On March 27, 1964, a converted liberty ship named the SS Chena brought a shipment of supplies to the port of Valdez, Alaska. Valdez, which I need you to know is pronounced “valDEEZ,” sits at the end of a fjord—a narrow inlet carved by a glacier.
Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
In a world where a woman’s work is never done, perhaps the biggest form of rebellion is taking time for ourselves.
Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/
While much of the world sings the iconic ‘Carol of the Bells’ melody this holiday season, the tune’s birthplace is slowly being erased by Russia. Oleksandr, a priest, witnessed this destruction firsth
Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.
That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
When you're chronically ill, the holidays can be lonely. Feelings of guilt are common. A look at how to set boundaries, support other disabled people and a reminder that you're never alone.
Social media generally slows down at the holidays. Why? Because people are celebrating and spending time with their families.
I’m not one of those people.
Why? Because I’m having another Chronic Illness Christmas.
When you’re disabled and chronically ill, the holidays hit different.
They’re lonely. Isolating. Exhausting.
As a result many of us are excluded and left on our own.
When I created The Disabled Ginger I wanted to build a community where everyone felt included.
I wanted to reach across the internet and connect people so they could always have someone to talk to. Someone who understood them. Someone who could make them feel a little less alone.
This Christmas that’s my wish for all of you… that you feel a little less alone.
That you find comfort and joy in the small things, whatever they may be.
If you’re healthy, please remember that not everyone is. That many people are suffering this Christmas and could use a kind word or a bit of love.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Thank you for spending another year with me.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/another-chronic-illness-christmas
#disability #chronicillness #ableism #holidays #loneliness #christmas #happyholidays #inclusion #accommodation
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"
#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning
Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
Yet another column on Britain's economic woes from Larry "Lexit" Elliot that manages not to mention the words "Brexit", "Europe", or "EU". Why would that be, Larry?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse
Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path.
📰 Featured #oped -- Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one
By Rev Munther Isaac
#palestine 🌴 🫒 🌟
When Western Christians forget that #bethlehem is real, they disconnect from their spiritual roots. And when they forget that Bethlehem is real, they also forget that the story of #christmas is real.
They forget that it unfolded among a people who lived under empire, who faced displacement, who longed for justice (...)"
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