Tal B. Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. newsletter:
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Tal B. Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
· Nov 11
time to unleash The Grilled Cheese Essay (which personally made padma lakshmi cry) on the newskies
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you just gotta read home ice advantage, it's legit one of my favorite books now
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
you just gotta read home ice advantage, it's legit one of my favorite books now
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
BREAKING: Authorities will release the person of interest in the Brown University shooting, officials said, as the investigation continues.
Live updates: Person of interest identified after 2 killed and 9 injured at Brown University
Live updates: 2 dead, 9 wounded in Brown University shooting; person of interest in custody
nbcnews.to
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
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Man, that dude who looks like an electrocuted squirrel is not very good at this
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Man, that dude who looks like an electrocuted squirrel is not very good at this
claire u have to update me about the dilf4dilf book bc ive read it ... Several times and want your Take (if it helps there's some catholicism in it)
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
claire u have to update me about the dilf4dilf book bc ive read it ... Several times and want your Take (if it helps there's some catholicism in it)
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European antisemitism and its global, colonial descendants have hounded us for centuries and still we put the menorahs in our windows, sharing the miracle
This week will be no different
This week will be no different
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
European antisemitism and its global, colonial descendants have hounded us for centuries and still we put the menorahs in our windows, sharing the miracle
This week will be no different
This week will be no different
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
ehhh i dont think using it as intended is misappropriation
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
ehhh i dont think using it as intended is misappropriation
also it doesnt actually fucking matter what bibi netanyahu the shithead yimach shemo had to say. he has nothing to *do* with australian jews. he's not the king of the jews. there is no rex iudaii. never has been.
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
also it doesnt actually fucking matter what bibi netanyahu the shithead yimach shemo had to say. he has nothing to *do* with australian jews. he's not the king of the jews. there is no rex iudaii. never has been.
setting 3 is "the jews deserved it because of israel" and i dont even know what to say about that except fuck you
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
setting 3 is "the jews deserved it because of israel" and i dont even know what to say about that except fuck you
antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"
excellent little guys
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
excellent little guys
it was a bat mitzvah present :)
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
it was a bat mitzvah present :)
i love menorahsaurus
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i love menorahsaurus
fuck those people
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
fuck those people
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mike's hard times create mike's strong men
December 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
mike's hard times create mike's strong men
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
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if you like heated rivalry and want more hockey smut beyond rachel reid im putting on my gay romance sommelier hat (its a sticky hat) and looking into your eyes and telling you to read the Penalty Box series by @aribaranwrites.bsky.social because it's so good and i would go to war for these boys
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
if you like heated rivalry and want more hockey smut beyond rachel reid im putting on my gay romance sommelier hat (its a sticky hat) and looking into your eyes and telling you to read the Penalty Box series by @aribaranwrites.bsky.social because it's so good and i would go to war for these boys
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these mfers love talking about God while radiating evil like an unshielded reactor core
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
these mfers love talking about God while radiating evil like an unshielded reactor core