Reposted by David GreenbaumChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 13/10/20261/ Restoring Yandex's damaged data centres will take at least six months and cost billions. Disruption is already severe; Russian manufacturers and distributors face imminent disaster due to Ukraine's strikes causing the collapse of the state-operated goods tracking system. ⬇️ 751836489 1.8K
Reposted by David GreenbaumAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas. 16539591261 4K
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am looking for video of the crowd, preventing the ice agents from leaving 010 1
Reposted by David GreenbaumDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Massive spending on data centers is crowding out investment in everything else in the economy.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-...paulkrugman.substack.comAI Versus Everything ElseThe hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment 26620 66
Reposted by David GreenbaumKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026An Ithaca police story. Many years ago, pre cell phones, a young woman riding a bike on a narrow, steep, windy street near my house was clipped by an impatient driver going same direction. (Riding on sidewalks is illegal here.) I heard the accident and went to check if everyone was OK. 2278 27
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Where are we in the cycle of revulsion and the crisis of legitimacy? 100 1
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026remember when Emilio Estevez's younger brother torched his career? 011 1
Reposted by David GreenbaumMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace. 201158402208 15.8K
Reposted by David GreenbaumBhoot and Pret-ima 👻 @ismipratima.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A piece by yours truly about the first reference to a Deccan merchant association in a Geniza document. I had fun writing this one! Come for the merchant associations, and stay for the Ina Garten quote www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...lib.cam.ac.ukFragment of the Month: August 2026In August's Fragment of the Month, Pratima Gopalakrishnan finds evidence for a Deccan merchant association in a Genizah document. 34027 40
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lake Eagle Talon, Lake Infinite Justice, Lake America, Lake Golden, and Lake Mishigin. 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026KBJ has them cold: 271402406 1.4K
Reposted by David Greenbaumascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 29/07/2026A Canticle for Shrewbowitz 31045 104
Reposted by David Greenbaumroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage. 7040641253 4.1K
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"*I* can drive home with three drinks onboard." 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough. 132159982075 6K
Reposted by David Greenbaumפינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Also the reactions of the Palestinian press to this affair contain the seeds of one thing which persists to this day and which I still fault those whose espouse it: that it is upon the Rabbi Sonnenfelds to constrain the Jabotinskys, as if they are not already a schism from us, merely because... 1205 20
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Checking in on this during the dog days of summer. 000 0
Reposted by David Greenbaumsoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"...system that privileged the children of the affluent and screwed the working class." The only problem with this statement is that we've been here the entire time. We saw what happened and how with our own eyes. The reactionaries' caricature of non-existent left-wing bogeymen is treated as real. 1112 11
Reposted by David Greenbaumsoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026So it should come as no surprise to anyone that Brooks' prescription for this problem includes all sorts of things that boil down to "put real Conservatives in charge for a couple generations" and does not include anything that looks or sounds like self-reflection or acknowledging responsibility. 1124 12
Reposted by David Greenbaumsoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026David attempts to distinguish between different species of right-wingers: "There were two kinds of people in our movement back then, the conservatives and the reactionaries." In my 56 years, I've come to the conclusion that the only difference is one of volume... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comI Should Have Seen This ComingWhen I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won... 1225 22
Reposted by David GreenbaumRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sky News: “[Trump] says you’re full of shit” Abdul El-Sayed: “At least I don’t let mine go in the middle of the Oval Office” 🔥 311413280 1.4K
Reposted by David GreenbaumCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Project 20-25 to life. 06710 67
Reposted by David GreenbaumDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not 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.canarymedia.comA new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the USPlug-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… 372750888 2.8K
Reposted by David GreenbaumCarlos Yu @carloshasanax.bsky.social · 04/08/2026from a marketing standpoint, "Cambrian fecal explosion" is far superior live más 172 7
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 30/07/2026April 3, 2020. Walked past the front of the hospital outside with the two-year-old in his jogging stroller, came home heard about the two-year-olds 96-year-old grandmother’s decease, went out contactless picked up meals for the mourners, drove past the back of the hospital, with the morgue. 010 1
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026now that we're talking about risk I guess I should tell the 100 zlotys joke. buckle in, it's a long one. 192 9
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Well, eight years ago I wrote this pastiche of Thomas Gray. Thanks Ms. Morgan. Need Mor Poetry, even if it battens off whalefall like hagfish on the East Pacific Rise. 000 0
Reposted by David Greenbaumpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026matthew always brings the receipts 6776043901 7.6K
Reposted by David GreenbaumJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I like Tilly for keeping it real like this, in a way a lot of the other state formation bros don't. (Giddens is another.) 1207 20
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I very much dislike the failure of confidence in language here. Instead of saying “not great. “ could we perhaps say this is an atrocity? No, I guess not, because too many people would no longer be receptive to knowing about the event and would object to the language used to describe it. 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This. 2016-2020 me used to encourage people watch, since it's better that we know what to prepare for... 2026 me really wants to stress that this administration has caused enough psychic damage. If you're able and willing, watch. You really don't have to; there are other ways to fight back. 47716 77
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Verify Your Age" I visited the United States Post Office inside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan this morning to mail a certified letter with ancillary service & return receipt and that only one (1) clerk in one (1) window served patrons, while thirty other windows were vacant, shocked me. 130 3
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 12/07/2026One must cultivate healthy habits of body and mind and soul early because sometimes it’s too late.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govAlcohol Consumption and Aortic Root Dilatation: Insights from the Corinthia Study - PubMedAortic diameter and progression to thoracic aortic aneurysm are influenced by several factors. In this study, we investigated the association of alcohol consumption with aortic root and ascending aort... 000 0
Reposted by David Greenbaumcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Politics is personal. Dan Moraff who recruited Platner and fed him rants about "the establishment", was a child of extreme wealth who got canceled for sexual misconduct. Platner was his revenge, his way back in power. You have to see: Platner's campaign was about intra-elite resentments. 1/ 261008392 1K
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 09/07/2026America, America, you border on the north Atlantic your folk is most viviparous and your chief export is drugs 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumRick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Like, beyond all else, do you know how awful it is to be going about your day and suddenly have my brain insist “search for if <guy who SAed me> is dead”? Or checking to see if my abusive ex ever got his pilot’s license. Every time we re-litigate this shit, it breaks those scabs back open again. 2402 40
Reposted by David GreenbaumRick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I just think it’s fucked up that I spent large chunks of yesterday and today thinking about past abusers while a bunch of dudes will never think twice about why they fell for the Final Boss of Failsons 2958 95
Reposted by David GreenbaumJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The feds just made it official: They won't fight a bid by members of the "Broadview 6" for attorneys' fees. They do "not concede that the United States has acted or done anything to warrant those fees." They also say there should be no discovery. Full filing: cst.brightspotcdn.com/dc/d1/e34a37... 661717436 1.7K
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Marcel Ophuls' "The Triumph of the Will" now I'm sick of this. 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumLux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 07/07/2026Patriotic Black traditionally observant Jew in casual wear is just not an every day sight even in NYC 2131 13
David Greenbaum @rvrgraves.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I watched my father weaken during the eight months of his final illness to the prostration and exquisite agony of his ending hours, and then the last 60 seconds of his passing away after his last breath. people relish the idea of that dying man in Kentucky. Whatever happened to goddamn manners?! 000 0
Reposted by David GreenbaumCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 06/07/2026Former CDC chief medical officer talks about the "pure chaos" when RFK took over at the agency. youtu.be/-Ncm16zd7tA?...youtu.beFull interview: Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra HouryYouTube video by Face the Nation 13820 38
Reposted by David GreenbaumLuke Bones 🦴🦴 @lukemeister.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Wake up babe, new exoplanet classification system just dropped 59023 90
Reposted by David GreenbaumLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026futurism.com/future-socie... lol 178105192955 10.5K
