Ricochet's dear friend AAGHarmeetDhillon reconnects with jameslileks.substack.com, Peter Robinson, and Steven F. Hayward to update us on another disturbance at UC Berkeley and to reiterate the DOJ's Civil Rights Division plans to put the blindfold back on our justice system. ricochet.com/podcast/ricoch…

The White House just sent this out on the Ukraine "peace plan":

And it gets better. The White House just sent this out as well. (There's a reason I didn't say much about the Ukraine "peace plan" after apparently the Russians leaked it.)

These days I’m obsessed in the softest way—with the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg‘s heights and the sun’s tender rituals, unveiling the day at dawn and setting it aglow again at sunset. ⁦Elbphilharmonie⁩

Stunning #pianist. They don't make them like this any longer...

ADVENT STARTS HERE: Scripture scholar Nina Heereman on the readings for the first Sunday of advent. (Nina will be posting additional podcasts for each of the three remaining Sundays, then for Christmas itself.) A quarter of an hour of erudition, insight, inspiration, and, Nina

RIP, Tom Stoppard. He will be missed. theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov…

Demonetized. Shadow-banned. Several channel suspensions. And more “strikes” than I can count. But YouTube still sent me the 100,000 subscriber plaque.

🎄We’re so looking forward to performing ‘A Spanish Nativity’, this Thursday in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. 📺 If you haven’t managed to nab a ticket, the concert will be streamed via Live from London from 13th Dec at the link below! VOCES8 Foundation

#sirtomstoppard #tomstoppard @hampstead_theatre @theobserveruk @theindependant @telegraph The Guardian @nationaltheatre @theartistspartnership @unitedagents #hapgood #rosencrantzandguildensternaredead #arcadia #indianink #empireofthesun #therealthing

This evening, Stile Antico performs its "A Spanish Nativity" at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, which is described as "an irresistible mix of sumptuous Christmas polyphony and joyful folk influences from the sensual world of Renaissance Spain. stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/stile…

Heartbreak feels mediocre in a place like this

Olivia Nuzzi is out at Vanity Fair. nypost.com/2025/12/05/med…

Footage published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security showing the interdiction Tuesday of a cartel narco-trafficking vessel containing 20,000lbs of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific, by a MH-65E Dolphin with the U.S. Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron

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Fleur Barron & Kunal Lahiry to Headline LIFE Victoria Recital at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza bit.ly/4oN99KP

RIP, Sophie Kinsella. nypost.com/2025/12/10/ent…

IPv6 is now 30 years old. Remember how many articles were written, 25 years ago, about how we would run out of IPv4 address "any day now" and that IPv6 would be mandatory almost immediately? Good times.

Backstage shot 📸 Here we are after a wonderful Christmas concert in Luxembourg last night. Behind us are posters of the many fantastic musicians that have performed at Cube 521 in Clervaux - we spotted several familiar faces from the choral world and beyond!

Short only of Dickens, Jody's Christmas stories are the best I've ever read. Treat yourself--treat your kids. These stories are so wonderful that teens will put down their phones.