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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 6m

"post not found"

lol

lmao

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

whole lot of people who probably think they can spot right-wing racism when it's couched in dog whistles suddenly pretending they can't hear a normal-ass whistle

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11h

This is hateful and it has no place in Minnesota.

www.startribune.com/temple-israe...

‘This is hate speech’: Temple Israel in Minneapolis tagged overnight with antisemitic graffiti

One message referred to the attack two years ago on Israel by Hamas terrorists.

www.startribune.com

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

jfc, genuinely the reasoning behind Japanese internment camps

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

hey man if this is how you respond to someone agreeing with you about Israel that makes you a piece of shit whose solidarity is about as reliable two-week-old fish

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

it's understandable to act irrationally and it's also understandable to confront one's supposed allies when that irrational behavior is targeting you, h2h

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

so if you spraypainted antizionist messages on my house, as someone who also thinks Israel is bad but happens to be Jewish, you understand that this would be a shitty thing to do?

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This Is Completely Unprepared, and I Am Real @jsx.bsky.social · 5h

If you don't know what CUFI is and what they do and bring this kind of energy towards them as well, targeting AIPAC is only moderately less problematic than targeting synagogues tbh.

Aaron D Williams @penetralia.bsky.social · 10h

AIPAC is very influential in our politics. they spent tens of millions of dollars to defeat progressive candidates. Is it OK to tag their offices?

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

this was meant to say *most* zionists

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

I *was* just actually addressing your actual words (feel free to read mine if you somehow didn't understand me the first time around) but if you're gonna treat me as frothing and screaming no matter how clear I am in my wording, then I'm not sure why I shouldn't just be telling you to fuck a cactus

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

I read what you wrote and responded in detail to each of your wrong points but I'm sure the reason you have nothing to say in your defense is that I'm just too emotional, sure

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

oh you've been litigating whether antisemitism meaningfully exists for *months*

fucking yikes, bro

Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

also zionists aren't even Jewish!

there are more Christian Zionists in the US than there are Jews in the entire world!

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

and attacking Jews for being zionists when you don't actually know if they even are is not "ridiculing Judaism"! that's not what ridiculing Judaism means, because it in fact says fuck-all about Judaism as a practice or set of teachings or set of texts or anything!

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

Judaism is an ethnicity and a regularly targeted minority so it turns out ridiculing *Jews* as a group is in fact bigoted in a way that ridiculing Christians *for their religions beliefs*, which can still be bad depending on a few factors, is not!

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

targeting Jews for incorrect stereotypes one makes about all Jews is antisemitic

even *if* it would be bad *if* the stereotype is true

if someone is a predator that's bad! it's okay to be mad at someone's predatory behavior! it remains incredibly racist to call Black men "superpredators"

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 3h

"Blood in the Chocolate" (Kiel Chenier, 2016, for "Lamentations of the Flame Princess")

willy wonka quotes @willywonkaquotes.wonka.zone · 4h

Oompa Loompas, take him to the sex dungeon.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 10h

Newsom: Public schools play a foundational role in our democracy, and we must continue to make our schools safe learning environments for all students while fostering critical thinking skills

Also Newsom: Trans kids playing sports in their public schools with their friends is gross and tbh unfair

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Aug 29

Gavin Newsom, to Charlie Kirk, on the first ep of Gavin Newsom's podcast, that he invited Charlie Kirk onto: “I think it’s an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness. It’s deeply unfair. I’m not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports today — a notable change in his position that thrust the Democratic governor into the center of a national maelstrom. It was unclear whether he will act on his new position as Republicans urged him to follow conservative states in banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports.

The comments came on the first episode of Newsom’s new podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” on which the governor has said he plans to interview political figures he disagrees with about the major issues of the day. In a chummy conversation with Charlie Kirk, the Donald Trump-aligned conservative activist, Newsom repeatedly conceded to criticisms of a transgender high school track athlete who recently won a regional meet.

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 4h

lmao "proud husband, father, and dog owner" man that is enough said

we all know how garbage husbandfather twitter was, and while plenty of wonderful online folks also have dogs (we love dogs here), people who make their dog part of their online persona sure seem to be shitty remarkably often

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 4h

"all I did was fantasize about a stranger being put in concentration camps because they dislike one (1) specific D candidate, but *you're* the irrationally angry ones!" have you considered your that your poop and your brains are supposed to reside in different cavities

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 4h

I've run out of civility for both "enjoy the camps" and "Gavin Newsom is literally the only extant D candidate so any failure to love his garbage politics means you want to vote for Double Hitler" and here you are doing both at once

dung beetles have higher standards, jellyfish have more spine

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 4h

you have three fucking years to find other candidates to run in the primary

why is every worthless slug acting like Newsom is the only alternative to fascists, and also that he's not constantly cozying up to fascists

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 5h

I know they're generally getting hundreds of replies telling them how garbage their ideas are, but of all the people I've seen ranting that the voters are who failed Harris and not the other way around, I have never once seen one answer what they think a campaign is even *for*

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

Here's a photo of Lucky when he was a baby for everyone's mental health purposes

A small white fluffy puppy taking a snooze.

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 7h

I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 10h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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