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This presidential “pardon,” as it’s for a state crime, is the equivalent of digital toilet paper, only flimsier and serving a less useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This presidential “pardon,” as it’s for a state crime, is the equivalent of digital toilet paper, only flimsier and serving a less useful purpose.
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“When it comes to putting together a crew with the skills needed for a bank job or a jewel heist, a majority of Americans reported knowing just one or two guys, tops,” said lead researcher Jane Iannitello
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist
NEW HAVEN, CT—Shedding new light on a previously undocumented effect of loneliness, a team of psychologists at Yale University found that at least 80% of Americans lack the social connections necessar...
theonion.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“When it comes to putting together a crew with the skills needed for a bank job or a jewel heist, a majority of Americans reported knowing just one or two guys, tops,” said lead researcher Jane Iannitello
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They were high school sweethearts, and now they’re snowbound in an unheated motel room with only one bed...
Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!
Character art by Celia Moscote
jackielaubooks.com/books/a-seco...
Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!
Character art by Celia Moscote
jackielaubooks.com/books/a-seco...
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They were high school sweethearts, and now they’re snowbound in an unheated motel room with only one bed...
Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!
Character art by Celia Moscote
jackielaubooks.com/books/a-seco...
Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!
Character art by Celia Moscote
jackielaubooks.com/books/a-seco...
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The fourth book in our super steamy, gleefully bonkers romantasy series is out in June! Click the link if you like:
✔️ Horny Dragons
✔️ Enemies to Lovers
✔️ Ancient Gods Fucking
✔️ Murdering Fantasy Tech Bros
✔️ Bisexuals Being Chaotic
✔️ Murder Ladies
www.kitrocha.com/series/high-...
✔️ Horny Dragons
✔️ Enemies to Lovers
✔️ Ancient Gods Fucking
✔️ Murdering Fantasy Tech Bros
✔️ Bisexuals Being Chaotic
✔️ Murder Ladies
www.kitrocha.com/series/high-...
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The fourth book in our super steamy, gleefully bonkers romantasy series is out in June! Click the link if you like:
✔️ Horny Dragons
✔️ Enemies to Lovers
✔️ Ancient Gods Fucking
✔️ Murdering Fantasy Tech Bros
✔️ Bisexuals Being Chaotic
✔️ Murder Ladies
www.kitrocha.com/series/high-...
✔️ Horny Dragons
✔️ Enemies to Lovers
✔️ Ancient Gods Fucking
✔️ Murdering Fantasy Tech Bros
✔️ Bisexuals Being Chaotic
✔️ Murder Ladies
www.kitrocha.com/series/high-...
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Wow, “French marine archaeologists have discovered a massive undersea wall off the coast of Brittany, dating from around 5,000 BC”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France
The 120 metre wall was either a fish-trap or a dyke for protection against rising sea-levels, archeologists believe.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wow, “French marine archaeologists have discovered a massive undersea wall off the coast of Brittany, dating from around 5,000 BC”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Folks! We did it! The Onion has 60,000 subscribers!
We're that much closer to reaching our goal of beating The Washington Post's print circulation by the end of next year. (They were last reported at 97k, but it's probably lower now.)
Thank you all. Democracy died in darkness but we're still here.
We're that much closer to reaching our goal of beating The Washington Post's print circulation by the end of next year. (They were last reported at 97k, but it's probably lower now.)
Thank you all. Democracy died in darkness but we're still here.
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Folks! We did it! The Onion has 60,000 subscribers!
We're that much closer to reaching our goal of beating The Washington Post's print circulation by the end of next year. (They were last reported at 97k, but it's probably lower now.)
Thank you all. Democracy died in darkness but we're still here.
We're that much closer to reaching our goal of beating The Washington Post's print circulation by the end of next year. (They were last reported at 97k, but it's probably lower now.)
Thank you all. Democracy died in darkness but we're still here.
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I read that Orange Cruelius is demanding 5 years of social media history from any tourists who want to visit.
Bold to presume there will be any tourists. What's our curtain made of? Not iron. That's been done. Lead. Lead works. It's cheapish, heavy, and can cause toxicity.
Bold to presume there will be any tourists. What's our curtain made of? Not iron. That's been done. Lead. Lead works. It's cheapish, heavy, and can cause toxicity.
a woman with long blonde hair is smiling and wearing a white jacket and a pink shirt .
Alt: A white woman with blond hair is laughing but it's fake and soon she's just crying. Relatable.
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I read that Orange Cruelius is demanding 5 years of social media history from any tourists who want to visit.
Bold to presume there will be any tourists. What's our curtain made of? Not iron. That's been done. Lead. Lead works. It's cheapish, heavy, and can cause toxicity.
Bold to presume there will be any tourists. What's our curtain made of? Not iron. That's been done. Lead. Lead works. It's cheapish, heavy, and can cause toxicity.
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Have you read Candy's essay, "Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass" yet? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heated-rivalry-the-unbearable-lightness-of-having-a-dump-truck-ass/
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Have you read Candy's essay, "Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass" yet? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heated-rivalry-the-unbearable-lightness-of-having-a-dump-truck-ass/
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
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if you want more evidence the GOP had a bad, not good, terrible election year, stay tuned for my story shortly!
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
if you want more evidence the GOP had a bad, not good, terrible election year, stay tuned for my story shortly!
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I begged Jenny to write this and am so grateful she did.
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I begged Jenny to write this and am so grateful she did.
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
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With alt-text.
I laughed.
I laughed.
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
With alt-text.
I laughed.
I laughed.
This is 20 min from where my dad grew up, he was very excited to read this article!
NEW Isotope analysis of copper artefacts from Bronze Age Möriken-Wildegg, Switzerland finds some copper was likely sourced as far away as Cyprus, indicating that, c.1400 BC, even rural communities were involved in the extensive Eurasian market networks.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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🏺 #Archaeology
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is 20 min from where my dad grew up, he was very excited to read this article!
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everything needs to stop doing a "Look Back At 2025..."
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
everything needs to stop doing a "Look Back At 2025..."
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
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“.. If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. 🇨🇦
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“.. If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. 🇨🇦
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
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OBVIOUSLY do not use AI, at all. AT ALL, for anything. I don’t wanna hear about the theoretical good version, it’s not what they’re pushing on us. The absolute worst people in the world have gone all in on this shit, and it needs to be starved out as much as possible. AI: not even once!
Sec. Hegseth rolled out the U.S. military’s new AI platform, GenAi.Mil, with a link to an empty website. trib.al/tbCJAkT
Predictably, the platform can’t actually be accessed from external networks, but the wonky rollout triggered eyerolls across the internet.
Predictably, the platform can’t actually be accessed from external networks, but the wonky rollout triggered eyerolls across the internet.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
OBVIOUSLY do not use AI, at all. AT ALL, for anything. I don’t wanna hear about the theoretical good version, it’s not what they’re pushing on us. The absolute worst people in the world have gone all in on this shit, and it needs to be starved out as much as possible. AI: not even once!
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Canada was like "oh you think we forgot about the trade war shit? how about we BREAK ALL YOUR MEDIA CRITICS right before christmas?!? HA!"
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Canada was like "oh you think we forgot about the trade war shit? how about we BREAK ALL YOUR MEDIA CRITICS right before christmas?!? HA!"
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Top romance of the year, possibly of the decade: After Hours at Dooryard Books by @catswrites.bsky.social. Listen, you need this one. This is what historical romance is fucking for: to look back into times that are like and unlike our own, and find clarity and courage. You’ll cry and thank me.
After Hours at Dooryard Books
The manager of secondhand bookstore takes in a mysterious drifter. And then his best friend and her newborn move in. Everyone spends a lot of time thinking about Walt Whitman and badly processing t…
catsebastian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Top romance of the year, possibly of the decade: After Hours at Dooryard Books by @catswrites.bsky.social. Listen, you need this one. This is what historical romance is fucking for: to look back into times that are like and unlike our own, and find clarity and courage. You’ll cry and thank me.
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clause = 📝
claws = 🦞
Claus = 🎅🏻
claws = 🦞
Claus = 🎅🏻
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
clause = 📝
claws = 🦞
Claus = 🎅🏻
claws = 🦞
Claus = 🎅🏻
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Submitting some 2026 colour ideas to @pantone in case it’s not too late for them to change their mind (more in thread)🏺🎨
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Submitting some 2026 colour ideas to @pantone in case it’s not too late for them to change their mind (more in thread)🏺🎨
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I love @ilonaandrews.bsky.social 's Christmas fantasy adventure novella, Sanctuary, and you can get it for free now: ilona-andrews.com/blog/sanctua...
SANCTUARY: A Winter Gift - ILONA ANDREWS
This has been a tough year. To celebrate all of us making it through it together, SANCTUARY is free in our store until New Year. Join our favorite Evil Priest as he tries to navigate the holiday seaso...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I love @ilonaandrews.bsky.social 's Christmas fantasy adventure novella, Sanctuary, and you can get it for free now: ilona-andrews.com/blog/sanctua...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student https://theonion.com/american-classmates-having-difficulty-understanding-bet-1828551698/
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student https://theonion.com/american-classmates-having-difficulty-understanding-bet-1828551698/