Hey friends,
Hope you’re hanging in there. Now that we are ~77 hours away from 2026, I’m finally sending the 2025 patron survey! If you’ve never taken one of our annual patreon surveys before, here’s what you need to know:
It’s long but every question is optional
You can almost always write in your own answer under “other”
We use the bulk of this information to (try to) improve our podcast/patreon/spinoff offerings, but sometimes I’m just being nosy! (Like there’s a question about whether you got divorced this year, and that’s because I famously love divorce)
If you complete the survey by Jan 10, you can enter to win a prize!
I think that’s it??? Good luck in there, and thanks for filling out our little survey! Here’s the survey link.
I do not have any podcast news because this is not a week in which people answer podcast booking emails lol, but more soon. I will also have an exciting grant announcement/update by next week.
Next week is also our annual Unwrapped + Favorites newsletter. If you have any proposed categories, let me know! (Last year’s is here.)
In the meantime, here’s Links & Stuff:
Someone casually mentioned the SkiFree Abominable Snow Monster on a podcast and somehow I ended up playing this SkiFree simulator! (If you are young and never played original SkiFree I cannot recommend it lol but it scratches a fun nostalgic itch.)
Speaking of youth — plz weigh in about whether this feels accurate to you?
PJP wrote about celebrating holidays behind bars
Dean Spade published a great essay from the new, expanded edition of Mutual Aid
Today in Tuck's Creature Corner: Piggies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow baby angels.
That’s it for this week. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb feat. Puffin.

See you next year! Be safe ily!
Xo,
Yr resident gender detective