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A penitent who is loud

@loudpenitent.bsky.social
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Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 8h
someone on twitter got into the zei squirrel discord and damn they are a full on nazi
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 8h
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
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A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10h
This is a conversation I've been having with Western officials re: the Balkans for the better part of two decades. Ideology is real. When someone tells you, consistently that you are sub-human, and they want to exterminate every trace of you, your family, and your community: believe them.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 13h
Bc I guess I hunger for Discourse, hot take: if we define genocide other than by numbers & systemic impact at its core the true "cutting-off way" is in essence, genocidal, because it seems to destroy a people (in part) rather than an army unit in the field. We just aren't comfortable calling it so.
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Eli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 14h
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there’s a guy who wrote about what sort of person believe that the enemy is simultaneously too weak and too strong. Something about a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus? Not sure if it’s ringing a bell but it’s sure making an eco
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 22h
This particular habit of Very Online Leftists is infuriating, not least because Mamdani, being not an idiot, ostensibly wants an end to Gazan AND Israeli deaths. It's not about real conviction for the people who do this, it's about social permission to engage in bad faith contempt. Like fash.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 22h
Or to reduce this to a pithy one-liner because that's what The Youngs understand these days: Instead of *ending* the I/P sectarian conflict, a growing portion of the left now want "the right people" to WIN it.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 23h
What the fuck.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is absolutely no outcome where more people dropping bombs in the Levant results in FEWER deaths. If your problem is that America didn't go to war with Israel, your problem is that not enough Israelis were dying. So say that.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This needs to be discussed more, imo: one of the greatest successes of the pro-Palestinian radical fringe has been to convince people mutual understanding or a view of the I/P conflict as a sectarian conflict are "hasbara," & to immediately reject it in favor of the Palestinian perspective.
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mallow @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
not great that we're at "Mamdani is a Jew-puppet for doing hatecrime protections" imo
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1: Because I am so fucking tired of this, no state is a "rapestate," fuck you & the Nazis literally murdered tens of millions by bullets & death camps. Go study, you wretched child. 2: Campism is the refuge of small minds; the wickedness of individuals does not justify bigotry.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bibi has, in fact, very publicly said he wants Israel to be less reliant on American arms, and been pushing domestic manufacture in Israel.
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The okayest poster there is @ok-post-guy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plus you have to square it with the reality that: 1) Biden did threaten to cut off military assistance to Israel, 2) Bibi interpreted it as Biden *actually* cutting off aid AND NOTHING FUCKING CHANGED IN HOW ISRAEL PROSECUTED THE WAR
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is genuinely chilling how quickly antisemitism in leftist and entertainer spaces is accelerating. All they need to do is cite Palestine and suddenly everyone forgets everything they've been told in favor of defending blatant antisemitism from has-beens and mediocrities.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
a few years ago, references to Simon of Trent or Leo Frank trutherism were a sign that someone was an intensely Christian and/or Neo-Nazi right-wing antisemite but now formerly-normal lefty politics influencers who stayed on Twitter casually reply to Mamdani with 15th century blood libel posts
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Data centers are pretty normal light industry with some good things about them and some bad things about them. In some places they’re a good deal for people living nearby. In other places, they are not. Follow this account for more scorching hot takes that leave no sacred cow ungored.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lot of this shit, like every query draining a lake, is akin to a religious belief at this point and they’re not gonna be reasoned out of position they weren’t reasoned into. We have two flavors of AI psychosis now basically.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am opposed to the South Pacific. Somebody forgot to install the corresponding expansion for Earth.
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Samuel ✡️ 🗽 @bluelion70.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is wildly unconscionable. Everything Israel stands for is betrayed by this choice.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My apartment complex is so unbelievably passive aggressive.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People are getting defensive and I just wanna say "y'all do remember what they eventually did to Bayonetta right?"
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the interesting things to me, as a decidedly NON-Control Fan, is Control isn't just SCP Foundation influenced, it's specifically the strain of SCP Foundation stuff once much more popular - the aggressively modernist, anti-occultist, anti-mythological strain that was once MUCH more dominant.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the essential problem in a nutshell I would argue, demagogic discourse parasitizes the intellectual labor of its enemies. But it's one of the weaknesses of debate as a model. You don't debate something if you're unwilling to lose the argument, which makes it a poor fit for civil rights.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For the statement “the Democratic Party is more evil than it was in 1996” to be true you have to assume “evil” includes some combination of LGBTQ rights, expanding healthcare, criminal justice reform, abortion, and green energy/climate
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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For context: Palantir isn't named that because he's a Tolkien fan. It's because he's a fan of the uber-reddit Russian fanfic "The Last Ringbearer" which recast Sauron as a progressive industrializing force.
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Cameron D. Campbell 康文林 @camerondcampbell.blog · 26/09/2026
The US/China tech race is over and I'm calling it for China based on this: Jianbing 煎饼 making robots, powered by AI. Video in next post 1/2
Front view of a jianbing making robot at Olympic Park in BeijingSide view of a Jianbing making robot in Olympic Park in Beijing
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
something something girl dinner
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Eli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No I don't think Netanyahu makes guys in NYC chase Jews down the streets yelling "hail Hitler!" and trying to beat them up or stab them. That is not true.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nice job, everyone. Real success for the ages.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I legitimately despise the thought killing cliche of "South Africa!" that so many antizionists visibly salivate to drop in comparisons to Israel. The only comparison I despise more is Nazi Germany.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hot take: if "the Jews took down Platner," good, because it is right and proper when American Jews wield our political power to defeat men with Nazi indicators
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every so often a certain pundit comes up in Internet Discourse such as the latest Molloy drama, and I'm reminded her rting public gloating on 10/7 had essentially zero impact on her professional standing or reputation.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The president of the United States standing in front of the world and saying "To the victor belong the spoils" is just beyond comprehension. The fool is going to end the world unless we end his tyrannical reign first
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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tapping the sign
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This would not surprise me either
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I feel pretty bad about not going to a shul today, but I haven't been a member of a synagogue in a long time. Usually these days I just read the prayer book, fast, and think on Yom Kippur.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
G'mar chatima tovah. (I've never used this greeting before, but it feels like the thing to try this year assuming I'm getting it right.)
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I feel really off today and idk why. I know it's Erev Yom Kippur, but I don't know if that's it.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you pursue this task, please understand what you are expending to pursue it.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's probably a bad thing that the only thing any random Dem needs to get enough salience to completely eclipse the entire rest of the party majority & all their efforts is to start shit by being a transphobe in public.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.
Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.
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Boolassa @dalassa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Further inspection shows the account only posts about Judaism (religion) to do this.
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Boolassa @dalassa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Erev Yom Kippur is a bad time for a gentile to post stop aipac posters featuring Jews and call for “diaspora Jews” to make the correct choice.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I struggle to articulate the severity of that second point - the kind of civic sacrilege it represents. The arch would be impious in the sot of way that calls for rituals of public humiliation like tarring and feathering.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a reminder, the things that are so grotesque about the arch are 1) it's a monarchic symbol of triumph utterly in conflict with our values and system of government but also 2) it will break the intended sightline between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The courts should block this. If they don't, we should tear it down on the very first day of the next administration. If possible, Trump should be made to watch the demolition. This, the ballroom, whatever he does to the Kennedy Center and all of the rest. Erase it all. Full damnatio memoriae.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well, read the Trazyn/Orikan duology out of curiosity. It was legitimately charming, although almost every character is kind of awful. Newcrons are such an improvement over the old - as much as Trazyn IS by all rational metrics a terrible person he at least has some capacity for empathy & nuance.
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