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A post- #American, enshittification-resistant #internet · "[..] but there's also a massive, amazing, incredibly opportunity to seize the means of computation." @pluralistic
"The truth is unavoidable now: the #socialcontract between #America and its #Jewish citizens has been shaken, not destroyed, but shaken hard enough that we cannot rely on the old narratives anymore.
For generations, Jewish families embraced #Thanksgiving as proof that they had finally found refuge — a country that welcomed them, protected them, and allowed them to contribute without fear. But that old story no longer fits. Not after watching institutions collapse under pressure. Not after seeing the raw hatred simmering beneath the surface burst openly into view. The old Thanksgiving story said, You belong here. The new reality says, You may have to fight for that belonging.
The #American Jewish community needs a new Thanksgiving story — one rooted not in fear, but in clarity. Gratitude is deeply Jewish, but gratitude is not obedience, silence, or blindness."
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/this-thanksgiving-american-jews-are-done-staying-quiet/
A post- #American, enshittification-resistant #internet · "[..] but there's also a massive, amazing, incredibly opportunity to seize the means of computation." @pluralistic
" #Antisemitic voices are “no longer on the fringes” of #American culture that #students are exposed to, said panelist Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski at a session discussing a new #book, #Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts (Eerdmans, out now), in which 35 #authors devote chapters to each of the 27 #books of the New Testament plus four extra-canonical texts.
“It’s designed for #teaching, to unpack some of the assumptions about #antisemitism and the locations of students in these issues,” says Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, director of the Center for Christian- #Jewish Learning at Boston College. His own book, Resisting Anti- #Judaism: Practices of Christian Solidarity will be released by Fortress in October 2026.
“These issues are not hypothetical, says Eric Vanden Eykel, associate professor of #religion at Ferrum College and one of three editors of Judeophobia and the New Testament."
"The truth is unavoidable now: the #socialcontract between #America and its #Jewish citizens has been shaken, not destroyed, but shaken hard enough that we cannot rely on the old narratives anymore.
For generations, Jewish families embraced #Thanksgiving as proof that they had finally found refuge — a country that welcomed them, protected them, and allowed them to contribute without fear. But that old story no longer fits. Not after watching institutions collapse under pressure. Not after seeing the raw hatred simmering beneath the surface burst openly into view. The old Thanksgiving story said, You belong here. The new reality says, You may have to fight for that belonging.
The #American Jewish community needs a new Thanksgiving story — one rooted not in fear, but in clarity. Gratitude is deeply Jewish, but gratitude is not obedience, silence, or blindness."
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/this-thanksgiving-american-jews-are-done-staying-quiet/
A private call between #Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and #Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the #American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for #Moscow. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-witkoff-was-secretly-giving
" #Antisemitic voices are “no longer on the fringes” of #American culture that #students are exposed to, said panelist Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski at a session discussing a new #book, #Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts (Eerdmans, out now), in which 35 #authors devote chapters to each of the 27 #books of the New Testament plus four extra-canonical texts.
“It’s designed for #teaching, to unpack some of the assumptions about #antisemitism and the locations of students in these issues,” says Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, director of the Center for Christian- #Jewish Learning at Boston College. His own book, Resisting Anti- #Judaism: Practices of Christian Solidarity will be released by Fortress in October 2026.
“These issues are not hypothetical, says Eric Vanden Eykel, associate professor of #religion at Ferrum College and one of three editors of Judeophobia and the New Testament."
A private call between #Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and #Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the #American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for #Moscow. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-witkoff-was-secretly-giving
A pregnant AOC on the campaign trail will be cleanse for the #American #BodyPolitic.
I’m just saying.
Hypothetically.
To tell a story.
It’s not that serious.
Get out of your head.
Stop.
Trump was already cutting low-income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives https://theconversation.com/trump-was-already-cutting-low-income-energy-assistance-the-shutdown-is-making-things-worse-as-cold-weather-arrives-269342
@TheConversationUS #DonaldTheDeplorable is going his damned best to turn the #UnitedStates into another #Russia. #Qanon in the #Kremlin is celebrating the ‘success’ of Agent #Krasnov.
#Project2025 , #American#Carnage2.0, #USpol #kakistocracy , whatever you want to call it, it is all just the means of achieving the *same* underlying goal; #Russia taking revenge on the #UnitedStates for the disintegration of the #SovietUnion after losing losing the #ColdWar.
Today I learned that 1.2M veteran families rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
And that servicemembers aren’t paid enough to feed themselves and families.
The self-disgust and shame of the #American #BodyPolitic has to go somewhere.
Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady9545
#HackerNews #Characterizing #the #American #Upper #Paleolithic #science #archaeology #prehistoric #research
Today I learned that 1.2M veteran families rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
And that servicemembers aren’t paid enough to feed themselves and families.
The self-disgust and shame of the #American #BodyPolitic has to go somewhere.
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/31/illinois-immigration-protests/?utm_source=mastodon
@Bellingcat
Watch the videos.
Make up your own mind.
Who is telling you lies.
The witnesses or the armed authorities? In the video.
I put a ? There because nobody is sure who these people are…
No badges, no name tags, no identification to what agency they really are from. #america #gestapo #thugs #ice
Trying to invite violence. By committing violence. Innocents being assaulted. #Trump desperately wants to invoke the insurrection act by having thugs do violence to citizens. #american #justice
The president is—literally—demolishing the White House.
What a visual for #American #institutions.
"For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from #American tech – not just #Russian gas. A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works."
- @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
#Tech #Technology #Privacy #Economy #Dictator #Trump #Corruption #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Politics #Law #World #USA #UnitedStates #America #US
"For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from #American tech – not just #Russian gas. A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works."
- @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
#Tech #Technology #Privacy #Economy #Dictator #Trump #Corruption #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Politics #Law #World #USA #UnitedStates #America #US
The president is—literally—demolishing the White House.
What a visual for #American #institutions.
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