A Midwinter’s tale 🌻

So fucking tired of these disgraceful people, their racism, their sadism, and their lies

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “Zelenskyy is a tough son of a bitch. He's stubborn. He has his opinion. He's unafraid to say that. He knows how to use media.

“We in the United States have not seen a leader like him since Abraham Lincoln.”

Doomscrolling?

1. Touch each section of your body starting at the toes and think about how each part feels: toes, feet, ankles, calves, knees, etc.
2. Slowly breathe in and exhale with each section.
3. Eat something to activate your tastebuds. Sour works.
4. Draw an animal with the wrong feet.

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This is so helpful. I’m grateful to you for writing this

How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...

Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."

Ooh!

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go

OMG I've rewatched the Stargate shows so many times so this is ridiculously exciting news :D

That is gorgeous!

Snow ☃️

Samesies! I keep checking for snow from our window but nothing so far

There were 3 of them hovering since 6.30 this morning for an hour. I can still hear at least one

A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)

Our cats did not observe the end of daylight-saving time this morning

It is very important to be effervescent in joy, to ward-off the easy, recursive path of despair.

I see people who have “friends” that treat them like shit and it makes me so very sad

you are worth more than that nonsense! you can find people to hang out with who aren’t shitheads to you. I believe in you

Here’s the napper with one of our kittens who loves to snuggle into it bsky.app/profile/mids...

I looked at those but then I thought about what would happen if our cats decided to play with it and went with the bearaby blanket instead

Yeah the napper is made of tencel. It was fine during the summer here in NYC. It’s the best purchase I’ve made in a long time

Tree napper

I love mine. I feel more rested when I use it and the kittens love it too. I got the tree hugger from bearaby so I could use it in all seasons

Weekly VibeCast: Nor’easter post-mortem, a reminder about avoiding social media hype accounts, plus the details on a beautiful stretch of weather ahead. www.patreon.com/posts/141213...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

This one is well spooky! I’m glad I listened to this in the middle of a sunny day

Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

That joyous burst from the cage! What a lovely tale to read on a Sunday morning and what a wonderful thing you did for him 🦉