Oh, terrific www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/24/m...
Measles alert: Mass. health officials warn of potential exposure in Boston, Westborough - The Boston Globe
The person diagnosed with measles spent time at Logan Airport and a hotel in Westborough earlier this month, officials said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Oh, terrific www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/24/m...
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Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
I especially like the second one, where the cat is licking its lips as if it's possibly in the middle of eating the baby Jesus.
My favorite Christmas thing of all time are the cats who take one look at the holiest scene in Christendom and say "That baby's in my spot."
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I especially like the second one, where the cat is licking its lips as if it's possibly in the middle of eating the baby Jesus.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Something I'm thinking about after watching the CECOT story. Please don't read this as virtue-signaling; I am by and large a total shithead. Earlier this year, during a slow time for freelance work, I volunteered for a few months teaching ENL classes at a migrant shelter in Times Square. (1/)
December 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Something I'm thinking about after watching the CECOT story. Please don't read this as virtue-signaling; I am by and large a total shithead. Earlier this year, during a slow time for freelance work, I volunteered for a few months teaching ENL classes at a migrant shelter in Times Square. (1/)
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I'm loving this new age of American liberty where the news is contraband that has to be smuggled across the border from Canada
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm loving this new age of American liberty where the news is contraband that has to be smuggled across the border from Canada
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
No mystery here. They don't just want women churning out babies, they also want them staying home to take care of the kids. No need for immigrants anymore.
The MAGA movement wants fewer undocumented workers in America and more babies born to American mothers—but research suggests that those two goals are at odds, Olga Khazan argues:
The Truth About Immigration That MAGA Doesn’t Acknowledge
American families rely on immigrants to take care of their children.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
No mystery here. They don't just want women churning out babies, they also want them staying home to take care of the kids. No need for immigrants anymore.
Yeah no shit, why would he? www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Jack Smith didn’t invoke Fifth Amendment during 8 hours of testimony, GOP committee chairman says | CNN Politics
Former special counsel Jack Smith did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during eight hours of testimony Wednesday behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s chairman said.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yeah no shit, why would he? www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
This just shows how bad inflation has gotten. Anyone who’s heard the King Missile song knows you used to be able to buy one for $22 ($17 if you’re a good negotiator).
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This just shows how bad inflation has gotten. Anyone who’s heard the King Missile song knows you used to be able to buy one for $22 ($17 if you’re a good negotiator).
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The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
This is Appointment Television (when it's on you make appointments to do other things).
Americans are tired of what coastal elites have been shoving down their throats, so I think elevating fresh voices like the vice president, the head of one of the most valuable companies on the planet, a Times columnist, and a Jeffrey Epstein associate who teaches at Harvard is a risk worth taking.
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is Appointment Television (when it's on you make appointments to do other things).
Oh fuck off www.vulture.com/article/trum...
President Trump Will Pause the Survivor Finale for His Own Means
Maybe Trump scheduled his address then because he is a Rizo fan who wants the suspense to continue for his boy.
www.vulture.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Oh fuck off www.vulture.com/article/trum...
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What was your favorite holiday tradition growing up? Mine was driving around my suburban town late at night, rearranging people’s reindeer lawn ornaments so it looked like they were having sex.
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What was your favorite holiday tradition growing up? Mine was driving around my suburban town late at night, rearranging people’s reindeer lawn ornaments so it looked like they were having sex.
Nothing bad ever happens when someone tries to consolidate military power, right?
EXCLUSIVE: Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a plan to downgrade several of the U.S. military’s major headquarters and shift the balance of power among its top generals, in a major consolidation sought by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military
If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nothing bad ever happens when someone tries to consolidate military power, right?
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went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
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Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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"COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause"
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause"
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
Haven’t actually read this, but I feel confident in saying, obviously, yes.
"An ability to see through zealotry and self-involvement, to reject the solipsism of self-actualization and the crassness of materialism, is a positive response, and often a generative one." —Amanda Fortini on Generation X for T Magazine
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
How one era changed everything about the culture — and why we’re so nostalgic for its creations.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Haven’t actually read this, but I feel confident in saying, obviously, yes.
I don't know if this is new, or if I just never noticed it before, but UPS now has live delivery tracking and it's really not helping with my productivity today.
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I don't know if this is new, or if I just never noticed it before, but UPS now has live delivery tracking and it's really not helping with my productivity today.
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I am humbly requesting that lawmakers in every Democratic-controlled state spend every waking hour between now and Christmas cooking up new congressional district maps that draw Republicans out of electoral existence
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I am humbly requesting that lawmakers in every Democratic-controlled state spend every waking hour between now and Christmas cooking up new congressional district maps that draw Republicans out of electoral existence
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The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I have autographs from most* of the roster of the 1987-1988 Celtics on the back of an official scoresheet from an early round playoff game. I got the scoresheet at the game from my 8th grade science teacher, who had a side gig as the assistant scorer for the Celtics.
What is the most "obscure" piece of sports memorabilia that you own? Why do you have it?
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I have autographs from most* of the roster of the 1987-1988 Celtics on the back of an official scoresheet from an early round playoff game. I got the scoresheet at the game from my 8th grade science teacher, who had a side gig as the assistant scorer for the Celtics.
I take it back, that was funny. Maybe the Giants can be entertainingly bad, too.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I take it back, that was funny. Maybe the Giants can be entertainingly bad, too.