Another excellent Jamelle Bouie column: We do not have a president, we have a junta, unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link. The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
Why are the Supreme Court and Congress conspiring to give him more power?
My NiemanLab 'prediction' won't be popular in some quarters: It's time for a reckoning with AI as the vast ecosystem of news (not the moguls making money grabs) need to make news available where the public is, with APIs for news.
Nieman Lab
APIs for news
"Journalists must address their civic, professional, even moral obligation to provide news, reporting, and information via AI."
Wonderful story: A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera
A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera
In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the s...
 via @BBC_Future
AfD member with close ties to Russia gives Hitler salute--complete with clicked heels, according to Die Zeit--inside the Reichstag. Matthias Moosdorf: AfD-Abgeordneter zeigt Hitlergruß - Anklage via @sz
Süddeutsche.de
Hitlergruß im Bundestag? AfD-Abgeordneter Moosdorf angeklagt
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin hat einen Abgeordneten der AfD angeklagt, weil er den Hitlergruß gezeigt haben soll.
Peak #BrokenTImes image
I am so tired of this digital Puritanism. This year, I have seen a glimmer of hope: people are ditching a life led on screens for the real thing
the Guardian
This year, I have seen a glimmer of hope: people are ditching a life led on screens for the real thing | John Harris
Whether it’s nightclubs banning phones or a drop in online dating, there are signs that we’re rediscovering the joy of being in the moment, say...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
the Guardian
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
The #BrokenTimes elevates & normalizes the trivial stupidity of the woke font fight--as ever, without bringing the history of font fights past, under another authoritarian leader, Hitler. Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?
Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?
Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.
"(The company’s website admits the software can’t, for example, “stop or slow down for traffic lights or stop signs.”)" Rivian unveils ambitious plan to take on autonomous driving https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/12/rivian-autonomy-day-self-driving/
This is how the Post defines antisemitism: "They are among 200 signatories to a letter last week calling on Israel to release convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti." How antisemitism is entering mainstream culture https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/11/antisemitism-jews-israel-celebrities/