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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה

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American Culture PhD (Michigan) and granddaughter of immigrants. I like the English language, verifiable facts, books, dogs, baking, art, movies, being outdoors, history, the Red Sox, and speaking Yiddish. Bostonian in Seattle.

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Red Sox @redsox.com · 30/09/2026
And here we go.
Payton Tolle and Adley Rutschman walk in from the bullpen before his start in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. They are wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.Roman Anthony walks to the on deck circle at Yankee Stadium wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.Ceddanne Rafaela blows a bubble with his gum while wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform at Yankee Stadium.Nick Sogard smiles while walking out of the Red Sox clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. He is wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That's very untrue. Steinem once told Terry Gross that she didn't marry until her sixties because "first I had to reinvent the institution of marriage." Women had no economic equality in the workplace, no equal access, no right against marital rape, sexual harassment...
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So good to hear Joe Castiglione call the @redsox.com game today. ⚾️
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Travels With Brindle is still composing a silent movie score @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Do I know anyone in New England or the tri-state area who has a wax cylinder recorder?
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
TIL that you can buy a plug-in device to produce solar energy for your home. They’re currently for sale from the manufacturer at cost.
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EthanObama @ethanobama.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The person who beat her didn't take any money from AIPAC. So what is the lesson here? It's not about AIPAC or money in politics. It's about using antisemitism to infiltrate and destroy the Democratic Party.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This just in:
A happy white dog with floppy ears.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Yikes!
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Alas. When the Sox set the record in 1946, my dad was rooting hard for his heroes, Williams, DiMaggio, Pesky, and Doerr. @redsox.com
Cover image of David Halberstam’s book The Teammates.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🧵 Suggesting that Mayor Mamdani's positions on Israeli government actions stem from a deep-seated hatred of Jews is unfounded, inflammatory, and divisive. 1/3
Screenshot from a Jewish Insider story says "This isn't just political theater. It's a dangerous dereliction of duty," Anti-Defamation League C E O Jonathan Greenblatt wrote on X, noting the spike in hate crimes targeting Jewish New Yorkers since Oct 7. "He remains relentlessly obsessed with the world's only Jewish state — even as Jewish New Yorkers face record levels of antisemitism and the city confronts urgent problems that demand his attention." Greenblatt further argued the video was the product of an "antisemitic worldview" and "the play-acting instincts of a perpetual student activist."
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hahaha, bottom of the 8th, #RedSox lead the Orioles 6-3, and the crowd is chanting “Yankees Suck!"
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 21/07/2026
THERE ARE NO WORDS.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Who’da thunk it? #redsox
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Pedey, enjoying the beach yesterday.
A white dog with a curly coat on the beach with his feet in the water.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is outstanding. 😆
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/07/2026
Bright with lemon and herbs, and packed with hearty greens, this highly adaptable soup is a warming one-pot meal perfect for a rainy day. nyti.ms/4vomlch
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Lemony White Bean Soup With Turkey and Greens Recipe • 5★
Bright with lemon and herbs, and packed with hearty greens, this highly adaptable soup can be either light and brothy or thick and stewlike, depending on your preference. Smashing some of the beans to release their starch will give you a thicker soup that’s almost worthy of a fork.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This week’s challah. Shabbat shalom. #breadsky
Two braided loaves of challah, with sesame and poppy seeds.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They said he was a fighter, but red flags always told the truth www.editorialboard.com/the-lesson-o...
editorialboard.com
They said he was a fighter, but red flags always told the truth
Graham Platner's final message exposed a lot of lies.
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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 06/07/2026
A member of Washington’s Human Rights Commission has resigned after coming under fire for allegations of antisemitism over comments he made in a commission meeting. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/06/w...
washingtonstatestandard.com
WA human rights commissioner resigns amid antisemitism claims • Washington State Standard
A member of Washington’s Human Rights Commission has resigned after coming under fire for allegations of antisemitism.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
When was Independence Day renamed “the fourth of July”? I hate it.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Pedey says goodnight.
A white dog with a curly coat, curled up and snoozing.
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Concerned Citizen Dave @djl71.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"This Land" family singalong because this land IS our land. It was made for you and me -- because We are America. #WeAreAmerica250 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
How can this be, but with the PNW being so "blue"?! Just because Oregon was founded as a whites-only state, and WA wasn't much different. I grew up there. Can attest to the PNW's racism. 1/ www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/06/anti...
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Anti-Black Hate Crimes Per Capita Highest in Pacific Northwest Than Rest of U.S.
All three states considered to be the Pacific Northwest of the United States are ranked in the top 10 for anti-Black hate crimes.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
The FIFA Prize for Literature 

Following the success of their Peace Prize, FIFA establishes a literary prize judged by the footballers at the world cup. 

(image of trophy)
 
 All does not go well...
 
Players arrive at games exhausted by reading hundreds of novels and heatedly debating their merits long into the night. 

(image of tired players on pitch reading)

The south American teams boycott the tournament when an official disparages Isabel Allende's use of magic realism. 

(Image of players angrily leaving)

Seventeen plavers receive red cards after a discussion of radical honesty in the works of Karl Ove Knausgaard turns into a brawl. 

(Image of players fighting)

However, all is forgiven as Joyce Carol Oates takes the thrilling final to extra time, before losing on penalties to Haruki Murukami.

(image of Haruki holding the trophy aloft)
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
More essential investigative reporting from @propublica.org. Please support them if you’re able to do so.
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#StandUpToJewishHate How hatred of Jews has always morphed into terrorism, violence and death for Jewish people. This is a story about, a potent mix of militant integral nationalism, populist scapegoating, and the chaotic power vacuum created by the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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JM 📎🟦🪬🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Herbert Lehman was born into one of America's wealthiest Jewish families. He could have spent his life in comfort. Instead, he devoted decades to public service, helped NY through the Great Depression, aided millions after WW2, and became known as the conscience of the Senate. #EternalLight 1/10
A formal, waist-up studio portrait of a balding, fair-skinned man in a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie. He is holding a smoking pipe in his right hand, with the bowl resting near his chin. His left hand is in his pocket, and he is looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Why is hate sppech on this site gently labeled as “intolerance” instead of being banned?
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yes, evil. To be clear, I don't think the US is on the brink of the use of camps on trans folks today. The dynamic usually goes "What group can I target to frighten and enrage the public by presenting it as dangerous?" If malicious pols see those attacks as effective, they escalate over time. [1/3]
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This was so good, and it’s vegan and gluten free.
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Creamy Broccoli and Chickpea Soup
Broccoli and cheese soup is amazing and comforting; however, sometimes you don't want to use so much processed cheese, but you still want a delicious and amazing broccoli soup recipe. Enter: Chickpea ...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Voting Rights Act is deeply tied to American Jewish political advocacy. It was drafted in the Union for Reform Judaism Religious Action Center's board room (by a civil rights coalition that included the ADL). 1/4
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A handy summary of the Trump family’s corruption and self-dealing, from @tangle.
readtangle.com
The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story.
I'm pleading with you to look at the president's self-dealing.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This wonderful. That’s how Pedey the magnificent came to us.
A medium-sized white dog with a curly coat, snoozing on a rug.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
⬇️ This right here. ⬇️
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
These are outstanding.
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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I wrote about how the debate over Democrats engaging influencers like Hasan Piker is missing the point. The question is not whether to talk to these people, but how to do so in a way that makes the audience smarter—one that scrutinizes not just the influencer’s opinions, but their facts. Gift link:
theatlantic.com
The Problem With Hasan Piker’s Einstein Story
People scrutinizing influencers for their views should also hold them to account for their facts.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
She must know our Pedey.
nytimes.com
In Defense of Dumb Dogs
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Bloom.
Several branches of blooming yellow forsythia against a blue sky and white clouds.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Crane nests Redmond, WA
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Lily says it’ll be ok.
A black and white dog licking the face of a young white woman.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
Text of "Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)" by Muriel Rukeyser. Text is online at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/poem-i-lived-in-the-first-century-of-world-wars
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Seattle’s new light rail is a very big deal, as it achieves a global first.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Let's catalogue all of the links between Graham Platner, neo-Nazism, and other extremism that many Democrats are choosing to make excuses for. This should be laid out simply in one place. I literally had to screenshot this because it goes over the character limit.
1- Had a Nazi tattoo for years.
2- Reporting that he knew what it was, called it "my totenkopf," and indications it played a role in his exit from the armed forces.
3- Promotion of the virulently antisemitic
Stew Peters podcast. Appearance on another antisemitic show he alluded to being a fan of.
4- Reddit comments denigrating Blacks, women, and the LGBTQ community.
5- Blackwater tenure and comments defending/praising soldiers who committed war crimes and burnt bodies in the Mideast.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is amazing.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I saw this headline and assumed it was about Platner.
theatlantic.com
The First Post-Reality Political Campaign
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
If you’re a parent, read this, by @taffyakner.bsky.social.
nytimes.com
I Taught My Son Everything, Except How to Take a Vacation
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This is an excellent point.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The fall of the ADL.
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Pookah Girl ציפא חנה @sas9701.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What the hell. What is a town without its library? Abbot Public Library, where I had my first job.
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