"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
Happy new-one-of-these to all who celebrate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
Low Pressure, Fatal Consequence: Explosion at Yenkin-Majestic
YouTube video by USCSB
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December 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy new-one-of-these to all who celebrate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
This appears to be a reasonable list to work through. letterboxd.com/obscureness/...
Kaidan
Kaidan (怪談) (sometimes transliterated kwaidan) is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (kai) meaning “strange, mysterious, rare or bewitching apparition" and 談 (dan) meaning “talk” or “recited n...
letterboxd.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This appears to be a reasonable list to work through. letterboxd.com/obscureness/...
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Look, the whole mission creep thing happening when you have to fill a void due to lack of resources? That's fuck you pay me territory if you're doing stuff someone a level up should be doing.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Look, the whole mission creep thing happening when you have to fill a void due to lack of resources? That's fuck you pay me territory if you're doing stuff someone a level up should be doing.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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2025 book eighty-one: Joan Samson: The Auctioneer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
2025 book eighty-one: Joan Samson: The Auctioneer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0S_...
The Astral Whip | Weird Sounds - Weird Gear
YouTube video by Reverb
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0S_...
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2025 book eighty: Joshua Hull: 8114 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
2025 book eighty: Joshua Hull: 8114 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️