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Tadd Axon
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grey-area.bsky.social
This one's for @gattaca.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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mnemonic.bsky.social
I'm just quoting @radosh.bsky.social 's posting to add to its visibility. Get your facts straight, people. Be as grounded in humane understanding as Zohran is.
radosh.bsky.social Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · Jun 26
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.

Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters. A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago. And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety. To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And- Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think- A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different. Q: They're not really. A: Those are like different genres. Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different. A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.
June 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
grey-area.bsky.social
Can we please have a provincial election in AB?
June 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
grey-area.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/1gAbNh...
March 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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anildash.com
I’m gonna disagree. Dems should say: “You know damn well Republicans don’t care about women’s sports. And you know they get arrested every single day for preying on kids. No wonder they make laws where they get to look in your kid’s pants. They wanted to make a child predator Attorney General.” …
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Mar 7
Here’s what Democrats should say about trans women and girls playing sports:

“Republicans don’t care about women sports. They just want you to fear young people living their lives freely—so you don’t get angry about their billionaire overlords picking your pockets and controlling everything.”
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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bdecillia.bsky.social
Graffiti beneath Calgary’ Centre Street bridge. #yyc
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
Things that will soon be illegal to teach in schools:

English: transitive verbs
Chemistry: transuranic elements
Foreign languages: translations
Economics: transactions
Math: transforms
Health: transplants
Biology: transcriptases
Music: transposing
Astronomy: trans-Neptunian objects
February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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halvarflake.bsky.social
If trump introduces the 5m gold card, how about making US citizenship freely tradeable in a liquid market?
March 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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dethveggie.bsky.social
The American Taliban move against universities continues.
adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · Mar 6
The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"

Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
Dear Sir, As United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I receive requests for information and clarification. I take these requests seriously and act on them with letters like this one you are receiving. It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEl. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this and would welcome your response to the following questions: First, have you eliminated all DEl from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEl is found in your courses or teaching in anyway, will you move swiftly to remove it? At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEl will be considered. I look forward to your cooperation with my letter of inquiry after request. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please respond by Monday, February 24, 2025. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office or schedule a time to meet in person.
March 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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dethveggie.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...

WOMP WOMP
Jack Daniel's maker says Canada taking bottles off shelves 'worse than tariffs'
Some Canadian provinces have removed US-made alcohol from shelves in response to US tariffs.
www.bbc.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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swiftonsecurity.com
Just sprinkle in "this report identifies several systemic issues causing suboptimal outcomes" into everything you write.
March 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
grey-area.bsky.social
Today I learned that hex code 338855 / RGB 51,136,85 is Cthulhu

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
November 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM