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I'll write something up one of these days. Probably.
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aceofbens.com
"I think we're still on the air Tim"

"... No we're not, are we?"

😭😭😭
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
I was wondering what the non-Christmas/Christian inflatable holiday decoration scene looks like, and the Muslims are really bringing it

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the inflatable happy Eid goat
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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kjephd.bsky.social
This is a great story about trying to do ordinary pluralist politics under the lawless rule of an administration that exclusively understands politics in the friend-enemy mode.

CO senators try to protect a home state research center which Vought lawlessly seeks to abolish as an enemy institution
Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded tha…
thehill.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
TIMELINE CLEANSE. Please post your adorable getting into the holiday spirit.

Molly is dallying in the Christmas garland.
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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nehls.bsky.social
“The Human Genome Project was a $3 billion investment, and what did we find out?” says Thomas Hartung, a toxicologist at Johns Hopkins. “Five percent of all disease is purely genetic. Less than 40 percent of diseases even have a genetic component.”
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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amanbatheja.bsky.social
Full @gallup.com release here: news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet
Americans' economic confidence has fallen to its lowest level in over a year, accompanied by a historic drop in planned holiday spending.
news.gallup.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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by-cjewett.bsky.social
My latest: Last month, RFK Jr.'s dep. sec. staged something of a coup against FDA boss Marty Makary. The White House waved it off.

But what a year: 4,000 staff out, a drop in foreign inspections and $$ restrictions that left lab staff sitting idle.

GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
F.D.A. Turmoil Keeps Spotlight on Its Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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willguisbond.com
For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen.

Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong
D.C. midair crash was the result of a complete collapse of the protections designed to keep aviation safe — and the institutions that design and maintain them
theaircurrent.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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ryanjreilly.com
Not for the first time, the signature block for Self-Proclaimed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan spelled it “Virgina.”
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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proptermalone.bsky.social
so I broke out the Nambé menorah and it occurs to me that some of you may not know about Nambé which is one of the most American stories I know
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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juliannemcshane.bsky.social
Turning Point USA's annual convention kicks off in Phoenix tomorrow, featuring a who's who of Trump world and far-right provocateurs. @andybcampbell.bsky.social has the preview of what to expect in the wake of Kirk's killing - for @ms.now:
Turning Point USA’s annual convention begins in the shadow of Charlie Kirk’s killing
AmericaFest, once an annual celebration for the GOP, kicks off amid party infighting and conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk’s death.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea): This 13cm (5in) bird is native to the Americas. It winters in a range from South America to Florida, breeding from Florida up to southern Canada. It is a seed eating species. Terrific shot of this brilliant blue bird taken by Joe Povenz in the USA. #indigobunting
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.

When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.

The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
illinoisdhr.bsky.social Illinois Department of Human Rights @illinoisdhr.bsky.social · 12d
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."

Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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miriamposner.com
Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.
CMS EMAIL TEMPLATE TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP
EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR RFA FAMILIES AND ALLIES TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP TEAMS ABOUT CMS RULES (ADDRESSES FOR LEADERSHIP GROUPS ON PAGE 2) (Please personalize with whatever you have time for) Su...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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sodrock.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
ok this is pretty hilarious, kudos to the Kennedy boys (not you RFK)
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 25
A Kennedy family fact:
dreg-heap 17 hr. ago I'm still thinking about how the younger Kennedys, including RFK Jr, would apparently pretend to get hit by cars and then berate the drivers saying "you've killed another Kennedy!" And then the dead Kennedy would get up and they'd all run away shouting "it's a Kennedy miracle!" carosbee 11 hr. ago I feel this might be misinformation. dreg-heap 6 hr. ago Let it be known that I do love lying on the internet but this one is real "RFK"-obviously for Robert Francis Kennedy. For a moment, Ethel had no words. "The next time your boys want to fly a flag, ask them to do so from the steeple of the Catholic church, not from mine." With that, he handed Ethel the sheet and took his leave. Ethel closed the door. Then, at the top of her lungs, she looked to the heavens and screamed out, "Give me strength!" It was all just mischief, but troubling just the same when the stories would get back to Ethel or the other adults in the family. For instance, one prank had the boys playing in busy Hyannis Port tourist traffic, only to have one kid fall to the ground while another smacked the back of a car, making a loud noise. Then they would all gather around their fallen chum and shout hysterical sentiments at the driver, such as, "You've just killed another Kennedy!" When panicked people came to the aid of the young Kennedy sprawled in the middle of the road, the boys would milk it for all it was worth by trying to get the boy to move his legs and then saying it looked as if he'd been paralyzed. But then the fallen Kennedy would suddenly stand up and walk away. At that, the other boys would proclaim, "Look, it's a Kennedy miracle!" and then race off, leaving a crowd of very upset Hyannis Port tourists in their wake. ... ...
December 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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cooperlund.online
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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gjabberbox.bsky.social
To honor her passing, Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973) Live 💐

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g8iQ...
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973) Live
YouTube video by ManyDeep Dj
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December 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
I've said it before, but the key text I keep returning to for understanding this era is Merrill Markoe's essay on narcissism, because that post today is a textbook example of what she calls The Narcissist's Credo: "I'm the piece of shit the world revolves around."
Enough about You: My Explanation of Narcissism
Because Understanding can be a Good Strategy for Getting Through the Holidays.
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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cheatlines.co
Going back in time to paint her on the nose of a plane, defeating Hitler instantly
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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coreyspowell.bsky.social
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...
In this collage, we see the images of 31 baby star systems. The collage also shows our own Solar System for reference on the bottom right, as it is predicted to have looked at an age of 1 million years, with the Sun at its centre (not visible). All of the systems are centred around very young stars that have recently collapsed from vast clouds of gas and dust.
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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elivalley.bsky.social
"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
"The Free Press" tweet: Jewish parents are “shocked,” “confused,” and “upset” by their children’s radical politics. They wondered if they should have parented differently. Did their children get enough Jewish education? Were they brainwashed by their elite private schools? Where did they go wrong? “Maybe I failed in the sense that the kids didn’t go to Israel enough,” a 63-year-old physician in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, told me. He said his daughter, a civil rights attorney, holds anti-Zionist views and refused to vote for former New York governor Andrew Cuomo due to his alleged sexual harassment. “It would’ve been better if they went more, just to see the lies they’re being told.” Read the full piece by @Olivia_Reingold here: With pic of some person and the text "The Jewish Parents Who Raised Mamdani Voters by Olivia Reingold"
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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apolline.bsky.social
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.

All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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joemenn.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM