The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-sale

This year I took my vacation in a war zone and I served on a jury in a domestic violence case and the deeply traumatic experience I would never want to repeat was jury duty.

Sometimes I love SF so much my eyes get suspiciously watery: The faith leaders, wearing religious garb from various denominations, had earlier stood in front of the courthouse doors, singing, “If you come for them, you’ll have to go through us.”

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42 faith leaders arrested after chaining themselves to S.F. immigration court

About 20 protesters were arrested by federal police after chaining themselves to San Francisco's immigration court.

I can't believe I have to say this, but please do not take revolutionary OPSEC advice from YA novels Cory Doctorow wrote almost twenty years ago.

Now begins the time of year when I argue with my family of strict latke fundamentalists over what qualifies as a latka.

Analysis of my 2025 clothing spreadsheet indicates that I have purchased zero gowns this year, which I would normally consider to be a sign of deep distress. However, I did buy an extravagant vintage fox fur stole at a market in Berlin this spring, so I'm probably ok.

We live in the stupidest possible timeline.

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'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting

It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.

I'm trying to take a no strings attached attitude towards 2026: if I don't ask anything of it, it can't break my heart. But I have also purchased the bottle of champagne I am going to pop when that one guy dies.

NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets. I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

The Transportation Security Administration is flagging passengers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject ...

Some days, the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man is simply not achievable and I must settle for the messy raccoon eye that can probably hurt your feelings.