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Alon Pinkas

@alonpinkas.bsky.social

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Chief of Staff/Foreign Policy Advisor to 1 PM & 4 of Israel's best Foreign Ministers since 70CE. Fmr. Ambassador, Consul General in NY. Played for The Arsenal, 1979 FA Cup Final. Writes in www.The-Independent.com Does TV way too much. Tel Aviv, Israel

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 8m

Surely you don’t believe this fabricated and lame excuse

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 22m

ציפורן =אחת. ציפורניים = multi

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 1h

He suspects

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 2h

And they’re all Jewish?? Who’d’vethunkit

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 2h

You’re too kind to him. It was a meandering, sanctimonious collection of random sentences

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 3h

It is.

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 3h

I stand corrected and humbled. All my family played for the Baruch College Men’s Volleyball team

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 3h

But otherwise you like him?

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 3h

a woman in a wig and glasses is saying that 's a shame

ALT: a woman in a wig and glasses is saying that 's a shame

media.tenor.com

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 8h

The Scientist in Chief has spoken

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo

Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

www.theguardian.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8h

Nimrod Cohen's mother: "When I see him, I will tell him that I love him, that I missed him, and that I am proud of him"

“הלב מתפוצץ מאושר!!! ❤️”

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8h

Lishay’s last post before putting the girls to bed:

“For two years now, every night we go out under the moon and say, "Good night, Daddy Omri," hoping he hears, hoping he feels.
Today, for the last time.

Tomorrow, Roni and Alma will say it to Daddy himself 🎗️ “

Credit: Ofir Berman

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 9h

That’s exactly right

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 21h

It started with bank robbers arguing that what they did was a financial rearrangement and redistributive justice

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 21h

יותר הטבות מיילים

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Peter Howitt @peterhowitt.bsky.social · 2d

AI: Ethics, Governance, Law & Society: I have created a public notebooklm as a resource to provide people with an accessible way to learn about AI as a technology and its ethical implications for humans. It includes most of the existing AI laws & guidance.

notebooklm.google.com/notebook/8db...

androgynous android head, computer generated by author

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 23h

Great thread

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.

It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"

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