There’s no such thing as too many books. Seeing great blue herons makes me happy.
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Parents everywhere are terrified that their teens’ sudden need to download the forbidden 60 minutes story is a gateway drug to wanting even more news
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Parents everywhere are terrified that their teens’ sudden need to download the forbidden 60 minutes story is a gateway drug to wanting even more news
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Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
Galaxy Quest - a perfect movie, just a wonderful love letter to actors, sci-fi, Star Trek in particular, and to fandom - really deserves a proper physical release with decent extras. Think Weaver's right that releasing a R-rated cut would be fun, too.
Sigourney Weaver Says She Wishes DreamWorks Released A Director’s Cut Of ‘Galaxy Quest,’ Reminisces On Sequel That Never Came To Pass
Sigourney Weaver reflected on cult classic Galaxy Quest and how she wishes the sci-fi satire had released an R-rated director's cut.
deadline.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
"I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off.
There's silence for a second.
"Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."
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NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
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ICE got $245 billion dollars in the last funding bill.
$245 billion.
If the united states can afford that, it can afford these subsidies.
$245 billion.
If the united states can afford that, it can afford these subsidies.
Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie, all from Pennsylvania, and Mike Lawler of New York signed on Wednesday a Democratic-led petition to force a vote on extending pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies for three more years.
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buff.ly/63rEE7d
Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies
Four Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a petition to force a vote on continued health insurance subsidies.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ICE got $245 billion dollars in the last funding bill.
$245 billion.
If the united states can afford that, it can afford these subsidies.
$245 billion.
If the united states can afford that, it can afford these subsidies.
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The most successful intelligence operation in history. Putin managed to get his own stooges at the very top of the US government and its intelligence agencies.
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The most successful intelligence operation in history. Putin managed to get his own stooges at the very top of the US government and its intelligence agencies.
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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We should be at a point that whenever someone says 'vaccinations are bad' they sound as stupid as if they said toothbrushing is bad. We brush our teeth twice a day. We get vaccinated. Its a profound failure of society that vaccine sceptics get any traction
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We should be at a point that whenever someone says 'vaccinations are bad' they sound as stupid as if they said toothbrushing is bad. We brush our teeth twice a day. We get vaccinated. Its a profound failure of society that vaccine sceptics get any traction
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This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
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The hype is fading. In struggling North Carolina, a tiny Trump rally saw vendors slashing prices for broke supporters. His false boasts about crowd size can't mask the real economic pain his policies exacerbate. The movement is floundering.
'This is strange': Trump fans baffled by puny turnout at North Carolina rally
Donald Trump's rally in tiny Rocky Mount, North Carolina drew a smaller than expected crowd to the economically distressed region, leaving merchandise vendors and supporters disheartened.According to interviews conducted by the Washington Post, the presidential visit was marked by a sense of disappo...
www.rawstory.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The hype is fading. In struggling North Carolina, a tiny Trump rally saw vendors slashing prices for broke supporters. His false boasts about crowd size can't mask the real economic pain his policies exacerbate. The movement is floundering.
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Since someone is being pedantic about this:
No, it’s not the EXACT same photo but it’s *clearly* another photo at a *slightly* different angle from just a *moment* or two before or after in the *exact* same room with the *exact* same people present.
No, it’s not the EXACT same photo but it’s *clearly* another photo at a *slightly* different angle from just a *moment* or two before or after in the *exact* same room with the *exact* same people present.
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Since someone is being pedantic about this:
No, it’s not the EXACT same photo but it’s *clearly* another photo at a *slightly* different angle from just a *moment* or two before or after in the *exact* same room with the *exact* same people present.
No, it’s not the EXACT same photo but it’s *clearly* another photo at a *slightly* different angle from just a *moment* or two before or after in the *exact* same room with the *exact* same people present.
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There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
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It's just astounding how the American public gave RFK Jr a single break. But then to give him one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16... more passes. Oh, he won't do that. This right here. It's where he STARTED.
HE LITERALLY WANTS SICK CHILDREN TO DIE.
HE LITERALLY WANTS SICK CHILDREN TO DIE.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's just astounding how the American public gave RFK Jr a single break. But then to give him one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16... more passes. Oh, he won't do that. This right here. It's where he STARTED.
HE LITERALLY WANTS SICK CHILDREN TO DIE.
HE LITERALLY WANTS SICK CHILDREN TO DIE.
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Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.
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has anyone written at length about how the trump administration at large is running the private equity playbook on a country?
every single resource that can be found is being extracted a top speed. every single investment in a liveable future is being cancelled. we are being stripped for parts.
every single resource that can be found is being extracted a top speed. every single investment in a liveable future is being cancelled. we are being stripped for parts.
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
has anyone written at length about how the trump administration at large is running the private equity playbook on a country?
every single resource that can be found is being extracted a top speed. every single investment in a liveable future is being cancelled. we are being stripped for parts.
every single resource that can be found is being extracted a top speed. every single investment in a liveable future is being cancelled. we are being stripped for parts.
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This is so bad. I know it's not the ivies, so many won't care. But we all really should care more about what is happening at public universities.
The killing of these “regional centers” will make U.S. academia and society even more parochial and, ultimately, less competitive and safe.
UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
dailytarheel.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is so bad. I know it's not the ivies, so many won't care. But we all really should care more about what is happening at public universities.
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A crucial government funding deal just exploded because Trump moved to dismantle a premier climate research center. Colorado Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper defiantly blocked the entire bill, refusing to let the administration sabotage vital science.
thehill.com/homenews...
thehill.com/homenews...
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A crucial government funding deal just exploded because Trump moved to dismantle a premier climate research center. Colorado Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper defiantly blocked the entire bill, refusing to let the administration sabotage vital science.
thehill.com/homenews...
thehill.com/homenews...
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As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
Backfire
On every major policy question, the Trump regime is failing badly. And voters are taking note.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
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🧵It's almost my 2 year anniversary of posting spotted observations of life in Aotearoa New Zealand, so I thought it would be fun for today's post to be the one that kicked it all off. It might explain why we immediately fell in love with this awesome little city that we now call home.❤️🌺
Here we go:
Here we go:
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🧵It's almost my 2 year anniversary of posting spotted observations of life in Aotearoa New Zealand, so I thought it would be fun for today's post to be the one that kicked it all off. It might explain why we immediately fell in love with this awesome little city that we now call home.❤️🌺
Here we go:
Here we go:
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Wow! Not only can we see the disks where planets are being born around young stars, now we can sense the pull of the worlds taking shape within.
Blue ovals show orbits of 31 newfound stellar companions. Bottom right: a simulation of our solar system at the same age. 🔭🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Blue ovals show orbits of 31 newfound stellar companions. Bottom right: a simulation of our solar system at the same age. 🔭🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wow! Not only can we see the disks where planets are being born around young stars, now we can sense the pull of the worlds taking shape within.
Blue ovals show orbits of 31 newfound stellar companions. Bottom right: a simulation of our solar system at the same age. 🔭🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Blue ovals show orbits of 31 newfound stellar companions. Bottom right: a simulation of our solar system at the same age. 🔭🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Posting this one too.
My senior Senator did a masterful job in calmly and methodically exposing the cult-like commitment Trump judicial nominees have to lying through their teeth in order to please their beloved leader.
Just a sad, embarrassing display.
My senior Senator did a masterful job in calmly and methodically exposing the cult-like commitment Trump judicial nominees have to lying through their teeth in order to please their beloved leader.
Just a sad, embarrassing display.
PAINFUL to watch. There’s a clear Trump judicial nominee loyalty test.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Posting this one too.
My senior Senator did a masterful job in calmly and methodically exposing the cult-like commitment Trump judicial nominees have to lying through their teeth in order to please their beloved leader.
Just a sad, embarrassing display.
My senior Senator did a masterful job in calmly and methodically exposing the cult-like commitment Trump judicial nominees have to lying through their teeth in order to please their beloved leader.
Just a sad, embarrassing display.
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Notice how Trump and Republicans were having the worst couple weeks in the administration's history and they decided to pivot to hardcore attacking trans people?
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Notice how Trump and Republicans were having the worst couple weeks in the administration's history and they decided to pivot to hardcore attacking trans people?
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At a White House Christmas event, a sweaty Trump bizarrely rambled about dangerous snakes in Peru and made thirsty comments about an Ivanka lookalike, showcasing his alarming lack of decorum and focus.
Sweaty Trump Rambles About Snakes and Thirsts Over Ivanka Lookalike
Surprise, surprise: Trump went off-script.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
At a White House Christmas event, a sweaty Trump bizarrely rambled about dangerous snakes in Peru and made thirsty comments about an Ivanka lookalike, showcasing his alarming lack of decorum and focus.