1. Building a Mindful New Year, another of my favorite holiday traditions. “An online program Dec 26 – Dec 31 6 Days / 6 Transcendent Themes / 6 Buddhist Teachers / 6 Meditations to Guide You into 2018.”

2. Disney Illustrator Combines Star Wars And Calvin & Hobbes, And The Result Is Adorable. Two of my favorite things, combined.

3. I was invited to give a TED talk — then asked to “cut Black Lives Matter” from it.

4. We Just Lost The Battle Over The GOP Tax Bill. Where Do We Go From Here?

5. Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears. It was so obvious this is what it was about, but that doesn’t make me any less upset. In related news, War On Our Kids Future: Bears Ears National Monument (video), and Trump argued for keeping Confederate monuments. Then he scaled back those of Native Americans.

6. White Supremacy (Overt & Covert), a really helpful infographic.

7. Humans of New York Instagram post, on the power of a dog. This gave me all the feels.

8. This Food Photographer Sees You Stealing Her Photographs. “Brittany Wright is known for her mesmerizing photographs of fruit, vegetables, and bread. But she hasn’t gotten the credit for her work.”

9. The 16 Best Books of the Year by Black Authors.

10. The Real Woman Behind “Me Too.” (video) “‘Silence Breakers’ were chosen as TIME’s Person of the Year. Get to know Tarana Burke, the real woman behind the #MeToo movement which she started over a decade ago.”

11. The Best of How to DAD. (video) So cute.

12. We spoke to the anti-feminist Tinder guy who thinks women enjoy being raped. Just as gross as it sounds.

13. Philippine’s Environmental Crusaders. (video) “These activists are on an environmental crusade, hunting down illegal loggers.”

14. Just because you don’t call it a diet doesn’t mean it isn’t one, wisdom from Melissa Toler.

15. Beyoncé Makes Surprise Appearance to Present Colin Kaepernick With Muhammad Ali Legacy Award.

16. Someone Asked Twitter To Name A Badder B*tch Than Taylor Swift, Probably Did Not Expect A Reaction Like This. This is an easy game.

17. If You Are Wondering Why Black Women May Not Report Sexual Assault, Consider What Happened After Recy Taylor Was Raped By Six White Men.

18. A Wrinkle In Time is repping girls of color HARD, thanks to director Ava DuVernay. (video)

19. Recipe I want to try: chicken wonton soup.

20. She knew hunger was an issue, but when she realized that even some of her close friends were struggling with it, she took action. (video)

21. ‘Who is the queen?’ And other ways to get talking to strangers. “Introvert Jessica Pan was advised to overcome her fear of talking to strangers by asking stupid questions. But would it work?”

22. 10 Time Capsule Rooms Left Untouched for Decades.

23. Just Room Enough Island. “This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.” There are two pictures of the house here, and in one, the roof is different, and I can’t stop thinking about how hard it would be to reroof this house, get the materials out to it and such.

24. Making magic in 2018 from Susannah Conway, which includes her Unravel Your Year workbook and a link to her Find Your Word free email course.

25. Dear Al Franken: I’ll Miss You, But You Can’t Matter Anymore from Ijeoma Oluo.

26. Truth Matters wisdom from Roxane Gay.

27. A room of one’s own (and money) from Austin Kleon.

28. You’re Going to Survive, “Selected stories from YOU’RE GOING TO SURVIVE: True stories from people who’ve endured soul-crushing moments in their careers—failure, rejection, disappointment, public humiliation—and how they got through it, and how you will too. Read by the author, Alexandra Franzen” on SoundCloud.

29. 14 Reasons Being Married to Another Introvert Is Awesome.

30. Wisdom from Pema Chödrön,

Others will always show you exactly where you are stuck. They say or do something and you automatically get hooked into a familiar way of reacting—shutting down, speeding up, or getting all worked up. When you react in the habitual way, with anger, greed, and so forth, it gives you a chance to see your patterns and work with them honestly and compassionately. Without others provoking you, you remain ignorant of your painful habits and cannot train in transforming them into the path of awakening.

31. Brothers and Sisters from Karen Walrond. “Despite all of our differences — cultural, religious, racial, gender — we’re all riding this little planet together. We’re all brothers and sisters.” Amen.

1. My Body is Not a Billboard: Weight Loss Talk in Eating Disorder Treatment Marketing a new post from one of my favorite humans.

2. From Ronna Detrick’s Notes from Her, “Do what your intuition tells you, what you can clearly discern as the right course of action. Trust-trust-trust that you know what you’re doing. And let everything else go – every fear, every anticipated reaction, even every expected risk and seemingly-certain cost. It’s all going to work out.”

3. Need help finding a good book? Maybe this list of lists will help. In related news, Some Baffling Omissions from the NY Times 100 Notable Books List, and The 10 Best Books of 2017 from The New York Times.

4. Good stuff from Austin Kleon, (who also shared the link above), Tidying up and Have you tried making yourself a more interesting person?

5. A Line-by-Line Response to the New York Times’ Response to the Backlash It Received for Publishing a Nazi Puff Piece. In related news, Nazi Sympathizer Profiled by The Times Loses His Job. Karma is sometimes direct and swift.

6. A Portland Cartoonist Created a Bizarro World Where Trump Is Good. “Decent Don is helpful, kind, and generous.” For more: http://decentdon.com/

7. Musician James Maslow traveled back to his old high school to surprise his former drama teacher with a thank you letter that will give you all the feels. (video)

8. This American Life: Our Friend David. “David Rakoff died on August 9, 2012. He’d appeared on This American Life 25 times, first in 1996, during the third month of the show; his last appearance was just a few weeks before he died. He was on the program so often that in putting together this week’s show, we realized we could tell a lot of his life story, simply through things he said on the show. So this week we do just that, with excerpts from some of his favorite stories over the years.”

9. Buddha’s last 8 instructions. Seems pretty reasonable, but I admit I’m a bit biased.

10. 30+ Hilarious Cat Snapchats That Are Im-Paw-Sible Not To Laugh At.

11. Going Up the Mountain and Going Down the Mountain is the Same Thing, and Upaya Institute podcast with Natalie Goldberg.

12. People Are Sharing The Names They Now Call Their Pets Instead Of The Original One, And It’s Hilarious.

13. I’m a Plus-Size Runner and I Got Heckled at the NYC Marathon. I say again: fuck you and your fat phobia!

14. Writer Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me (Guest Column). Trigger warning: this description might hit close to home and be hard to read. I know it did and was for me.

15. ‘I Can’t Do This Anymore,’ Think 320 Million Americans Quietly Going About Day from The Onion — so funny, not funny.

16. Grad School Is Trash for Students of Color and We Should Talk About That.

17. Colin Kaepernick Is Recipient of 2017 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. Just like I know if you voted for Trump, we won’t have anything in common, I know that if you think Colin Kaepernick absolutely deserves this honor and is someone whose actions should be honored, we probably have some stuff in common.

18. Walmart yanks shirt threatening to kill journalists. I’ve been seeing more and more of this reported on lately — cases of those who work for businesses small and large making the dumbest, tone deaf, and even dangerous choices in their purchasing and marketing.

19. Writers, Authors, and People Who Write from Jena Schwartz.

20. Pantsuit Nation and the Tale of the Pumpkin Spice Allies.

21. Gifts for Writers, 2017 on Terrible Minds.

22. Navigating a HAES-Ignorant Health Care System from Jenna at Eat 2 Love.

23. 12 Things INFJs Absolutely Need to Be Happy.

24. How Will You Die? “Lindsay Kyte profiles five people who offer Buddhist wisdom to people who are dying and those close to them.”

25. Developing Extraordinary Resilience on Zen Habits.

26. Coming Out (Elle Mills Style). I love this video so much.

27. What do you do with wild commercial success? If you’re Ava DuVernay, you pass it on.

28. The Seeds of Trump’s Victory Were Sown the Moment Obama Won. *sigh*

29. The Dog Who Means Nothing to Me, because “indescribable suffering is a small price to pay for love.”

30. Man Goes 1 Week Without Talking to Anyone. (video)

31. Recipe I want to try: Veggie Fritters 4 Ways. (video)

32. The Senate just passed the biggest tax bill in a generation — and they didn’t even read it. (video) Fuck everything about this. In related news, from The New York Times, Senate Republicans Pass Sweeping Tax Bill and A Historic Tax Heist. Also, 4 winners and 3 losers in the Senate tax bill.

33. Artist Lina Iris Viktor breaks down the misconceptions of blackness in art. Her work is so amazing.

34. Meet the 5-year-old artist who donates her masterpieces’ proceeds to charity. (video)

35. The man looking after Kenya’s thirsty animals. (video)

36. This Woman Takes Pie Baking To Another Level. Fancy.

37. You Can Create A Stuffed Animal Clone Of Your Pet.

38. Tattoos Infused with Korean Art Techniques. (video)

39. Accused child molester and Alabama candidate for Senate Roy Moore explains who’s really to blame for the troubling accusations against him — and it’s not who you think. He said these things in a CHURCH.

40. A list of the sexual misconduct accusations made against Donald Trump. This was KNOWN, and people still voted for him to be the next President of the United Fucking States.

41. Meet the People Building Their Own Internet in Detroit. (video) “40% of Detroit is without internet and ignored by major telecoms. So one group has mobilized to bring the internet to the people by building their own infrastructure.” Watch the whole documentary here.

42. Pure Intentions: Little Miss Flint. (video) “‘I think the president is a bully and a liar.’ Years after the start of the water crisis, ‘Little Miss Flint’ is still fighting for her city, in spite of what haters and Trump have to say.”

43. Why Are White Men So Fragile? (video) “Having all the power and privilege in the entire world for all of history has been tough on white men! Elisa Kreisinger/Pop Culture Pirate explains why men are so angry (with the help of a white man).”

44. Cory Booker Tells the Truth About Our Prison System. (video)

45. Who’s Surprised? April Ryan Not Invited to White House Holiday Party for 1st Time in 20 Years.

46. That Moment You Realize You Could Die. (video)

47. This former NFL athlete and medical student didn’t know he was undocumented. (video) DACA saved him from getting deported.

48. Trump Brings Back ‘Pocahontas’ Slur Of Elizabeth Warren At Event For Native American Veterans.

49. This police department got in the holiday spirit #GivingTuesday. (video) No. No. No. Do we still not understand how traumatic it is to be pulled over while “driving black” (or any other color, for that matter, anything other than white)?! This is not the way to change relations with the community, unless you think subtle terrorism is a workable method for building relationships.

50. I Wrote A Book! And I Finally Get To Share It With You. from Renegade Mothering. I can’t wait to read this book. And seriously, it’s every writer with a blog’s dream to have that phone call — “I work with a publisher. We read your blog, love it. Wanna write a book?” Yes, please.