This might come across as insensitiveā¦ but what on earth did Charlie Kirk do in 2025 to deserve Person of the Year? Besides getting shotā¦ If getting assasinated is the requirement, Iād like to nominate Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman, and their spouses, Mark and Yvette.
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š§ December 10, 2025
The final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because ārecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,ā and because ādisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.ā Because āthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,ā the preamble said, āhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.ā
Richardson goes on to list all the rights that are included under the United Nations human rights and it sure feels like America doesnāt give a fuck about 70% of those rights now.
I enjoyed this bit:
The U.S. government did not recognize Human Rights Day this year.
Instead, Humeyra Pamuk of Reuters reported, administration officials are threatening to place sanctions on the International Criminal Court to guarantee it will not investigate Trump and his top officials.
Who needs human rights when you have bigger bombs, I guess? We are devolving back to a world where might means right, and unfortunately, we are the bad guys this time.
š§» I hate the Pantone color of the year
In fashion language, white suggests luxury, like, you donāt have to work, because if you worked, youād wear a more practical color that wonāt get stained within 5 minutes. Staying clean is a privilege ā the aristocracy keeps their hands clean and the working class gets dirty for them.
Iām going to go out on a limb and play the contrarian: I kinda like the color of the year. But I do think they are on to something here when it comes to privilege, white nationalism, etc. Especially as the class gap continues to grow and people with abhorrent views continue to show their true colors.
š£ Will Congress rein in Pete Hegseth and his boat-bombing campaign?
Many of the new lawyers installed in senior posts over recent months ādonāt care what the right answer isā, bemoans the former senior JAG. āThey spend all their time trying to figure out what the administration wants and then reverse engineer how to get to it.ā
I called it out a while ago, but at a minimum, Trump is guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, and now I think itās pretty clear he and Hegseth are guilty of international war crimes as well. Since Trump is such a great ābusinessman man,ā he should be familiar with vicarious liability and his predecessorās motto: āThe buck stops here.ā
š¬ The Undermining of the C.D.C.
Since Trump returned to office his Administration has fired or muzzled government scientists with disfavored views on nutrition and climate change; cancelled funding for long-running surveys on food insecurity and global health; dismissed independent committees focussed on air pollution, health-care disparities, and hospital infections; and pulled support for research into vaccines.
The list of things that has devastating real world impact on millions of real Americans goes on and on and on and on. And for what?
š„ A Battle with My Blood
Maybe my brain is replaying my life now because I have a terminal diagnosis, and all these memories will be lost. Maybe itās because I donāt have much time to make new ones, and some part of me is sifting through the sands.
A pretty devastating personal reflection on leukemia from Tatiana Schlossbergāand how her cousin, RFK Jr. is decimating the healthcare system and pulling funding for research into many of the drugs she has or couldāve used during her fight with cancer.
