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I love The Octonauts, although I do sometimes worry it’s giving my son an unrealistic perception of the coffee consumption rate of the average undersea exploration headquarters polar bear captain. – via @gatordavid
How The Netherlands Built a Biking Utopia – via distilled
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky (aside from following me, of course).
There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI – via @rking_618
This is your annual reminder that the album Sugar & Booze by SNL alum Ana Gasteyer is chock full of fantastic holiday music and you can stream it on Alexa.
In part he cried because he knew what lay ahead. The families of the dead, the people who were shot, had now been in war, like he had. They would struggle like he and so many of his combat buddies had.
I joined Mastadon seven years ago — a full decade after I started using Twitter, by the way — and still have absolutely no idea how it works. (Note that I’ve spent the last thirty years building web and mobile applications.)
This kid’s reaction to Lamar Jackson‘s scramble last weekend is the best (via Ravens). – via @randderuiter

Disney Music in the 1930s

An old college essay

I wish I could think of something uplifting or witty to say by now, but I don’t. I’m sure that day will come soon, but today I’m just … tired. Hopefully these links will brighten your day a little.

Meet Armando Villarreal, the man behind college football’s coolest helmets. – via @theathletichq
Choose your decade and channel-surf the past on virtual TV sets. – via Laura Olin, who has a fantastic newsletter
Allegedly, you can now scrub your personal information from Google searches. Here’s how to do it.
JSON Crack is a free, open-source data visualization app capable of transforming JSON (and several other structured formats) into interactive graphs. – via @sung.kim.mw
“1500+ free HTML templates for websites, landing pages, blogs, portfolios, ecommerce and admin dashboards” – via @devluc
Great news for people who love bad news: This year won’t just be the hottest on record — it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord. – via @scientific_american
“Vanity Fair hits it on the nail.” via @deirdre.assenza
Related: “Unfriendly reminder that good people don’t support rapists.” – via @iamayortrightkay
Apropos of nothing: It’s nearly impossible to be a depressed ball of rage-filled anxiety while listening to Clair de lune. – via @gatordavid
Please tell me Taylor is working on a “The White House” version of “The Black Dog”. And if she’s not, maybe Weird Al can get on it. I hope it’s shitty / in the White House… – via @gatordavid

When Indiana Jones tells you he needs your help fighting Nazis, you help Indiana Jones fight Nazis. – via @laurenthomanwrites (Vote!)
If you’re looking for some good news: The population decline of honeybees has actually reversed! – via @dirtyrealism42
In 2034 people are going to rediscover these unhinged John Mulaney musical sketches and realize they were incredibly brilliant and hysterical. #SNL – via @gatordavid
The Boss opening his show in Montreal with a cover of Ghostbusters makes me really happy. – via @coachbennett
I wonder how many of the rabid anti-immigration folks in the US could pass a citizenship test?
Learn programming by playing games! – via @denicmarko_
I’m no rocket scientist, but this headline seems bad. The International Space Station Has Been Leaking for Five Years – via @laura.helmuth
The Athletic just published a great article about sports video game soundtracks that’s worth a read.
“Can you imagine the beautiful chaos if LinkedIn allowed commenting on open job positions?” – via @regina.thequeen.bee (I love this idea! Couldn’t someone make a browser extension for this?)