To-ho-ho-ni McLellan, she/her
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I can't believe we made it to 150 editions of New-To-Me Phrases, but we did it! If you love learning new things and silliness, this is the newsletter for you. Check it out!
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NTMP 150: Polar Vortex Core
It's the farty nits we made along the way.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I can't believe we made it to 150 editions of New-To-Me Phrases, but we did it! If you love learning new things and silliness, this is the newsletter for you. Check it out!
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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i welcome our q-tip overlords
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
i welcome our q-tip overlords
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Why does this photo look like a still from the Genesis “Land of Confusion” video
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Why does this photo look like a still from the Genesis “Land of Confusion” video
LFG! 🪑
It’s time for the Dibs Scavenger Hunt! Try to find one of each dibs out in the wild! #chicago
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
LFG! 🪑
Love this web comic!! Beautifully illustrated and written with a sharp eye for what it’s like to be a teen. It’s set in the early aughts but it’s still relatable to this Gen Xer.
Hey I forgot to say anything but did you know that this is the 600th page of Rigsby??? That is a lot of pages!! And they’re all free to read at Rigsbywi.com !!!
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Love this web comic!! Beautifully illustrated and written with a sharp eye for what it’s like to be a teen. It’s set in the early aughts but it’s still relatable to this Gen Xer.
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Hey I forgot to say anything but did you know that this is the 600th page of Rigsby??? That is a lot of pages!! And they’re all free to read at Rigsbywi.com !!!
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey I forgot to say anything but did you know that this is the 600th page of Rigsby??? That is a lot of pages!! And they’re all free to read at Rigsbywi.com !!!
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Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
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December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The wild turkey who lives at our place has switched from roosting in our trees to the neighbors' roof, next to the chimney. A boss move. #birds #addbirder
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The wild turkey who lives at our place has switched from roosting in our trees to the neighbors' roof, next to the chimney. A boss move. #birds #addbirder
No newsletter this week, but did you know there's a huge archive of nearly 150 editions of New-To-Me Phrases? www.newtomephrases.com Perfect Sunday reading if you love learning random cool new things along with funny wordplay.
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A weekly roundup of words and phrases celebrating curiosity, language, and humor. Click to read New-To-Me Phrases, by Toni McLellan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No newsletter this week, but did you know there's a huge archive of nearly 150 editions of New-To-Me Phrases? www.newtomephrases.com Perfect Sunday reading if you love learning random cool new things along with funny wordplay.
Our entire disability and fledgling UBI systems need to be rebuilt and reimagined under this working assumption.
I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our entire disability and fledgling UBI systems need to be rebuilt and reimagined under this working assumption.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you could use a break from the horrors, a subscription to New-To-Me Phrases might be just what you need. I can't guarantee you won't spit-take your favorite beverage while reading, however.
Learn more & sign up: www.newtomephrases.com
If you already subscribe, thanks & please spread the word.
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If you already subscribe, thanks & please spread the word.
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"I’ll take a lecture from a man about “hard work” the day I know that he’s the one who scheduled the doctors’ appointments, bought the holiday presents, booked the babysitter, and planned the parties. And that he paid his workers fairly."
"I’ll take a lecture from a man about “hard work” the day I know that he’s the one who scheduled the doctors’ appointments, bought the holiday presents, booked the babysitter, and planned the parties. And that he paid his workers fairly."
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December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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"I’ll take a lecture from a man about “hard work” the day I know that he’s the one who scheduled the doctors’ appointments, bought the holiday presents, booked the babysitter, and planned the parties. And that he paid his workers fairly."
"I’ll take a lecture from a man about “hard work” the day I know that he’s the one who scheduled the doctors’ appointments, bought the holiday presents, booked the babysitter, and planned the parties. And that he paid his workers fairly."
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Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
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Thanksgiving travel is a fantastic time to catch up on Cancel Me Daddy episodes.
Check out this episode about how the 2025 off year elections killed the anti-trans ad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Check out this episode about how the 2025 off year elections killed the anti-trans ad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
The Death of the Anti-Trans Political Ad: Why Democrats’ 2025 Wins Changed Everything (ft. Laurel Powell)
Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 11/20/2025 · 48m
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thanksgiving travel is a fantastic time to catch up on Cancel Me Daddy episodes.
Check out this episode about how the 2025 off year elections killed the anti-trans ad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Check out this episode about how the 2025 off year elections killed the anti-trans ad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Because numbers and spatial relationships are meaningless to me, I've made several online grocery purchases that my family mocks me for. A barrel-sized pickle jar, a comically huge container of minced garlic, and today, a box of crispy rice the size of a semi trailer. I will never live this down.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Because numbers and spatial relationships are meaningless to me, I've made several online grocery purchases that my family mocks me for. A barrel-sized pickle jar, a comically huge container of minced garlic, and today, a box of crispy rice the size of a semi trailer. I will never live this down.
New old person complaint just dropped: The back of my neck gets cold now? And stays cold until I don a hoodie or turtleneck?
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New old person complaint just dropped: The back of my neck gets cold now? And stays cold until I don a hoodie or turtleneck?
www.wired.com/story/the-pe... Everybody: read this.
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The food safety news in this update is so worrisome. Excellent work by the @unbreaking.org team, as usual!
Our weekly briefing is out, this one touching on Medicaid but mostly looking at what we’re losing in federal food safety oversight. Spoiler, it is “things that keep our food from making us sick.”
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This week at Unbreaking, November 13 — Unbreaking
Unbreaking is built to be an antidote to information overload. Since we launched, we have been meticulously documenting lawsuits, executive orders, court rulings, countermoves, and other key events.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The food safety news in this update is so worrisome. Excellent work by the @unbreaking.org team, as usual!
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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environmental storytelling
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
environmental storytelling
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an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy
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Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
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"Running the same old centrists wearing their flannel and leaning against a pile of hay is the kind of thinking that keeps voters and politicians locked in losing cycles. We need a new kind of politics for a new kind of era."
"Running the same old centrists wearing their flannel and leaning against a pile of hay is the kind of thinking that keeps voters and politicians locked in losing cycles. We need a new kind of politics for a new kind of era."
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November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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"Running the same old centrists wearing their flannel and leaning against a pile of hay is the kind of thinking that keeps voters and politicians locked in losing cycles. We need a new kind of politics for a new kind of era."
"Running the same old centrists wearing their flannel and leaning against a pile of hay is the kind of thinking that keeps voters and politicians locked in losing cycles. We need a new kind of politics for a new kind of era."