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Yonatan

@yonatans.bsky.social
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Nice Jewish Boy from the Bay living in Chicago. Tikun Olamnik, Israeli-American, Democrat, Whovian, Doing Daf Yomi. ✡️

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 1h
a good example: Publishers Weekly's top 10 bestselling novels from 100 years ago. i'd say only Loos and Ferber survive now, and then mostly via the movies/plays made from their novels (which are fading, too)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
The Hounds of Spring by Sylvia Thompson
Beau Sabreur by P. C. Wren
The Silver Spoons by John Galsworthy
Beau Geste by P. C. Wren
Show Boat by Edna Ferber
After Noon by Susan Ertz
The Blue Window by Temple Bailey
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 2h
I'm not sure it has sunk in for people just how close we came to a hundred-plus Israelis crashing into the Jordanian desert in a giant fireball. Which, aside from being horrible in itself, would most likely have meant a very bad time for a lot of other people in the Middle East.
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 3h
like are you adapting a work of literature or just making a Pinterest board
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 8h
Americans have a strong aversion to admitting a basic fact about reality. which is that one political party is actually clearly worse than the other so they come up with explanations for whats wrong with America that isn't "The Republican Party is evil" in this case "old people!"
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 10h
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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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's crazy to have witnessed, in real time, over the span of about 10 years, Knowing Ball fully shifting from right wing-coded to left wing-coded.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 6h
I don't...need this...
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 6h
My hypothesis is there was some text string in the Special Counsel file that includes "Hawks" and/or "Hawkeyes", and maybe Schmitt's staff searched the Special Counsel files using an AI prompt asking for evidence Smith was in Georgia, and the AI tool hallucinated the connection
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 9h
The co-pilot seems to have tried to crash it into the ground with a full cabin of (mostly Israeli) civilians. Was stopped by his pilot that got stabbed in the process passengers interfered and another crew on the flight landed it in Saudi Arabia. Israel’s treating it as a terror attack for now.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16h
Time for this classic again.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 17h
the best evidence that mamdani is not a leftist antisemite is what actual leftist antisemites say about him
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Rabbi Megan Doherty @rabbimegan.bsky.social · 20h
(With thanks to @miriamanzovin.bsky.social) Sanhedrin 75: A man set his eyes upon a certain woman and passion rose in his heart, to the point that he became deathly ill. The doctors said: He will have no cure until he has sex with her. The Sages said: Let him die.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22h
Still thinking about this guy
FINANCIAL TIMES
"I feel liberated," said a top banker. "We can say 'retard' and 'pussy' without the fear of getting cancelled... it's a new dawn."
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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 22h
Biden literally did the mythical One Phone Call that would stop Israel in it's tracks, &... it didn't stop Israel in it's tracks.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 22h
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We'Re On A Mission From God
ALT: We'Re On A Mission From God
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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reminder: The Braves can stop playing this anytime they choose.
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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Western European mentality that communism is a nice ideal that every under-30 person with a heart should aspire to but just doesn't work in practice is worse than the Eastern European or American mentality that it is an inherently genocidal ideology whose adherents are inherently suspect.
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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Chicago City Council voted 46-3 Tuesday to allow Chicago’s parking meters to be sold to an investment firm after months of controversy that dredged up memories of the 2008 deal that continues to roil Chicago politics nearly two decades later. to.wttw.com/4hUfbZG
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Chicago’s Parking Meters Have Been Sold, Again. Here’s What to Know
Here’s a breakdown of what it means that New York-based Stonepeak Partners is set to become the new owner of the city’s more than 36,000 meters.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Our full statement on NYC's first-ever municipal strategy to combat antisemitism:
A M N Y headlien: "Mamdani unveils long-awaited antisemitism strategy with $7.4M for prevention, security." "The Nexus Project appreciates and encourages the implementation of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. We are pleased to see the Nexus Document included among the tools that the New York City government will utilize to identify and confront antisemitism."Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: "“This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Mayor Mamdani’s strategy is rooted in an important recognition that confronting antisemitism is a critical part of the wider struggle against bigotry. Jews have always thrived in pluralistic democracies. When we defend one another and build a society where no group can be singled out for discrimination, we're all safer and more secure.”Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We're proud and encouraged to see the Nexus Document is helping guide how New York City understands and responds to antisemitism.

Building this strategy on a strong, pluralistic framework will help stem the rise in antisemitism while protecting the free expression and civil liberties that keep all of us safe.”Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We are particularly encouraged to see the strategy double funding for the Partners Against the Hate (PATH) program as well as significant investment in new resources to secure synagogues, nonprofits and other vulnerable institutions as well as expanding Holocaust and Jewish history and culture education.

This is a very important first step. The strategy’s success now depends on implementation and turning a plan into real action with real impact. We call on everyone across the ideological spectrum to help make it succeed — by offering feedback, working with city and communal partners, and encouraging the mayor's office to deliver on this promise.”
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm JB Pritzker and I approve this message.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fair play for those involved since it’s entirely legal but when it comes to pension reform, “you can only draw one pension at a time” and “pensions are for retirement so you can’t get paid out while you have another job” seem like great places to start
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And after so very many books, my reread of the New Adventures of Doctor Who has reached Blood Harvest. Bloody hell Uncle Terrance is good a writing a solid books that just ticks along. I'm already 100 pages in and I started this morning.
Doctor Who Blood Harvest.
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Once again, the current war is OUR war just as much as it's Israel's war because Trump wanted it. People who keep blaming Israel for dragging us into it against our will are just weird or stupid.
theatlantic.com
How Biden Averted a War With Iran
In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this is why i’m not interested in “Bibi told Trump to do this war so it’s Bibi’s fault.” Bibi had told every president since Clinton to bomb Iran. It’s the President’s job to know when a foreign leader is being a bloodthirsty idiot and NOT LISTEN TO THAT GUY. This war is because of Trump.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
88 year old Yocheved Liphshitz who was held hostage in Gaza (and her husband died there as a hostage): "The Israeli government did nothing to bring us back. It was Miriam Adelson who bought our freedom with the $100 million she gave Trump"
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our paywall is down until October 5th! Plenty of time to read your fill of @prospectmagazine.co.uk So why not start with my deep dive on Israel's election, a central question being: how much will change, in Gaza, in the West Bank, if Netanyahu does lose? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Man Ages Rapidly
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 28/09/2026
Oh my god, it looks like a Russian bot forgot to pay their Claude bill but was still configured to reply to posts about Putin
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lanterns time!
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Green Lanterns Poster
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FYI for all the #baseball heads. All Wildcard games will be on NBCSA & Peacock. Beyond that All American League Post Season games are on TBS & HBO Max All National League Post Season games are on Fox & FS1 The World Series itself is on Fox/Fox One. Fuck this streaming nonsense.
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Hyped Up Major League Baseball
ALT: Hyped Up Major League Baseball
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lol
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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great nugget from Boog Sciambi on Marquee Sports today Cubs-Red Sox attendance at the Trop: 20,411… Which outdrew 58 of 81 Rays home games at the Trop
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
חג סוכות שמח
A Dalmatian in a sukkah
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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The settlers are spiritually Ba'athists.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For those who were wondering what accessabilty work was done on #gbbo this year for the contestant in a wheelchair, she has gone on her Instagram to clear the air.
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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
we gotta keep the DSA kids away from certain strains of "lefty" "news" sources. this is important, there are two primary visions of future leftism in America, one is hopeful and will help people and the other one is literally a paid op for a consortium of some of the worst people in the world
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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 12/10/2025
From my “Ner Tamid” Series, this illustration is of a Holocaust-era Jewish partisan. She holds a lulav rather than a rifle, but there is a grenade rather than an etrog (citron). The words say “Let us not go like sheep to the slaughter!” And “We will outlive them”. Available as a print.
An illustration of a young woman in a simple military button down shirt holding up a lulav with a defiant look on her face. She holds a yellow grenade in the place of an etrog/citron. She stands in front of a brick wall that has a poster on it in block Yiddish letters: "Let us not go like sheep to the slaughter!" in yellow letters on a blue background. Below it is a circular seal that says "We will outlive them" with a stylized torah scroll unrolled as a border. Two hands make the priestly blessing, with a flame between them and crown above them. Below the words "Ner Tamid" (Eternal Light) form a bowl. The image in total is a lamp containing the eternal flame itself. At the top in small yellow block text is BS"D. The overall style is like that of a block print. The color scheme is yellows, blues, and beige.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Time for my election judge training for the November elections.
Election judge handbook
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eminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching everyone decide an overexposed 30-something blonde wordsmith pop star sucks now because of their new album Encore, which has a cover of them standing in front of velvet theatre curtains............... We really are permanently recycling the second Bush admin
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Buster would very much like to know why he can't also shake the Lulav and Etrog.
A Dalmatian sitting
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She was and remains, we can say with certainty, the better half.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That article that we were all discoursing about is the subject of this week's This American Life.
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ways of winning as a husband: Cooking Shabbat dinner. Baking the weekly Challah. Being the person who lets my wife know that the new season of Bakeoff starts today, and waiting till she gets back from her work trip earlier today.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Of course, my first technical challenge for #GBBO had to be a coffee and walnut cake. It’s loftier in stature and more assiduously decorated than usual, but the cake’s just as easy to make and unlike the bakers in the tent, you’re allowed the recipe! thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/...
Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake from #GBBO
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Noel WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!?!?! #gbbo
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
שבת שלום וחג סוכות שמח Made my own challah for the first time in several years as well!
A Shabbat table in a sukkah with a lulav and etrogShabbat candles and challah
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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4 old classics. All at least watchable. Magnolia is a deeply strange movie and Saturday Night Fever has the biggest gap between the cultural memory of a movie and the actual movie that I have yet encountered.
Last 4 Letterboxd.
Mutiny on the Bounty 
Saturday Night Fever
Magnolia 
The Firm
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/09/2026
Tonight begins the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. May a sukkat shalom — a shelter of peace — spread over our city. To all celebrating: Gut Yontif and Chag Sukkot Sameach!
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