Reposted by Raphael FischerYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"... the modern use of the term “antisemitism” to refer exclusively to hostility against Jews distorts its original meaning and erases the Semitic identity of Arabs and Palestinians." This gem is from an early draft resolution of "Zionism is Racism" Green party resolutionstatic1.squarespace.com 1519427
Reposted by Raphael FischerTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I want - to be clear - to die 1627039
Reposted by Raphael FischerPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am more tolerant of one-state solutions than quite a lot of people but, without being funny, there is no just One State that is just called Palestine, let alone "a Palestinian State." 513311
Reposted by Raphael FischerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Which is all a long-winded way of saying: These debates about Zionism and anti-Zionism are mostly unhelpful right now, and I wish everyone could just drop these terms unless speaking historically and talk about their political vision for the future in other terms. 1046456
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My dad would let me play Doom on his Mac from time to time, but I never learned how to turn the speakers off. I once got so spooked playing it I had to pause and leave the room, but was stuck hearing the creepy music playing all through the top floor of the house 000
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Helped out with the Branch Cider harvest today and it turns out I like them apples 000
Reposted by Raphael FischerYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What people fail to understand is also that Zionism was not just a plan/ideology for Jews in Palestine, it was also a vision for Jewish *diasporic* identity. Much of Zionist activity has always taken place outside Palestine/Israel and was about communal identity and politics. Hence the attachment. 625451
Reposted by Raphael FischerJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day. 581793374
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The snarky compromise is that everyone should study Econ 101 to learn about opportunity costs. Nothing bad could possibly happen if you make a generation of students take Econ 101 110
Reposted by Raphael FischerYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament. 22978325
Reposted by Raphael FischerAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Will keep boringly saying this (no disrespect to OP): it's not a health surcharge. It's not hypothecated to the NHS; you can't choose not to pay it and thereby eschew healthcare. You could equally call it an education or roads surcharge. It's using the NHS's sanctified status to rip off immigrants. 12302120
Reposted by Raphael FischerLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026>chinese dynasty finally trending on bsky >ask poaster if the dynasty is river or steppe >she doesnt understand >pull out illustrated diagram explaing what is river and what is steppe >she laughs and says "its a good dynasty sir" >check poasts >its steppe 421425
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If I had a nickel for every religiously-themed weed business I'd come across lately etc etctokinjewflower.comThe Full High Holiday SpreadOrders take 2 business days to process and 5 business days to ship via USPS. Everything we made for the new year, in one order. Ten days of surprises, the first kosher infused black and white cookies... 031
Reposted by Raphael FischerEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026GEFILTE PHISHING 10569011210
Reposted by Raphael Fischerlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 17/01/2026neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now 11286651598
Reposted by Raphael FischerToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026so the exact scenario all of us opposing this have warned about for the last 2 years 8795223
Reposted by Raphael Fischerae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026one of the major features of the old internet was that you were supposed to keep a layer of detachment between it and the offline world 3696
Reposted by Raphael FischerJRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt. 6861102009
Reposted by Raphael FischerSte Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just came across this insane Wikipedia article about a case I'm surprised isn't more famous – a bonkers attempt by some monks to win a theological debate by faking an apparition of Mary, involving cross-dressing, drugs, a secret crane and an exploding chair, that ended in their public execution. 🧵 1167
Reposted by Raphael FischerIsaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026 212848
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026American has legal complications after landing in England 000
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Mr President, we cannot allow the Cheese Gap to get any larger! This calls for decisive action and Wisconsin Comté" 000
Reposted by Raphael FischerSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Electric Picture Shop, Saltaire, West Yorkshire. The modern car betrays the fact that this photo wasn't taken in the 1980s, but last Saturday. 221839
Reposted by Raphael Fischerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs. 171146093123
Reposted by Raphael FischerTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Naming a potentially devastating storm after a beloved children’s character is an odd choice 1102
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think *way* too many people assume Zach's come up with this in bad faith, even though SMBC's whole charm is that it's stuffed with weird premises! 210
Reposted by Raphael FischerStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026For a while, a common dilemma in video game RPGs was "Who do you support, the problematic hypernationalists or the rootless cosmopolitan hypocrites?" and I think it aged poorly seeing how the past decade has pretty conclusively proven the correct answer is "sign up with RCH and get over yourself." 481179143
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Fond memories of getting a free piece of fried chicken after the chippie owner asked if I could name all Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 000
Reposted by Raphael FischerRaphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I was looking up (supposedly) certified eclipse glasses ahead of next week and a lot of these have the same vibe as that xkcd TornadoGuard comic 101
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I was looking up (supposedly) certified eclipse glasses ahead of next week and a lot of these have the same vibe as that xkcd TornadoGuard comic 101
Reposted by Raphael Fischerwill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026look, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up but I think I may have discovered something incredible on worldcat 516630
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026You could drop me in the middle of any city with my phone and, within an hour, I'll find somewhere to stay, somewhere good to eat (especially if I want to avoid a tourist trap), book my travel onwards and work out a little itinerary for the next day or so. Might not even need a bureau de change. 010
Reposted by Raphael FischerJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/08/2026small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1 632154
Reposted by Raphael FischerBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"Mentat, left join the orders table onto the users table." "Yes, my liege." "Why is it taking so lo—mentat! Kill the current query and redo it, but filter by date greater than or equal to 01-01-10191!" "Sending the kill message my liege... waiting for a response my liege..." 655771
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I love this entire section where someone's gone "Errr, actually" about the artistic accuracy of Jesus crushing himself into vino en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_...en.wikipedia.orgChrist in the winepress - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by Raphael FischerLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 22/07/2026I know Fallout is historically a FPS series but what do you think about the concept of a turn based Fallout game? One with more emphasis on the RPG mechanics and managing the AP system. Would y'all play something like that? 100978120
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Twitter/Bluesky are fundamentally fledgling oral history projects, where most *concrete* evidence of anything either fades into obscurity or gets reshared until it's gospel. We're all at the mercy of whoever's got a long memory and an axe to grind 182
Reposted by Raphael FischerJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15/07/2026Manchester is currently suffering from massive air quality issues, due to wildfires caused in part due to climate change. 1723586
Reposted by Raphael Fischerprogesterin @erinys.uwu.lgbt · 06/07/2026honestly i respect the sheer audacity 16597208
Reposted by Raphael FischerTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It’s the true US football fans I feel sorry for. Years of satisfying moaning about the dodgy ref and how you’d have beaten Belgium if Balogun had been on the pitch denied by an autocrat’s whim 520940
Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It's shameful that this kind of preservation doesn't exist, but I think people need to be more honest with themselves when the morally correct choice might not be the one that happens to avoid sacrificing anything 100
Reposted by Raphael FischerElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Here are some of the cruel and abusive practices of the Bayswater Group btw, from their parents discord channel 1717536
Reposted by Raphael FischerMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 28/06/2026People, I have been sitting at the proverbial kitchen table tending to some neglected bills and paperwork, and it has been given unto me to receive a vision of The Next Fresh Hell. It is online forms for bill pays *replaced by a chat interface*. You’re welcome. 5193
