Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגAkiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The fact that this idiocy got past an editor in a book on godamn punctuation shows how deep the ignorance of Judaism and Jewish history is in the wider culture and how that ignorance is being weaponized so as to create a better scapegoat for Western uses 2548098
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The free press cannot exist free of charge. Unless you think journalists should work for free. 020
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Report on the country, not just the government, certainly not just the head of government. 152
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tip to those covering the Fly Dubai drama (or reading about it): Netanyahu was not a character in this story, not even an important source. Not every story about Israel needs to feature the PM, at least not in the first 15 graphs. 272
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Report on the country, not just the government, certainly not just the head of government. 152
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tip to those covering the Fly Dubai drama (or reading about it): Netanyahu was not a character in this story, not even an important source. Not every story about Israel needs to feature the PM, at least not in the first 15 graphs. 272
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m dying over here 2339140
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגMother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026UPDATE: British Columbia’s attorney general is seeking Criminal Code changes to strengthen accountability for artificial intelligence companies in response to @markfollman.bsky.social investigation. motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 424895
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271468750
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגLuiz Santos Music @luizsantosmusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“Coltrane used to tell me: “Listen, don’t ever stop growing. Don’t ever stop moving. Don’t ever stop creating.” John was a man of few words, so every word weighed a ton. You had to mostly figure him out by how he was living, by what he was creating. - Reggie Workman #jazz 023
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970182264
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJohn Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It wouldn't take all that much net explosive weight in an ammo bunker before the roads around the arch site -- including the GW Parkway, which carries 70k+ cars a day -- would be permanently shut down. Because 'explosive safety quantity-distances' are a thing www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comTrump Cites National Security as He Faces Pushback on Press Ban, D.C. Arch and MoreThe president is increasingly invoking the rationale while facing legal challenges to his plans, even in more curious cases like his triumphal arch, which he says will now include snipers and drones. 1313741
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s nice to have my work corroborated by another DNA test. What is also deeply gratifying is the vindication of Madison Hemings, Israel (Gillette) Jefferson who spoke of TJ and SH, & Fawn Brodie, who put the men’s recollections in her TJ bio that I read at 14 and got me started on this journey. 524951
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 22/09/202622 September 1939. A joint victory parade of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army took place in Brest-Litovsk at the end of their joint Invasion of Poland. 11618
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 20/09/20261) Thank you, Karin. I’m happy that both the 1998 and 2026 DNA tests results jibe with the historical evidence compiled in my first book. I also think the historical information alone should be enough. But I know the world we live in & why DNA was brought into the picture. 122952
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 20/09/20262) It’s interesting (though predictable) that before they’ve read how the testing was conducted over 15 years I’ve seen comments attempting to debunk the results. The need to oppose is just knee jerk, even though this kind of circumstance was common in the slave society in which TJ lived. 1874
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/202611/ Jews generally. But it goes beyond that because antisemitism is deeply ingrained in both western (Christian European) culture as well as Islamic culture. Again, for many reasons but fundamentally because both cultures are based on religious cultures which based their legitimacy on supplanting … 3898
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/20267/ was 80 years ago. And the poster who somewhat frighteningly identifies himself as a civil rights lawyer might do well to learn that there were a few other things that happened between 80 yrs and whatever he thinks happened 2000 yrs ago. More relevantly, even in the United States, where Jews … 1887
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/20266/ of the responses) and not recognize a very general disinhibition about expressions of hostility against Jews. Not Israelis or “zionists” but Jews. For this post I would note that 1/3 of all Jews in the world being systematically murdered in abt five years still seems pretty recent, even if it … 29813
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/20265/ brings out the worst in all of us. And everyone is reduced to a caricature. And if someone says something besides what you’re focused on they clearly think your issue is meaningless and only theirs matters. But you can’t see this storm (which to be clear was a v loud but small minority of the … 1889
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJames Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Late C19th Susani 082
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From afar, must say that Trump’s power of persuasion is preternatural. In the same week he convinced George Will to endorse the Democrat for Senate in South Carolina & got Canada to secede from North America. 0619
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From afar, must say that Trump’s power of persuasion is preternatural. In the same week he convinced George Will to endorse the Democrat for Senate in South Carolina & got Canada to secede from North America. 0619
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fear is what's driving the Netanyahu government's settlement frenzy - fear of losing the coming election, fear that despite all their efforts, the settlement project is indeed reversible. My latest @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/argument/fac...newlinesmag.comFacing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and RecklessThe current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polling numbers consistently show that Netanyahu’s coalition might not win the Oct. 2... 013
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Facing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and Reckless Fear of losing is driving a frenzy of settlement building @gershomg.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/fac...newlinesmag.comFacing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and RecklessThe current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polling numbers consistently show that Netanyahu’s coalition might not win the Oct. 2... 0106
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fear is what's driving the Netanyahu government's settlement frenzy - fear of losing the coming election, fear that despite all their efforts, the settlement project is indeed reversible. My latest @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/argument/fac...newlinesmag.comFacing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and RecklessThe current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polling numbers consistently show that Netanyahu’s coalition might not win the Oct. 2... 013
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026THIS 👇 HERE.......? 1451684519
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגA Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Rest in peaches, Wendell Berry. And because I am not as well adjusted as he: God dammit, cosmos, take the destroyers and leave us the artists. 8536140
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This freight train has been rumbling toward the picnic on the tracks since Trump was elected. How could I possibly urge a talented non-American to apply to the excellent US university where I once taught, knowing what madness they might meet? 011
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This freight train has been rumbling toward the picnic on the tracks since Trump was elected. How could I possibly urge a talented non-American to apply to the excellent US university where I once taught, knowing what madness they might meet? 011
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Karen Attiah beat Bezos' Washington Post The arbitrator found no cause, no misconduct, nothing, & sent her back to work I join @maddow.bsky.social at 9 PM ET tonight to discuss this win for Karen & for journalists everywhere - TNnytimes.com 13716135
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In the Pleistocene Era of journalism, there was a rule that you didn’t publish stories about people thinking about filing a lawsuit. Because more often than not, it’s a way for some cranky shmuck to get their opponent to stop doing something, without the hassle or expense of hiring an actual lawyer 1527841
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There’s been surprisingly little about how we are in the very last years of living memory of service in WW2. 542227468
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגMartin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 09/08/2026pca.st/episode/32d8...pca.stIn the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the HolocaustBetween 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. In hundreds of separate… 2106
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Great Dilemma summarized succinctly. 031
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Truth, I scream, this is the Truth of Our Age, I shout into the void, after this wasted afternoon dealing with an AI "assistant" that assisted with nothing, answered nothing, led nowhere, may its circuits burn in everlasting fire. 1314
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Truth, I scream, this is the Truth of Our Age, I shout into the void, after this wasted afternoon dealing with an AI "assistant" that assisted with nothing, answered nothing, led nowhere, may its circuits burn in everlasting fire. 1314
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The interesting question to me is: how many people *read* 3500-word articles on any screen, especially a small one, rather than speed-scrolling them? 201
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגJeffrey Shallit 🇺🇦 @shallit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The people who invented albuterol and beclomethasone are heroes that should be better known. David Jack deserves a lot of the credit. 011
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The change in medical treatment for asthma over the past 40 years has radically improved my life. Instead of rushing to the emergency room because I cannot get air into my lungs, going out to run for an hour. The first time I was able to do this, it was nearly a mystical experience. 170
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Great Dilemma summarized succinctly. 031
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגlostpictureshow @lostpictureshow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Pablo Neruda was a brilliant poet but a terrible person and Stalinist. 0283
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026ארנסט המינגוויי דיווח מאיטליה באביב 1922 על קבוצות המחץ הפשיסטיות שרדפו ברחובות אחר קומוניסטים. הם "טעמו את טעמו של רצח ללא דין וללא דיין, ואת הזכות להתפרע מתי ואיפה שרצו". חצי שנה אחר כך, מוסוליני עלה לשלטון. יש כאן אזהרה חמורה לגבי הטרור היהודי. כתבתי על כך ב"הארץ". tiny.cc/r7o7101tiny.ccכשהטרור היהודי יחצה את הקו הירוק | דעהארנסט המינגוויי, אז עיתונאי צעיר, דיווח מגנואה שבאיטליה באביב 1922 על ועידת שלום בינלאומית שהתקיימה בעיר — ועל קבוצות המחץ של התנועה הפשיסטית שרדפו ברחובות אחר 011
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026ארנסט המינגוויי דיווח מאיטליה באביב 1922 על קבוצות המחץ הפשיסטיות שרדפו ברחובות אחר קומוניסטים. הם "טעמו את טעמו של רצח ללא דין וללא דיין, ואת הזכות להתפרע מתי ואיפה שרצו". חצי שנה אחר כך, מוסוליני עלה לשלטון. יש כאן אזהרה חמורה לגבי הטרור היהודי. כתבתי על כך ב"הארץ". tiny.cc/r7o7101tiny.ccכשהטרור היהודי יחצה את הקו הירוק | דעהארנסט המינגוויי, אז עיתונאי צעיר, דיווח מגנואה שבאיטליה באביב 1922 על ועידת שלום בינלאומית שהתקיימה בעיר — ועל קבוצות המחץ של התנועה הפשיסטית שרדפו ברחובות אחר 011
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Basic fact of living in the Middle East is that our lives are in the hands of hubristic idiots with large arsenals. 053
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברגLuiz Santos Music @luizsantosmusic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A Morning Song, 1997 Shi Yi (史一) Woodblock print Japanese #art #art 073
Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Mold for making female figurines, likely household idols, from 1st Temple era found in Jerusalem. Reminder that prohibitions (in this case, Biblical bans on idolatry) are good indication that in real life, people were doing the opposite. Gift link to Hebrew article: www.haaretz.co.il/science/arch...haaretz.co.ilלראשונה התגלתה בירושלים תבנית ליציקת צלמיות מימי בית ראשוןכמעט בכל חפירה ארכאולוגית שנעשתה בירושלים נמצאו צלמיות, ובניגוד לתפיסה המקראית, הן שימשו ככל הנראה לפולחן ביתי. ממצא שהתגלה בעת האחרונה בחפירה בקישלה יסייע להבין את תהליך הייצור 032
Reposted by Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג👻Really Spooky Smith👻 @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🗃️ I think it's important to not lose sight of the fact that, fundamentally, history was us back then. "Times change, we express ourselves differently, but the human condition is still the same old deal." -Annie Lennox 1111