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Whovian, Trekker, general geek. Culture Vulture (esp classical music, opera). Choral Singer. Veggie. Political Leftie. Sweet Jewish Person. She/her. Bookkeeper - business account @timeoffbooks.bsky.social
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I am a Jew, an American, a music lover, and a nerd, and I unconditionally denounce all violence against innocent people whoever and wherever they are. The Hebrew in my Bluesky name means 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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I missed that Rokhl K (formerly of Rokhl's Golden City) was on here!!! Go follow, for a lot about contemporary Yiddish culture, Jewish folklore through the ages, and more: @rokhl.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I missed that Rokhl K (formerly of Rokhl's Golden City) was on here!!! Go follow, for a lot about contemporary Yiddish culture, Jewish folklore through the ages, and more: @rokhl.bsky.social
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Not a *gasp* cardiologist’s spouse! *faints*
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Not a *gasp* cardiologist’s spouse! *faints*
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Dean Fuleihan, who Mamdani has picked as first deputy mayor, held the same role under de Blasio and was the one who wrangled the money out of Albany that made universal pre-K possible gothamist.com/news/mayor-e...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani picks Bill de Blasio veteran for top deputy
He named Dean Fuleihan as first deputy and Elle Bisgaard-Church as chief of staff.
gothamist.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Dean Fuleihan, who Mamdani has picked as first deputy mayor, held the same role under de Blasio and was the one who wrangled the money out of Albany that made universal pre-K possible gothamist.com/news/mayor-e...
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We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
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Sadly, Paul McGann has to withdraw from #gally1 2026 due to acting work in the new year... we send him our best and hope to see him at the next one! More guests coming soon, plus our discussion panels & much more! gallifreyone.com #gally1
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Sadly, Paul McGann has to withdraw from #gally1 2026 due to acting work in the new year... we send him our best and hope to see him at the next one! More guests coming soon, plus our discussion panels & much more! gallifreyone.com #gally1
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‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
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Oh, I forgot to mention! If you are going to be at a Broadway, Off-Broadway, or touring production in the next few weeks, it is the fall Red Bucket Follies, one of the main fundraisers for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwa...
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Oh, I forgot to mention! If you are going to be at a Broadway, Off-Broadway, or touring production in the next few weeks, it is the fall Red Bucket Follies, one of the main fundraisers for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwa...
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Watching this Joyce Carol Oates vs Elon thing like Salieri watched Mozart in AMADEUS...
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed and a candle in the background .
Alt: a close up of a salieris face with his eyes closed and a candle in the background .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Watching this Joyce Carol Oates vs Elon thing like Salieri watched Mozart in AMADEUS...
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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can't imagine anyone else pulling off his performance in Ran. expresses such a breadth of emotion thru heavy makeup. frees the film to focus on action and intrigue by carrying the full weight of its tragedy with his eyes. mad but tortured by newfound clarity, realizing this world he built is hell
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
can't imagine anyone else pulling off his performance in Ran. expresses such a breadth of emotion thru heavy makeup. frees the film to focus on action and intrigue by carrying the full weight of its tragedy with his eyes. mad but tortured by newfound clarity, realizing this world he built is hell
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Hey #JewSky! Gender diverse people specifically, and those with relevant clergy experience!
Does one go through a process of changing their given Hebrew name when they transition? That would mean two name changes. How does one go about initiating that new Hebrew name? Just.. Aliyah?
Does one go through a process of changing their given Hebrew name when they transition? That would mean two name changes. How does one go about initiating that new Hebrew name? Just.. Aliyah?
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Hey #JewSky! Gender diverse people specifically, and those with relevant clergy experience!
Does one go through a process of changing their given Hebrew name when they transition? That would mean two name changes. How does one go about initiating that new Hebrew name? Just.. Aliyah?
Does one go through a process of changing their given Hebrew name when they transition? That would mean two name changes. How does one go about initiating that new Hebrew name? Just.. Aliyah?
So the weekend I first saw RAN, probably summer 1985 or 86, I had been hoping to go to a STAR TREK convention in LA, but my mother refused to give me the money. I was inconsolable.
I then saw RAN, and decided it was worth missing the convention for.
I then saw RAN, and decided it was worth missing the convention for.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
So the weekend I first saw RAN, probably summer 1985 or 86, I had been hoping to go to a STAR TREK convention in LA, but my mother refused to give me the money. I was inconsolable.
I then saw RAN, and decided it was worth missing the convention for.
I then saw RAN, and decided it was worth missing the convention for.
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Ran is one of my favorite movies and his phenomenal acting is one of the reasons why. May his memory be a blessing
RIP to one of the best to ever do it. You were one of the main inspirations of me finding a love in cinema. And you provided opportunities for those that might not have had them before.
Thank you for everything, sir.
Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
#filmsky
Thank you for everything, sir.
Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
#filmsky
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Ran is one of my favorite movies and his phenomenal acting is one of the reasons why. May his memory be a blessing
(To which I would respond: "Tsugumo-dono, surely a warrior must use every weapon in his arsenal, including dimples!" Hopefully he would laugh)
My favorite moment in HARAKIRI is when Hanshiro is cooing to his baby grandson something like "Oh no no NO! A warrior's son must NEVER show dimples!"
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
(To which I would respond: "Tsugumo-dono, surely a warrior must use every weapon in his arsenal, including dimples!" Hopefully he would laugh)
My favorite moment in HARAKIRI is when Hanshiro is cooing to his baby grandson something like "Oh no no NO! A warrior's son must NEVER show dimples!"
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My favorite moment in HARAKIRI is when Hanshiro is cooing to his baby grandson something like "Oh no no NO! A warrior's son must NEVER show dimples!"
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
You almost never see a samurai in a jidai-geiki film shown so human.
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Nakadai is all over your Criterion jidaigeki classics. He’s the star of RAN, HARAKIRI, SWORD OF DOOM (a personal fav), the antagonist in YOJIMBO and ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL (another personal fav), he’s amazing in the Yuki Onna segment of KWAIDAN.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Nakadai is all over your Criterion jidaigeki classics. He’s the star of RAN, HARAKIRI, SWORD OF DOOM (a personal fav), the antagonist in YOJIMBO and ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL (another personal fav), he’s amazing in the Yuki Onna segment of KWAIDAN.
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Nakadai Tatsuya has passed away, aged 92. He was one of the greats of Japanese screen actors, appearing in The Human Condition, Harakiri, Kwaidan, Ran, Sword of Doom, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, and many, many others.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Nakadai Tatsuya has passed away, aged 92. He was one of the greats of Japanese screen actors, appearing in The Human Condition, Harakiri, Kwaidan, Ran, Sword of Doom, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, and many, many others.
RAN and HARAKIRI are two of my favorite films, and THE HUMAN CONDITION just blew me away.
YOJIMBO, SANJURO, THE HUMAN CONDITION, HARAKIRI, HIGH & LOW, KWAIDAN, THE SWORD OF DOOM, SAMURAI REBELLION, KAGEMUSHA and RAN.
This isn't just a list of excellent movies Tatsuya Nakadai was in. These are also some of the key movies of Japanese cinema history.
RIP to a true legend.
This isn't just a list of excellent movies Tatsuya Nakadai was in. These are also some of the key movies of Japanese cinema history.
RIP to a true legend.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
RAN and HARAKIRI are two of my favorite films, and THE HUMAN CONDITION just blew me away.
Baruch dayan emet.
I regret I missed the chance to meet you.
I regret I missed the chance to meet you.
RIP to one of the best to ever do it. You were one of the main inspirations of me finding a love in cinema. And you provided opportunities for those that might not have had them before.
Thank you for everything, sir.
Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
#filmsky
Thank you for everything, sir.
Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
#filmsky
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Baruch dayan emet.
I regret I missed the chance to meet you.
I regret I missed the chance to meet you.
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While Elon Musk blocks food-bank share links on his platform, he could feed 17 million Americans for a month using just 1% of his $491 billion fortune. 1%—that’s all.
Instead he chooses censorship and cruelty over compassion.
MFer.
Instead he chooses censorship and cruelty over compassion.
MFer.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
While Elon Musk blocks food-bank share links on his platform, he could feed 17 million Americans for a month using just 1% of his $491 billion fortune. 1%—that’s all.
Instead he chooses censorship and cruelty over compassion.
MFer.
Instead he chooses censorship and cruelty over compassion.
MFer.
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There's something that feels a bit dead about the world right now, but tens of thousands of people just came together to help us solve a 100 year old mystery about a little blue jelly, and I find that heartbreakingly hopeful:
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There's something that feels a bit dead about the world right now, but tens of thousands of people just came together to help us solve a 100 year old mystery about a little blue jelly, and I find that heartbreakingly hopeful:
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“zohran has his own kippa” will make jta for sure
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“zohran has his own kippa” will make jta for sure
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@bradlander.bsky.social get this as a present for zohran and tell him to bring it to all the jewish events he does so he never has to be photographed wearing some shitty silk thing out of the shul’s kippa box
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@bradlander.bsky.social get this as a present for zohran and tell him to bring it to all the jewish events he does so he never has to be photographed wearing some shitty silk thing out of the shul’s kippa box
It's dropped 15 degrees since this morning. Wind chill is 34°F. Fortunately I have an extra pair of socks and a fleece to wear under my jacket when I get out of Carnegie Hall tonight. I'll wash my winter coat tonight too.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's dropped 15 degrees since this morning. Wind chill is 34°F. Fortunately I have an extra pair of socks and a fleece to wear under my jacket when I get out of Carnegie Hall tonight. I'll wash my winter coat tonight too.
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*deep breath in*
*gales of laughter out*
*gales of laughter out*
A California winemaker is struggling to sell his Chardonnay ... so he's written a romantasy novella about it. The novella, unsurprisingly, looks awful.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
*deep breath in*
*gales of laughter out*
*gales of laughter out*