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Miles is short for Mai Li, how else are you going to shorten it
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Y'all

I fucking hate christmas, but this new genre I'm seeing where it's a christmas song but twisted for a doomy shitpost is KILLING ME 🤣
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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wtworek.bsky.social
1940s Yiddish catposting (morgen zhurnal)
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
themaili.bsky.social
6.
A silver menorah with 6 candles + a shamesh candle in the center, and 2 empty spaces on the left side, sits lit in a vintage white piano windowsill with 2 rows of 6 visible clear leaded glass panes. The menorah sits on a sheet of tinfoil flanked by short brass candle holders with fatter, taller shabbes candles in them. All the candles are natural yellowish beeswax. Outside the window looks like a grey lowlight residential scene, with tall evergreen trees and bare decidous trees around houses, with lots of grey sky visible. The menorah has a swoopy squiggle design reminiscent of the "jazz" dixie cup design, with spherical candle cups in a neat row on top - with one in the center slightly elevated.
December 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.

But ProPublica did.

@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
themaili.bsky.social
One week til I make my faculty debut at #YiddishNewYork #YNY2025! If how much I'm cackling at the tweaks to this 3rd iteration of this class are any indication, this is going to be a hugely fun and wild speedrun through history in just 4 sessions.

Can't wait! til PM2!
A black and white image of a seated violinist next to a mic stand looking off to their left is surrounded by a themed Yiddish New York frame - the middle half is gold, and the top and bottom bands are burgundy, and there is an illustration of a pigeon on a branch facing the viewer in the bottom right corner. The top red band includes text reading "500 Years of Yiddish Bangers w/ Mai Li Pittard" The lower left corner features Yiddish New York's logo, which is a pastiche of the Yiddish letters nun and two yuds, in a pattern that almost mimics a sixteenth note or a plant. Next to the logo reads the text "Yiddish New York December 20-25, 2025 Tickets on sale now! yiddishnewyork.com" Under the pigeon in the lower right corner is small text reading "This session will be online only." The violinist in the center of the frame wears a metal cutout filigree bracelet on their bow hand, which rests on their lap with their bow strewn to their left, and their violin tucked neatly under their bow arm between their forearm and hip. Their left hand is touching the back of their head as they look into the distance. They have toussled wavy/curly dark hair that is short on the sides and medium on top and are wearing a black, sleeveless shirt with a decorated halter neckline, dark slacks, and glasses.
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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mariopro.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
The US just bombed four more boats due to suspected “narco terrorists” on board.

This time they were in the Pacific

14 people have been killed

No trial . No evidence. Just murdered.

Mexico’s Navy is currently searching for one lone survivor.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats
Mexico's navy is searching for the sole survivor of the latest attack on boats the US says were carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Hell yeah!

🚨 NEW: 22 states, DC, and 3 governors just filed a legal challenge over a $5 billion “contingency fund” meant to keep SNAP benefits going.
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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hausfath.bsky.social
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
themaili.bsky.social
Excellent band names from one of my student's lessons today, talking about her cat and politics:

Meat Apple
Marie Antoinette's Perfumed Goats

Please show me what genres those would be
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
themaili.bsky.social
Proof of life! (Tho RIP my hair 🥴💀)

Covid-safer #LiveMusic is alive & well in #Seattle. So many fab folks in mask chains, #covidcautious musicians, new friends (tho no new housemate leads!) - not bad for an insomnia/Bad Body Day.

@cleanairevents.bsky.social ftw! Looking forward to November's. 🍂✨️🍁
2 adults and a kid pose in a photo booth wearing respirator masks. The kid is wearing a black t-shirt with CLEAN AIR EVENTS / GATHER SAFER on the front. Miles is on the right, wearing a black respirator, Maclom X glasses, black and white shirt collar style choker, and a white tee with grey design partially obscured by a black v-neck sweater. Both adults flank the tweenage kid, and are flashing milleneal style peace signs
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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lataco.bsky.social
Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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drbishnujee.bsky.social
Millions of Americans are working without pay in Federal and Air Traffic Controller jobs while White House continues construction of 200 Million$ Ballroom during the Government Shutdown. Unbelievable people voted for this illiterate clown 👇
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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panda-news.bsky.social
👍🏽 Share if you want Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona sworn in.

Mike Johnson says he'll swear her in whenever she wants. She's wanted to be sworn in since she won her election in a landslide!

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
👍🏽 Share this if you want Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizon sworn in. Mike Johnson says he'll swear her in whenever she wants. She's wanted to be sworn in since she won her election in a landslide! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
Arrest her?
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Oct 10
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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panda-news.bsky.social
As long as Donald Trump continues to invade our blue States and blue cities with troops and federal agents, and continues to weaponize the DOJ going after his political opponents — every blue State needs to withhold 100% of federal taxes. The red states would crumble and so would Trump.
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
themaili.bsky.social
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cristianfarias.com Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Oct 5
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
themaili.bsky.social
The question remains: will the administration care or change course at all? The path here has been paved with broken court orders
katiephang.bsky.social Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Oct 6
BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
themaili.bsky.social
I'm in (post-moveout/pre-movein between housemates) cleaning hell tonight, keeping myself preoccupied with basement-cleaning-inspired bandnames.

Best so far: The Dirty Web, though I'm reconsidering with Scorched Earth Policy
September 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
themaili.bsky.social
The cat is out of the bag!

My 500 Years of #Yiddish Bangers online class got accepted to #YiddishNewYork 2025!

It's PM2 (4:15 EST) Dec 21-24 for one of the funnest crash course Intro To #Yiddishland - combination turntable intervention/ historical amuse bouche.

www.yiddishnewyork.com #YNY2025
Yiddish New York – Celebrating Yiddish Music, Language, and Culture!
Celebrating Yiddish Music, Language, and Culture!
www.yiddishnewyork.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
themaili.bsky.social
Anyone else a little shocked by how many folks you thought were left of center enough to understand Kirk was a Nazi are big mad right now and saying you need to have empathy for him?
September 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
themaili.bsky.social
Still looking for a #covid-cautious housemate in Seattle! Bonus of doing this now: patio meetup and space tour comes with garden treats.
A hand holds 2 medium size yellow tomatoes in front of the plant they were harvested from. A huge tomatillo plant in a large wooden planter drips with golf ball sized fruit. A cluster of 3 small orange Sungold cherry tomatoes ripen on the vine. Through a trellis fence, a sprawling raspberry bush displays ripening fruit.
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
themaili.bsky.social
I needed this today
glenisilla.bsky.social Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social · Sep 6
Tiny mushrooms after the rain, with blades of grass for scale
Mortonhall #Edinburgh #FungiFriends
Looking down on a small, umbrella-shaped mushroom, surrounded by blades of grass Side view of a tiny and very delicate mushroom, surrounded by blade of grass and dewdrops View of tiny, delicate mushroom from underneath
September 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM