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Akiva עקיבא

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New Yorker, Jew ✡️, Communist ☭, feminist ♀️✊🏻, polyglot, Aspie ♾️, agender 🏳️‍⚧️, asexual 🏳️‍🌈, cat person 😻 Human rights means ALL HUMANS. #ANTIFA 🟥 Humanity First 🇮🇱🇵🇸🕊️☮️ p: they/them/any 🗣️: en, de, es, it, pt, ru, he Be the guillotine you want to see in the world

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 5d

I really don't want to hear any more hemming and hawing from anyone about whether we're really in full fascist territory or not. Federal goons beat an opposition candidate for office for simply following their orders at a peaceful protest. We're there. Full stop. Now act like it.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 22m

Idk. But they'd totally lose their shit if he repainted it tan.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

For a guy that is a notorious teetotaler, he sure does say "Hold my beer!" a lot.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

I hate it. I still don't watch anything mob related. Not The Godfather, not The Sopranos, not even the current season of Only Murders in the Building. The stereotyping is deeply insulting. Even more so when it's done by law enforcement. And worst of all when my fellow Italian Americans embrace it.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 2h

Listening to FBI keep repeating “Italian” mafia crime in connection with gambling arrests. I’m half Italian. This smear of Italians is BS. It’s just mafia. Being Italian is not why they commit the crimes.

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss…
We won't be fooled again!"

(The Who)

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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 2h

"Hi! I'm your outgoing corrupt NYC mayor who lives in New Jersey. Vote for a new corrupt NYC mayor who lives in Westchester!"

Eric Adams to endorse Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayor's race today, sources say

New York City Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race to replace him, sources in both camps tell CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

That normie Americans are being trained en masse to pullout their cameras and shout "what's your name" as their neighbors are being hauled away by ICE goons....

i just don't think we can anticipate how this manifests at the ballot box and everywhere.

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

Even Reagan didn't do this when he removed the solar panels that Jimmy Carter had installed.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

I think it's pretty much an inevitability that Mamdani wins, but I will totally LMAO if Sliwa ends up beating Cuomo by 10 or more percentage points.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 2h

Tapping the sign

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 1h

Honestly, the endorsements you're not getting say just as much as the ones you are, and I think you're doing great, Mr. Soon-to-be-Mayor!

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23h

Twitter is destroying America, full stop. It's turning our entire society into 4chan and our elites are not only unable to break their addiction to the site, but won't even admit what it's become. They tweet something for 45 likes while Nazi material gets tens of thousands, and think nothing of it.

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 4h

FWIW, this is really no less offensive than assuming that every Muslim is an al-Qa'ida apologist. People need to check themselves. Prejudice is prejudice. Bring on Mamdani. I want a Mayor of New York that works for everyone in the city. He's the person for the job right now.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 6h

Coming soon: The Washington Post exclusively on Amazon Prime

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Derek Davison @dwdavison.bsky.social · 18h

This guy's base is made up of people who soiled themselves repeatedly because somebody took down a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, and Gov. Newsom wants the wrecking ball when Trump's done with it to use on a few homeless camps.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 6h

To me, at least, his non-endorsement is a selling point for Mamdani. Would you want Jeffries to endorse you? I don't want him anywhere near me. Democratic Congressional leadership right now is radioactive. I'd be surprised if they were more than 5 percentage points more popular than Trump right now.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 7h

"If he can make it, then my flunked out of school in the 8th grade mediocre white ass can make it too!"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 7h

You're way too kind. The reality is that it's going to be trashed every weekend by Pete Hegseth and the rest of the stooges while blaring "Big Balls" by AC/DC all night as they pass out drunk.

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · 13h

Andrew Cuomo has wielded the law to silence the women he sexually harassed. We brought their words to life on their behalf ⤵️

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 8h

Their non-endorsement speaks volumes about how much the Democrats need new leadership. Honestly, if I were a Democrat running for office today I'd seek out Mamdani's endorsement and tell Jeffries and Schumer to stay the hell away from me because I wouldn't want them to taint my reputation!

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Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 8h

I've met him. Yes, he's a bit of a theocrat, but he's not an antisemite. I used to live off of Franklin Ave in Crown Heights. He does a lot of good in his community and is very much respected well beyond Masjid Taqwa. Mamdani meeting with him means he's a responsible mayor, not an Islamist.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 8h

Imam Siraj Wahhaj is also a major community leader in the Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. It's a mayor's (or prospective mayor's) job to meet and establish a relationship with community leaders from all over New York, whether they embrace every position or relationship of theirs or not.

Akiva עקיבא @akivabensarah.bsky.social · 16h

FWIW, this is the sort of thing that got Rodrigo Duterte put in prison…

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U.S. Widens Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats With Eastern Pacific Strike — The Wall Street Journal

Two killed in attack as the military targets suspected trafficking in area where large amounts of cocaine typically move

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