Kislev by a Rose
@chesedgevurah.bsky.social
Interested in justice (social, corrective, distributive); practising law
Erstwhile scholar of kabbalah & chasidus
Erstwhile scholar of kabbalah & chasidus
"The Holy Blessed One said, 'The work of My hands are drowning at sea, and you wish to sing songs?'" (Megillah 10b)
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"The Holy Blessed One said, 'The work of My hands are drowning at sea, and you wish to sing songs?'" (Megillah 10b)
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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"the empathy problem"
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"the empathy problem"
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Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
One of the most enlightening and humane/humanistic books I read this past year.
Please pick it up for yourself or friends
Please pick it up for yourself or friends
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One of the most enlightening and humane/humanistic books I read this past year.
Please pick it up for yourself or friends
Please pick it up for yourself or friends
Miller is so detached from his own history and its moral import, that he is restaging the racism exhibited against ostjuden during 1920s Germany
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Miller is so detached from his own history and its moral import, that he is restaging the racism exhibited against ostjuden during 1920s Germany
I simply do not understand how this squares with RFK Jr.’s obsession with “healthy” food.
But, on the other hand, his main “successes“ have been getting real sugar in processed food. I guess it perfectly squares with cancelling funding for nutritious school meals.
But, on the other hand, his main “successes“ have been getting real sugar in processed food. I guess it perfectly squares with cancelling funding for nutritious school meals.
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I simply do not understand how this squares with RFK Jr.’s obsession with “healthy” food.
But, on the other hand, his main “successes“ have been getting real sugar in processed food. I guess it perfectly squares with cancelling funding for nutritious school meals.
But, on the other hand, his main “successes“ have been getting real sugar in processed food. I guess it perfectly squares with cancelling funding for nutritious school meals.
America needs a meritocracy, not losers who fail upwards
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
America needs a meritocracy, not losers who fail upwards
This kind of credulous platforming and lack of critical engagement is what makes sites like Drop Site dangerous. They do good reporting, but its lack of a coherent, ethical, left editorial perspective leads to them passively endorsing racists and fascists.
See below.
See below.
Tucker Carlson describes Israeli PM Netanyahu as Western civilization’s “main enemy.”
He says Zionism and other forms of tribalism are “an attack on Western civilization.”
(via Shawn Ryan show)
He says Zionism and other forms of tribalism are “an attack on Western civilization.”
(via Shawn Ryan show)
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This kind of credulous platforming and lack of critical engagement is what makes sites like Drop Site dangerous. They do good reporting, but its lack of a coherent, ethical, left editorial perspective leads to them passively endorsing racists and fascists.
See below.
See below.
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We had an incredible Streetcar Summit on Sunday! Thank you to the over 200 people who joined us to share their experiences riding the streetcar and what needs to be done to improve the system.
This is just the beginning! Stay tuned for our push for the world-class streetcar system we deserve 🚋✨
This is just the beginning! Stay tuned for our push for the world-class streetcar system we deserve 🚋✨
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We had an incredible Streetcar Summit on Sunday! Thank you to the over 200 people who joined us to share their experiences riding the streetcar and what needs to be done to improve the system.
This is just the beginning! Stay tuned for our push for the world-class streetcar system we deserve 🚋✨
This is just the beginning! Stay tuned for our push for the world-class streetcar system we deserve 🚋✨
Now all I want is for Zohran and John Ganz to go head to head in Texas Hold ‘Em
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Now all I want is for Zohran and John Ganz to go head to head in Texas Hold ‘Em
Machnisei rachamim... hachnisu rachameinu... lifnei ba'al ha-rachamim
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Machnisei rachamim... hachnisu rachameinu... lifnei ba'al ha-rachamim
It's incorrect to compare Lina Khan & Trump, as both seeking to increase the executive's power.
Trump wants to exercise powers the executive does not have. Khan wants to exercise powers that have been created by the Legislature and conferred to the executive.
The latter coheres with the rule of law.
Trump wants to exercise powers the executive does not have. Khan wants to exercise powers that have been created by the Legislature and conferred to the executive.
The latter coheres with the rule of law.
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's incorrect to compare Lina Khan & Trump, as both seeking to increase the executive's power.
Trump wants to exercise powers the executive does not have. Khan wants to exercise powers that have been created by the Legislature and conferred to the executive.
The latter coheres with the rule of law.
Trump wants to exercise powers the executive does not have. Khan wants to exercise powers that have been created by the Legislature and conferred to the executive.
The latter coheres with the rule of law.
Child (n): Non-adult human female
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Child (n): Non-adult human female
Recent conduct* has indicated I have officially entered middle age.
* Watching the Alchemy (Live) version of "Sultans of Swing" on repeat
* Watching the Alchemy (Live) version of "Sultans of Swing" on repeat
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Recent conduct* has indicated I have officially entered middle age.
* Watching the Alchemy (Live) version of "Sultans of Swing" on repeat
* Watching the Alchemy (Live) version of "Sultans of Swing" on repeat
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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This is really smart
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is really smart
To sharpen the point: no one was a more dogged supporter of the prevailing Dem nominee on the campaign trail than Bernie Sanders
This is worse than the worst thing ever attributed to any “Bernie Bro”. The Democratic leader literally refusing to say WHETHER HE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
this shit right here is wrecker shit, as much as wrecker shit as any online leftist has done, if not more so. no wonder so many people are repulsed by anyone (rightly) saying 'vote blue no matter who', the most powerful elected Dem in the nation won't do it! it undermines the whole coalition! jfc
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To sharpen the point: no one was a more dogged supporter of the prevailing Dem nominee on the campaign trail than Bernie Sanders
Something undiscussed in the fracas is the fact that a lot of Mamdani's most striking creative collaborators (who help craft his striking visual style and inspiring words) are both Jewish
Everyone should (rightly) laud this speech and the courage to give it but I hope people don't forget this isn't *just* Zohran Mamdani, it's also his writer, Julian Gerson, and Mamdani's creative director, Andrew B. Epstein.
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Something undiscussed in the fracas is the fact that a lot of Mamdani's most striking creative collaborators (who help craft his striking visual style and inspiring words) are both Jewish
In Canada, you have an express constitutional protection of your right to live anywhere in the country & carry on business there (s. 6 of the Charter).
They’ve all gone mad.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In Canada, you have an express constitutional protection of your right to live anywhere in the country & carry on business there (s. 6 of the Charter).
I’m against candidates who feel entitled to public office due to nepotistic privilege.
That’s why I’m voting for Mario, sorry, I mean, Andrew Cuomo.
That’s why I’m voting for Mario, sorry, I mean, Andrew Cuomo.
Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’m against candidates who feel entitled to public office due to nepotistic privilege.
That’s why I’m voting for Mario, sorry, I mean, Andrew Cuomo.
That’s why I’m voting for Mario, sorry, I mean, Andrew Cuomo.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Noteworthy they had to invent an example of localist resistance coming from law enforcement, as there was no extant example
So this is an AI-created video. Watch the mouth. This has been pointed out many times and yet the post is still up. I highly recommend blocking people who post this shit and don’t take it down when corrected
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Noteworthy they had to invent an example of localist resistance coming from law enforcement, as there was no extant example
It's a simple point, but this is not how a democracy is supposed to function. The President represents the public and distributes goods and benefits through a system in which all members of the public have equal access. Power is not to be hoarded or distributed to one's friends.
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It's a simple point, but this is not how a democracy is supposed to function. The President represents the public and distributes goods and benefits through a system in which all members of the public have equal access. Power is not to be hoarded or distributed to one's friends.