Stephen Lurie
@luriethereal.bsky.social
thinking about some stuff here and there
writer / strategist
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writer / strategist
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Will Jewish leaders atone for their sins next year?
Falsifiable fearmongering and the Zohran Mamdani election.
Maybe because they’re clergy so bad behavior takes on an fancier form, or because their worst conduct has played out in the shadow of the Hi...
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Many Jewish institutional leaders have spent the past few months promising that New York Jews will be in danger if Zohran wins.
We’re about to see exactly how wrong they were.
Will they admit it?
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We’re about to see exactly how wrong they were.
Will they admit it?
empty-brain.ghost.io/will-jewish-...
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Democrats intentionally delayed the start date to appease Big Pharma and his lackeys, and now Trump gets to benefit. Political malpractice.
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Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic
The lower prices stem from the Medicare negotiation program created under the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act.
www.nbcnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Democrats intentionally delayed the start date to appease Big Pharma and his lackeys, and now Trump gets to benefit. Political malpractice.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
real question for the Christmas celebrators out there: is it pleasing to you to hear, say, the chipmunks Christmas song when you are out in a public establishment?
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
real question for the Christmas celebrators out there: is it pleasing to you to hear, say, the chipmunks Christmas song when you are out in a public establishment?
the shooting is obviously a disaster just as the context is a complete farce
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
the shooting is obviously a disaster just as the context is a complete farce
It’s really bad that Menin is going to be speaker, but it’s also really bad that we only had Hudson as the alternative. A huge fuck up by council progressives.
The two front-runners for City Council Speaker, Crystal Hudson, the progressive from Brooklyn, and Julie Menin, the Upper East Side moderate, both had Uber spend over 100K on their reelection bids.
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s really bad that Menin is going to be speaker, but it’s also really bad that we only had Hudson as the alternative. A huge fuck up by council progressives.
To “stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of creation” is such a wonderful secular sentiment, too. The exact the opposite of AI.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To “stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of creation” is such a wonderful secular sentiment, too. The exact the opposite of AI.
chat is it good when the press secretary’s brother says that his “only concern” is for his son right after the mother of that son is seized by the press secretary’s gestapo
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
chat is it good when the press secretary’s brother says that his “only concern” is for his son right after the mother of that son is seized by the press secretary’s gestapo
TIL there were little twerps in the senate already in the 1870s
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
TIL there were little twerps in the senate already in the 1870s
FBI: we have footage of you telling troops to obey the law
Senator: yes I posted that
Senator: yes I posted that
The FBI has requested interviews with six Democrats regarding their video, which reminds troops to follow the Constitution.
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
FBI: we have footage of you telling troops to obey the law
Senator: yes I posted that
Senator: yes I posted that
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Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. That could be you! More info here: defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. That could be you! More info here: defector.com/would-you-li...
*Secretary of Raw*
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
*Secretary of Raw*
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
$3/year is reverse psychology okay — you should pledge $300/year to support vibrant, moral Jewish leadership in New York City
extremely funny that nvidia was a company whose graphics cards enabled masses of nerds to be socialized by deranged early 2000s computer game subcultures and now those boys are oligarchs and nvidia is the entire economy
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
extremely funny that nvidia was a company whose graphics cards enabled masses of nerds to be socialized by deranged early 2000s computer game subcultures and now those boys are oligarchs and nvidia is the entire economy
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You're not imagining it: New York City's Citi Bike system costs more to ride than any other major bike-share system in the United States, Canada or Europe.
Lyft Hoses Citi Bike Riders Compared to Bike-Share in Other Cities: Report - Streetsblog New York City
New York City's Citi Bike system costs more to ride than any other major bike-share system in the United States, Canada or Europe.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You're not imagining it: New York City's Citi Bike system costs more to ride than any other major bike-share system in the United States, Canada or Europe.
The names of “it” clubs of Brooklyn used to profess a vision of hope and optimism (House of Yes, Good Room, C’mon Everybody), but they have been superseded by a darker nomenclature of isolation (Basement, Refuge, SILO, Elsewhere, Signal). In this essay I will —
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The names of “it” clubs of Brooklyn used to profess a vision of hope and optimism (House of Yes, Good Room, C’mon Everybody), but they have been superseded by a darker nomenclature of isolation (Basement, Refuge, SILO, Elsewhere, Signal). In this essay I will —
A possible center for this realignment will be against AI — people rebelling against both professional and psychic damage — particularly at the moment it crashes the economy.
I can’t quite put it into words, but Trump praising Mamdani on the same day that MTG resigns in opposition to “big Tech, big Pharma, the war complex and big donors” feels like a harbinger of realignment.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A possible center for this realignment will be against AI — people rebelling against both professional and psychic damage — particularly at the moment it crashes the economy.
and to this I say a hearty Shabbat shalom
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
and to this I say a hearty Shabbat shalom
“I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he’s going to surprise some conservative people actually and some very liberal people he won’t surprise because they already like him.”
Donald Trump on Zohran Mamdani
I think everyone can underline “generational political talent” now
Donald Trump on Zohran Mamdani
I think everyone can underline “generational political talent” now
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he’s going to surprise some conservative people actually and some very liberal people he won’t surprise because they already like him.”
Donald Trump on Zohran Mamdani
I think everyone can underline “generational political talent” now
Donald Trump on Zohran Mamdani
I think everyone can underline “generational political talent” now
might even be more positive than my prediction, let’s see
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
might even be more positive than my prediction, let’s see
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
I love when democrats are like “we must seek bipartisan agreement with our friends across the aisle” after republicans are like “execute the traitors for telling people to obey the law”
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I love when democrats are like “we must seek bipartisan agreement with our friends across the aisle” after republicans are like “execute the traitors for telling people to obey the law”
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
When you learn how much of American political power is wrapped up in the idea that once we send all the Jews to Israel we can have a little rapture…it is not great!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When you learn how much of American political power is wrapped up in the idea that once we send all the Jews to Israel we can have a little rapture…it is not great!
overcast.fm/+AAIPNxieRpY
overcast.fm/+AAIPNxieRpY
[forthcoming]: “Met with Kiddie Kwame today to discuss the great city of New York, which has been treated so badly by the weak Democrats for far too long. He’s a Crazy Communist that will be very bad for the Democrats, but I told him I will help him Save New York if he behaves!!! DJT”
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
[forthcoming]: “Met with Kiddie Kwame today to discuss the great city of New York, which has been treated so badly by the weak Democrats for far too long. He’s a Crazy Communist that will be very bad for the Democrats, but I told him I will help him Save New York if he behaves!!! DJT”
oh my GOD — subsequently found that the “girls? careful I will renew an old habit” email is in an email chain titled “Did you read David Brooks today?”
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
oh my GOD — subsequently found that the “girls? careful I will renew an old habit” email is in an email chain titled “Did you read David Brooks today?”
David Brooks: if crime president says he could only have done most recent sex crimes in 2004, it is not relevant anymore
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
David Brooks: if crime president says he could only have done most recent sex crimes in 2004, it is not relevant anymore