I haven’t tuned into CBS since its morning news promoted that interview (and Weiss) last week. This latest announcement validates my decision.
“CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop”
https://www.indep…
Bills fire head coach Sean McDermott after nine years with team https://www.nfl.com/news/bills-fire-head-coach-sean-mcdermott-after-nine-years-with-team
Sources: Pinduoduo and Temu owner PDD fires dozens following a fistfight between employees and Chinese officials probing fraudulent deliveries on its platform (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/pd…
Trump promised Iranians the U.S. would rescue them.
They were betrayed.
Reeling from a crackdown on protesters in Iran that left thousands dead,
Iranians are now grappling with feelings of betrayal, confusion and uncertainty
after Donald Trump repeatedly promised to intervene on their behalf
and then declined to do so.
Some Iranians said in interviews that Trump’s words of support had added to their determination to resist the Iranian government
aft…
There exists the concept of "Twin Films".
Movies that were released around the same time with similar theme ("Armageddon"/"Deep Impact" - "Bugs Life"/"Antz")
Sometimes this happens on Youtube as well.
With just a couple days apart, Strange Aeons and Nick Robinson released a video on "Rawr XD" and "XD".
Love it when that happens.
Take it from me, as an Australian who’s worked in politics: strongly reconsider following Australia’s lead in *any* sort of policy. Learn from our egregious mistakes. Please. #ukpol #SocialMediaBan
following jvns asking about good man pages, i have some thoughts about what i have liked and disliked when reading man pages, how i have tried to improve them, and guidelines i follow when writing them https://lobste.rs/c/chyw2a
perhaps that comment ought to be a blog post
Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/089219/dozens-of-us-colleges-close-as-falling-birth-rate-pushes-them-off-enrollment-cliff
CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 "liquidation cascade" (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/1