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Avi
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Comic artist, your friendly neighborhood illustrator. judaica art, music, yiddish

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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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eiffel.art
the tower on the hill
painting of a little snow covered tower with a strange moon glowing upon it...
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
"To find an analogy for bloody-minded blather on this level, one has to look to petty tyrants like Idi Amin, who really may be the historical figure who most resembles Trump." www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-horror
The Horror
MAGA's Heart of Darkness
www.unpopularfront.news
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
turns out the guy was a Syrian immigrant named Ahmed al Ahmed who got his Australian citizenship in 2022 www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
Jewish time is cyclical so in Purim we celebrate defeating militant fanatics by assimilation into a different cosmopolitan empire
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d
Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
cricketmice.bsky.social
I have never seen the movie Synecdoche New York, but trump destroying the White House to build a colossal ballroom as his legacy, that turns into an interminable boondoggle as his physical health deteriorates and he loses touch with reality, feels like Synecdoche New York
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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astrokatie.com
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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maggiemice.bsky.social
Brave Grace Darling
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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phileil.bsky.social
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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mwriston.bsky.social
North Ave.

Station North. Baltimore, MD. 2025.
Night street view of a graffiti-covered building topped with a large “Abolish ICE” billboard.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
rural America is wild, like what do you mean there’s an entire county that’s just the size of 10 apartment buildings? This whole population would be a speck if airdropped into New York City
magentab.bsky.social Magenta @magentab.bsky.social · 19d
first full counties in
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Today is World AIDS Day, a day that reminds me of the decades-long fight for dignity, science, and compassion. We’ve come so far because activists, researchers, and communities refused to be ignored.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
Fascinating interview with the satmar rebbe who endorsed mamdani, lots of food for thought. mishpacha.com/the-kingmake...
The Kingmaker from Williamsburg - Mishpacha Magazine
“How could you endorse Mamdani?” Tough questions for Satmar askan Rabbi Moishe Indig
mishpacha.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
cricketmice.bsky.social
“And here I hold that a liberal and brotherly welcome to all who are likely to come to the United States is the only wise policy which this nation can adopt”
adamrothman.bsky.social Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23d
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
the most frustrating thing that no one ever stands up to him, because he’s famously a coward who folds at serious pushback! If anyone had interrupted and said “I won’t allow you to speak that way to her” he would have fallen out of his chair
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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maggiemice.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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chaioverdose.bsky.social
Welcome to Cat's Cafe ☕️
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
Everyone on Twitter being an fake international account -
Far Side cartoon wait a minute, isn’t anyone here a real sheep
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
cricketmice.bsky.social
AI is a golem and it needs the instruction “truth” in order to function
jfruh.bsky.social Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 28d
i'm going to sound sarcastic here but genuinely one of the most interesting aspects of LLMs is that they are proving that evil is real, by which i mean if you train them to do one bad thing they start doing other bad things that you have not trained them to do
bill-of-lefts.bsky.social No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 28d
At least once a month, Anthropic puts out an alignment paper d AI behavior where, if you saw it in a science fiction film, you‘d be screaming at the idiot scientists onscreen to stop development

www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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rbrett.bsky.social
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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maimonidesnutz.bsky.social
sushi restaurants: “do you want soy sauce?? I’m not even listening to your answer! Take it all!”
burger restaurants: “ohhh you want ketchup do you? To get one packet you must answer my riddles three…”
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM