Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Democracy’s Library and 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived
The Oscars Will Be Streamed on YouTube Starting in 2029
Kars4Kids and Oorah Face New Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Donor Deception
What brought Sears down? 10 mistakes from giant companies
Dear Santa: A Genealogist’s Christmas Wish List (Including That One Elusive Death Certificate We’ve Been Hunting for Three Years)
Best Television and Books of 2025 (J. Eric Smith)
A small fraction of U.S. history (old paper money)
‘Jeopardy!’: Four-Time Champion Eric Berman Dies at 60
Is this the Gumby & Pokey / Davey & Goliath crossover episode?
The Opposite of the Drive-Thru Window? You’re in your car. You get your burger without leaving your car. So maybe it’s the same, but… not? and The Accidental Igloo That Saved a Life and A Planely Bad Way to Quit
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles: he has an “alcoholic’s personality,” drawing a comparison to her father, legendary NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall, who struggled with alcoholism before getting sober.
Three days in the life of a pathetic man.
Wait, some of the redacted Epstein files can be UNREDACTED??
He’s still obsessed with Greenland.
In March 2023, reporter Hugo Lowell revealed exclusively in the Guardian that a federal criminal investigation was examining TMedia – the company that owns the his social media platform, Truth Social – in connection with its acceptance of $8m in loans with suspected Russian ties. Those loans helped keep the company afloat long enough for him to take it public last year, when he netted an additional paper fortune of about $4.6bn. TM sued the Guardian for defamation and $250m in damages. In late November, the judge threw out the case, pointing out that the plaintiff was required to show that “the [Guardian] either knew the statement was false or acted with reckless disregard for its truth” – but he found no such evidence. This was a victory not only for the Guardian but for journalists everywhere.
Reflections of a Census Bureau Employee: MAGA Callers Share a Common Delusion.
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CBS News’ new editor in chief, Bari Weiss, abruptly postponed a segment of “60 Minutes” about Venezuelan men who the regime deported to the notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison, known as CECOT, in El Salvador.
Several veteran correspondents questioned Weiss’ decision. In an email to her colleagues, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said the team “requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story,” she said.
Was Weiss’ decision by design? Or was she merely derelict in her job? CBS News’ censorship spectacularly backfires. Terry Moran: She skipped five different screenings of the 60 Minutes story as it was being written and cut…. Finally, on Thursday, Weiss watched a video of the segment and offered a few suggestions, which were integrated into the script.
Postponing the segment did not prevent it from trickling into public view. Internet sleuths discovered that a Canadian network had briefly published the segment, and a bootleg version of the video began circulating on social media.
Someone thought that, for cBS, the c is now silent.
MUSIC
Randy Rainbow’s new parody: It’s beginning to look a lot like f**k this
Obituaries: Remembering The Mavericks Frontman Raul Malo; O What A Thrill; Dance The Night Away
Singer Chris Rea Dies at 74; Steel River; Let’s Dance
Go Gentle: Max Eider, R.I.P.
The Musicians We Lost in 2025
Message of Love – Pretenders
Arthur’s Weekend Diversion: 1985, Part 27 – The Finale
Coverville 1562 and 1563: The 2025 Coverville Countdown, Parts 1 and 2
Best Albums of 2025 (J. Eric Smith)
10 Songs That Explain My Year from the NYT Amplifier
Time In A Bottle – MonaLisa Twins
Air New Zealand commercial featuring the traditional song “Pōkarekare Ana.”
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair by Claude Debussy
Say You, Say Me – Lionel Richie
Rick Beato’s Top 10 of 2025
Primrose Hill – James McCartney
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Extended interview: Sean Ono Lennon on CBS Sunday Morning. Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – The Academy Award® winning Animated Short