#RIP, #PresidentCarter
You were a giant and a powerful influence in the world and in all our lives. I'm proud to have voted for you twice. Your legacy and goodness will never fade. #AmericanGreatness personified. 💙 🇺🇸

China’s EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west [FREE TO READ] Volumes forecast to rise 20% next year, smashing international projections and Beijing’s official targets

I’m convinced that the only way to get rich countries to act on climate is to pose it as a competition with China.

Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.

PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it:

-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.

-do not feed them raw dairy

-do not feed them raw meat

Michael Caine Loves 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' as Much as You Do God bless us, every one! But especially Michael Caine.

since it is Muppet Christmas Carol time, let us revisit this wonderful interview with Michael Caine, who loves it as much as the rest of us

“People say to me, Have you ever sung? I say, Yes, I sang in a movie. They say, Who with? I say, Kermit the Frog.”

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, all!

500 Songs Bonus: "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen | Andrew Hickey Get more from Andrew Hickey on Patreon

FYI the "tea and oranges" line in Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne" was inspired by the real-life Suzanne serving him Constant Comment tea. (Via @andrewhickey.500songs.com www.patreon.com/posts/500-so... with more info here www.npr.org/sections/the...)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation.

The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.

Actor David Tennant holding a skull in a production of Hamlet.

Fun fact: Andre Tchaikovsky bequeathed his skull to the British Royal Shakespeare Company to be used as Yorrick in a stage production of Hamlet. Actual skull seen here with David Tennant:

Companies that mandate RTO see slower workforce growth, studies show Firms that have mandated RTO since July 2022 have experienced slower workforce growth than companies that allow flexible work, analysis from Revelio Labs shows.

The evidence just keeps growing that return-to-office policies cost companies their best employees, harm morale and productivity, and don't improve profitability. The CEOs forcing people into an office don't actually run their business "like a business" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Hidden ‘Junk’ Fees Must Be Disclosed, F.T.C. Rule Says Hotels, short-term rentals and event ticket-sellers must advertise the full price of their offerings under the rule, which is supposed to go into effect in the coming year. Here’s what to know.

Hotels, short-term rentals and event ticket-sellers must advertise prices to include service fees, cleaning fees and resort fees — often characterized as “junk fees” — in the totals that are advertised to consumers, the FTC announced on Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...

Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters

when did every moron become such an expert at being able to differentiate drones from planes

N.J. just struck a blow against banning books It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year: ‘Something everyone agrees on’ The premier US dictionary’s pick, based on search traffic, reflects a year of political and celebrity division Collins dictionary went with “brat”. Oxford chose “brain rot”. But in a brutally divided country, the US’s premier dictionary skipped the…

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year: ‘Something everyone agrees on’

Power law!

Where Supreme Court justices stand on ethics reform - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington If the Supreme Court is serious about rebuilding public trust, the justices must implement a binding Code of Conduct now.

We haven't forgotten about the need for Supreme Court ethics reform. In fact, we're tracking the justices’ conduct and public statements on ethics reforms.

Official trailer for #Invincible S3

Releasing February 6 on Prime Video

A bowl of ramen with the headline: Perfect Instant Ramen

"Never eating instant ramen any other way again," said a reader who tried this simple recipe. nyti.ms/4fW9R4N

Rosa Parks’ arrest today 1955 was reported by Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser in tiny article at bottom of page nine—“Negro Jailed Here for ‘Overlooking’ Bus Segregation”:

1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network.

As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.

Opinion | Take it from Bush 43: Overreading a ‘mandate’ might doom Trump’s second term The president-elect’s unrealistic mass deportation plan could collapse once its effects are seen.

"It is not unusual for presidents to feel invincible and claim broad mandates after victory," @jenrubin.bsky.social writes.

"However, voters choose the president for an array of reasons, so a mandate is a political fiction." wapo.st/3Zok5Vx

a sketchy medieval drawing of a bat

this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰

i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between

Mexico’s U.S. Gas Reliance Possible Pressure Point for Trump, Monaldi Says “Though I doubt that Trump will ever stop flows of natural gas or refined products to Mexico, I do think that he might threaten to do so, which of course could create a very negative effect,” Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program…

Mexico’s U.S. Gas Reliance Possible Pressure Point for Trump, Monaldi Says: “Though I doubt that Trump will ever stop flows of natural gas or refined products to Mexico, I do think that he might threaten to do so, which of course could create a very negative effect,” Francisco Monaldi, director of…

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Orange County man receives life sentence for hate-motivated murder Samuel Woodward, then 21, was driven by 'pure hate and rage' over his victim's sexual orientation and religious beliefs, the judge says.

Samuel Woodward sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of gay schoolmate in 2018.

“Woodward kept a ‘hate diary’ in which he boasted of scaring gay men, and his computer was full of anti-gay and anti-Jewish propaganda from the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi group.”

Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Hi everybody! In anticipation of doing more writing, I’ve brought all 25 years of my blog archives online, cleaned up lots of dead links, and even added a basic search capability. I hope there’s something there you find valuable! www.anildash.com (And let me know what I should write about next.)

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