Darcy

Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump

This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.

[Nixon voice] My God.

My reaction:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Always remember to be sweet 😊 no matter what 🥰

Jack Smith Testifies That He’d Prosecute Trump All Over Again The former special prosecutor is standing by his prosecutions of Donald Trump.

“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." trib.al/m0g5T4e

Ukrainian traditions on Christmas Eve.

Many have faded over time,
but some are slowly returning, like the Didukh (I even bought one instead of a Christmas tree this year).

Sunday Letter (please like or share, posts with links reach fewer people): www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death.

Wow 😳

No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...

My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...

I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".

Smile

CNBC on new consumer sentiment numbers: "50.4 is a new all time low ... my database going back into the 1970s."

“This is just a greatest hits of his favorite lies... So he hasn't stopped inflation... That's 2.7%... He hasn't caused grocery prices to fall... Grocery prices are rising 2.5% to 3% as everyone at home knows...” And don't get me started on drug prices falling 400%.

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