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Yiddish Gothic (Rokhl K)
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Teacher of Yiddish language, literature, and Ashkenazi culture. Specialist in "Everyday Ashkenazi Magic." Ask me about my b'nei mitzvah heritage tutoring! Also, writer of Rokhl's Golden City (2017-2024)
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Yiddish Gothic (Rokhl K) @rokhl.bsky.social · 7d
New class starting in February! Intro to Everyday Ashkenazi Magic through Yiddish texts and personalities.

exploreashkenaziculture.blogspot.com
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
good run down on this big crookin
laurarbelin.bsky.social Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 6h
New, by me: A must-read NYT Magazine report showed how Senator Chuck Grassley's oversight work as Judiciary Committee chair led to career FBI agents or supervisors being forced out, in some cases with no investigation supporting their alleged wrongdoing.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/02/n...
NYT report: Chuck Grassley helped end FBI careers
Laura Belin: Grassley's oversight work led to senior FBI agents or supervisors being forced out, in some cases with no due process.
www.bleedingheartland.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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drjengunter.bsky.social
In Peter Attia’s book Outlive he writes about his 1 month old having a cardiac arrest and then staying in New York for business. The date his son became critically ill was July 11, 2017. There is an email about an appointment with Epstein dated July 13, 2017.
February 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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jbenmenachem.com
The dudes rounding up people of certain ethnicities in camps, or executing them, are definitely like Nazis
therealbrent.bsky.social brent says Abolish ICE 🧊 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 2d
Josh Shapiro can go fuck himself. So goddamn tired of this self-absorbed empty suit.
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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trungles.com
Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam
Drawing of Liam Ramos, a little Latino boy in his bunny hat with Pikachu on his head
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
rokhl.bsky.social
My Star Fleet Academy hot take: third episode of a brand new show is way too early to have a heist episode. What are we doing here, guys? How about we actually get to know and care about our characters first, before we push them into a story that rewards viewers by *stretching* character boundaries
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
rokhl.bsky.social
💕💕💕💕🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21h
I kicked off Black History Month in Corona at the home of Louis Armstrong, who lived in our city for more than 30 years. Walking through his house and hearing how much New York meant to him was a powerful reminder of what this city owes to Black artists and culture.
Mayor Mamdani inside the Louis Armstrong House Museum Mayor Mamdani looking at artwork of Louis Armstrong A trumpet player A signed photo of Louis Armstrong
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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mclasspodcast.bsky.social
Happy Black History Month from our extremely white ass podcast!
a bald man with a beard is looking at the camera in a room .
Alt: Captain Sisko of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine staring judgingly before breaking out into a characteristic loud, condescending laugh.
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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propublica.org
A note from our editors:
Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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propublica.org
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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ilhanmn.bsky.social
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
rokhl.bsky.social
Smart kids ☺️
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d
Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
From: Larry Summers < To: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:54:40 +0000 Jamaica very good Kids great though tired of some of their admiration for Bernie sanders. How ru? Sent from my iPad
February 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Arcyria sp slime mold. NWT, Canada.
#myxomycetes #fungifriends
The slime mold sporangia are about 0.5cm high.
Close up photo of 4 mature slime mold sporangia. Each bright red sporangium consists of a short, thin stalk attached to a small cup from which a tubular, cotton candy-like spore mass protrudes. They are attached to dark coloured dead wood. The fuzzy photo background is mainly light green.
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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kjhealy.co
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet. Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Biden's FBI was trying to build cases right up until the end of his term, victims told Tara Palmeri that they were being invited in to look at photos and everything stopped when Trump came into office.
mehdirhasan.bsky.social Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.

If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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davidfbrand.bsky.social
Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner

Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system

@gothamist.com @wnyc.org

gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani names reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex
Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.
gothamist.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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guidoo.bsky.social
WOW WOW WOW Mayor Mamdani names Stanley Richards as the new head of Dept of Corrections. Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails.

Richards is currently the president/CEO of the Fortune Society, a leading nonprofit that assists incarcerated/ formerly incarcerated
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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jeetheer.bsky.social
1. The new batch of Epstein documents helps illuminate one contemporary controversy: What is Bari Weiss up to at CBS? I think the answer is she is trying to rehabilate the Epstein network as a bulwark of reactionary centrism. Let me explain.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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forbes.com
Measles cases this year have reached nearly 26% of last year's total cases, which totaled 2,255.
Measles Cases This Year Are Outpacing 2025 — The Worst Recent Year On Record
Measles cases this year have reached nearly 26% of last year's total cases, which totaled 2,255.
www.forbes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
rokhl.bsky.social
Everyone who supports this is depraved. Truly.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
straight up Gestapo shit
DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.
January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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kenlowery.bsky.social
All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
The emerging narrative from the people who worked for Biden seems to be "we debased ourselves repeatedly and violated our own laws for Israel and Israel won't even say thank you".
diplomatofnight.com Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d
Interesting admission by Biden administration official and Kamala Harris NSC advisor earlier today
Hard to overstate the damage to US-Israel relations done by the sense of entitlement and ingratitude reflected in comments like these and Netanyahu's own recent statements. Baseless misdirection to suggest that Israeli soldiers' deaths in Gaza we caused by some phantom US "embargo" (when in fact Biden resisted enormous pressure to condition aid, as required by U.S. law, even as Israel rebuffed calls to facilitate more humanitarian assistance and reduce civilian casualties), and insulting to suggest that U.S. concern for people of Gaza was driven by "Michigan," as if no other possible basis for concern comes to mind. If goal of Netanyahu and his partisans is to accelerate the sharp decline in U.S. public support for Israel, and to further undermine the bipartisan character of that support, this seems like good way to go about it.
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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beyerstein.bsky.social
It's important to understand how Epstein leveraged rape culture bullshit to keep himself acceptable to many in his circle. He painted himself as having been arrested for hiring prostitutes who just happened to be underage. Because his peers were morally bankrupt, they saw this as a venial sin.
andylevy.net andy™ @andylevy.net · 2d
it’s not necessarily that all these people in the epstein files participated in the raping of girls it’s that none of them cared and if he hadn’t been arrested and died they’d still be out there trying to be his friend
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
"We need to be the news" says Bari Weiss, as she hires Epstein connections. (Attia just joined CBS).
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM