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Kristina Lerman

@kristinalerman.bsky.social
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As an American Jew, born and raised in Soviet Ukraine, I have a personal connection to today’s hot button issues. I am using this platform to share my perspective.

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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meanwhile, in Ukraine. www.threads.com/share/_2Rbfn...
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Ron Filipkowski (@ronaldfilipkowski) on Threads
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hell is breaking loose in my hometown. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Russia Strikes Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences
A Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv on Monday killed at least one person and injured six, local officials said.
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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Russian drone strike sets Kyiv Academy of Sciences ablaze killing one woman A Russian drone hit Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv midday Monday, sparking a major fire. Authorities said one woman was killed. 🟣🗞️ #Kyiv #Ukraine #Russia #Drones #Academy
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 28/09/2026
russia struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Employees of the academy attempted to jump from the windows, as flames engulfed the building. russia rejoices in killing people who make this world a better place, while its war criminals turn cities to ruins.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what an attack on science looks like. www.threads.com/share/BAChPx...
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Ukraine (@ukraine) on Threads
Russia struck the very heart of Ukrainian science in broad daylight. A Russian drone hit a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv, killing one person and injuring thr...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do not forget Ukraine! Every day, Russian terrorists attack civilian targets with ballistic missiles and drone bombs. Yesterday, it was the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Unbelievable www.threads.com/share/BAChPx...
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Ukraine (@ukraine) on Threads
Russia struck the very heart of Ukrainian science in broad daylight. A Russian drone hit a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv, killing one person and injuring thr...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t remember the last time I laughed out loud at something I saw online. Gonna follow this creator.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Some accountability at least www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party
The president said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., had decided to return the money, but defended the gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as “totally allowed.”
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An actor speaks out against genocide (in Sudan) and gets accused of supporting genocide (in Gaza). Computer scientists, we created a monster. I can’t imagine this happening pre-social media. www.threads.com/share/_658Cr...
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JA Westenberg (@joanwestenberg) on Threads
> be Gillian Anderson > make a video about genocide in Sudan > get accused of supporting genocide > ?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026
I just told my son to fill up his tank because gas was going to spike again snd he sent me this meme. 😭 Literally everyone’s mood right now…
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Grateful for the allies. You are keeping me sane. love! www.threads.com/share/BATst6...
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Chris Cadence (@chriscadence_) on Threads
Online Leftist Are Choosing To Be Anti Semitic In Response To Ed Sheeran Controversy
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally, an easy to understand explainer about the ever-so-volatile slogan
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Debates about Jews are never just about Jews. They are the seismographs of society‘s deeper tremors”. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Opinion | For Trump, Jews Are Proving to Be a Very Useful Tool (Gift Article)
Debates about Jews are never just about Jews.
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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here we have a leader of Hamas admitting that as the IDF has done all throughout this conflict. They gave advance warning of each and every strike. It cannot be ignored no child or any civilian for that matter had to die. They used them as shields during the attacks.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We are finally seeing academic studies of the pro-Hamas bias in the MSM reporting on the Israel-Gaza war. Here is the measurement of framing bias by the NYTimes. Framing matters. And bias destroys lives. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How the New York Times Framed the War Between Israel and Hamas
This study examines the New York Times coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas from 7 October 2023 through 7 June 2024. Drawing on a corpus of 1,559 news articles I document a dominant narrati...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The moral arc of the universe took a wrong turn earlier this week, but it is righting itself slightly. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
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Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83
A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 27/08/2026
“Antisemitism is a canary in the coal mine of fascism. It's one of the oldest bigotries that has caused those of the Jewish faith a tremendous amount of pain. From pogroms to the Holocaust, Jews have always been singled out by those in power …
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There is something profoundly wrong with you if you hate Dolly Parton. Apparently, antisemites hate Dolly. Which makes it as good an argument as any to reject antisemites.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I want to be like Dolly Parton - a true mensch.
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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The New York Magazine has just devoted its cover story to defining my region, and by its definition, I am not from it. Read my latest: henmazzig.substack.com/p/new-york-m…
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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I saw this video and I just had to share it with you. She speaks so eloquently and it's just perfection. Seeing non-Jewish allies stand up for us, it really moves me these days.
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Jonah @jonah333.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The #Left-Wing Case Against #Anti-Zionism. #Discrimination against #Israelis qua Israelis— and the “Zionists” who appear as their proxies— is a moral wrong. Adam Louis-Klein
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The Left-Wing Case Against Anti-Zionism
Discrimination against Israelis qua Israelis—and the “Zionists” who appear as their proxies—is a moral wrong.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Another installment of the Antisemites of Threads: everything about this post is a lie - the guest is Israeli Muslim, was attacked first, not by the host but another guest - yet the comments are pure, unhinged Jew hate. www.threads.com/share/BBmEz0...
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Citizen Kane (@citizenkane2024) on Threads
When a former IDF soldier went on a podcast smiling and bragging about ordering strikes on Gaza schools and civilian areas, even the Christian host snapped. Horrified by the arrogance, the host threw...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
To those denying that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, here is one piece (in a stream) of evidence. Russia is targeting cultural heritage. Here it is bombing libraries in Kharkiv, destroying millions of books. www.threads.com/share/BAE9VS...
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This marks a 53% increase since July 2025. Since the start of 2026 alone, 57% of all hate crimes have targeted Jews. This is part of a deeply alarming surge in antisemitism sweeping across the United States and around the globe.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
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A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This Capitol One story should be bigger.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I have noticed the pattern too. No matter what the disaster is, online posts start blaming Israel/Jews. Malicious actors are rational- they pull levers that resonate with audiences for clicks/views. This is what your antiZionist rhetoric enables. It won’t end well. www.europesays.com/europe/109740/
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Antisemitic theories blaming Jews for European wildfires spreading - Europe
Cyberwell has alerted X/Twitter of a new wave of antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews for wildfires across Europe, the NGO announced in a statement on
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Who could have predicted this? /s jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/anti-jewish-...
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Anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC grow even as violent crime across the city decreases
A string of high-profile attacks last month have Jews on alert.
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Jonah @jonah333.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Here is an #ignorant attack on #Judaic but also #Arab #history: Moses #Maimonides - philosopher scholar & medical doctor (to Sultan Saladin & sons no less) had a Latin identity, Jewish identity (Moshe ben Maimon) & an Arab one (Musa ibn Maimun) This is the complex world these bigots wish to destroy
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Listen to the people with lived experience
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
8 years ago.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BlueSky, what’s wrong with you? More people are talking about “AIPAC” and it’s not even close. Reading the posts, it’s like Jews are the source of all evil.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As jobs lose status - eg, due to requiring working with machines - they become less attractive to men and filled by women. Yes , it is still happening www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/m...
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In Trump’s Economy, Job Gains Go to Women. That’s Not an Entirely Good Thing.
Despite the administration’s best attempts, the diminishing status of many American jobs is driving a spike in women’s employment.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The only surprising thing about this report is how mainstream its main conclusions have become thehill.com/opinion/educ...
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Radicalized academia is fiercely resisting the self-correction it needs
Academia is facing a reckoning. Can it self-correct?
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here is another example of Israel derangement syndrome. But criticism of Israel is not antisemitism, right? Right? TLDR: “Israel is the biggest threat to the world” www.threads.com/@josephtsteg...
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Joseph Terwan Stegall (@josephtstegall) on Threads
We grew up being told that the biggest threat Americans would face in our lifetimes would be from China and Russia. In actuality, the biggest threat to the United States of America and the world was I...
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
People have been driven mad by Jew Derangement Syndrome. This is an actual post, inspired presumably by the recent vote “to merge our military with Israel’s” (that’s a lie) www.threads.com/@singtyrone/...
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Tye (@singtyrone) on Threads
What is your plan of action, when IDF soldiers start making their presence physically known in your city?
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wikipedia is fragile. More on edit wars to insert anti-Israel and pro-Hamas slant into Wikipedia. nypost.com/2025/03/18/b...
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Exclusive | Dozens of Wikipedia editors colluded on years-long anti-Israel campaign, bombshell ADL report claims
Dozens of editors worked together to flood Wikipedia with “antisemitic narratives, anti-Israel bias, and misleading information,” the ADL’s Center for Tech and Society said.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A new version of Political Compass just dropped (credit, Econ prof in Ukraine)
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
When it comes to free speech and academic freedom, professors draw a line at Zionism. www.thecollegefix.com/emails-revea...
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Emails reveal professors bashing Jewish scholar for inviting ‘Zionist’ Bari Weiss to UCLA | The College Fix
UCLA plans to re-invite journalist Bari Weiss after her lecture was canceled in February, a professor told The Fix.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Re “military merger” misinfo campaign, here is an explainer from Threads. The account owner said today they received a ton of hate for their fact checking post. People, this is not normal! www.threads.com/@thisbillexp...
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This Bill, Explained. (@thisbillexplained) on Threads
Several posts are claiming the new defense bill “merges the US military with Israel’s.” We’ve read the bill. That’s not what it says. Here’s what Section 219 actually does.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yesterday my social feeds exploded with outrage about US-Israel “military merger” with calls to vengeance to punish lawmakers who voted for this. Except there was no merger. It was a misinformation campaign aimed at liberals, who caught it hook line and sinker. So frustrating
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I am reposting this August 28, 2025 article which explains why there is this cyclosporiasis outbreak. CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program. www.cidrap.umn.edu/foodborne-di...
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CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
‼️It’s now Day 1600 of Russia’s 3 Day War
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🇧🇪 Belgium 4 - 🇺🇸 USA 1 Can't say the Knicks didn't warn you Team USA.
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Kristina Lerman @kristinalerman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wikipedia, trying to restore neutral point of view www.threads.com/@israelwarro...
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Israel War Room (@israelwarroom) on Threads
⚡️GOOD NEWS: Wikipedia bans pro-Hamas editor known as “TarnishedPath” from editing articles on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “TarnishedPath” has made over 54,000 edits and became one of the platform’...
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