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Zachary Goelman

@zgoelman.bsky.social
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NYC journo. Reuters, ex-NYDN, ex-NYPost. Fan of crime fiction, crime non-fiction, daily Talmud study.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From incubator to war zone: a Gazan girl's journey home - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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From incubator to war zone: a Gazan girl's journey home
Nearly three years after an airstrike killed her sister and caused her early birth, a Gazan girl as old as the war itself is rebuilding her bond with the mother she was separated from as a newborn. Za...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Netanyahu's election stance as Israel's protector tested by Hamas attack - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Netanyahu's election stance as Israel's protector tested by Hamas attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using the same campaign playbook that has served him for decades as he tries to retain power in an election next month, presenting himself as the only person who c...
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IfNotNow🔥✡️ @ifnotnowmovement.org · 17/09/2026
Contrary to what establishment Jewish institutions want us to believe, Jewish communal support for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is strong and growing! Jewish voters support medicare for all, abolishing ICE, protecting our democracy, AND blocking weapons to Israel.
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Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid
The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic Senate nominee.
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Adam Bates @abates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
bro you had one job
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yemen's Houthis: from ragtag militia to geopolitical heavyweight - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Yemen's Houthis: from ragtag militia to geopolitical heavyweight
Middle East Correspondent Angus McDowell explains how the Iranian-backed Houthis' capture of the last stretch of Yemeni coastline around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has handed the group a major strategic...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Israeli settlers torch West Bank olive groves, say Palestinians - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Israeli settlers torch West Bank olive groves, say Palestinians
Israeli settlers set fire to olive groves in the town of Burqa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday (September 17) according to local Palestinian residents.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You know who else thought the Treaty of Versailles was a betrayal? That's not a rhetorical question, the answer is Hitler, and Jack consciously cites Versailles as a shoutout to Nazism because that's who Jack is
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I took this photo from the roof of my apartment in Brooklyn on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Kids’ school is closed erev Rosh Hashana and I was taking them to a day camp this morning when two dozen Germans uniformed in dark shiny attire and peaked caps boarded our subway car. By insignia, they were firefighters, headed to the 9/11 memorial.
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o... From @radleybalko.bsky.social
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Opinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.
The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Boots Riley movies answer the question: "What if Wes Anderson had been raised by Angela Davis?"
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A schmear campaign
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our president is a moron.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
More of your wealth than ever goes to them, less of it than ever goes to you. It's a class war. But only one side is waging it
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US corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wilt
Pre-tax earnings hit highest share of national income since aftermath of second world war
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/08/2026
US public approval of the war with Iran fell to its lowest level since the conflict's early days, helping to hold President Trump's popularity at a record low, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday reut.rs/4xc4Q0u
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Trump's approval holds at record low as US support for Iran war falls, Reuters Ipsos poll finds
U.S. public approval of the war with ​Iran fell to its lowest level since the ​conflict's early days, helping to hold President Donald Trump's ⁠popularity at a record low, according to a Reuters/Ipsos...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 21/08/2026
The Trump administration fired the editor of Stars & Stripes. The military newspaper's publisher, who announced he would retire earlier this week, was also fired. The paper had revealed the deplorable conditions on the USS Lincoln, embarrassing Hegseth and Trump.
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Who is Ukraine's drone champion now challenging Zelenskiy? - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Who is Ukraine's drone champion now challenging Zelenskiy?
Ukraine's ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections - the most serious internal challenge to ‌President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Russia's invasion. Zachary Goelman pro...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A Gaza zoo's desperate journey to save animals from war - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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A Gaza zoo's desperate journey to save animals from war
As children walked into the zoo near Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage. These animals had survived war and repeated displacement....
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a ...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege - www.reuters.com/world/middle... “He entered the house around ‌7 p.m., ⁠the sunset casting a purple glow on the horizon. Ridi went to the roof and raised an American flag.”
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A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege
He watched from thousands of miles away on a security ​camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forever amid increasing Israeli seizures ‌...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
US wants Netanyahu to condemn siege in Palestinian village - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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US wants Netanyahu to condemn siege in Palestinian village
The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn militant settlers who have besieged Palestinians in their homes in the occupied West Bank, U.S. and Israeli offici...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How far can global oil supplies stretch if the Iran war won't end? - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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How far can global oil supplies stretch if the Iran war won't end?
As the U.S.-Iran war drags on with no end in sight, oil traders and policymakers are grappling with a critical question: are global oil stocks enough to offset what could become the biggest supply dis...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Gaza doctors say cancer patients dying without treatment or travel - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Gaza doctors say cancer patients dying without treatment or travel
Gaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before Israel's military assault, as Israel blocks many from traveling for specialized treatment after destroying the territory's...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Drone strike on Egypt gas facility an 'immense' development - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Drone strike on Egypt gas facility an 'immense' development
A drone hit a gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta, according to British maritime security firm Ambrey on Wednesday (July 29), in an initial assessment that could signal a furt...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New Israeli party stresses Jewish-Arab unity but risks splintering votes - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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New Israeli party stresses Jewish-Arab unity but risks splintering votes
A new Jewish-Arab political party is courting young voters ahead of Israel's October election. But critics say it risks weakening the bid by the already underrepresented Arab minority to unseat Prime ...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Doctors hunt Ebola cases at epicenter of Congo outbreak - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Doctors hunt Ebola cases at epicenter of Congo outbreak
Dr. Moubarack Kano is trying to track down a deadly killer that moves faster than he can, hunting for Ebola cases in the midst of an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo where his team is underres...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Palestinian villagers say West Bank nearing breaking point - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Palestinian villagers say West Bank nearing breaking point
Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday (July 27) the area was coming close to breaking point after increasing incursions by Israeli settlers and violent stand-offs, such as one...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
'The fear killed her': How an exam scandal in India sparked a student uprising - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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'The fear killed her': How an exam scandal in India sparked a student uprising
Tens of thousands of Indians have joined a protest movement over a testing scandal that has laid bare a bitterly competitive - and, critics say, corrupt - system in which millions vie for a few spots ...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
US pauses Iran strikes but conflict spreads to Red Sea and Caspian - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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US pauses Iran strikes but conflict spreads to Red Sea and Caspian
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting ...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
When some on the right speak of reverence for “civilization,” what they’re doing is trying to anachronistically justify the hierarchy of race they would like to see enacted today by rooting it in antiquity. You cannot cast Black people in The Odyssey, because The Odyssey is a pillar of “Western civilization,” which they consider to be white. This faction of the far right imagines antiquity as a kind of idyllic Jim Crow universe of utterly separate civilizations, one in which the integration they despise could not possibly exist.But Greece is not as far from Africa as the North American continent is, and the modern construct of race, a pseudoscientific product of the Atlantic slave trade, would not be invented until thousands of years after Homer. Black people are depicted in Greek art. Egypt, Libya, and “Aethiopia” are frequently referenced in ancient writings. As the Black classics scholar Frank Snowden Jr. wrote in the 1970s, at least one of the characters in The Odyssey, Eurybates, is specifically described as “black-skinned and woolly-haired.” As the Stanford classics professor Sarah Derbew notes in her book Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity, Black people are referenced in plays by Euripides, Sophocles, and Aeschylus. They also appear in the writings of Hesiod and Herodotus. One of the lost epic poems is The Aethiopis, in which Memnon, the Aethiopian king and an ally to Troy, plays a major role.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/07/2026
Yemen's Houthis say they targeted two Saudi oil tankers reut.rs/4gTdgVh
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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted two Saudi oil tankers
Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday ​they had carried ‌out a military operation targeting two Saudi ​oil tankers, identified ​as ENCELA and LAYLIA, ⁠saying the ​vessels violated a naval ​blockade imposed by the group.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 21/07/2026
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to not deport a witness in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent earlier this month in Houston. bit.ly/4weFC0S
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Houston ICE shooting witness can't be deported, judge says
The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New at The Watch: More on how and why Democrats should make it possible for victims and their families to sue Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, and other political appointees for violence inflicted by immigration agents.
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Suing Stephen Miller
It's time to put everyone from Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to the most recent ICE hire on notice: a reckoning is coming
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Spooky Sky-leton 💀 @gobigred.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The domino meme where the guy is knocking down a tiny inch sized domino and ends with a huge 3 foot one. The tiny domino is labeled “the nba is founded in 1949” and the large one is labeled “the black eyed peas win a Grammy”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
MS NOW Exclusive: Kash Patel has been demanding special perks from bureau employees during his taxpayer-funded travels throughout the country, including helicopter tours and jet ski excursions, according to whistleblower accounts given to Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
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Dem lawmakers want Kash Patel to answer for his spending — but this time they’re not alone
A powerful Republican who has publicly defended the FBI director is now demanding answers on his BMW purchases and his use of the bureau jet.
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
When Russia strikes, Kyiv's volunteers rush into the wreckage - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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When Russia strikes, Kyiv's volunteers rush into the wreckage
Max, a graphic designer, helped find survivors in a Kyiv apartment building blown apart by a Russian missile on Thursday before heading to work — one of around 700 volunteer rescuers with the Ukrainia...
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/06/2026
KNICKS IN FIVE KNICKS PRIDE BROOKLYN
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
And when the people of the Holy City saw the miracle that was wrought before their eyes, they opened their mouths and sang the words of the Holy City’s poets who had written thus:
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I have no idea whether this moves significant numbers of Evangelical voters at the ballot box but I suspect it could move a small number in a place such as Texas to support a candidate such as Talarico Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/eva...
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Meta uncovered instances of WhatsApp users being targeted by phishing attempts linked to NSO Group's surveillance tech despite 2025 court order not to do so. The targets, who self-reported the hack attempts, were mostly in Lebanon and Jordan, I'm told. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
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Meta Says Israeli Spyware Firm Targeted WhatsApp Users Again
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Zachary Goelman @zgoelman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Lebanon crusader castle seized by Israel a symbol of bloody history - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Lebanon crusader castle seized by Israel a symbol of bloody history
Israeli forces entered the 900-year-old Crusader-built stronghold on Saturday.
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