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@powerofacademe.bsky.social
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16thC after it was cool. Any pronouns except 'it.' Political theorist (ops =/= my employer's). Tired Jew. Solo parent. Curmudgeon extraordinaire.

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The fact that we are here trying to debunk what should be obvious ahistorical, irrational gobbledegook of figural Judaism is a symptom of how far along into epistemic collapse we already are.
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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hebrew punctuation precedes Zionism as a political movement by about a 800 years. It was not in any way integral to "spoken Hebrew" and the unity between Jews across the world was never "artificial". It's just wrong on so many levels.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The absolute hero pilot himself attesting to what happened: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJwn...
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'I can't let anyone die': FlyDubai pilot tells Indian PM how he managed to open cockpit door
YouTube video by CBC News
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Christian Skotte @skooter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I live next door to two day care centers. One is religious Jewish. The other completely secular. The Jewish one always has a security guard. The secular one doesn't. Being forced to budget for staffing security is pretty clearly systemic antisemitism.
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Jewish News @jewishnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Andrew Franks, who was stabbed three times protecting worshippers, has received a Pride of Britain Award for his bravery
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Man who held off Manchester synagogue attacker recalls having ‘strange feeling’
Andrew Franks, who was stabbed three times protecting worshippers, has received a Pride of Britain Award for his bravery
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m not sure about the tone of incredulity here, but at least CBC isn’t out-right encouraging the Judeophobic conspiracy wackos who were screaming ‘false flag!’ ‘Impossible!’ within minutes of the flydubai hijacking news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkwS...
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How a FlyDubai flight survived a hijacking attempt against impossible odds | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’d read & appreciated Zweig’s The World of Yesterday or theatre of the absurd plays like Ionesco’s The Lesson, but I still couldn’t quite grasp the feeling of abject despair, of facing the void, that one has during epistemic collapse.
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"When you lose control in this world of gambling, you really lose control." — Rick Campanelli, author of Tempted, tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social how gambling addiction upended his life and why he worries online betting makes it easier than ever to get hooked. | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨my book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America is on sale today on the Kindle store for $2.99! Sorry to link to Amazon but $3 is a solid price for a book that took me three years to write www.amazon.com/Wild-Faith-C...
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Danielle Solzman 🗽🇺🇲✡️🕎🟦🎥 @solzyatthemovies.com · 01/10/2026
I'm holding both Republicans and transphobic Democrats accountable. The fact that there are Democrats campaigning by using transphobic rhetoric and, worst of all, misgendering is very disturbing.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My new grumpy middle aged opinion is that there used to be good websites that individuals would run sharing amazing info about their special interests and for the most part those don't exist anymore and I miss them.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jews memorialized The Shoah well, but forgot how supersessionism works: the modus operandi is to appropriate our stories & experience & then specifically deploy them against us. No trauma or triumph is off limits for supercessionism. It’s cruel, dehumanizing, & ultimately always eradicationist.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Oskar Mulley.
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sheepchase @sheepchase.net · 01/10/2026
The detailed IDF response to the 'NAZA' film (the full PDF is linked in the article). www.timesofisrael.com/distorted-mi...
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‘Distorted, misleading, and disingenuous’: IDF publishes full response to ‘NAZA’ film
In 10-page document, military rejects claims of deliberate mass civilian killings and AI targeting, says documentary's narrative based on 'substantial factual errors'
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Juicy Cake of Figs וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ @datadivajf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm going to see if I can see some of these before the chag ends. I've already seen USHPIZIN about 10 times. cinenoir.net/events/relig...
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10 Essential Sukkot Films: Theology and Architecture - Movies and Collections
Expert selection of films exploring Sukkot traditions, from the Ushpizin hospitality ritual to the fragile architecture of temporary dwellings.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I took a moment at the end of today’s class to go over this. One student thanked me after, saying they had never had any teacher talk about consent. I don’t know if it will make a difference, but I HOPE that maybe some of them now *want* sex to be about sharing a feeling with the other person.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Look, I don’t have a grand theory of consent worked out, but I know what the word means: ‘senti’ = to feel; ‘con’ = with. We humans are SO good at creating shared experiences - laughing together watching Golden Girls; watching a sunset w a friend/lover - & we KNOW if the other person checks out.
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Werner van Zyl @multivalent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JOB! IN CANADA!!
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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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StatsJew @statsjew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thread
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues
The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another terrorism charge in Canada: A Lethbridge teenager has been charged with "Participation in activity of terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity, commission of offence for a terrorist group" (764 network) globalnews.ca/news/1207635...
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Alberta teen accused of ‘764’ terrorism, sexual extortion and animal cruelty crimes | Globalnews.ca
Predators with the 764 network routinely lure youth and encourage them to commit sexual acts, child sexual abuse and exploitation, self-harm, and the torture of animals.
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Jewish News @jewishnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A FlyDubai plane broadcast a highjack signal, with interviews from passengers suggesting that they had subdued a member of the flight crew who tried to crash the aircraft
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Chaos on Dubai-Israel flight as suspected terror attack foiled
A FlyDubai plane broadcast a highjack signal, with interviews from passengers suggesting that they had subdued a member of the flight crew who tried to crash the aircraft
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Gabrielle🇸🇨 @djangoroo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Inside the cockpit of the almost hijacked plane. Extraordinary footage of Israeli passengers rendering aid after they've subdued the attacker.
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Ofherb 🟦🌈🕎🌻🎶🐈 @bestsurvivor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is terrible!
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now, all cities do this for all unis and anything ‘Greek life’ related.
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Donald Glover's Surprised 'Good' Reaction
ALT: Donald Glover's Surprised 'Good' Reaction
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear God, I want to bask in the hope that this man talks about & genuinely seems to believe in. If I were ba’aretz, he’d likely have my vote. As he rightly observes about the brief coalition gov’t he was in: "on its worst day, it was better than this gov’t!” www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-K...
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Mansour Abbas: The Man who would be Kingmaker
YouTube video by Unholy Podcast
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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Real lives are being destroyed and snuffed out every day that this policy is allowed to continue and the people who devised it are not in jail. I know we all know this, but I feel like it's important to say it from time to time.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The bookish spaces on IG are angrily excoriating “straight women" for saying that queer men ‘don’t belong’ in MM romance or something, but I can’t find any straight women who said this? I know my online bubble is super queer, so I specifically looked & am just seeing more angry ‘react’ vids.
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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ce qui est étonnant, c'est surtout de voir autant de gens s'étonner qu'un dirigeant d'extrême droite soit un antisémite obsessionnel. Ben oui : il est président du RN ! www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
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« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites
« Mediapart » a mis la main sur des échanges de l’actuel président du RN, au début de sa carrière politique. On y découvre l’antisémitisme obsessionnel de celui qui rêve de devenir premier ministre. …
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
there's a New Zealand PSA from years ago that conveys this incredibly well: all that's being asked of you is something very small that may make a very large difference, and what you do tells you something about yourself www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUj2...
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www.whoareyou.co.nz
YouTube video by RDKIWI
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Mollz (ballz) @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Re: the prosecutor's statement. When I got sex trafficked the SVU cops told me my case wouldnt be successful because I was a junkie
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s also common for prosecutors not to comment on open cases. This POS is tainting the minds of future jurors by demolishing Jane’s credibility before he even starts reviewing. He still doesn’t want to prosecute this.
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Mary Jo MacDonald @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is all about shameless self-promotion because two (!) of my articles have been published 🎉 So excited to share that "Marriage as Slavery: Oroonoko, the Slave Trade, and the Origins of English Feminism" is now out in APSR. It is open access so you can read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Marriage as Slavery: Oroonoko, the Slave Trade, and the Origins of English Feminism | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Marriage as Slavery: Oroonoko, the Slave Trade, and the Origins of English Feminism
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, since it’s Sukkot, I’m reminded of my ‘favourite’ example of Leonard Cohen implicitly ‘bagelling’ w/ a reference other practicing Jews immediately clock, but apparently, non-Jews entirely miss. The animators draw a Bell phone booth here (at 1:36). www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-A...
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Leonard Cohen on Moonlight
YouTube video by Blank on Blank
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JOB!
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Terra Field @rainofterra.gay · 18/06/2025
This is what instantly popped into my head when I heard Dear Leader was ranting about "Transgender for Everbody":
A mock “Transgender for Everybody” logo styled after the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 logo.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So anyway, ending every class with an in-class journalling exercise sounded like a great idea before I started actually having to mark almost a hundred hand-scrawled journal entries every week.
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Gerry Dee's Huge Mistake on Family Feud Canada
ALT: Gerry Dee's Huge Mistake on Family Feud Canada
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 28/09/2026
Three national retailers—Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million—have hosted dozens of titles from Antelope Hill Publishing, an entity designated by hate-group monitors as a primary distributor of racist and antisemitic books. 1/ www.confrontthehate.com/p/exclusive-...
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a Neo-Nazi Publisher Exploited Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million
Following an inquiry by ConfrontTheHate.com, Target quickly removed an extremist publisher's catalog—while Amazon and Books-A-Million keep titles active for now.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The violence and cruelty is the point.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JFC
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They must know that making queer & trans folks miserable won’t make us disappear, so, as usual, it’s just about sadism. The cruelty and harm that will be inflicted IS the point.
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Encyclopédie d’histoire numérique EHNE @ehne.fr · 24/09/2026
🎙️ En 1912, Alfred Dreyfus enregistre sa voix. Réhabilité depuis six ans, il reste menacé de mort par l’extrême droite. Que choisit-il de dire sur l’Affaire ? 🔈 Écoutez cette archive sonore, expliquée par Philippe Oriol 👇 ehne.fr/fr/encyclope... 🤝 @aphg.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr #histoire
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quibble: article points to AIDS conspiracism as biggest Soviet misinfo ‘success.’ Soviet antizionism (a torch then passed to Iran; Qatar; other tyrannies), was way more massively successful & key for coalescing & maintaining control, both domestically & internationally.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
Tierra Walker died from preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant. Dozens of doctors refused to offer her an abortion during multiple trips to the ER. “People should not lose their fundamental constitutional rights just because they are pregnant” -Molly Duane, the Walker family's attorney. @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Damnit, three more mosquito bites in the few minutes eating in the sukkah at sunset. Warm(ish) weather Sukkot has its downside.
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