We get to recycle this post this week..

I call my buddies "boys" all the time. Particularly at the rink.

It's not necessarily pejorative. It's intended to be familiar/collegial.

Struggling to understand why alien life forms have chosen not to contact us? Post an ad on Facebook Marketplace.

Updating your MAGA decoder ring.

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as such, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci

FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.

‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."

Did Andy Warhol really know how to use his Amiga?

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

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Margaret Aitken Bell Obituary | 1944 - 2025 | Vancouver Sun & Province View Margaret Aitken Bell's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

RIP Mom. 1944-2025

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two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

🇨🇦🤜🍊

I’m on a boat

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy - Wikipedia

In WP Kinsella’s “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy” two perfectly-matched teams play a single game for 40 days and nights, more than 2,000 innings, even as biblical rain squalls threaten to flood their town. Reminded of this book for some reason tonight #BlueJays en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iow...

I mean, what could possibly go wrong?!

Trump rewarded Changpeng Zhao, a business partner who boosted his crypto venture, with a pardon for crimes that Zhao pleaded guilty to.

Trading presidential favors for self-interest.

You can’t get more classically corrupt than this.

Anything built on top of SMTP is always going to get gamed.

Elon has run out of douchebags

Looking forward to watching Last Week Tonight on Netflix next year..

In short: no.

But also: no.

Opinion | We Have Seen the ‘Woke Right’ Before, and It Wasn’t Pretty Then, Either

Do we really have such abysmal collective memory that we need to be *told* that the right has a history of censoring free speech? Have we really swallowed so much reactionary-centrist bullshit about "cancel culture" that we've forgotten that primal political truth?

“We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025.” www.trumpactiontracker.info

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

#RESIST

Elon Musk’s black eye can only mean that we have finally found someone that Stephen Miller is tougher than.

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?