Isaac Gendler
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This is unadulterated antisemitism, for the sake of hating Jews for existing and publicly celebrating our holidays.
Under the MAGA hat (literally in this case), with over 18k likes.
Under the MAGA hat (literally in this case), with over 18k likes.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is unadulterated antisemitism, for the sake of hating Jews for existing and publicly celebrating our holidays.
Under the MAGA hat (literally in this case), with over 18k likes.
Under the MAGA hat (literally in this case), with over 18k likes.
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The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
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It's hard to find the right words for this level of absurdity, but this is how intense anti-Palestinian (and anti-Arab) racism is in the United States, all under the guise of philosemitism but often at the expense of Jewish students.
via Palestine Legal instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DSFzYLWCcZ...
via Palestine Legal instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DSFzYLWCcZ...
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's hard to find the right words for this level of absurdity, but this is how intense anti-Palestinian (and anti-Arab) racism is in the United States, all under the guise of philosemitism but often at the expense of Jewish students.
via Palestine Legal instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DSFzYLWCcZ...
via Palestine Legal instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DSFzYLWCcZ...
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"53% of Wellingtonians now live within 500 metres of a cycleway, compared with just 12% in 2021.
Cycling volumes are climbing too. Daily counts are up across most routes, with increases of 11–87% on new routes, contributing to an 18% citywide increase in cycling since 2020."
Cycling volumes are climbing too. Daily counts are up across most routes, with increases of 11–87% on new routes, contributing to an 18% citywide increase in cycling since 2020."
Bike Network Report
Wellington’s bike network continues to grow, with more people choosing to cycle.
wellington.govt.nz
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"53% of Wellingtonians now live within 500 metres of a cycleway, compared with just 12% in 2021.
Cycling volumes are climbing too. Daily counts are up across most routes, with increases of 11–87% on new routes, contributing to an 18% citywide increase in cycling since 2020."
Cycling volumes are climbing too. Daily counts are up across most routes, with increases of 11–87% on new routes, contributing to an 18% citywide increase in cycling since 2020."
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When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
How do utilities mark where their underground infrastructure is during excavation?
Utility Excavation Color Codes
How do utilities mark where their underground infrastructure is during excavation?
isaacscienceblog.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
How do utilities mark where their underground infrastructure is during excavation?
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To this day I see people say "why does Qatar host Hamas?" and the answer is because the US asked it to. I really do not understand why so many of you are actually this stupid.
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To this day I see people say "why does Qatar host Hamas?" and the answer is because the US asked it to. I really do not understand why so many of you are actually this stupid.
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Freedom of the Press is irrelevant if fascist billionaires control all of our media.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Freedom of the Press is irrelevant if fascist billionaires control all of our media.
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The Handbasket's independent journalism holiday gift guide is LIVE!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Handbasket's independent journalism holiday gift guide is LIVE!
If you want to support indie media *and* give someone a unique gift, consider a paid subscription from this [by no means exhaustive] list of awesome outlets doing the work and doing it right:
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How can we improve soil health by applying a top layer of materials?
Mulch
How can we improve soil health by applying a top layer of materials?
isaacscienceblog.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
How can we improve soil health by applying a top layer of materials?
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Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
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New It Could Happen Here
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast series Bad Cousins. They discuss the Abraham Accords, the new plan for Gaza, and what the Abrahamic framing allows for and obfuscates.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast series Bad Cousins. They discuss the Abraham Accords, the new plan for Gaza, and what the Abrahamic framing allows for and obfuscates.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
New It Could Happen Here
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast series Bad Cousins. They discuss the Abraham Accords, the new plan for Gaza, and what the Abrahamic framing allows for and obfuscates.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast series Bad Cousins. They discuss the Abraham Accords, the new plan for Gaza, and what the Abrahamic framing allows for and obfuscates.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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Black people have been enduring this for years. Discriminatory housing policies and affordable housing only in areas of poverty have given landlords the power to do whatever.
Landlord lawyer just now: "The purpose of an apartment lease isn't to give housing to people who used to be homeless. It's not to get homeless people off the streets. It's to reward people who have earned the right to live in my client's building."
I may break something.
I may break something.
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Black people have been enduring this for years. Discriminatory housing policies and affordable housing only in areas of poverty have given landlords the power to do whatever.
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The French military in 1940 is the worst possible example of this. They did adapt. They built a conventional military force based on lessons of WWI. They incorporated new technologies. They built new doctrines.
They just learned all the wrong lessons and as a result they fucking sucked.
They just learned all the wrong lessons and as a result they fucking sucked.
That’s not what happened in 1940 lol, the French army did not sit behind the maginot line
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The French military in 1940 is the worst possible example of this. They did adapt. They built a conventional military force based on lessons of WWI. They incorporated new technologies. They built new doctrines.
They just learned all the wrong lessons and as a result they fucking sucked.
They just learned all the wrong lessons and as a result they fucking sucked.
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Key points from President Zelenskyy's press conference today:
-The U.S. peace plan has been reduced to 20 points. The United States seeks compromises, but none exist when it comes to territory
- Ukraine has no right—under its Constitution, international law, or moral law—to surrender territory
-The U.S. peace plan has been reduced to 20 points. The United States seeks compromises, but none exist when it comes to territory
- Ukraine has no right—under its Constitution, international law, or moral law—to surrender territory
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Key points from President Zelenskyy's press conference today:
-The U.S. peace plan has been reduced to 20 points. The United States seeks compromises, but none exist when it comes to territory
- Ukraine has no right—under its Constitution, international law, or moral law—to surrender territory
-The U.S. peace plan has been reduced to 20 points. The United States seeks compromises, but none exist when it comes to territory
- Ukraine has no right—under its Constitution, international law, or moral law—to surrender territory
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Climate injustice:
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Climate injustice:
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
How can roads cross each other while changing height?
Road Interchanges
How can roads cross each other while changing height?
isaacscienceblog.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
How can roads cross each other while changing height?
How do we encode soil conditions from a soil boring test?
Soil Boring Logs
How do we encode soil conditions from a soil boring test?
isaacscienceblog.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How do we encode soil conditions from a soil boring test?
How can we represent the total amount of wastewater a sewer can handle?
Sewer Capacity
How can we represent the total amount of wastewater a sewer can handle?
isaacscienceblog.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
How can we represent the total amount of wastewater a sewer can handle?
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#OtD 7 Dec 1975 Indonesia invaded East Timor, beginning 24 years of brutal occupation which would leave up to 20% of the local population dead in a genocide which was made possible by support and weapons from the US. More information, sources and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7978...
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#OtD 7 Dec 1975 Indonesia invaded East Timor, beginning 24 years of brutal occupation which would leave up to 20% of the local population dead in a genocide which was made possible by support and weapons from the US. More information, sources and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7978...
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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
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Should be noted that the Palestinian Authority is actively opposed to the idea of his release because it is a quisling admission and an Israeli vassal regime.
The source said Barghouti's condition was described as “extremely difficult and very dangerous”.
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told
Fatah leader reportedly has part of his ear cut off and his teeth and ribs broken in what sources describe as a 'slow, gradual assassination attempt'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Should be noted that the Palestinian Authority is actively opposed to the idea of his release because it is a quisling admission and an Israeli vassal regime.
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Happy to see this very important effort underway:
www.eenews.net/articles/lit...
www.eenews.net/articles/lit...
Litigators build toolkit to fight AI data centers
The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash.
www.eenews.net
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy to see this very important effort underway:
www.eenews.net/articles/lit...
www.eenews.net/articles/lit...