@emadswashere.bsky.social
Birds, politics shouting, jewsky, snacks, music and other flights of fancy. Reporting live from Queens, NY. My profile pic is a one-eyed screech owl named Otis who lives at a sanctuary in NJ. He is very smol in real life.
David Mayer stan.
David Mayer stan.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Chag sameach, fam. A heavy, mournful start to Hanukkah is a reminder that we must be the light and shine together in love and solidarity.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Chag sameach, fam. A heavy, mournful start to Hanukkah is a reminder that we must be the light and shine together in love and solidarity.
Thinking of all the victims of gun violence who will not get to be with us this Chanukah.
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thinking of all the victims of gun violence who will not get to be with us this Chanukah.
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
Tfw you know zero Jewish people
We should bring back scrolls, books are great but scrolls would be cool
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Tfw you know zero Jewish people
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
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Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
Just saw a video of the NYPD kettling SantaCon. If the city is that safe there are no other priorities, maybe we can get by with waaaay fewer cops. They aren't enforcing any traffic laws anyways.
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Just saw a video of the NYPD kettling SantaCon. If the city is that safe there are no other priorities, maybe we can get by with waaaay fewer cops. They aren't enforcing any traffic laws anyways.
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One thing Americans have to break themselves out of is assuming certain policies are impossible, because all this is a policy choice and a sizable chunk of the world isn’t worried about their schools be shot up.
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
One thing Americans have to break themselves out of is assuming certain policies are impossible, because all this is a policy choice and a sizable chunk of the world isn’t worried about their schools be shot up.
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* vaccines keep kids from dying
* guns cause kids to die
these are unassailable conclusions based on mountains of evidence
it is a crying shame that politicians pretend otherwise, endangering our kids and everyone else’s
* guns cause kids to die
these are unassailable conclusions based on mountains of evidence
it is a crying shame that politicians pretend otherwise, endangering our kids and everyone else’s
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
* vaccines keep kids from dying
* guns cause kids to die
these are unassailable conclusions based on mountains of evidence
it is a crying shame that politicians pretend otherwise, endangering our kids and everyone else’s
* guns cause kids to die
these are unassailable conclusions based on mountains of evidence
it is a crying shame that politicians pretend otherwise, endangering our kids and everyone else’s
I hate it here
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I hate it here
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100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.
Love to solve a problem and then realize there was a more efficient way to do it after an hour of wanting to bang my head against my desk and toss my laptop into the harbor.
[If you are my coworker this is a joke i would never put company electronics into a brackish estuary, don't come for me]
[If you are my coworker this is a joke i would never put company electronics into a brackish estuary, don't come for me]
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Love to solve a problem and then realize there was a more efficient way to do it after an hour of wanting to bang my head against my desk and toss my laptop into the harbor.
[If you are my coworker this is a joke i would never put company electronics into a brackish estuary, don't come for me]
[If you are my coworker this is a joke i would never put company electronics into a brackish estuary, don't come for me]
Hell yeah, I wanna see Lander wipe the floor with that tool. Could be a nice win for those of us in the pocket of big social justice.
Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hell yeah, I wanna see Lander wipe the floor with that tool. Could be a nice win for those of us in the pocket of big social justice.
Smitten Kitchen cookies > NYT cookies. I need guaranteed delicious and reliable.
I need you all to stop believing in NYT cookie week, it is a scam.
I need you all to stop believing in NYT cookie week, it is a scam.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Smitten Kitchen cookies > NYT cookies. I need guaranteed delicious and reliable.
I need you all to stop believing in NYT cookie week, it is a scam.
I need you all to stop believing in NYT cookie week, it is a scam.
If Harris had been elected president, the trial for the norovirus vaccine could have kept going and it maybe could be approved in the not too far off future. Bummer we probably now have to wait another generation because of the devastation of HSS, the FDA and the CDC.
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If Harris had been elected president, the trial for the norovirus vaccine could have kept going and it maybe could be approved in the not too far off future. Bummer we probably now have to wait another generation because of the devastation of HSS, the FDA and the CDC.
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One thing that’s pretty consistent in American history is elites getting away with it
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One thing that’s pretty consistent in American history is elites getting away with it
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How come we don’t hear about the profit-loss performance of the FBI?
What is the CIA’s quarterly revenue target?
Does the Treasury get defunded if it doesn’t make a profit?
Once you start to #QuestionThePremise, the idea of the government as a business sounds utterly ridiculous.
What is the CIA’s quarterly revenue target?
Does the Treasury get defunded if it doesn’t make a profit?
Once you start to #QuestionThePremise, the idea of the government as a business sounds utterly ridiculous.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How come we don’t hear about the profit-loss performance of the FBI?
What is the CIA’s quarterly revenue target?
Does the Treasury get defunded if it doesn’t make a profit?
Once you start to #QuestionThePremise, the idea of the government as a business sounds utterly ridiculous.
What is the CIA’s quarterly revenue target?
Does the Treasury get defunded if it doesn’t make a profit?
Once you start to #QuestionThePremise, the idea of the government as a business sounds utterly ridiculous.
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When is Cuomo moving to Florida?
Why isn’t someone running a “when is Gristedes closing?” countdown?
Why will there be zero penalties or shaming for these liars and the “news” outlets that knowingly broadcast their lies?
Why isn’t someone running a “when is Gristedes closing?” countdown?
Why will there be zero penalties or shaming for these liars and the “news” outlets that knowingly broadcast their lies?
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When is Cuomo moving to Florida?
Why isn’t someone running a “when is Gristedes closing?” countdown?
Why will there be zero penalties or shaming for these liars and the “news” outlets that knowingly broadcast their lies?
Why isn’t someone running a “when is Gristedes closing?” countdown?
Why will there be zero penalties or shaming for these liars and the “news” outlets that knowingly broadcast their lies?
I'm fucking 40, Jewish and sick of stupid goy democrats telling me their stupid opinions. I support Palestinians against the Israeli government BECAUSE I studied history and my mom made me go through 12 freaking years of Jewish education. Corp dems hate tiktok because they cannot control it.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'm fucking 40, Jewish and sick of stupid goy democrats telling me their stupid opinions. I support Palestinians against the Israeli government BECAUSE I studied history and my mom made me go through 12 freaking years of Jewish education. Corp dems hate tiktok because they cannot control it.
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
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Don't know how many different ways I can say these are actual Nazis, minus the bureaucratic skill and esthetics
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Don't know how many different ways I can say these are actual Nazis, minus the bureaucratic skill and esthetics
Can history please stop repeating itself for like 5 minutes
you mean to tell me the ceo of the ford motor company is comfortable with open white nationalism in the white house
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Can history please stop repeating itself for like 5 minutes