Avi Zollman
@avi.zollman.com
I try to get people to do stuff online that makes a difference offline.
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Having a mouse is bad.
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Having a mouse is bad.
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
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Come work with us on Grok at xAI, where you can be sure your boss will undermine your work every single day
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Come work with us on Grok at xAI, where you can be sure your boss will undermine your work every single day
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Service journalism in 2026:
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Service journalism in 2026:
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Greg Bovino saying the word gestapo is like a reverse three-finger gesture.
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Greg Bovino saying the word gestapo is like a reverse three-finger gesture.
Having a mouse is bad.
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Having a mouse is bad.
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
Having a mouse caught in a trap is worse.
Having a mouse caught in a trap that has now gone missing somewhere in the apartment? (this is me now)
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I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
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Fwiw, he says he's not asking for forgivesness or sympathy. Ah ha, *exactly what someone who's just trying to sell an album would do*! I dunno. It's also what someone sincerely trying to amends would do. YMMV, I only have my own experience to work from.
Do consider reading it all before commenting.
Do consider reading it all before commenting.
January 26, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Fwiw, he says he's not asking for forgivesness or sympathy. Ah ha, *exactly what someone who's just trying to sell an album would do*! I dunno. It's also what someone sincerely trying to amends would do. YMMV, I only have my own experience to work from.
Do consider reading it all before commenting.
Do consider reading it all before commenting.
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Whiskey Tuesday with Bari Weiss
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Whiskey Tuesday with Bari Weiss
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"I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student."
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student."
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Where are the people with stopwatches timing how fast Mamdani responds when we need them?
Utterly unfit for leadership and public service. What clearer test is there of your character than whether or not you can unambiguously condemn murder? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
January 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Where are the people with stopwatches timing how fast Mamdani responds when we need them?
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literally yes
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 AM
literally yes
Oceans are now battlefields.
Meanwhile, on the Brooklyn Greenway:
Bike lanes are now cross country sky lanes
Bike lanes are now cross country sky lanes
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Oceans are now battlefields.
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The founders wrote the 2nd Amendment for a reason: So you could hold a cool gun while you nod approvingly at what the government is doing.
seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The founders wrote the 2nd Amendment for a reason: So you could hold a cool gun while you nod approvingly at what the government is doing.
Another great hockey day. 🙃
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Another great hockey day. 🙃
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Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC.
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC.
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
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I know everyone was born just eleven months ago and are therefore just tiny innocent babies, but does nobody remember, say, the Michigan protests against COVID restrictions? This was the state capitol.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I know everyone was born just eleven months ago and are therefore just tiny innocent babies, but does nobody remember, say, the Michigan protests against COVID restrictions? This was the state capitol.
On the list of articles I'm not gonna read, this may be a new first place.
International law no longer serves as an instrument of global stability—and the U.S. should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war, John Yoo argues.
A New International Law Can Rise From the Ashes
The United States should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
On the list of articles I'm not gonna read, this may be a new first place.
Good.
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s campaign has filed a termination report with the FEC, NOTUS reports. Norton has not yet announced that she'll retire as Washington, D.C.'s delegate to Congress.
Norton, 88, has faced extensive scrutiny over her physical and mental health.
Norton, 88, has faced extensive scrutiny over her physical and mental health.
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Files to 'Terminate' Reelection Campaign
Norton’s campaign raised just $2,520 during the last three months of 2025. Her campaign hasn’t yet announced a formal decision on her future.
www.notus.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Good.
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Tim Cook and Andy Jassy—and the rest—are accommodating an authoritarian who is presiding over a secret police force killing American citizens. The blood of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is on the hands of those who enable Trump. Hope they like the movie.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Tim Cook and Andy Jassy—and the rest—are accommodating an authoritarian who is presiding over a secret police force killing American citizens. The blood of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is on the hands of those who enable Trump. Hope they like the movie.
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I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
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Trump v. Anderson is every bit as wrong as Dred Scott, Plessy, or Korematsu.
What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
January 25, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Trump v. Anderson is every bit as wrong as Dred Scott, Plessy, or Korematsu.
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If I may, I’ll suggest again:
–invoke 14A §3 vs. organizers, facilitators & willing enablers of the current lawlessness
–charter a _congressional_ truth & reconciliation commission to cut SCOTUS out of the accountability loop
–offer requalification as incentive to aid the commission’s fact-finding.
–invoke 14A §3 vs. organizers, facilitators & willing enablers of the current lawlessness
–charter a _congressional_ truth & reconciliation commission to cut SCOTUS out of the accountability loop
–offer requalification as incentive to aid the commission’s fact-finding.
We will need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission when these cruel, lawless people are out of office. They must be held accountable in order for our nation to heal.
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
If I may, I’ll suggest again:
–invoke 14A §3 vs. organizers, facilitators & willing enablers of the current lawlessness
–charter a _congressional_ truth & reconciliation commission to cut SCOTUS out of the accountability loop
–offer requalification as incentive to aid the commission’s fact-finding.
–invoke 14A §3 vs. organizers, facilitators & willing enablers of the current lawlessness
–charter a _congressional_ truth & reconciliation commission to cut SCOTUS out of the accountability loop
–offer requalification as incentive to aid the commission’s fact-finding.
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not sure if this is about the u.s. or israel
Why do we have to go through all this so one man can stay out of prison?
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
not sure if this is about the u.s. or israel