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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 7h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

Me whispering like Wanda: no more apps.

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 9h

He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.

This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

First, contributor Sam Sherman, who wrote for us last year about the relationship between sumud and doikayt, writes now about how we can possibly find hope at a moment that feels like a breaking point.

Free DC, Free Palestine: Finding Hope Against All Odds

I am writing this to break the dam of unknowing and unseeing, to paint a “big picture” for those still clinging to their ignorance. There is, in fact, a horizon.

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Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Banned Book Week. A time to call out the real enemies of freedom.

Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.

Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.

Join us now.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

educators for palestine are being led in this march by a small child playing a drum

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Five people have been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, according to the country’s energy minister Ines Manzano.

Five arrested after alleged assassination attempt on Ecuador President Noboa | CNN

Five people have been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, according to the country’s energy minister Ines Manzano.

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

Next, we share a new adaptation of the rousing Yiddish folk classic "Ale Brider" by our very own Josh Waletzky, originally released in a new pamphlet by the Northern California Workers Circle for its 125th anniversary.

From the Workers Circle of Northern California: Doikayt through Yiddish Song

For the Worker's Circle of Northern California's 125th anniversary, a new adaptation of the classic Yiddish folk song "Ale Brider."

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United Care Initiative @ibthalyassin2.bsky.social · 4d

I am facing great loss and uncertainty in my life. Your kindness and support can give us a chance to rebuild and survive. Any help you offer is deeply valued and brings hope to my family. Thank you for standing with us
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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

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Journalism and original work from a Bundist perspective

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

Next, we share a new adaptation of the rousing Yiddish folk classic "Ale Brider" by our very own Josh Waletzky, originally released in a new pamphlet by the Northern California Workers Circle for its 125th anniversary.

From the Workers Circle of Northern California: Doikayt through Yiddish Song

For the Worker's Circle of Northern California's 125th anniversary, a new adaptation of the classic Yiddish folk song "Ale Brider."

www.derspekter.org

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

First, contributor Sam Sherman, who wrote for us last year about the relationship between sumud and doikayt, writes now about how we can possibly find hope at a moment that feels like a breaking point.

Free DC, Free Palestine: Finding Hope Against All Odds

I am writing this to break the dam of unknowing and unseeing, to paint a “big picture” for those still clinging to their ignorance. There is, in fact, a horizon.

www.derspekter.org

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

Sholem aleykhem khaverim!

As we emerge from the days of awe and approach second anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023, we share with you two new pieces that we hope will help pave the path forward to a world free from fascism, free from genocide, and free for everyone.

March to Free Mahmoud Khalil, to oppose deportations, and to Free Palestine on March 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Diane Krauthmer on Flickr.

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

Suspending Erin Biba, a Jewish woman for this skeet is nasty work. Between this and intentionally misreading Link’s use of a meme as a threat, bsky mods are more than willing to ban based on the Spirit Of The Law for *some* posters but never Jesse Singal.

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"All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven. It's why they're all Zionists obsessed with Israel.
Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die"

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

A syllabus worth sharing!

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

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This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 2d

Coates is a class traitor and we love him for it!

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 4d

📝Der Spekter just updated its submission guidelines and contributors guide!
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Muslims and Jews have a parallel problem: they both have religious concepts of unified global communities, “umma” and “am yisrael,” which do not map onto any empirical reality.

Even accounting for the radical disparity in numbers, with Muslims a far greater percentage of humanity, both communities

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Der Spekter @derspekter.bsky.social · 4d

📝Der Spekter just updated its submission guidelines and contributors guide!
If you've ever thought about submitting your work to Der Spekter but have questions about how the process works, do check it out👇
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Submissions

Welcome to Der Spekter’s contributors' guide! If you’re thinking of pitching a story for Der Spekter or have any questions about contributing, we aim to answer all of them here. The purpose of this do...

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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 4d

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Poll finds US Jews critical of Gaza war, Benjamin Netanyahu | The Jerusalem Post

While Jews blame Hamas for the war, many have also waned in their support of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's war tactics, a Washington Post poll found.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 7d

As the sun sets for Yom Kippur I am thinking of my friend Zukiswa Wanner, a celebrated writer who left her home in South Africa to join the Gaza Sumud Flotilla

I am thinking of all her comrades, who came from all over the world to defend life, that which is most sacred

Godspeed to all of you

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