As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.

just got yelled at by someone whose bio says “Israel is Jewish Wakanda” and I wish there was a way to block someone more than once

"didn't do enough"? Patton, the Democrats did Gaza. they didn't ~fail to prevent~ genocide, they are the reason it happened. they paid for it, they provided the weapons, they skipped Congressional approval to send weapons faster, they blocked the sanctions, they defied the ICC. they did Gaza.

Those who armed Israel must go to jail. Those who used platforms to justify Israel's mass slaughter must have their reputations destroyed. If not, we will normalise depravity which will lead to the ruin of us all. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s immigration orders designed to sow chaos – ‘he wants you to feel afraid’. Expert Austin Kocher explains why the ‘clown show’ of Trump orders will nonetheless fuel confusion and anxiety. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ICE just raided @KlementSausage in Milwaukee.

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I got yelled at A LOT by fellow Jews over the last year about how the ADL is important actually, as an antisemitism watchdog-- that they weren't just a craven Zionist genocide enabling machine and uh hey You look like fucking idiots ✌🏽

The ideology behind the Jewish supremacy of Zionism is the same as that underlying white supremacy in the US. It should be no surprise to see the ethnonationalists cover for each other.

Last month Israel actually seized the Golan Heights and Biden said nothing

Yes it’s clear that you don’t care about Gaza. Guess what? A lot of people did.

Nazis were always losers

as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park

rather than make Trump look good, this just so deeply underscores how monstrous Biden is. none of this had to happen, this is his legacy, any amount of good his administration did do is completely overshadowed by his indispensable role in a genocide

Police were so determined to charge Watts, her lawyers say, that they recorded “flatly false information” in police reports, including a bizarre lie that Watts threw her baby away in a bucket. www.jezebel.com/brittany-wat...

If Democrats knew that losing the election might lead to a ceasefire in Gaza maybe they’d have fought harder to win.

The city already has a program for homeless people, and the people living in these homes thought it was good enough yesterday.

I count 28 cases since October 7. Any other questions?

how do i block discourse from threads and xitter on my BS feed? pls help

unless your mom's mom is "Abuela" it's a hot sandwich wrap to you

we need reeducation camps to undo calvinism in this country

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Some useful numbers to know: 1 ms: a neuron fires and returns to rest 1 μs: one Intel 80186 microprocessor cycle 1 ns: light travels 30 cm 1 ps: the mean lifetime of a bottom quark 1 fs: the time it takes to lose part of a Christmas present requiring assembly after a child opens the box

Hilarious to watch the conversation I'm having with my perpetually broke, non-rent-paying, 19 y.o. UberEat-ing son play out on BS. Do credit cards next

Sad but true: “Military service is also the single strongest individual predictor of becoming a "mass casualty offender," far outpacing mental health issues, according to a separate study of extremist mass casualty violence by the researchers.” theintercept.com/2025/01/02/m...

This is an absolutely blatant abuse of power and a transparent effort to shield police from legitimate scrutiny. There is no other justification for this apart from a desire on the part of the state to make police brutality easier to get away with. bsky.app/profile/morg...

A 16-year-old teenager had his hands raised when he was fatally shot by police during an unauthorized "no-knock" drug raid in Mobile, Alabama, last year, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed by his mother in federal court earlier this month.

In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing." The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care. One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:

TIL mistletoe is a parasitic plant

After NIMBYs tried to block a food bank expansion by claiming that the parking lot in question was a "historic resource" for the purposes of environmental review—litigation that's ongoing—project proponents put up this plague.

This Haaretz piece of IDF soldiers’ confessions of human rights violations absolutely wrecked me www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...

This is wild www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is evaluating whether he wants to sign a bill into law that could charge the public hundreds of dollars for footage from law enforcement agencies, including body cameras.

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Merry Christmas! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

I am my most anti-populist when it comes to the issue of politician compensation. it's not a good soundbite but members of congress should be paid like $1m annually and honestly I'd be fine with them not having to pay income tax on it, in exchange for total bans on most private investments.

Its the hints of seaweed that really make a whiskey

Eygi’s family has said that Blinken did not offer any hope for U.S. action on her death, despite President Joe Biden’s threat to foreign governments that “we will respond” if they harm an American.

Today, the city of Columbus evicted six houseless encampments. Tonight is set to be the coldest night of the year so far. 50+ unhoused people have had to scramble to find other arrangements for shelter and safety with the help of dedicated mutual aid volunteers.

Ohio HB 106: the Pay Stub Protection Act just passed the Senate and goes to the Governor's desk for signature! Ohio *was* one of only 7 states that don't offer this protection to workers. Proud to have worked on this one with @policymattersohio.bsky.social and the Central Ohio Worker Center. 💜💚💙

It's not that nefarious. SC doesn't have an anti-terrorism law like NY. The Buffalo, NY Tops market shooter was charged with terrorism.

There are some exceptions to this; for example, Columbus Clippers are publicly owned by Franklin County

Elections have consequences... Wait a minute... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Props to those of you who like brush your teeth and shower before bed. I reluctantly peeled my socks off from under the covers just now.

I read about a study that found the word "fuck" doesn't cause lasting psychological trauma to children over the age of three, but I'd like to see a larger double blind study