David B
@aardvarkz.bsky.social
NYC
"The Future is Soon"
Cosmology, Climate, Consciousness, Causality
דברים תמיד יכולים להיות הרבה יותר גרועים
"The Future is Soon"
Cosmology, Climate, Consciousness, Causality
דברים תמיד יכולים להיות הרבה יותר גרועים
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quote from an interview i did that perfectly sums up the yiddish reading expierence:
"You know in America you read a children's story where they catch a bird and the bird has a broken leg, and they heal the bird, happy bird flies away. In Yiddish the bird has a broken leg and then the bird dies."
"You know in America you read a children's story where they catch a bird and the bird has a broken leg, and they heal the bird, happy bird flies away. In Yiddish the bird has a broken leg and then the bird dies."
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
quote from an interview i did that perfectly sums up the yiddish reading expierence:
"You know in America you read a children's story where they catch a bird and the bird has a broken leg, and they heal the bird, happy bird flies away. In Yiddish the bird has a broken leg and then the bird dies."
"You know in America you read a children's story where they catch a bird and the bird has a broken leg, and they heal the bird, happy bird flies away. In Yiddish the bird has a broken leg and then the bird dies."
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A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
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With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
I really don't like this framing, as it presents NYC Jews with the false choice of white nationalist antisemitism or anti-Zionist antisemitism.
Personally I choose to embrace neither, and would hope that even non-Jews and people who don't live here would similarly reject these options.
Personally I choose to embrace neither, and would hope that even non-Jews and people who don't live here would similarly reject these options.
The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I really don't like this framing, as it presents NYC Jews with the false choice of white nationalist antisemitism or anti-Zionist antisemitism.
Personally I choose to embrace neither, and would hope that even non-Jews and people who don't live here would similarly reject these options.
Personally I choose to embrace neither, and would hope that even non-Jews and people who don't live here would similarly reject these options.
Birb people are hilarious. They'll wake up at 5am to sit and watch a dead tree for 6 hours in the hopes of catching a glimpse at the elusive Western nut gargler, then rave exuberantly at the sighting, and after all that you look at the picture and it's just a normal-ass looking sparrow.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Birb people are hilarious. They'll wake up at 5am to sit and watch a dead tree for 6 hours in the hopes of catching a glimpse at the elusive Western nut gargler, then rave exuberantly at the sighting, and after all that you look at the picture and it's just a normal-ass looking sparrow.
stop whatever you are doing and tune in, there is a pile of warm sleepy babby cheetah kittens!
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
stop whatever you are doing and tune in, there is a pile of warm sleepy babby cheetah kittens!
Maybe it's time to question our military posturing when an unrepentant Al-Qaeda terrorist is a huge fan...
The prisoner displayed a keen understanding of current events, at one point expressing approval of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s adopting the title secretary of war. He called it “the definitive and right description of the aggression of the United States.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Maybe it's time to question our military posturing when an unrepentant Al-Qaeda terrorist is a huge fan...
The NYTimes is far from perfect, but I don't understand the need to make shit up.
In this case complaining that they aren't covering a story, when it's the second thing on the screen. And items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 are all also highly critical of the president.
It's literally every top story.
In this case complaining that they aren't covering a story, when it's the second thing on the screen. And items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 are all also highly critical of the president.
It's literally every top story.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The NYTimes is far from perfect, but I don't understand the need to make shit up.
In this case complaining that they aren't covering a story, when it's the second thing on the screen. And items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 are all also highly critical of the president.
It's literally every top story.
In this case complaining that they aren't covering a story, when it's the second thing on the screen. And items 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 are all also highly critical of the president.
It's literally every top story.
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Extraordinarily weak (but very on brand) statement from Mamdani. The organizers of this protest call every Israeli a settler and a legitimate target of violence. We don't need to pretend this was about anything else, we just need to listen to what the organizers of this event are actually saying.
He failed on this one. You can be absolutely opposed to the settler movement and still oppose a grotesque effort like this. www.timesofisrael.com/after-protes...
After protest at synagogue, Mamdani says Israel immigration event misused ‘sacred space’
NYC mayor-elect appears to suggest Nefesh B'nefesh's promotion of immigration to Jewish state is a 'violation of international law' in statement that doesn't address antisemitism
www.timesofisrael.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Extraordinarily weak (but very on brand) statement from Mamdani. The organizers of this protest call every Israeli a settler and a legitimate target of violence. We don't need to pretend this was about anything else, we just need to listen to what the organizers of this event are actually saying.
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
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This is what happens when democratic norms erode and bigotry becomes mainstream. And when swastikas and nooses are reduced to “divisive” symbols, it is a reminder that every community targeted by hate is in this together.
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is what happens when democratic norms erode and bigotry becomes mainstream. And when swastikas and nooses are reduced to “divisive” symbols, it is a reminder that every community targeted by hate is in this together.
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This lesson — that nearly everyone acts in a self-interested manner and would gladly sacrifice a best friend if it helped them or their children — is useful. It impels me to act in manners that increase the odds of people not having to make these choices.
Because I know the choices that they'd make
Because I know the choices that they'd make
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This lesson — that nearly everyone acts in a self-interested manner and would gladly sacrifice a best friend if it helped them or their children — is useful. It impels me to act in manners that increase the odds of people not having to make these choices.
Because I know the choices that they'd make
Because I know the choices that they'd make
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Today is Səgd (ስግድ), an ancient holy day for the Ethiopian Jewish community. Read this lovely article about it, which includes memory, theological reflection, and a recipe.
The Sound of Səgd (ስግድ): Reclaiming Language, Memory, and Belonging
When I arrived in Israel from Ethiopia as a little girl, I learned quickly that language can build a home and it can unmake one.
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today is Səgd (ስግድ), an ancient holy day for the Ethiopian Jewish community. Read this lovely article about it, which includes memory, theological reflection, and a recipe.
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i think we should know more about meat and bread than wars and kings personally
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
i think we should know more about meat and bread than wars and kings personally
I have to disagree on this approach, which I've seen advocated in multiple posts today.
The SA is NOT a beneficent organisation, they take the "army" part seriously, it's a charity the same way that Hamas is. People openly and publicly fund-raising for them deserve to be called out and ostracized.
The SA is NOT a beneficent organisation, they take the "army" part seriously, it's a charity the same way that Hamas is. People openly and publicly fund-raising for them deserve to be called out and ostracized.
Thank you for reminding me of my annual warning.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I have to disagree on this approach, which I've seen advocated in multiple posts today.
The SA is NOT a beneficent organisation, they take the "army" part seriously, it's a charity the same way that Hamas is. People openly and publicly fund-raising for them deserve to be called out and ostracized.
The SA is NOT a beneficent organisation, they take the "army" part seriously, it's a charity the same way that Hamas is. People openly and publicly fund-raising for them deserve to be called out and ostracized.
I would extend this to posting reskeets, tweets, and TV interviews. All it does is expose their terribleness to more people while simultaneously training the algorithms that this is what people want to see more of.
STOP MAKING AWFUL PEOPLE FAMOUS!
STOP MAKING AWFUL PEOPLE FAMOUS!
don't reskeet book excerpts from terrible people, even to dunk on them or to hate-read.
You give prestige magazines clicks, and you encourage them to do this crap more.
Encourage terrible people to go to What Ever Happened To?? land
You give prestige magazines clicks, and you encourage them to do this crap more.
Encourage terrible people to go to What Ever Happened To?? land
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I would extend this to posting reskeets, tweets, and TV interviews. All it does is expose their terribleness to more people while simultaneously training the algorithms that this is what people want to see more of.
STOP MAKING AWFUL PEOPLE FAMOUS!
STOP MAKING AWFUL PEOPLE FAMOUS!
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50501 is hiding the replies that are pointing out that this is an antisemitic conspiracy theory. What's being described here is the exact same type of donation ask I get from Democratic electeds and groups like EMILY'S List, SPLC, and ACLU multiple times a day. It's not shady. It's typical.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
50501 is hiding the replies that are pointing out that this is an antisemitic conspiracy theory. What's being described here is the exact same type of donation ask I get from Democratic electeds and groups like EMILY'S List, SPLC, and ACLU multiple times a day. It's not shady. It's typical.
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We have to remember how aberrant and fucked up this sort of nakedly partisan, reactionary posting is from official government agencies. This is the erosion of professionalism.
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We have to remember how aberrant and fucked up this sort of nakedly partisan, reactionary posting is from official government agencies. This is the erosion of professionalism.
This is how they act in broad daylight in front of large audience, with cameras live broadcasting on national TV.
Imagine the outcome had this been late at night with the players out of uniform leaving a bar/club where they went to celebrate their win.
Imagine the outcome had this been late at night with the players out of uniform leaving a bar/club where they went to celebrate their win.
Yup. Texas cops. Austin PD used to do this move downtown to try and start shit.
normal things happening
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is how they act in broad daylight in front of large audience, with cameras live broadcasting on national TV.
Imagine the outcome had this been late at night with the players out of uniform leaving a bar/club where they went to celebrate their win.
Imagine the outcome had this been late at night with the players out of uniform leaving a bar/club where they went to celebrate their win.
This entire thread is full of shiny and interesting things, well worth a leisurely perusal.
But since it's #Caturday I'm sharing this one.
But since it's #Caturday I'm sharing this one.
Part 100! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This entire thread is full of shiny and interesting things, well worth a leisurely perusal.
But since it's #Caturday I'm sharing this one.
But since it's #Caturday I'm sharing this one.
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Anyone who genuinely cares about sexual assault and abuse survivors cares about them *regardless* of their age. There is no one who cares about abused children but not abused adults, only people who used feigned care for children to oppress adults.
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anyone who genuinely cares about sexual assault and abuse survivors cares about them *regardless* of their age. There is no one who cares about abused children but not abused adults, only people who used feigned care for children to oppress adults.
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You’re upset about how Trump treated teen girls? Imagine how many teen girls we could have protected if we’d said that someone who speaks publicly about women the way that Trump does has no place in polite society.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
You’re upset about how Trump treated teen girls? Imagine how many teen girls we could have protected if we’d said that someone who speaks publicly about women the way that Trump does has no place in polite society.