The dried ones are. Fresh picked ones smell wonderful.

It's already illegal to vote if you're not a citizen.

They're trying to convince us there are droves of people who are willing to risk deportation and the abuse that we are seeing from ICE to vote illegally.

It defies credulity and it's simply not true.

Here's Miloh! Just finished this after working on it for 12 days

#art #traditionalart #coloredpencil #bigcat

Gandalf proclaims: ‘The realm of Sauron is ended! The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.’ The Black Gate and its towers fall. Orcs turn and flee.

Gandalf asks the great eagle Gwaihir to carry him south.

‘I would bear you whither you will, even were you made of stone.’

This is looking so cool!

Today, they are teeing up an AI crash that'll make 2008 look like the best day of your life:

pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

The old aphorism has it that "every billionaire is a policy failure." It's true, but incomplete. Every billionaire is a machine for producing policy failures at scale.

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Painting of two glass jars and one food tin each with a bunch of spring flowers and blossom on twiggs placed inside all on a white surface

Artwork by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #womensart

Norwegian Government comes out swinging on enshittification YouTube video by Louis Rossmann

I'm not sure who's gonna be interested, but this is a PSA:

The fight against "enshittification" is growing, with the viral ad from the Norwegian consumer council. If you wanna be part of it, there's now a dedicated wiki for anti-consumer practices to contribute to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-D...

Roses are red

The dot is pale blue

Here's a mote of dust in a sunbeam

From a distance of forty AU

🧪 🔭 🌍

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

people joke about putting billionaires in guillotines but a trebuchet would be much funnier

And super expensive to reshingle!

That’s brilliant! 😂

Me too!

#Atlanta? Really? You’re going to have to prove it to me. Unless you’re counting OTP red counties which are in no way part of Atlanta.

That’s some crazy immediate karma. WOW.

Such a ridiculous eyesore.

Huge flocks of robins all puffed up in the windy cold swooping down to eat the cherry laurel berries. The cats are glued to the windows chattering. #atlanta #snowflurries

Best part was Mourinho celebrating with the ball boy.

If you have a little time, go watch the last 10 minutes of the Benfica - Real Madrid match. Everything you love about The Beautiful Game. 😂#benfica #championsleague

Many are saying Benfica

If you're in line to demoralize an ICE agent, STAY IN LINE.

As someone who had never heard of CAD and who is located just at the line between freezing rain and cold rain today, I thank you! It’s super complicated and we appreciate your helping it all make sense.

Photo looking up to a colourful crocheted banner of mandalas suspended between two buildings and against a dark blue sky

Crocheted mandala, street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Ok 2026, we’re all counting on you.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 'The Blue Danube' (waltz) scene [1080p] YouTube video by Screen Themes

Happy New Year 🖖

There is definitely someone else’s obituary I’d rather read.