Abe 🌻🔥
@abeplaut.bsky.social
#BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🧔🏻🎺
Pursuer of Justice ✊
Reads Books & Listens to Records 📚 💿
Thinks about healthcare & housing 🏥🏠
He/they
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Pursuer of Justice ✊
Reads Books & Listens to Records 📚 💿
Thinks about healthcare & housing 🏥🏠
He/they
https://linktr.ee/abeplaut
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Abe 🌻🔥
@abeplaut.bsky.social
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Daniel Kahn on Radical Yiddish Autonomy, Bundism, and Productive Provocation
The singer-songwriter sits down with us at Yiddish New York to talk about his new album and what it means to sing in Yiddish today.
www.derspekter.org
Daniel Kahn spoke with me about his new record Umru and why he sings in Yiddish. Read @derspekter.bsky.social and subscribe to their newsletter 📨
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www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
I meant what I said.
Everyday I speak with patients whose lives were already hanging together by a thread. DC Council’s drastic cuts to safety net programs is like using a sledgehammer to solve the District’s medical coverage crisis, when what they needed was a needle and some empathy.
Everyday I speak with patients whose lives were already hanging together by a thread. DC Council’s drastic cuts to safety net programs is like using a sledgehammer to solve the District’s medical coverage crisis, when what they needed was a needle and some empathy.
Access to healthcare is declining for many low-income and immigrant residents in the D.C area due to funding cuts resulting in new eligibility requirements. It's already putting some people's health at risk.
https://bit.ly/4r1nIf9
https://bit.ly/4r1nIf9
D.C's residents feel the effects of diminishing access to health care
In July, the city approved a budget that dramatically cut Alliance health care funding, making it harder to access the program.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I meant what I said.
Everyday I speak with patients whose lives were already hanging together by a thread. DC Council’s drastic cuts to safety net programs is like using a sledgehammer to solve the District’s medical coverage crisis, when what they needed was a needle and some empathy.
Everyday I speak with patients whose lives were already hanging together by a thread. DC Council’s drastic cuts to safety net programs is like using a sledgehammer to solve the District’s medical coverage crisis, when what they needed was a needle and some empathy.
The irony of ICE leading to worse ice on DMV roadways and sidewalks www.wusa9.com/article/news...
How ice - and ICE - are impacting a Virginia snow removal company
An Arlington-based company says workers called out due to exhaustion and concerns over immigration enforcement.
www.wusa9.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The irony of ICE leading to worse ice on DMV roadways and sidewalks www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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At the beginning of the holocaust, I had 25 grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents living under Nazi occupation.
16 were killed, only 9 survived. Including 3 grandparents I grew up with.
In their memories, on this #HolocaustRemembranceDay:
NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!
16 were killed, only 9 survived. Including 3 grandparents I grew up with.
In their memories, on this #HolocaustRemembranceDay:
NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
At the beginning of the holocaust, I had 25 grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents living under Nazi occupation.
16 were killed, only 9 survived. Including 3 grandparents I grew up with.
In their memories, on this #HolocaustRemembranceDay:
NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!
16 were killed, only 9 survived. Including 3 grandparents I grew up with.
In their memories, on this #HolocaustRemembranceDay:
NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!
Family of tourists at DC’s Union Station in matching navy blue beanies. Thought it was a kinda cute coordinated winter accessory before the DC area gets blanketed in snow over the weekend.
Got closer and realized they were the forced-birth activists in March for Life hats 😵💫
Got closer and realized they were the forced-birth activists in March for Life hats 😵💫
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Family of tourists at DC’s Union Station in matching navy blue beanies. Thought it was a kinda cute coordinated winter accessory before the DC area gets blanketed in snow over the weekend.
Got closer and realized they were the forced-birth activists in March for Life hats 😵💫
Got closer and realized they were the forced-birth activists in March for Life hats 😵💫
On this day in 1958, the Lumbees drove the Klan from their land at The Battle of Hayes Pond 🪶 ✊ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Battle of Hayes Pond - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
On this day in 1958, the Lumbees drove the Klan from their land at The Battle of Hayes Pond 🪶 ✊ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
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Wonderful conversation with my fellow Dan, Dan Kahn! And great shout outs to my other delicious colleagues Michael Winograd, Ira Temple, and the @radiantothers.bsky.social podcast 😁
Daniel Kahn spoke with me about his new record Umru and why he sings in Yiddish. Read @derspekter.bsky.social and subscribe to their newsletter 📨
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
Daniel Kahn on Radical Yiddish Autonomy, Bundism, and Productive Provocation
The singer-songwriter sits down with us at Yiddish New York to talk about his new album and what it means to sing in Yiddish today.
www.derspekter.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Wonderful conversation with my fellow Dan, Dan Kahn! And great shout outs to my other delicious colleagues Michael Winograd, Ira Temple, and the @radiantothers.bsky.social podcast 😁
Daniel Kahn spoke with me about his new record Umru and why he sings in Yiddish. Read @derspekter.bsky.social and subscribe to their newsletter 📨
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
Daniel Kahn on Radical Yiddish Autonomy, Bundism, and Productive Provocation
The singer-songwriter sits down with us at Yiddish New York to talk about his new album and what it means to sing in Yiddish today.
www.derspekter.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Daniel Kahn spoke with me about his new record Umru and why he sings in Yiddish. Read @derspekter.bsky.social and subscribe to their newsletter 📨
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
www.derspekter.org/daniel-kahn-...
The synchronized swimming segment in The Great Muppet Caper is just another reason the muppets are one of the best things to happen in the history of show business
miss piggy from the muppets is swimming underwater in a pool .
Alt: miss piggy from the muppets is swimming underwater in a pool
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The synchronized swimming segment in The Great Muppet Caper is just another reason the muppets are one of the best things to happen in the history of show business
#booksky My year in books read (42 of them) with a cover collage from @thestorygraph.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
#booksky My year in books read (42 of them) with a cover collage from @thestorygraph.com
#booksky December wrap up on @thestorygraph.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#booksky December wrap up on @thestorygraph.com
Still thinking about the Brazilian Klezmer Carnival medley @ Yiddish New York
🎺 🪗 🎻 🎤
🎺 🪗 🎻 🎤
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Still thinking about the Brazilian Klezmer Carnival medley @ Yiddish New York
🎺 🪗 🎻 🎤
🎺 🪗 🎻 🎤
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They're chipping away at voting rights-- this time, by going after people who procrastinate when voting by mail.
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
They're chipping away at voting rights-- this time, by going after people who procrastinate when voting by mail.
The rewind from @wmata.com knows me too well, I sure am the Headliner 🎺 🚊 🚍
#BeardedTrumpetPlayer #MetroRewind
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#BeardedTrumpetPlayer #MetroRewind
metrorewind.com/rewind/
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The rewind from @wmata.com knows me too well, I sure am the Headliner 🎺 🚊 🚍
#BeardedTrumpetPlayer #MetroRewind
metrorewind.com/rewind/
#BeardedTrumpetPlayer #MetroRewind
metrorewind.com/rewind/
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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may their memories be for a blessing
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
may their memories be for a blessing
My November wrap up from @thestorygraph.com #booksky
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My November wrap up from @thestorygraph.com #booksky
Groups like @bendthearc.bsky.social are investing in the real work of building solidarity and combatting the toxicity of smokescreen antisemitism.
Join me and add your name!
Join me and add your name!
Add your name: American Jews reject the ADL’s racist “Mamdani Monitor”
If the ADL wants to keep Jews isolated from our allies and neighbors, their time as Jewish leaders is over.
www.bendthearc.us
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Groups like @bendthearc.bsky.social are investing in the real work of building solidarity and combatting the toxicity of smokescreen antisemitism.
Join me and add your name!
Join me and add your name!
On this day November 2 in 1979, Assata Shakur was liberated from Clinton Women’s Prison
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On this day November 2 in 1979, Assata Shakur was liberated from Clinton Women’s Prison
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Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
I don't think it is possible to understate the impact Reb Arthur zt"l and his vision of prophetic justice had on me and generations of Jewish activists.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
We are writing to share the news that Reb Arthur Waskow z"l died peacefully this morning, Monday, October 20. Just days after celebrating his 92nd birthday, Arthur left his body this morning with ease.
You can read Arthur’s full obituary at: theshalomcenter.org/shalomreport...
You can read Arthur’s full obituary at: theshalomcenter.org/shalomreport...
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't think it is possible to understate the impact Reb Arthur zt"l and his vision of prophetic justice had on me and generations of Jewish activists.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
The bassist at the Bossa session said I made it feel like 1960s Brazil and that’s probably one of the nicest complements I could have gotten #BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🎺
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The bassist at the Bossa session said I made it feel like 1960s Brazil and that’s probably one of the nicest complements I could have gotten #BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🎺
A library has burned.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
D’Angelo was one of the most widely revered artists of the past 30 years.
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A library has burned.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
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These two headline sentences next to each other are a great encapsulation of the cognitive dissonance of this moment.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal. And, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed to the greater Chicago area at President Trump's request. n.pr/46ZzgqK
Israel and Hamas reach initial ceasefire deal. And, National Guard arrive near Chicago
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal. And, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed to the greater Chicago area at President Trump's request.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
These two headline sentences next to each other are a great encapsulation of the cognitive dissonance of this moment.
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this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
New year, new me, I’m altering my DNA by getting vaccinated for Covid & Flu during Rosh Hashanah
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New year, new me, I’m altering my DNA by getting vaccinated for Covid & Flu during Rosh Hashanah
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉