Contradicting the European perception that the war against Iran is not connected to russia's war on Europe,US naval forces intercepted a russian shadow fleet vessel in the Arabian Sea on Saturday 25 April, as Washington stepped up its military enforcement of sanctions against Iranian energy exports.

While the world awaits updates on the negotiations, the Islamic Republic's wave of mass arrests and executions continues amid the imposed total internet blockade. Erfan Kiani, another of Iran's January protesters, was executed today in Isfahan on charges including waging war against God.

@yardcg.bsky.social While women are heavily fined for not wearing the hijab, their cars are confiscated,&they are subjected to harassment, humiliation,&psychological abuse, the clerics—out of fear of popular uprisings— 1

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Forecast: 8 C Outside: feck that, we're still in March.

Speaking of which, this makes it 15 synagogue attacks in the Toronto area you need to add to your running rally. bsky.app/profile/flei...

Please read these screen shots. Please make space in your thoughts to listen.

Streaming service centered around older Thai movies with subtitles (lots of languages) + interviews about them to help international viewers better understand Thai cinema story-craft. Affordable, non-profit, with a fund to support Thai film making & restoration.

So many neighbours gave me so many rolls of dog poo bags when the wee one, i now have rolls in so many pockets i'm often carrying two.

AI commentators say that by 2025 the internet will probably be 90% generative AI...

Delivery tracking and emails are a mixed blessing. Before it was It gets here when it gets here. Now it's fretting enough I looked at email this morning, which made it too easy to forget that it's Shabbat and feel like I "needed" to see if there's news from Iran so here I am. Oy gevalt.

Today commemorates the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Pakistan still explicitly deny that it ever occurred.

"It's not antisemitism, it's just criticism of Israel."

Washington D.C. 🇺🇸 #Iran Rally for Democracy. Stop Executions, Free Political Prisoners & Support change change by the people of Iran. Don't miss out! #NCRIAlternative

Woman charged with plotting attack on Houston synagogue ‘to kill as many Jews as possible’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-charged-with-plotting-attack-on-houston-synagogue-to-kill-as-many-jews-as-possible/

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The Estonian volunteer organisation Propastop explains the fundamentals of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), and how the russians use FIMI operations to distort our perception of reality and weaken our resolve to defend ourselves. www.propastop.org/en/2026/04/2...

What a difference the Hungarian election has made!

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Egads. They're going to LLM Mojtaba.

Trust me, disabled people feel this hostility acutely.

Ah yes. The REAL risk to Jews in Britain is that people might be less inclined to take antisemitism seriously if we, for example, draw attention to candidates blaming Israel for an arson attack on a Jewish ambulance service

*The band was Drook. The gig was 20 nzd. (10 usd?) Absolutely awesome. Pop rock. Kind of a 90s vibe. Their lead singer has charisma for days on stage. From the States. Currently touring Aotearoa so catch them if you can. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ady...

“This word is key to this book and to the entire Gazology genre: Genocide is the equivalent of water in Dune, the substance that moves the storyline along.” www.thefp.com/p/introducti... #Antisemitism #Antizionism #Israel

Christiane Amanpour's latest interview with the Ukrainian president is a prime example of Western arrogance and ignorance. Like many of her colleagues, Amanpour has an overly optimistic view of Iran and russia, and demonstrates a lack of understanding of the situation in Ukraine.

When will progressives stop the troll-driven push of lies about a genocide in Gaza? THERE WAS NO GENOCIDE IN GAZA. But propagandists spread this horrible antisemitic libel. They want to divide us with a focus on hating Israel, not the issues that matter to Americans. Block it. Stop it.

OK Google, show me how detached Zack Polanski has become from his own Jewish community, and how he's tried to suck up to antisemites with the vain hope they won't attack him when they've stopped using him www.jewishnews.co.uk/fury-as-zack...

I very unexpectedly have a housemate now. He snores.

The MEK just released the names & photographs of 12 more activists arrested in Iran for supporting the group. Their lives are in danger. 17 dissidents have been executed in recent weeks, while most of the world remains eerily quiet. Save political prisoners in Iran

"Hot take: I genuinely don’t care if a book is written in past tense or present tense. If the story is immersive, the characters feel real, and the writing pulls me in, I’ll forget what tense it’s even written in by chapter 2. A great story is a great story. Tense is just a delivery system."

We tend to overlook the fact that there are indeed many significant and powerful figures in the Islamic Republic and the IRGC who rely on the continuation of sanctions for their earnings.

Decolonial studies adopt a Western perspective on history, focusing primarily on the Global South in general and Palestine in particular. Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy explains that anti-imperialism must be de-Westernised because this perspective entirely omits the crimes of the russian Empire.

Today begun the "Memorial day" in Israel for victims of wars and terror, there's one minute commemorative siren in the evening, and tomorrow there will be another two minute one in the morning. Everyone stands still during this minute.

Valuable words for everyone.

Shalom friends! Before we get into today’s page of #talmud, we gotta talk about the bewbs🍒 of yesterday. Plus, I develop a working theory on why we haven't found the Ark of the Covenant anywhere. Welcome to #DafReactions Menachot 98&99: Pitching A Tent (Of Meeting) 👀 #dafyomi youtu.be/0krimU6_mmo

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Well worth 4 minutes of your time 🔥 Miriam is brilliant at showing the relevance of ancient texts to today.

⌨️ Bobby Donohue I'll share the link to his FB at the end of the 🧵 1/6

This is a hilarious take, because she never stopped posting on X The Everything App, she just kept the grifting to this site and the retweeting posts complaining about Germany's antisemitism laws violating free speech to the Nazi site.

This piece is so obviously and undeniably true www.jewishnews.co.uk/when-it-come...

Me: TAKE MY MONEY!!! Them: You need an app App Store: incompatible with this device Just let me watch on my computer. Please. I am old. My wrist and my eyes don't like it if I have to watch on a tablet. Please.

I'd say that the IRGC vs IRGC is a more important topic these days than that. Understanding the depth of its heterogeneity and which parts of it want which outcome. The regular army (Artesh) is really not as important in this war as the IRGC; the same goes for non-IRGC government officials.

Those pushing AI written work fundamentally misunderstand the value and point of writing. Writing can’t “optimize” for word patterns or “token frequency”—writing is about experimentation, externalizing inward experience, and making connections, writer-to-reader.

it is very tiring to watch people openly embrace the whole "evil Jewish money is corrupting and running the world!" but because they can manage to use slightly different words everyone who's not Jewish acts like they can't see it.

As the clerical regime’s judiciary chief had said, they have accelerated the executions. What is the world doing about human rights—just watching in silence? Iran’s regime executes Hamed Validi💔🥀 and Nima Shahi 💔🥀 english.mojahedin.org/news/irans-r...

I wrote about how the debate over Democrats engaging influencers like Hasan Piker is missing the point. The question is not whether to talk to these people, but how to do so in a way that makes the audience smarter—one that scrutinizes not just the influencer’s opinions, but their facts. Gift link:

I'm been off social media for Passover, so am late to this, but just wanted to highlight some excellent recent work by my @theatlantic.com colleagues: First, Amogh Dimri on how online clipping culture sanitizes Nick Fuentes for mainstream audiences. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Reports of a third attempted arson attack on Jewish targets in North London this week. It's getting really scary and more people need to start taking it seriously.