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Nathan Goldwag

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In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him). WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · Nov 10

You are not obliged to let your moral compass spin with the election results. You have a right to hold unpopular opinions. You have a right to your own damn principles.

Remember that. Please.

They Cannot Conquer For Ever

American Indian Movement flag, Wounded Knee, 1988 (Source) I have not talked much about the election on here this year because I had very little of interest to say. I was hoping Harris would win. I…

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 7h

I believe this is, genuinely, the subject of a famous rabbinic discourse in Kabbalah.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15h

FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN LOGIC
1. A male is defined by having a penis and testicles
2. God is a male.

Therefore
3. God has balls and a wang.

Ask a fundamentalist how big god’s hog is. No matter how big he says it is, it will be a limit to the infinite size of god and therefore a blasphemy.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 8h

Only thing surprising is that the police are trying to identity the perpetrator. In most of the US it is de facto legal to murder people with your car, can't imagine them even pretending to care about an incident where the victim survives.

🎃 Fall-mode pink cat 🎃 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 16h

Carbrain at its worst.

-Girl crosses at MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
-Driver runs into her
-Driver gets out of the car and proceeds to blame 17 year old girl for getting hit DESPITE BEING EXACTLY WHERE SHE NEEDED TO BE AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE PRIORITY AT MARKED CROSSINGS

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 18h

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17h

A second one just took off.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17h

Pretty sure I just saw a fighter jet take off from PDX??

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 18h

Early Morning Rain

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 18h

Her explicit reason for leaving, by the way, was that when she live-tweeted a staff meeting and accused her colleagues of hating free speech and they publicly pushed back, management refused to discipline them for arguing with her. You can understand most contemporary media dynamics from that alone.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 19h

It's amazing how everyone supporting her seems to forget she wasn't cancelled at all. She quit. And almost immediately was able to launch this new publication. How the hell was she cancelled?

Some people criticized shitty takes. That's not being cancelled.

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 19h

As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23h

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 20h

I'm guessing he hasn't heard of Executive Order 9981.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 20h

What else is there to say?

This is Going to Happen Again

The Bombing of Gaza – October 12th, 2023 – Source: Israel Air Force Last Saturday–October 7th, 2023–Hamas militants launched a surprise attack against Israel, bringing sever…

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Me spending way too much money at Powell's: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me trying to pick up my carry-on after packing it: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Did you stand there in the traces and let them feed you lies?/Did you trail along behind them wearing blinkers on your eyes?/Did you kiss the foot that kicked you?/Did you thank them for their scorn?/Did you ask for their forgiveness/For the act of being born/Act of being born, act of being born?🎶

Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1d

I know we've talked a lot about the total capitulation of the American elite in government and civil society and how little respect they seem to have for the power they and their institutions wield but it's genuinely baffling how many of them also have no respect for their families

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

It's very formulaic but honestly one of the better executions of that formula that I've read.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Mentality of whipped dogs.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 2d

NYT headline somehow makes Oregon officials sound like the out of control aggressors

NYT: Oregon officials vent fury as California national guard heads to Portland

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Fair warning to Portlanders, but there was a massive murder of crows wheeling over the Wilmette River, cawing their little hearts out, just as the full moon leapt over the horizon. Don't know what that all portends, but I can't imagine it's good.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I'm doing my best.

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👋👋👋👋👋👋

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

It's good! It's got a lesbian fighter pilot!

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

FYI, this is a *very* good MilSciFi series. Honestly, one of the best, if you like the OLD MAN'S WAR/HONOR HARRINGTON/STARSHIP TROOPERS/etc kind of "rising through the ranks" formula.

Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 1d

This weeks' sale is the Castle Federation series
Ex-flagship Avalon is off for one last tour - but her last tour may yet define her new crew!
Space Carrier Avalon is free until Friday mybook.to/scavalon
Stellar Fox is 0.99 in the US and UK until Friday mybook.to/stellarfox

Check it out and enjoy!

Cover of the book Space Carrier Avalon by Glynn Stewart.
A large triangular spaceship moves through space above a blue-green planet, with a squadron of smaller starfighters in close company.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to do when your parameters are that there shoukd be no government involvement in healthcare, no limits on insurance profits, but everyone should always be covered for cheap, and have total freedom of choice.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

It had better, after all the hype.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

I'd certainly never heard of it before, so I'm intrigued.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

So, uhhhh. Guess where I ended up again. 😅😅😭😭

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 1d

I think I smile too much, is my problem.