Ms. Lis
@mslis.bsky.social
Reads what she likes. Likes what she reads. Doesnt write much. Often under a cat. (she/her/Ms.)
@catbus.phd - that's my grandfather! (Nathan Kaplan, not the documentarian)
I will never forget the scene in this in where they return to their ancestral village and the inhabitants are mainly concerned if they have come to reclaim their parents property, and one guy goes on an on about how his father was actually very greedy and bad
Shtetl | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
A remarkable three-hour film tells the homecoming story of two elderly Polish-American Jews who return to their families' shtetl
www.pbs.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
@catbus.phd - that's my grandfather! (Nathan Kaplan, not the documentarian)
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
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Anthropic: we've created AI
People: you fucked up a perfectly good auto-complete is what you did. look at it. it's got depression
People: you fucked up a perfectly good auto-complete is what you did. look at it. it's got depression
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Anthropic: we've created AI
People: you fucked up a perfectly good auto-complete is what you did. look at it. it's got depression
People: you fucked up a perfectly good auto-complete is what you did. look at it. it's got depression
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I just want to call this line from petitioner's counsel out specifically:
"We shouldn't need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put somebody's life in danger."
Bars.
"We shouldn't need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put somebody's life in danger."
Bars.
February 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I just want to call this line from petitioner's counsel out specifically:
"We shouldn't need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put somebody's life in danger."
Bars.
"We shouldn't need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put somebody's life in danger."
Bars.
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They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
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somehow this motherfucker is responsible for or connected to basically every single bad thing that's happened in the world for the past like 40 years it is completely insane. I do not think taxing the rich is going to suffice anymore, we are very much past that point.
February 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM
somehow this motherfucker is responsible for or connected to basically every single bad thing that's happened in the world for the past like 40 years it is completely insane. I do not think taxing the rich is going to suffice anymore, we are very much past that point.
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I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
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The Problem with Early Warnings ~ Charles Rafferty
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The Problem with Early Warnings ~ Charles Rafferty
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It was the kind of audacious idea that can make a fortune. Combine a widely loved concept with a just as widely loved item. What could go wrong?
Pre-opening sign-ups filled up in minutes.
In practice, though, they couldn't make the cat library work.
"They won't stay on the shelves."
Pre-opening sign-ups filled up in minutes.
In practice, though, they couldn't make the cat library work.
"They won't stay on the shelves."
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It was the kind of audacious idea that can make a fortune. Combine a widely loved concept with a just as widely loved item. What could go wrong?
Pre-opening sign-ups filled up in minutes.
In practice, though, they couldn't make the cat library work.
"They won't stay on the shelves."
Pre-opening sign-ups filled up in minutes.
In practice, though, they couldn't make the cat library work.
"They won't stay on the shelves."
As @gretchenmcculloch.com often notes, your knowledge of language includes the ability to understand and create sentences you've never seen before.
Oh, nothing much, just people in formal wear trying to get to a special screening of "Melania" and getting yelled at by Marie Antoinette impersonators is....frankly not a sentence I ever anticipated writing, and honestly, it's making me feel kinda glum about my own fiction in comparison.
Coming to you live from outside the very special screening of “Melania” at The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 AM
As @gretchenmcculloch.com often notes, your knowledge of language includes the ability to understand and create sentences you've never seen before.
@rahaeli.bsky.social - fyi, some positive news in these trying times: there *will* be a soundtrack album for the current revival of Chess.
[I've been wanting to compare the timing/orchestration of this production with the previous albums since I saw it.]
www.broadway.com/buzz/206612/...
[I've been wanting to compare the timing/orchestration of this production with the previous albums since I saw it.]
www.broadway.com/buzz/206612/...
Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicholas Christopher Are on Board to Record a Chess Broadway Cast Album
Every night is about to be One Night in Bangkok. The new Broadway production of Chess is set to record an official Broadway cast …
www.broadway.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
@rahaeli.bsky.social - fyi, some positive news in these trying times: there *will* be a soundtrack album for the current revival of Chess.
[I've been wanting to compare the timing/orchestration of this production with the previous albums since I saw it.]
www.broadway.com/buzz/206612/...
[I've been wanting to compare the timing/orchestration of this production with the previous albums since I saw it.]
www.broadway.com/buzz/206612/...
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"Never Again" means "never again will we allow fellow human beings to be degraded, dehumanized, displaced and brutalized", not "as long as we don't do a shot-for-shot remake of the Holocaust we're good, we'll just change it up a bit next time"
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
"Never Again" means "never again will we allow fellow human beings to be degraded, dehumanized, displaced and brutalized", not "as long as we don't do a shot-for-shot remake of the Holocaust we're good, we'll just change it up a bit next time"
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If the Holocaust taught us anything, it is that papers and passports are all temporary and arbitrary based on who holds power. It taught us that no human being is illegal. And no excuse made by a ruthless and brutal regime will change those immutable facts.
Kenn Maurice Orfanos, January 2026
Kenn Maurice Orfanos, January 2026
January 27, 2026 at 11:45 PM
If the Holocaust taught us anything, it is that papers and passports are all temporary and arbitrary based on who holds power. It taught us that no human being is illegal. And no excuse made by a ruthless and brutal regime will change those immutable facts.
Kenn Maurice Orfanos, January 2026
Kenn Maurice Orfanos, January 2026
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An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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So Aaron, I came across an article from 2014. Between 2010 and 2012 US border agents stepped in front of vehicle 62 times to justify shooting. Guess whose name is mentioned Jon Ross has been under review for repeatedly doing this
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
www.thenation.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
So Aaron, I came across an article from 2014. Between 2010 and 2012 US border agents stepped in front of vehicle 62 times to justify shooting. Guess whose name is mentioned Jon Ross has been under review for repeatedly doing this
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
I didn't discover Tamora Pierce until adulthood, but I grok.
Because she's been writing Tortall for decades, you can see how much her craft has improved over time.
And Steerswoman (by Rosemary Kirstein) is a series which deserves more love & more readers.
Because she's been writing Tortall for decades, you can see how much her craft has improved over time.
And Steerswoman (by Rosemary Kirstein) is a series which deserves more love & more readers.
I feel like Tamara Pierce is a sleeper agent activation phrase for a certain type of person in our microgeneration and the advanced level wake word is Steerswoman. I don’t know if that makes sense lol.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I didn't discover Tamora Pierce until adulthood, but I grok.
Because she's been writing Tortall for decades, you can see how much her craft has improved over time.
And Steerswoman (by Rosemary Kirstein) is a series which deserves more love & more readers.
Because she's been writing Tortall for decades, you can see how much her craft has improved over time.
And Steerswoman (by Rosemary Kirstein) is a series which deserves more love & more readers.
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I continue to no understand how these things are allowed at all. There are SO MANY edge cases they're unable to handle, and their failure mode is disruptive at best, and sometimes outright dangerous.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I continue to no understand how these things are allowed at all. There are SO MANY edge cases they're unable to handle, and their failure mode is disruptive at best, and sometimes outright dangerous.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
There's also Roger Ebert's famous "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it."
North wouldn't have been half as disappointing if not for Rob Reiner's track record until that point.
Even Ebert acknowledged Reiner was "a gifted filmmaker" and hoped it was merely a lapse.
North wouldn't have been half as disappointing if not for Rob Reiner's track record until that point.
Even Ebert acknowledged Reiner was "a gifted filmmaker" and hoped it was merely a lapse.
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There's also Roger Ebert's famous "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it."
North wouldn't have been half as disappointing if not for Rob Reiner's track record until that point.
Even Ebert acknowledged Reiner was "a gifted filmmaker" and hoped it was merely a lapse.
North wouldn't have been half as disappointing if not for Rob Reiner's track record until that point.
Even Ebert acknowledged Reiner was "a gifted filmmaker" and hoped it was merely a lapse.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
This thread is making me wonder if ADHD is like the collective braincell shared by orange cats.
There's only so much focus to go around and it's bouncing among us like a massively-multiplayer game of ping-pong.
(oh, darn, just rolled under the table again. we're all sol until someone finds it...)
There's only so much focus to go around and it's bouncing among us like a massively-multiplayer game of ping-pong.
(oh, darn, just rolled under the table again. we're all sol until someone finds it...)
Feral goblin children UNITE (that’s why we’re all HERE)
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This thread is making me wonder if ADHD is like the collective braincell shared by orange cats.
There's only so much focus to go around and it's bouncing among us like a massively-multiplayer game of ping-pong.
(oh, darn, just rolled under the table again. we're all sol until someone finds it...)
There's only so much focus to go around and it's bouncing among us like a massively-multiplayer game of ping-pong.
(oh, darn, just rolled under the table again. we're all sol until someone finds it...)
@prokopetz.bsky.social - this seems like the kind of game-design pilpul you would enjoy
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@prokopetz.bsky.social - this seems like the kind of game-design pilpul you would enjoy
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.