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hana martin
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Beyond words | μείζων δε τούτων η αγάπη 🕊️ Writer. Amateur photographer. Linguistics, Jewish Studies (מדעי היהדות)
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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 1d
Jewish lesbian tennis player Helen Hull Jacobs played her way into the International Tennis Hall of Fame ♥️

Winner of numerous championship victories, Jacobs was a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court in the 1920s-30s.

Read more in our new encyclopedia entry: buff.ly/gk7hYi4
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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 1d
Yellow #roses for #HelloYellow #WorldMentalHealthDay
The Poet’s Wife.
Honey Be Mine.
Absolutely Fabulous.
Flower Power Gold. 🌱
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 20h
Andrew Weissmann on The News Agents www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9I3... @weissmann.substack.com
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 20h
On World Migratory Bird Day, today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Grey Plover! 🤩

These impressive fliers migrate from the Arctic, capable of non-stop flights of 6,500 km to reach UK coastlines.

Some stay for winter while others continue their journey to western Africa.
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Jewish Language Project @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social · 1d
This weekend we are saying Shabbat shalom and hoping for shalom - for peace. 🕊
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NPR @npr.org · 1d
Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion. n.pr/3J6uOib
A new James Baldwin biography explores how his lovers influenced his work
Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d
JUST IN: 9th Circuit denies Trump admin request for en banc rehearing in case over legal services for children in deportation proceedings. 9 (of 29) judges join a Bumatay/VanDyke dissent. Fight over whether suit belongs at Court of Claims. Doc:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
PaloAltoLegalCA9101025
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 1d
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d
Good morning from Greenbelt, Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys will argue in federal court for his release from immigration detention. Now feds want to send Abrego to Ghana.

Reporting live.
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 1d
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” - Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (1907-1987). #photography #autumn #nature
Collage of autumn scenes featuring golden and red foliage. Images include yellow and russet maple leaves, crimson-tinged bramble leaves, golden ferns, and red viburnum berries. At the centre, a delicate spider’s web glistens, capturing the golden hues of the season.
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ileen @leftwingbird.bsky.social · 1d
Wood duck Thursday in @centralparknyc.bsky.social
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The Insider @theins.press · 1d
Russia on the horizon: Copying the Kremlin’s tactics increasingly puts Tbilisi in Moscow’s orbit

While Georgia is trying to find new allies, it is unlikely to break free from the Kremlin’s influence as long as Georgian Dream remains in power.
Russia on the horizon: Copying the Kremlin’s tactics increasingly puts Tbilisi in Moscow’s orbit
When Georgia’s Central Election Commission announced that the ruling Georgian Dream party had won an overwhelming majority — more than 80 percent of the vote — in the Oct. 4 municipal elections, prote...
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 4d
Europees Hof legt Rusland schadevergoeding op om dood Stan Storimans
Europees Hof legt Rusland schadevergoeding op om dood Stan Storimans
De RTL Nieuws-cameraman kwam in 2008 om bij een Russische aanval in Georgië. De kans dat Rusland zal betalen, is nihil.
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 1d
good to see you on the morning show
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d
It’s Furry Friends Friday! 🐾♥️

Lucky is strutting into the weekend like a boss.

Get some fresh air and rest this weekend, my friends! Recharge for another crazy week ahead of us!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Gina DeLuca. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get the Daily Cartoon and other funny stuff right in your inbox: https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/humor
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 1d
Helpful explanation reg. vindictve prosecution, the importance of calling it out & why this doesn't 'happen all the time'. It helps to focus on the facts.
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Untapped New York @untappedny.bsky.social · 9d
🎙️ In the latest episode of the Untapped New York Podcast, Michelle and Justin share insider secrets and never-before-published info about the hidden vaults at the Brooklyn Bridge: www.untappedcities.com/secret-vault...
Secret Vaults Under the Brooklyn Bridge Once Home to Private Wine Cellars - Untapped New York
We're taking a deeper dive into one of our favorite "Untapped" secrets: the vaults under the Brooklyn Bridge that formerly housed private wine cellars.
www.untappedcities.com
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In geveb @ingeveb.bsky.social · 2d
Our first book review of the year is now LIVE!

Daniel Soyer reviews "East End Jews," a new anthology in translation from editors Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin and Wayne State University Press.

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the cover of EAST END JEWS: SKETCHES FROM THE LONDON YIDDISH PRESS translated by Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin
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WIRED @wired.com · 1d
New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers. www.wired.com/story/north-...
North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 1d
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Dec 3
THE expert explainer I have been looking for.

Deployment of the U.S. Military for Immigration Enforcement: A Primer

Posse Comitatus
National Emergency Declaration
National Guard under Title 32
Insurrection Act
Alien Enemies Act

www.justsecurity.org/105321/milit...
Deployment of the U.S. Military for Immigration Enforcement: A Primer
Expert backgrounder explains the laws that regulate the domestic deployment of the military for mass deportations and immigration enforcement.
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 1d
"It is the primary exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, under which federal military forces are generally barred from participating in civilian law enforcement activities." www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... (from '22)
The Insurrection Act Explained
The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform.
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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 1d
Leaf #scape. 📷 #photography
Close-up photograph of a Seven-spot ladybird on a curled Dogwood leaf, where the leaf meets the stem.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 1d
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Trump and The Nobel Peace Prize: relentlessly and needlessly calling up the military domestically is not absolved by assisting peace abroad.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 3d
JUST IN: Feds say they are incapable of moving Kilmar Abrego Garcia from PA to TN for court session Friday in his criminal case. A week lead time isn't enough, prosecutors say, plus there's a hearing on one of his civil suits Friday in Maryland. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW
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