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Spuds Turtle
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"our sunlight is not for franchise"

Doing doodles and art for fun occasionally. Making maps and map apps professionally.
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npr.org
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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neorsd.org
ah yes a true holiday classic
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges
Twitter screenshot, 23 December 2016 (and god knows we needed a laugh at the end of that year): Gerry Adams, “This house is like Santa's Grotto. Takes half an hour 2 switch off fairy lights and assorted Yule illuminations. Feel like a grinch now.” Reply from ‘Eddielzzard'sBeret’: “Surely you know someone who can fit a timer.”
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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spindlypete.bsky.social
my larger son is tucked into bed with a big empty cottage cheese container he calls his top hat and claims he can talk to santa claus through. he says santa claus is saying ho ho ho. he's whispering back to him "santa claus santa claus santa claus"
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.

"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."

@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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hockenbear.bsky.social
Look at this cozy bitch
A diluted tortie being a cozy bitch, nodding off on a red velvet chaise lounge with her paws up on the pillow. In the background is a Christmas tree with a cat tunnel around it as a tree skirt.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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marclaming.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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quest64official.bsky.social
The top picture is Megaman and Bass with Bass saying "You fool, it's pronounced Gif!!" In the bottom picture Megaman says "tomato, tomato"
December 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.

It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
One of Ms. Weiss's suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff and the architect of Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown, or a similarly high-ranking Trump administration official, two of the people said. Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the "60 Minutes" staff. Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term "migrants" to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally, two of the people said. In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
spudsturtle.bsky.social
Not exactly a winter solstice piece but also not NOT a winter solstice piece
Walt Kelly's "Pogo" comic strip featuring the critters performing "God rest ye merrie, gentlemen let nothing you dismay" the background is solid black
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
spudsturtle.bsky.social
Getting in the spirit of things
Copy of Newsweek December 26, 1955 cover - the critters from Walt Kelly's "Pogo" are spashed on the page playing instruments and being joyous. The title is "As America Sings At Christmastime"
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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adamisacson.com
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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kurasiu.bsky.social
'I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.' sign
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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maybarros.com.br
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
Post in r/indiedev by Sbibble: "The game I've been working on for months is exactly the same as a game I just discovered today. What do I do? Hi all, I've been working on a little project in Godot since about October. The idea was a bullet-hell roguelike, sort of like Enter the Gungeon, but with a spell system like in Noita, where players can get upgrades to change the behaviour of their projectiles. I know the idea isn't exactly original, but I thought it was a neat spin on things, and pretty feasible for a novice developer like me. I've gotten pretty far, and the game is nearly feature complete. Today, out of curiosity, I had a look through Godot's newsfeed on Steam, and found the game Gunforged. It is remarkably similar to the project I have been working on, to the point where Steam even compares it to Noita and Gungeon specially on the store page. What do I do? I'm worried my game will be seen as just a ripoff, despite the fact that I hadn't even heard about this other game until today. Reply by Firebelly: "Hey I'm the creator of Gunforged! I would say don't be discouraged. There's plenty of room to do Gunforged better than I did, especially if you can do something unique. But even just improving my game's deficiencies can set you apart enough to sell some copies. If you like your idea then keep going!
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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murrman5.bsky.social
[me telling my story how I survived a plane crash and lived on a deserted island for a year] it was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?
July 3, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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dariaphoebe.com
Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
A flight path in the shape of the Grinch
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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dillo.media
the city could have used those car lane funds to help so many 😞
December 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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sugarblind.bsky.social
Night In The Woods art. Two young adults, a bear person and a cat person, are silhouetted against a starry, purple night sky, where several constellations are outlined: a priest, a martyr, a whale, a bell. The caption reads "So I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do."
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
Happy Longest Night to all who observe
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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fiadh.bsky.social
important
badger eating berries
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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mguariglia.bsky.social
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
spudsturtle.bsky.social
Merry Tuba Christmas! 📯🎄
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM