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December 29, 2025

THERE WAS A MORE THAN 30% DROP IN VIEWERSHIP FROM LAST YEAR’S CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMES: The BBC’s Christmas collapse is nothing short of catastrophic.

The rather amazing thing is that Beebs still has viewers.

I WONDER HOW MUCH JEFF BEZOS PROFITS OFF OF CHRISTMAS PURCHASES? Of Course, the Trump White House Issuing This Statement Triggered a Meltdown in Liberal America.

Of course, indie authors don’t have much choice. Or any publishers, really. But I’m slowly working on going wide. We need alternatives!

UN OUT OF THE US. US OUT OF THE UN: Somalia Set to Lead UN Security Council in January.

A SMART AND GREAT LADY: And God… Called Woman Back to Him: RIP BB.

You know this, because all the Eurocrats are foaming at the mouth and calling her a right winger.

MY HUNCH IS THAT HE’S RIGHT: Understanding the Great Enrichment: how mass prosperity replaced mass poverty. Britain became the first country to do learning-by-experiment at scale.

AKA THE ZIMBABWE PLAN: USDA Challenges California Over Potential Implementation of Race-Based Farmland Redistribution Plan.

IT’S A VALID CONTENTION: The idea of abolition – ie the moral belief that all slavery is wrong everywhere, rather than simply not wanting to be enslaved oneself – likely could only have arising in a northern european protestant culture. Only here is labour considered noble and dignified, everywhere else it is seen as demeaning. Thus in other societies the slave is seen as lesser because of the fact of their slavery.

And for the x-iled.

I DON’T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND, ACTUALLY: It may seem petty to deny entry to EUrocrats, but it’s all they will understand.

LOL: The US Department of War does “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.

OH, COME ON. WE NEED THIS STUDY: Probably Just a Joke.

INTERESTING: Am I really Northern Italian? I tested it with a reference panel. A reproducible workflow using AADR.

THE CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE: Welcome to my cockeyed, corrupt world of the State of Washington.

December 28, 2025

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Candlelight Frontier. Lighting the path ahead.

WHILE IT’S STILL CHRISTMAS TIME: FROM SARAH A. HOYT:

Christmas In Time: A Collection of Short Stories

Christmas In Time: Six Stories of Time Travel and Second Chances

Time is not an Ocean. But then again it is.

From award-winning author Sarah A. Hoyt come six tales of time travel, parallel worlds, and the furthest reaches of space—all bound together by Christmas miracles and the choices that define us.

Meet Time Corps agents who risk madness to prevent reality from splintering. Follow a mathematician pulled into a parallel universe where his twin captains starships between worlds. Watch as mysterious children arrive from impossible futures, and discover Victorian lighthouses that serve as anchors in the storm of time itself. Journey from blood-soaked space stations to asteroid colonies at the edge of the known universe.

This collection includes “What Child Is This,” a prequel to Hoyt’s acclaimed novel No Man’s Land, revealing how a child’s accidental time-slip can save a man’s life and create the bonds of family love.

AND: Christmas in the Stars.

A collection of four Christmas short stories by Prometheus Award Winner Sarah A. Hoyt.
Perfect for curling up by the fire with eggnog in hand, these heartwarming tales bring the spirit of Christmas to the far reaches of space and beyond. A star-explorer stranded in unknown coordinates on Christmas Eve listens desperately for sleigh bells while his AI companion offers little comfort. Two deserters from a doomed planetary war seek peace and goodwill on a forsaken planet—even though one of them happens to be dead. Discover the small, sweet robot who witnessed the first Christmas at the nativity. And remember that sometimes, all you need for a Merry Christmas is a cat. With the warmth and humanity that has made Hoyt a beloved voice in Analog, Asimov’s, and Weird Tales, these stories blend science fiction wonder with holiday comfort. Though brief, this collection delivers the rational optimism and cozy charm perfect for a snowy afternoon—proving that the Christmas spirit endures even among the stars. As one reviewer notes, these aren’t schmaltzy Hallmark tales, but genuine stories that earn their emotional moments through compelling characters and imaginative settings.

WORTH IT, AND I’M BOOKMARKING: Preparing for America’s 250th Anniversary — PragerU’s New Road to Liberty Series: The Battle of Trenton.

AS IF THE AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES CARED: Jewish group warned police of terror plot at Hanukkah event before Bondi Beach attack.

KNOW WHERE YOUR DONATIONS GO: Hamas Operatives Funneled Over $8 Million to Military Wing in Italian Fundraising Scheme.

THE FINAL PHASE: IMPORTING A NEW ‘CLIENT’ POPULATION: How to destroy a country, part 4.

GOOD NEWS: Thailand and Cambodia Pause Border War with 72-Hour Cease Fire.

A STUNNING LESSON IN FAILING TO GET IT: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Says it’s ‘Sad’ That Latino Americans Are Joining ICE.

FOR THE TIMES, THEY ARE ACHANGING: Xmas & New Year’s wishes: Revolution is in the air — The hegemony of the left is coming to an end, a victim of its intellectual poverty and dogmatic blindness.

WE SHOULD QUESTION EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING: I had this idea… “what if autism diagnoses are partially from fraudulent billing?” And then poked around a bit. And … turns out that the whole “1 in 30” statistic isn’t based on official diagnoses; ADDM has clinicians review school records and if the record fits then it counts as autism even if there’s no medical diagnosis. Then that statistic is quoted to justify increased ABA centers, increased research, all kinds of grants.

And for the xcluded.

NOT TIRED OF WINNING: California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state’s bullet train.

FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY DATA REPUBLICAN: Timothy Mynett: Ilhan Omar’s husband and the progressive money man you’ve probably never heard of Ilhan Omar’s wealth headlines ($30M net wortH ) are dominating today’s feeds. But behind that story is someone far less visible: her husband, Tim Mynett.

AND ON THREAD READING APP: HERE

MANY SUCH CASES: I was writing some code the new-school way yesterday, prompting gpt-4.1 through aider, and for whatever reason my mind flashed back 50 years and the utter freaking enormity of it all crashed in on me like a tidal wave. And now I want to make you feel that, too.

AND FOR: the X-cancelled.

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