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brown's corridor to night club, fallsburg, new york, 1977
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
brown's corridor to night club, fallsburg, new york, 1977
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Sonny Rollins getting ready to go onstage at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, 1961.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
December 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Sonny Rollins getting ready to go onstage at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, 1961.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
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An unnoticed SISSY SPACEK - 76 Candles🎂 today - in front of a cinema showing CARRIE in 1976.
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
An unnoticed SISSY SPACEK - 76 Candles🎂 today - in front of a cinema showing CARRIE in 1976.
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Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
Officers closed Christmas event in Haifa, confiscating equipment and also arresting a DJ and a street vendor
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus during a raid on a Christmas party in Haifa, a civil rights monitor has said.
Israeli officers closed an event celebrating Christmas on Sunday, confiscating equipment, and arresting the Palestinian Santa Claus, as well as a DJ and a street vendor. In a video, police can be seen pushing the men to the ground and handcuffing them as bystanders watched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
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Before we all float away on a tide of eggnog, here's @time.com's preview of 36 anticipated books coming in 2026. Many thanks to Lucy Feldman for the opportunity. time.com/7341767/most...
The 36 Most Anticipated Books of 2026
The year ahead promises new books from George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, Jesmyn Ward and more
time.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Before we all float away on a tide of eggnog, here's @time.com's preview of 36 anticipated books coming in 2026. Many thanks to Lucy Feldman for the opportunity. time.com/7341767/most...
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
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joining the great machine consciousness
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
joining the great machine consciousness
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People out here seem oddly confused by elevators.
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
People out here seem oddly confused by elevators.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
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A small good thing: @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, fired for discussing slavery in his draft interpretive panels for the Alamo, published this gem of a piece about another artifact on display: www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
Why Pee-wee Herman’s Bike Is Now on Permanent Display at the Alamo
We found it!
www.texasmonthly.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A small good thing: @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, fired for discussing slavery in his draft interpretive panels for the Alamo, published this gem of a piece about another artifact on display: www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
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The Swinging Organs 🤭
It’s the highly anticipated Easy AM 66 Top 25 of the Year!
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Swinging Organs 🤭
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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these are my emotional support microplastics
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
these are my emotional support microplastics
You: But please, promise you won’t tell anyone.
Me: I can’t imagine anyone who’d be interested in you or your boring anecdote, which I’ve already forgotten. I’m self-absorbed. Other people are really ghosts to me most of the time.
You: Thanks, buddy!
Me: I can’t imagine anyone who’d be interested in you or your boring anecdote, which I’ve already forgotten. I’m self-absorbed. Other people are really ghosts to me most of the time.
You: Thanks, buddy!
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You: But please, promise you won’t tell anyone.
Me: I can’t imagine anyone who’d be interested in you or your boring anecdote, which I’ve already forgotten. I’m self-absorbed. Other people are really ghosts to me most of the time.
You: Thanks, buddy!
Me: I can’t imagine anyone who’d be interested in you or your boring anecdote, which I’ve already forgotten. I’m self-absorbed. Other people are really ghosts to me most of the time.
You: Thanks, buddy!
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I've loved all of Rinzler's "Making of" books that I've read but this one was probably my favorite.
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I've loved all of Rinzler's "Making of" books that I've read but this one was probably my favorite.
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In my greatest hour of need, where were you
April 2, 2024 at 5:38 PM
In my greatest hour of need, where were you
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Downeyflake Toaster Eggs (1972-1975): A line of frozen egg discs that you cooked in a toaster. Available in "plain", "cheddar" "country style" and "western"
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Downeyflake Toaster Eggs (1972-1975): A line of frozen egg discs that you cooked in a toaster. Available in "plain", "cheddar" "country style" and "western"
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American-born POC don’t have immigration documents because we didn’t immigrate here, but of course we’re supposed to carry them anyway just in case, since obviously we must have immigration documents, look at us
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
American-born POC don’t have immigration documents because we didn’t immigrate here, but of course we’re supposed to carry them anyway just in case, since obviously we must have immigration documents, look at us