The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix closed out the 2025 season in unforgettable style, with Lando Norris sealing his first World Championship finish by crossing the line in third, while Max Verstappen just missed out on the title despite clinching his eighth victory of the campaign. But who else impressed our Power Rankings judges at the Yas Marina Circuit?

The Austrian is set to depart Red Bull after 20 years, having overseen six Teams' titles and eight Drivers' titles.

Lost & Found is a series of releases pulling from the archives of Obey Giant Art. This week, we are excited to announce the release of a limited number of Cold Chillin screenprints from 2008 in red or blue, which will be available on Thursday, December 11th at 10 AM PT in the Obey Giant Store. A limited number of screenprints will be available as matching numbered sets.

*Price Note: These highly sought-after limited edition prints are priced according to the increased value of the print over time.

The “Cold Chillin” print was created when I was working regularly on my series of faux 12” LP sleeves that were a tribute to album covers and the influence music has had on my aesthetics and philosophy. While working on a hip hop penguin for one of the album cover tribute pieces, I decided that the “Cold Chillin” penguin worked well enough as a two color image to make print editions in two color ways. I found it amusing to take the metaphor of “cold chillin” and present it very literally with the penguin on a floating bit of ice with a fan that doubles as a turntable literally and metaphorically blowing cool air on him. The frame is inspired by the hip hop/graffiti device of making tag stickers out of “Hello My Name Is” labels. Track suit and dookie rope chain are also tributes to the gear of hip hop pioneers like RUN DMC, LL Cool J, etc… if you speak the lingo you get it!
-Shepard

PRINT DETAILS: Cold Chillin (Blue). 24H x 18W inches. Screen print on 80# cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey in 2008. Numbered edition of 350. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. $200. Available on Thursday, December 11th @ 10 AM PDT at https://store.obeygiant.com. Max order: 1 per customer/household. International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160).⁣ ALL SALES FINAL.

PRINT DETAILS: Cold Chillin (Red). 24H x 18W inches. Screen print on 80# cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey in 2008. Numbered edition of 350. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. $200. Available on Thursday, December 11th @ 10 AM PDT at https://store.obeygiant.com. Max order: 1 per customer/household. International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160).⁣ ALL SALES FINAL.

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Pepel reported that Alyona Liskova was detained and released after police officers “had a conversation” with her, without pressing any charges.

At least six senior executives from major Indian state and private firms as well as drone and military-AI startups took part in the talks, Reuters said.

The geopolitical rift has fomented economic, cultural and linguistic fissures between Karelia and its neighbor Finland.

Brussels probes whether unpaid web and YouTube content – and rivals' lock-outs – amount to abuse of dominance

The European Commission is launching an antitrust probe at Google for allegedly using web and YouTube content to train its AI algorithms while putting competitors at a disadvantage.…

​Mensen die binnen een straal van 500 meter van een geitenhouderij wonen hebben 73 procent meer kans op een longonsteking, zo blijkt uit een rapport van de Gezondheidsraad. BBB-minister Femke Wiersma twijfelt of deze cijfers kloppen. Zij kijkt liever naar de cijfers van de Ongezondheidsraad.

Het is niet de eerste keer dat de Gezondheidsraad met een alarmerende conclusie komt. Wiersma is niet te spreken over de werkwijze van de raad. “De Gezondheidsraad noemt zichzelf een onafhankelijk orgaan, maar waarom werken ze juist ons dan continu tegen?”

“Als je kijkt naar de cijfers van de Ongezondheidsraad, kun je hele andere conclusies trekken”, vervolgt Wiersma. “Zij adviseren bijvoorbeeld juist meer gebruik van chemische bestrijdingsmiddelen in de landbouw. Ook pleiten zij voor een veel lossere norm van PFAS in het drinkwater. Dat zijn nou conclusies waar we als land mee vooruit kunnen.”

Femke Wiersma benadrukt dat de BBB nog steeds levert: “Wij zijn er juist voor de hard hoestende Nederlander.”

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James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:

Teamwork makes the dream work

Webb confirmed the earliest supernova to date; this dying star exploded when the universe was only 730 million years old. Webb’s sharp infrared capability also allowed astronomers to locate the supernova’s very faint and distant host galaxy.

Webb supported a whole chain of observations of international telescopes which began when a rare and super bright flash of light, called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), occurred in mid-March.

The GRB was initially detected by the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor (SVOM) mission, a joint Franco-Chinese telescope which launched in 2024.

Within an hour and a half, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory pinpointed the location of the source of the GRB.

11 hours later, the Nordic Optical Telescope on the Canary Islands observed an infrared-light GRB afterglow, also giving the indication that the GRB might be from a very distant object. Light from very distant objects can be stretched as a result of the universe’s expansion, from visible light to the infrared.

Four hours after that, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile gave an estimate that the object existed 730 million years after the big bang. Only a handful of gamma-ray bursts in the last 50 years have been extremely distant, so this was a rare occurrence.

Not much is known about the first billion years after the big bang, so being able to analyze this ancient supernova gives astronomers some more insight. Surprisingly, this one is very similar to modern, nearby supernovae. Why? More data is needed to figure that out.

Read more: go.nasa.gov/3Kwayax

Image description: Webb image shows hundreds of galaxies of all shapes and sizes against the black background of space. Toward the center-left is a large white spiral galaxy that is almost face-on. To the right of this is a large box, which zooms in on an area at top right. Within the box is a faint red dot at the center, with the label GRB 250314A.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Andrew Levan (IMAPP)

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

In Nederland vinden vooral „anti-institutionele” complottheorieën over bijvoorbeeld klimaatverandering een vruchtbare bodem. Dit past volgens experts in het „toegenomen wantrouwen van burgers in de overheid”.

Het wereldberoemde stripboekenfestival van Angoulême is afgelast na een massaal gesteunde girlcott van stripboekenschrijfsters en collega’s uit de sector. „Wij houden van het festival, maar we willen kunnen werken in correcte omstandigheden.”

D66 wil dat Rianne Letschert, bestuursvoorzitter van de Universiteit Maastricht, de volgende ‘fase’ van de formatie gaat leiden.

Wereldwijd neemt de vermogens-en inkomensongelijkheid toe, staat in een groot internationaal dataonderzoek. Stereconoom Thomas Piketty is een van de auteurs. „Ongelijkheid is een politieke keuze.”

walkkyoto has added a photo to the pool:

千如寺 大悲王院

Colored leaves of Daihiouin-Sennyoji Temple.
Location, Sennyoji_Temple, Itojima City in Fukuoka Japan.

Since 2013, I’ve done a holiday gift guide that’s basically a curated roundup of stuff from the best gift guides I can find. I always do it a little bit differently from year to year, and last year I went with a simple list and it worked well. So I’m doing that again this year. Also: this is a little more spare than I’d like, but I wanted to get something up pronto. I will be updating this every few days for the next week-ish, so check back. Ok, let’s a-go!

1. The guide always starts with charitable giving and so should you. If you can, give cash to your local food bank (and kick in extra around the holiday time). Volunteer. Start with GiveWell’s list of “high-impact, cost-effective charities”. Here are Vox’s 10 guidelines for giving effectively. I personally give to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

2. The Kid Should See This Gift Guide is my #1 source for kids’ gifts. What caught my eye this year: The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World (Bookshop, Amazon), Kinderfeets multi-use balance board, this portable 1080p video projector for under $90, Teenage Engineering’s pocket operators (Amazon), a set of French, hand-painted, space-themed marbles, and a graphic novel adaptation of The Hidden Life of Trees (Bookshop, Amazon). [via The Kid Should See This Gift Guide]

3. You can give the gift of Kottke! *cringe* There’s The Kottke Hypertext Tee and The Process Tee in light & dark colors. There are kottke.org gift memberships as well starting at $30/yr; check the FAQ on the membership page for more options and details.

π. I love this one: gift audiobooks from Libro.fm (my audiobook store of choice). “You choose the number of credits and your recipient picks their audiobook — all in support of local bookstores.” (And they’re 10% off until Dec 11.)

4. The most popular item by far from the past two gift guides: this Japanese nail clipper. I have one of these and it’s *great*. A significant upgrade from even the Tweezerman ones. Good stocking stuffer!

5. The staples. I upgraded to the 3rd-gen Apple AirPods Pro this year and I use them almost daily; they are comfier with better noise-cancelling than the 2nd-gen ones, which I loved. Almost every book I read, I read on the Kindle Paperwhite — it’s light, waterproof, and very travel-friendly. (Though I am still eyeing the Colorsoft Kindle.)

6. My friend Caroline hiked Vermont’s Long Trail last summer and compiled a small list of outdoors supplies for the gift guide: ThermoDrop Zipper-Pull Thermometer, Opinel wood-handled stainless steel folding knives, Kahtoola MICROspikes, and Smartwool’s Thermal Merino Reversible Cuffed Beanie. And the Cotopaxi Bataan fanny pack, about which she said: “The MVP of my hiking trip. No more fiddling around with side pockets or opening your pack any time you need a snack, to find your your phone or to look at the map.”

7. For the last few years, The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel has recommended the same printer as the printer of the year: whatever HL-L2xxx-series Brother laser printer is on sale. So, here you go: Brother HL-L2405W Wireless Compact Monochrome Laser Printer. (Technically not on sale right now, but at $135 for a rock-solid laser printer, it doesn’t really need to be.)

8. Kelli Anderson’s new popup book, Alphabet in Motion, is completely and utterly ridiculously amazing. When I opened my copy, my jaw dropped lower and lower to the floor as I looked & played through it and that’s been pretty much the reaction of everyone else who has a copy of this. The must-give gift of the season for book, type, and design nerds. (Bookshop, Amazon)

IX. My daughter got me this jar of truffle butter as a gift a few years ago and it’s so good (and it lasts forever in the fridge). Perfect for putting into white, creamy pasta sauces or as a finishing element for a grilled cheese. (Also, you can buy white truffles on Amazon but I wouldn’t?)

10. Richard Scarry-themed temporary tattoos from Tattly. Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, the Apple Car, Goldbug, and many more of your favorites. (Tattly is shutting down, so get ‘em while you can…)

10.5. Let’s destigmatize the gift card: there is no shame in not knowing what to get someone for a gift, even if you know them really well. This is actually the gift of getting someone exactly what they want. There’s the obvious Amazon gift card but you can also get cards for Apple (use it for Fitness+ or Apple TV+?), Audible, Fortnite, Snapchat, Airbnb, Disney+, Netflix, and Roblox.

10.6. Sometimes people ask me where to buy art online and I always direct them to 20x200. For instance, just take a look at Harold Fisk’s Mississippi River meander maps.

11. kottke.org guest editor Aaron Cohen owns an ice cream shop in the Boston area and they take their merch very seriously. So many t-shirts! Oh and you can find pints of Gracie’s ice cream all over the Boston metro area…as far away as Concord and Beverly.

12. The Colossal Shop is full of “fun things for creative people”, including this beaver embroidery kit, a buttons puzzle, and a ceramic toast candle holder. [via The Colossal Shop’s 2025 Gift Guide]

14. I like getting The Giant Jam Sandwich (Bookshop) as a gift for the little readers in my life.

15. Friends & readers of the site who sell cool shit: Simplebits (shirts, fonts, and more), Wondermade marshmallows, Hella Cocktail Co. (bitters, mixers, canned margs), This is a MomBod (feminist apparel), Jodi Ettenberg’s Legal Nomads shop (food art, totes, shirts) and gluten free translation cards and celiac travel guides, Yen Ha (prints), Spoon & Tamago (Family Mart socks!), Fitz (custom fitted eyeglasses), Field Notes, Pink Tiger Games (“sweet, kind” tabletop games), Storyworth (keepsake books), Christoph Niemann (prints & books), Noah Kalina (photographic prints & books), Jessica Hische (prints, apparel, fonts, etc.), Mike Monteiro (paintings), and Cotton Bureau (t-shirts and more).

16. Twelve South AirFly Duo is a Bluetooth transmitter that you can plug into the jack on your seatback TV on the airplane and then use your Bluetooth headphones to listen to your movie. I have one of these; it works great. Apple AirTags are essential travel infrastructure these days.

Q. Pal Robin Sloan and his partner Kathryn Tomajan run a tiny olive oil producer called Fat Gold. This year they’re offering a Fat Gold Gift Set of two different extra virgin olive oils and a copy of a “32-page zine that provides a brisk introduction to extra virgin olive oil alongside a stockpile of delicious applications”. Fun! He also recommends Daybreak’s seaweed salt (for extra umami!) and these gorgeous tidelogs. [via Robin’s 2025 Gift Guide]

18. Another great gift list for kids’ stuff: Purdue University’s 2025 Engineering Gift Guide, which is focused on microelectronics gifts (circuitry, robotics, coding & programming) this year. [via Purdue University’s 2025 Engineering Gift Guide]

19. Food/kitchen things that I can vouch for: Xi’an Famous Foods meal kits, pastrami from Katz’s Delicatessen, Ernest Wright’s kitchen scissors, the Ooni Volt electric pizza oven, Headley & Bennett’s crossback apron, and this Zojirushi rice cooker (Neuro Fuzzy!).

20. The end of an era! Almost every year since I started doing a gift guide, I’ve featured this 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant. But Amazon doesn’t sell it anymore. I blame all of you for never buying one!

Twenty one. You know her, you love her: Edith Zimmerman. Her Etsy shop is chock full of prints, cards, and apparel.

22. Stuff from past gift guides: the Keap Wood Cabin candle is my favorite candle, Crayola Palm-Grip Crayons, this cute whale butter dish, and a leather floppy disk wallet.

23. Made right here in VT, Darn Tough socks (Amazon) are the best socks. For one thing, they have an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.

24. Tinned fish! I have my eye on the Fishwife Smoky Trio 3-Pack (Smoked Rainbow Trout, Smoked Salmon, Smoked Mackerel).

67. Teens are impossible to shop for. The Strategist always has good gift guides: The Best Gifts for Teenage Girls, According to Teenage Girls; The Best Gifts for Teenage Boys, According to Teenage Boys. The Spikeball set, disco ball, and this Brooklinen robe look promising. And I can recommend the tortilla blanket for ages 0 to 120…everyone loves this thing.

26. Last year, I asked readers for gift suggestions and IMO the resulting thread is even better than the gift guide I put together. There’s some great stuff here: wooden puzzles; colorful, design-y charging stands for Apple things; leather bound notebooks; box cutters; and this vintage shop on Etsy. Go check out the rest here.

This is a living document — I’ll be updating this list with more stuff over the next few days, and I’ll let you know when to check back! To be continued…

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De provincie Drenthe wil een wolf laten afschieten die de afgelopen weken schapen in Beilen heeft aangevallen. Het dier dat GW4890m wordt genoemd, viel de schapen aan nadat het een wolfwerend raster had gepasseerd.

In vier gevallen bleek het te gaan om dezelfde wolf uit de zogenoemde Drents-Friese Wold-roedel, blijkt volgens de provincie uit DNA-analyse.

Provincies hebben afgesproken dat een wolf die meerdere keren een wolfwerend raster heeft gepasseerd, moet worden gezien als een probleemwolf en daarom moet worden gedood. De provincie laat weten een afschotvergunning voor te bereiden en de betreffende wolf op te sporen.

De wolf in kwestie heeft in het verleden ook schapen in Friesland gedood en loopt mogelijk in die provincie rond. Daarom heeft Drenthe ook contact met de Friezen bij de voorbereiding van de afschotvergunning.

Veel mensen hebben inmiddels hun kerstboom al opgezet. Maar helaas: een week later liggen de eerste naalden al op de vloer, en tegen Kerstmis staat er als het ware een zielig skelet in de woonkamer. Zonde, vooral omdat een paar eenvoudige stappen een wereld van verschil kunnen maken.

Een kerstboom komt rechtstreeks uit de kou. Als je hem meteen in een warme woonkamer zet, krijgt hij een plotselinge temperatuurschok, waardoor naalden sneller kunnen uitvallen. Het helpt om de boom eerst een dag in een koele, vorstvrije ruimte te zetten, zoals een garage of schuur. Zo kan hij geleidelijk acclimatiseren voordat hij naar binnen gaat.

Zaag een stukje van de stam af

Voor je de boom in de standaard zet, is het verstandig om een dun schijfje van de stam af te zagen. Daarmee open je de houtvaten opnieuw, waardoor de boom beter water kan opnemen. Doe dit liefst direct voor het plaatsen.

Water geven blijft cruciaal

Zelfs gesneden kerstbomen drinken water. Zet de boom in een stevige standaard met een waterreservoir en vul dat elke dag bij. Laat de onderkant van de stam nooit droog komen te staan, want daardoor sluit het hout zich af en neemt de boom geen water meer op. Extra’s zoals suiker, frisdrank of aspirine zijn niet nodig en hebben geen bewezen effect.

Kies een slimme plek

Waar je de boom neerzet, heeft verrassend veel invloed op hoe lang hij mooi blijft. Vermijd direct zonlicht en houd de boom zo ver mogelijk weg van radiatoren, vloerverwarming, kachels en andere warmtebronnen. Droge lucht laat de naalden sneller vallen.

Weken langer fris

Door je boom rustig te laten wennen, hem water te geven en hem op de juiste plek te zetten, blijft hij merkbaar langer mooi. Veel bomen houden het zo drie tot vier weken goed vol en soms zelfs langer, afhankelijk van de soort en de binnentemperatuur.

Tegen drie Rotterdammers zijn celstraffen geëist tot negen jaar voor twee grote drugstransporten. Het gaat specifiek om ruim 1600 kilo cocaïne. “Een enorme hoeveelheid die niet vaak op de weg wordt aangetroffen”, meldt het Openbaar Ministerie dinsdag bij de rechtbank in Zutphen.