Deep, poignant reporting and storytelling here by Jasper Nathaniel on the “stolen year” of 16-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammed Ibrahim, who spent 9 1/2 months in an Israeli prison under miserable conditions, despite never being convicted of any crime.

Mohammed Ibrahim’s Stolen Year

The newly freed sixteen-year-old Palestinian American shares his first account of 9½ months in Israeli military detention.

#palestine #westbank

This highly visual summary of a year of Trump’s never-ending attacks on democracy, norms, morals & world order is excellent. For those of us following closely, there’s no breaking news. Yet pulling it all together in this way still gives a visceral punch. Gift link.

One Relentless Year

Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.

#trump #uspol #2025 #visualjournslism

I don’t even care if it is corrupt and makes him richer (I mean, I do, but he is doing that with the presidency already), I would pay to have him leave the presidency to host anything. The caveat being the presidency doesn’t go to Vance but it either means Trump forfeited in 2024 or there is a new election. I like the former better, all rules and changes made since the inauguration become null.

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Bon Nadal to all! Last night, I celebrated Christmas Eve with some Catalan friends at the home of one. Today, having a quiet Christmas Day. The popovers turned out amazing. #christmas #popovers #nadal #navidad

Bon Nadal y Feliz Navidad. ¿Se vende egg nog en España? Encuentro que en fiestas, echo de menos ciertos sabores o comidas. #españa #cataluña #eggnog #navidad

10 miles in and some Christmas Eve food shopping at Mercat de Santa Caterina. #running #runnersofmastodon #barcelona #christmaseve

The megalomania of the president, by Massimo Gaggi in Corriere della sera:

Corriere della Sera

«Trump first», dalle mire sulla Groenlandia alla «flotta dorata» e la purga degli ambasciatori: la megalomania del presidente

Il presidente degli Stati Uniti usa la sicurezza nazionale per imporre il suo ego

#trump #narcissism #uspol

I realized today that this is 1st year since I started digitally tracking all runs (in 2014) that I’ve managed 100+ miles every single month. In every other year, I’ve had some injury - from stress fractures (3!) to bunion surgery to minor issues that meant at least 1 month I didn’t hit 100 miles. This has been a very rough year overall, but at least on running front, I’ve been consistent. I’ve also lifted weights at least 8x/month for 1st time since high school! #running #runnersofmastodon

Please watch widely! #uspol #censorship

It would be comical if it weren’t real. Australia responds to its first mass shooting by restricting gun sales further. The U.S. responds by stopping all diversity lottery visas (despite one person among millions being an accused mass murderer, lower than native-born Americans) and suing DC to insist semi-automatic weapons remain available for purchase. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/22/justice-department-sues-dc-ar-15-rifle/ #guns #uspol #guncontrol