Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer
@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social
Traditional-egalitarian neo-misnagdic liturgical maximalist. Yes, I'm the one who made that steamed hams megillah. איהו/ליה (that’s he/him in Aramaic)
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people are doing this, I will do it too. One like, one niche Jewish opinion
here’s the thing though. The fact that Trump just pardoned a guy who funneled billions of dollars to Hamas will not do anything to convince right wing Jews that he’s bad for Israel, because they already could’ve seen the time when he gave the names of embedded Mossad agents in Syria to the Russians
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
here’s the thing though. The fact that Trump just pardoned a guy who funneled billions of dollars to Hamas will not do anything to convince right wing Jews that he’s bad for Israel, because they already could’ve seen the time when he gave the names of embedded Mossad agents in Syria to the Russians
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it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
Now I’m in the minority
But listen to my heartfelt plea,
Consider it, don’t let it pass right through ya.
Unless your Christmas is about
A former love you live without,
Stop singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah!
(1/2)
But listen to my heartfelt plea,
Consider it, don’t let it pass right through ya.
Unless your Christmas is about
A former love you live without,
Stop singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah!
(1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Now I’m in the minority
But listen to my heartfelt plea,
Consider it, don’t let it pass right through ya.
Unless your Christmas is about
A former love you live without,
Stop singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah!
(1/2)
But listen to my heartfelt plea,
Consider it, don’t let it pass right through ya.
Unless your Christmas is about
A former love you live without,
Stop singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah!
(1/2)
as Hammerstein put it
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
as Hammerstein put it
One of the most things about doing volunteer work at a used bookstore is that you can arrange the books in a way that has an implication
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One of the most things about doing volunteer work at a used bookstore is that you can arrange the books in a way that has an implication
found an old 1991 dnd cyclopedia at the used book store today and gotta say there is some charm to this art
pictured: what happens to the satan when you blow shofar on rosh hashanah
pictured: what happens to the satan when you blow shofar on rosh hashanah
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
found an old 1991 dnd cyclopedia at the used book store today and gotta say there is some charm to this art
pictured: what happens to the satan when you blow shofar on rosh hashanah
pictured: what happens to the satan when you blow shofar on rosh hashanah
thinking that the word “groceries” is “old-fashioned” is the surest sign of someone who has never once had to buy his own damn food. if trump didn’t have a cook or a mcdonalds he would eat the walls and eat his own hands and then starve
Many are saying this.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
thinking that the word “groceries” is “old-fashioned” is the surest sign of someone who has never once had to buy his own damn food. if trump didn’t have a cook or a mcdonalds he would eat the walls and eat his own hands and then starve
fellas is is gay to be straight
These schmucks are approaching what I like to call a "reverse Afghanistan" sexuality here:
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
fellas is is gay to be straight
if zohran were as much of an antisemite as rw jews think he is then the actual left-wing antisemites wouldn’t all hate him so much
I saw someone call Zohran a zionist and huh, I guess words don’t have meanings anymore
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
if zohran were as much of an antisemite as rw jews think he is then the actual left-wing antisemites wouldn’t all hate him so much
“we can’t build nuclear plants, because what if Russia invades? Instead we should base our entire energy grid on natural gas pipelines, which come from… somewhere. I’m sure it isn’t important.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“we can’t build nuclear plants, because what if Russia invades? Instead we should base our entire energy grid on natural gas pipelines, which come from… somewhere. I’m sure it isn’t important.”
when i was twelve i loved to fuck making unlistenable shit on garageband, and my parents encouraging me to keep on trying while also letting me know that maybe i didn’t need that many overdubbings of my own voice was helpful
MY 12 year old little brother just showed me a song he made 🥹
It was really ass but I’m so proud of him for wanting to learn to produce 💕💕
It was really ass but I’m so proud of him for wanting to learn to produce 💕💕
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
when i was twelve i loved to fuck making unlistenable shit on garageband, and my parents encouraging me to keep on trying while also letting me know that maybe i didn’t need that many overdubbings of my own voice was helpful
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"Actually everyone in Europe is super left wing on everything!" - someone who doesn't know shit about European politics or people
Evropeans will look down on Americans as if the average electoral politics of their countries wasn't:
⚫️Hitlerian Party 35%
🔵Conservatives willing to form a govt with the Hitlerians 20%
🔴Socdems in free fall 14%
🟠Neoliberals 10%
🟢Greens 8%
🟤Radical Left party on historic minimum 3%
⚫️Hitlerian Party 35%
🔵Conservatives willing to form a govt with the Hitlerians 20%
🔴Socdems in free fall 14%
🟠Neoliberals 10%
🟢Greens 8%
🟤Radical Left party on historic minimum 3%
well.... that's no good
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Actually everyone in Europe is super left wing on everything!" - someone who doesn't know shit about European politics or people
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You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
alternatively: potter puppet pals. the only canonical character trait of ron weasley should be that he found the source of the ticking (it’s a pipe bomb)
It would be funny if the original story got lost in the sands of time and somehow replaced with My Immortal or some amalgamation of all the most bat shit fanfic. I like to imagine that future.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
alternatively: potter puppet pals. the only canonical character trait of ron weasley should be that he found the source of the ticking (it’s a pipe bomb)
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it's "how dare you say Christmas is a Christian holiday" time of year again
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
it's "how dare you say Christmas is a Christian holiday" time of year again
last year Thanksgiving and Sigd were the same week so I made a turkey wot and it was delicious
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
last year Thanksgiving and Sigd were the same week so I made a turkey wot and it was delicious
there is a somewhat popular local pizza chain in the San Diego area called “Sammy’s Wood-fired Pizza” and the first time my very New Yorker grandmother saw it she said “Wood-fried? How the heck do you fry pizza in wood?”
Why would I want to fry the air?
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
there is a somewhat popular local pizza chain in the San Diego area called “Sammy’s Wood-fired Pizza” and the first time my very New Yorker grandmother saw it she said “Wood-fried? How the heck do you fry pizza in wood?”
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"I'm a non-Christian and it has never occurred to me that [thing Christians invented for their Christian holiday about Christ] has anything at all to do with religion"
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"I'm a non-Christian and it has never occurred to me that [thing Christians invented for their Christian holiday about Christ] has anything at all to do with religion"
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
here's a worksheet that i filled out in preschool (someone else clearly wrote, my handwriting would not be legible)
somehow it took until second grade for me to get an autism diagnosis
somehow it took until second grade for me to get an autism diagnosis
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
here's a worksheet that i filled out in preschool (someone else clearly wrote, my handwriting would not be legible)
somehow it took until second grade for me to get an autism diagnosis
somehow it took until second grade for me to get an autism diagnosis
it's almost like any attempt to get *some people* to reproduce at a different rate than they already are reproducing is going to end up being that
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
it's almost like any attempt to get *some people* to reproduce at a different rate than they already are reproducing is going to end up being that
if your issue with Trump is his tone rather than the things he is doing then you are not an ally
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
if your issue with Trump is his tone rather than the things he is doing then you are not an ally
good. Live in that fear. In fact, maybe think of it less like fear and more like guilt.
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
good. Live in that fear. In fact, maybe think of it less like fear and more like guilt.
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Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.