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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
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Keith Haring, The Nativity, subway drawing, c. 1983
December 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Keith Haring, The Nativity, subway drawing, c. 1983
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Another clip from that interview: she said that when she got the bad grade, two of the people she emailed included THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE and that Ryan Walters creep
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Another clip from that interview: she said that when she got the bad grade, two of the people she emailed included THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE and that Ryan Walters creep
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Many thousands of Venezuelans have found themselves stranded abroad or alone at home this holiday, prevented from gathering with relatives after President Trump declared the airspace around Venezuela closed more than three weeks ago.
With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venezuelans
The holidays usually bring home huge numbers from the Venezuelan diaspora. But this year, after international airlines halted almost all service, many people are spending Christmas alone and on edge.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Many thousands of Venezuelans have found themselves stranded abroad or alone at home this holiday, prevented from gathering with relatives after President Trump declared the airspace around Venezuela closed more than three weeks ago.
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For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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いきましょう!!!
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
いきましょう!!!
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As a terminally earnest journalist and critter, I think about this often:
![Post in the subreddit AskHistorians: How do I refute a holocaust denier?
[excerpt of the answer by username Georgy_K_Zhukov]
“The most important thing to understand is that Debating Holocaust Deniers plays into what they want. You will lose. Not because you're wrong of course but because they have no vested interest in being honest or correct. Satre's [sic] quote on antisemites is apt here (Denial being inherently antisemitic as it is premised on tropes of lying Jews):
‘Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o5r6qogow4bhwr5b3xpr7h6l/bafkreiexay4god45ze2mpvnphyiqc5l26vdekttsolfsp2xtgeix4bphwy@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
As a terminally earnest journalist and critter, I think about this often:
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Waiting to Exhale is a holiday movie for grownups with a killer soundtrack!💃🏾🎄❣️
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood. n.pr/494UJQb
30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Waiting to Exhale is a holiday movie for grownups with a killer soundtrack!💃🏾🎄❣️
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This seems bad www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas - BBC News
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This seems bad www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This should be a clear signal that hospitals and other institutions should not capitulate to the administration’s lawless anti-trans demands.
Foremost, they have obligation to their patients.
Foremost, they have obligation to their patients.
BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena.
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
www.lawdork.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This should be a clear signal that hospitals and other institutions should not capitulate to the administration’s lawless anti-trans demands.
Foremost, they have obligation to their patients.
Foremost, they have obligation to their patients.
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“People like Marty Makary are simply jackboot soldiers in a fascist war against trans people, uninterested in protecting the health and wellbeing of Americans. All Makary cares about, like his boss RFK, Jr., and his boss’s boss, Donald Trump, is harming trans people.”
@alyssaur.bsky.social
@alyssaur.bsky.social
The FDA says tight underwear is a medical device if trans people enjoy wearing it.
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
FDA Threatens Companies Selling Binders — Assigned
The FDA sent twelve businesses threatening letters on Tuesday, demanding that they register their chest binders as medical devices with the FDA.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“People like Marty Makary are simply jackboot soldiers in a fascist war against trans people, uninterested in protecting the health and wellbeing of Americans. All Makary cares about, like his boss RFK, Jr., and his boss’s boss, Donald Trump, is harming trans people.”
@alyssaur.bsky.social
@alyssaur.bsky.social
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"Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life. " mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
I did not understand I grew up in a concentration camp until I left Gaza
Growing up in Gaza, I didn’t realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn’t face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a…
mondoweiss.net
December 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life. " mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
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I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
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I want to ask the flipside question: what will it take for wealthy progressives to fund the infrastructure and entities needed to identify, support, and sustain emerging voices on *our* side of the aisle?
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I want to ask the flipside question: what will it take for wealthy progressives to fund the infrastructure and entities needed to identify, support, and sustain emerging voices on *our* side of the aisle?
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CBS destroying a brand they built up over the course of like 100 years for one criminal idiot is a pretty funny bit
'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
"The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event."According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' o...
www.rawstory.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
CBS destroying a brand they built up over the course of like 100 years for one criminal idiot is a pretty funny bit
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Santa, of course, is also in the Epstein Files.
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Santa, of course, is also in the Epstein Files.
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ain't no fuckin way
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
ain't no fuckin way
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bad bad bad bad bad
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
bad bad bad bad bad
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Pluribus is a brilliant show that forces you to watch it actively and interrogate your own responses. The finale, now streaming a couple days ahead of schedule, devastatingly illustrates how the capacity to love discriminately is both what makes us human and our downfall as a species.
The 'Pluribus' Finale Explores the Dark Side of Love
Vince Gilligan's Apple TV epic ends its first season with a heartbreaking allegory about the emotion that makes us human
time.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pluribus is a brilliant show that forces you to watch it actively and interrogate your own responses. The finale, now streaming a couple days ahead of schedule, devastatingly illustrates how the capacity to love discriminately is both what makes us human and our downfall as a species.
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People are taking seasonal jobs after being jobless all year. Duh.
U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 20 fell by 10,000 to 214,000 from the previous week's 224,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4peRI6b
U.S. unemployment claims dropped again last week, remaining at a historically healthy level
U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 20 fell by 10,000 to 214,000 from the previous week's 224,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
People are taking seasonal jobs after being jobless all year. Duh.
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Propagandist for the greatest explosion of Nazism in American history doubles down on insisting Nazis be given air time on "60 Minutes" to spread lies about the people they kidnapped, tortured, and sent to concentration camps.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Propagandist for the greatest explosion of Nazism in American history doubles down on insisting Nazis be given air time on "60 Minutes" to spread lies about the people they kidnapped, tortured, and sent to concentration camps.
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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This is some seriously disgusting and vile rhetoric.
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is some seriously disgusting and vile rhetoric.
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if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!!
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
‘Pluribus’ May Be Slow, but It Was Never Boring
Vince Gilligan's Apple sci-fi drama 'Pluribus' has been criticized for its slow pace, but the show is never boring.
variety.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!!
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...