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Getting fucking misty-eyed over a Honda Fit was not on my Bingo card for today.
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Getting fucking misty-eyed over a Honda Fit was not on my Bingo card for today.
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Last month, @outsidemag.bsky.social sent me to spend 14 hours in a suburban ice rink, learning the stories of everyone I met. Why do they skate? I asked. To feel free, they told me. To feel God. To forget, for a minute, what they've done.
What I Learned After Spending 14 Hours at a Suburban Ice Rink
A full day inside a suburban rink revealed how one place can hold ambition, grief, faith, and escape—sometimes all at once.
www.outsideonline.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Last month, @outsidemag.bsky.social sent me to spend 14 hours in a suburban ice rink, learning the stories of everyone I met. Why do they skate? I asked. To feel free, they told me. To feel God. To forget, for a minute, what they've done.
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Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
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it is good that Mitt "47% of the US are Takers" Romney wants to tax the rich. But Mitt Romney did not just develop deep generosity of spirit which makes him believe in a robust social safety net.
Mitt Romney is smart enough that he's having guillotine nightmares.
Good. Yes. More.
Mitt Romney is smart enough that he's having guillotine nightmares.
Good. Yes. More.
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
it is good that Mitt "47% of the US are Takers" Romney wants to tax the rich. But Mitt Romney did not just develop deep generosity of spirit which makes him believe in a robust social safety net.
Mitt Romney is smart enough that he's having guillotine nightmares.
Good. Yes. More.
Mitt Romney is smart enough that he's having guillotine nightmares.
Good. Yes. More.
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genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
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I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
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British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
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🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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We are mourning the lives taken by the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah gathering in Australia.
🧵
🧵
December 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We are mourning the lives taken by the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah gathering in Australia.
🧵
🧵
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Once again failed to teach my dogs the only command I want them to know: “Be normal.”
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Once again failed to teach my dogs the only command I want them to know: “Be normal.”
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If I could genuinely have her back for just an hour, there is almost nothing I wouldn't give. This creepy AI simulacrum isn't that, though. Machines cannot reproduce our loved ones. There is no antidote for death, or the grief that follows.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If I could genuinely have her back for just an hour, there is almost nothing I wouldn't give. This creepy AI simulacrum isn't that, though. Machines cannot reproduce our loved ones. There is no antidote for death, or the grief that follows.
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nine: Strictly Ballroom
A personal story to begin: I was a film critic at the Fresno Bee newspaper when Strictly Ballroom came out in 1992, My review of it was an unqualified rave, and I said something along the line that…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
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Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
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link is to tinyurl, and the link page tries to fool and harvest user’s credit card info.
Direct link: collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
Direct link: collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
Collection online - The so-called “Strike Papyrus” written by Amunnakht
More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects. ...
collezioni.museoegizio.it
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
link is to tinyurl, and the link page tries to fool and harvest user’s credit card info.
Direct link: collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
Direct link: collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
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New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. tinyurl.com/29822yb2
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Collection online - The so-called “Strike Papyrus” written by Amunnakht
More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects.…
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. tinyurl.com/29822yb2
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Community-led, Latine, immigrant organization Juntos in South #Philadelphia does deportation defense, community care work, and more.
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Community-led, Latine, immigrant organization Juntos in South #Philadelphia does deportation defense, community care work, and more.
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...