¡Feliz año nuevo!, folks. And music, with Aaron Martin.

Around the interwebs,

• Good essays from Scott Alexander / SSC:
  • Culture as branch of government.
  • What happened to 90s environmentalism?
• 2019/01/01 is (finally) Public Domain day: works from 1923 are open to all!
• [fr] Tristan Nitot nous sert deux bons "en vrac" : du jeudi, de fin d'année.
• SMBC: The true spirit of Christmas.
• James Hill playing the ukulele with chopsticks and a comb, thx bro.
• Tech:
  • The Discourse - Rules for online sanity.
  • How Facebook tracks you on Android (even if you don’t have a Facebook account).
  • Dan Abramov: Things I don’t know as of 2018, 👍.
• 💩😷⚠ Donaldese:
  • Arlen Parsa: my favorite way to listen to the president is slowed down to 1/2 speed because it reveals how often times his logic is indistinguishable from that of a drunk person.