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Classical Music 'Trisch Trasch Polka' (a bit slowed down version) 6,688 103

Music Appreciation You Were On My Mind - We Five 157,469 365

Cooking & Baking Breakfast Wednesday 7 January 2026 157,591 679

Basketball Florida basketball embraces its identity in breakthrough win over Georgia 4,481 23

Photography KC Wednesday -- Tabletop Shenanigans. 157,389 558

Pets KC Wednesday -- Tabletop Shenanigans. 105,051 558

Personal Finance and Investing So, how bad is it? Where to invest? 6,717 196

Football Ravens fire coach John Harbaugh after missing playoffs, ending 18-year run that included Super Bowl win 18,749 168

Weird News Florida man wearing lace lingerie accused of hiding gun under prosthetic breasts 23,000 401

Weather Watchers This Pattern Just Took A MAJOR Turn - Ryan Hall Update... 12,450 168

TV Chat Tuesday, Jan. 6th - Late-night talk show guest listings 26,336 301

Apple Users Had to switch to Chrome 7,187 242

Fiction Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 25,295 383

American History On this day, January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt exhorted Congress to defend the "Four Freedoms." 8,108 220

Non-Fiction 'Firestorm' review: Inside one of the deadliest fires in California history 2,663 245

Humor Ain't that the truth! 18,287 427

Automobile Enthusiasts I just bought a 2006 Pontiac Solstice convertible 6,404 97

Science Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down 94,790 789

Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs Anyone watching "Animal Control"? 23,063 606

Sports FCS Championship Overtime: Illinois State 34 vs Montana State 35 98,344 213

Movies Scene from Back to the Future 2. Hill Valley's alternate timeline. 13,154 186

Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing Hogarth Explains The Dumpian Game Plan: The Emperor Of America 25,043 352

World History Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's Stepsister and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 96 4,377 205

Outdoor Life Bear Simone & Cubs Lucky Visit 🐻 3,633 128

Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights SIGN: JUSTICE FOR ELEPHANT SHOT, SET ON FIRE, AND KILLED 7,297 239

Birders How does one tell if a soaring bird is a hawk or an eagle or a falcon? There are many large ones flying over 17,298 188

Showbiz Here's the full list of winners for the 2025 Critics' Choice Awards - Jan. 4, 2026 Awards show 3,080 117

Good News Great Cities Don't Just Acknowledge That We Age In Them -- They Build For It. We Can Too. 3,521 215

Classic Films TCM Schedule for Fri, Jan 9, 2026: Johnny Mack Brown / Flashback Fridays (Film Noir) 10,367 193

Gaming I've found an adorable little gem. 6,029 222

Crafts Here'e a really thorough video memorializing Barbara Walker (of knitting fame): 2,950 215

Poetry Confession 2,497 105

Musicians She Plays My Guitar and Crowd is Speechless - White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 7,885 163

Artists A few more deep sea creatures 21,539 229

Writing The hill I will die on: Fan fiction is real literature, whatever the snobs say 3,499 270

True Crime Did This Really Just Happen? - Joe Blogs 3,943 127

Baseball Maybe I'm a little nostalgic, but I would love to see Justin Turner return to the LA Dodgers for his 13,623 129

Travel Why America's 'comeback city' deserves to be your next trip 6,111 149

EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques Any playing card collectors here? 3,688 167

Science Fiction The Secret of the Nordic Aliens // 3D CGI Animation 2,270 219

Anthropology 3 Million Year-Old Tools Found Rewrite History 12,570 285

Open Source and Free Software The Pricelessware list still has some great programs... 1,950 202

Ancestry/Genealogy What's Your Eye Color REALLY Saying About You? - Think Science 3,319 210

Languages and Linguistics This links into the 'offbeat Christmas carols' thread 1,102 105

Gardening What is your favorite flower? 15,559 400

Household Hints & Help Cleaning up your space 2,676 254

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience This is the first letter ever sent using Infinite Data... 7,393 319

The Daily Show Jordan Klepper: Give the Man a Prize 440 98

Soccer/Football 'Act of forgery': FIFA accuses Malaysia of faking foreign players' eligibility - ABC News (Australia) 4,234 60

Motorsports Lando Norris wins his first World Championship 486 20

Parenting Another among books I'm giving kids for Chanukah arrived: 1,747 65

Women's World Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition 943 77

DIY & Home Improvement Whatever you do, do NOT do business with Parker Davis / Pioneer for HVAC equipment 8,049 303

Comic Books Metal Men. Does anyone else remember this series? 6,627 81

Rural/Farm Life Farm Aid 40 This live event has ended & the video is not available. 2,379 166

Fantasy Literature Old Tom Bombadil (fan-made music video with official song from Rings of Power) 551 96

DU Marketplace 40 Acres in Nor. Cal Sonoma County! 932 183