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@rsasch.bsky.social
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jewish writer, mover, shaker

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
nazi demons fleeing back down there again. time still working on 100 year cycle. we are going to get another chubby checker by 2060 and he is going to do such a twist
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 12/04/2026
Jeers to Viktor Orbán, and cheers to the Tisza Party, whose political ideology I will not be looking into further 👍
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 07/04/2026
There is no more perfect a depiction of contemporary Zionism than Israel blowing up a shul in the name of Jewish safety (aka Israeli intransigence).
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Great review of @mollycrabapple.bsky.social new book, which is already making monsters squirm and shriek. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/b...
Crabapple has a leftist’s love of losers, the idealists with moral clarity on their side but who never really stood a chance. She admits as much: “So why did I write this book about the Bund — who lost?” she asks at the end of the book. “Because I am sick of monsters.”tweet, name blocked:
All you have to do to get in the @nytimes is be a kapo.

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Mark Horowitz @MarkHorowitz • 7h
Times Opinion editor asks the question,
"What Does Judaism
Look Like Without Zionism?" But he leaves out the 6 million
answers that history already provided.
nytimes.com/2026/04/06/boo... via @NYTimes
2:13 PM • Apr 6, 2026
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn
The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It was really impressive how quickly my alma mater kowtowed to fascism
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I watched a bunch of Rohmer and wrote about it. And then waited a month and a half to publish it. Enjoy! www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/turn-turn-tu...
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Turn, Turn, Turn
In a stroke of programming genius, the Gene Siskel Film Center here in Chicago turns its screens over to long watches every January with their Settle In series. Last month, I used the inclusion of Éri...
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
if you ever want a laugh tru to imagine what podcast all the men on your train car or bus are listening to. One guys listening to the Fart Brothers Goofaround Hour and another‘s listening to Supervised Visitation Dads. One guy might be listening to This American Life.
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If you liked that Ring commercial finding the doggo: Now imagine instead of “Milo match” it says your name on a cop’s screen when you walk by.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I wrote it! Check it out !
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
anyway RIP to the greatest youtu.be/fggXs7oIP7Q?...
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Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD
YouTube video by artfilm33
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi... My latest for @chicagoreader.com — a very fun confluence of a bunch of different subjects I love! Enjoy :)
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The next iteration of the 400 Theater - Chicago Reader
The New 400 Theaters closed in 2023, leaving the far north side without a cinema. This year, new ownership will reopen the historic Rogers Park institution.
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
HAHA
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
this is a 30 Rock bit that got cut for being “too boring”
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I went to Hebrew school with a guy who has an under-5 in Marty Supreme so I think I get some kind of prize
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Mr. Buddy @alexfirer.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Here is my big 2026 goal. How do I game Google to make me the first thing that appears when you google "Jewish guy". And NOT in an anti semitic way. In a Marty Mauser way.
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Very excited about my newest feature in @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
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The circle game - Chicago Reader
At iO, the Orbit, an "artful, immersive show," experiments with long-form improv in the round that puts vulnerability first.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups. This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Have yourself a Benson little Boonemas
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Odious is kind of the only word you can use to refer to Cuomo
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New chair company recap! www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/do-they-keep...
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“Do They Keep Their Washer and Dryer In Here?”
This week on The Chair Company, Ron went further down the rabbit hole. What’s great about The Chair Company is that the whole show is built around a classically Robinsonian crash out, but here it’s ex...
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I wrote about THE MASTERMIND for the @chicagoreader.com
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/theyre-just-... I’m recapping THE CHAIR COMPANY over on my site!
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“They’re Just Saying Stuff.”
Welcome back to the Chair Company recap! When we last left our intrepid hero Ron Trosper, he was chasing down a man who hit him with a pipe. Ron’s prey evaded capture by unbuttoning his patterned shi...
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Also my preliminary OBAA take (because I’m planning something long form): movies can’t save the world, PTA knows that, this is a film of his beliefs and hopes
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/the-revoluti... New! I wrote about Bread and Puppet in Chicago!
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The Revolution Will Be Handmade
A performance by Bread and Puppet Theater, the legendary troupe out of Glover, Vermont, is always a singular experience. Their ramshackle, proudly political performances have been a linchpin of Americ...
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LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Nails why accusations of hypocrisy never land with MAGA: “But the real secret is locating the animating impulse behind contemporary fascist sexuality: Hedonism for me, puritanism for thee.”
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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
@rsasch.bsky.social recommends the world premiere of "Rabbits in Their Pockets" at Lifeline Theatre for @chicagoreader.com! chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
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Black joy and healing - Chicago Reader
Rabbits in Their Pockets at Lifeline is a heartfelt and extremely smart contemporary story using African folktales as a jumping-off point.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 18/09/2025
anti-anti-fascist feels like it should have a one-word synonym
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New me in @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
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Backing away from the cliff - Chicago Reader
TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix at Theo gives a pop-punk musical twist to the usual "bury your queers" narrative.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If the Tikvah Fund becomes the main representative of academic Jewish Studies in the United States, which is clearly what the US government wants, we will be telling queer and trans scholars that they have no place in Jewish Studies. And it will be a loss to all of us in the field.
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The garment-rending that came with the Notre Dame fire would be an under reaction to this. Vile
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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thomas Rousseau, leader of white nationalist Patriot Front, spoke at a vigil for Charlie Kirk in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend. This is the first time I'm aware of that Rousseau and his loyalists did not attend a rally wearing Patriot Front's trademark uniform. They feel emboldened. 1/3
Leader of Patriot Front Thomas Rousseau talks to a group of MAGA activists at a vigil for Charlie Kirk over the weekend
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
*Black Keys voice* baby I’m Nathan for you
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Watching Nashville wearing my Boogie Nights shirt
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11/09/2025
the media rush to canonize charlie kirk is legitimately maybe one of the weirdest things of this nature i have ever seen in my life
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“he was an accelerationist force whose work to dehumanize LGBTQ+ people and threaten the free speech of professors, teachers, and school board members around the country has directly put the livelihoods and physical safety of many people in danger. We do no one any favors by ignoring this...”
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 10/09/2025
did I hallucinate the cold-blooded murder of a husband and wife legislator in their homes by somebody pretending to be a cop? was that a figment of my imagination?
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
There’s a reason that Curb is still funny and Unfrosted was dogshit
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 06/09/2025
He can't hear you. Also I love that you're rancorous about the hat but not that he's depicting himself as a character who's a slaughtering mass murderer of innocents who is the embodied representative of the insanity of war. He's threatening Chicago with war. You're barking at an ai pic about a hat.
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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“It's not clear whether Trump can officially change the name without congressional action, but he told reporters, "We're just gonna do it." We’re not gonna media our way out of this thing until journalists start leading off with this stuff in the headline instead of the 7th paragraph.
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Feeling very seen here
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Ohohohohohohoohh
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 29/08/2025
the reason he posts like trump is because he is like trump
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rob @rsasch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#LorneCoup2025
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
GOOD NEWS! For the FIRST time ever, and after MORE THAN 30 YEARS of HIV vaccine clinical trials, researchers have developed a vaccine that has SUCCESSFULLY generated TIER 2 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV and BLOCKS viral infection in vaccinated PEOPLE.
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