Zvi
@fredfred.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Reader. Dad. 🍁
Like all men, but more so
Like all men, but more so
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We have Raffi, Ms. Rachel, and The Okee Dokee Brothers on our side. All you fascists bound to lose
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
We have Raffi, Ms. Rachel, and The Okee Dokee Brothers on our side. All you fascists bound to lose
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In France, schools often have a poignant plaque on the wall near their entrance recounting how many students were kidnapped by the Nazis from that school during the occupation.
Four students have been taken from this Minnesota school district.
Four students have been taken from this Minnesota school district.
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
In France, schools often have a poignant plaque on the wall near their entrance recounting how many students were kidnapped by the Nazis from that school during the occupation.
Four students have been taken from this Minnesota school district.
Four students have been taken from this Minnesota school district.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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this one's been gettin' a lotta play in my head lately
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
this one's been gettin' a lotta play in my head lately
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
The world’s most powerful man wakes up every day and paints his face orange
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The world’s most powerful man wakes up every day and paints his face orange
Nostalgia
ICYMI: $5 Tuesdays are back at Cineplex each & every Tuesday from January 20 to February 24. #Toronto #Canada
You get $5 general admission tickets, $5 small popcorn. Check local listings!
www.cineplex.com
You get $5 general admission tickets, $5 small popcorn. Check local listings!
www.cineplex.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Nostalgia
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Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu
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Canadians: we can be simultaneously proud of Mark Carney’s speech and disappointed his Liberal government is not doing even more - within Canada, and in standing up to US bullying.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Canadians: we can be simultaneously proud of Mark Carney’s speech and disappointed his Liberal government is not doing even more - within Canada, and in standing up to US bullying.
“Inconceivable!” got Vizzini killed
I think about this a lot: the fact that it's "inconceivable" is a HUGE part of the problem. Hey folks: conceive of it. That's the necessary first step. This fascism is in fact happening, and the whole "I can't imagine" part is stopping a lot of progress in overcoming it.
"The Court finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the
laws of the United States—even those with which it may have disagreement—would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."
laws of the United States—even those with which it may have disagreement—would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
“Inconceivable!” got Vizzini killed
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Very good piece by @mashagessen.bsky.social, the author of Surviving Autocracy, who left Russia in 2013 as the authoritarian hammer really started coming down, and moved to the United States. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Very good piece by @mashagessen.bsky.social, the author of Surviving Autocracy, who left Russia in 2013 as the authoritarian hammer really started coming down, and moved to the United States. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
![DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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To reduce the odds of accidentally bonking the target with an ice ball, use salt water in your balloons.
Warm salt water may be procured from sources as near as your bladder.
Warm salt water may be procured from sources as near as your bladder.
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists, pelting them with water balloons in the freezing cold
Anti-ICE Demonstrators Chase Off Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter With Water Balloons At Minneapolis Rally
Some in the crowd tossed water balloons that soaked the right-wing demonstrators as temperatures hit -4 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill.
www.huffpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
To reduce the odds of accidentally bonking the target with an ice ball, use salt water in your balloons.
Warm salt water may be procured from sources as near as your bladder.
Warm salt water may be procured from sources as near as your bladder.
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
Liquid assets
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Liquid assets
Everybody wants a rock to put a Plymouth pen around
Best part is that no one is sure this is even THE rock, it’s just *a* rock they put a little pen around.
Once again posting Plymouth Rock, the final boss of disappointing landmarks
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Everybody wants a rock to put a Plymouth pen around
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There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
uwapress.uw.edu
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
She might have been assaulting law enforcement prior to this
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
She might have been assaulting law enforcement prior to this
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1982
Roy Batty: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
2026
Studio Exec: thanks to AI special effects, we’re proud to announce Things You People Wouldn’t Believe: The Adventures Of Young Roy Batty-
Roy Batty: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
2026
Studio Exec: thanks to AI special effects, we’re proud to announce Things You People Wouldn’t Believe: The Adventures Of Young Roy Batty-
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
1982
Roy Batty: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
2026
Studio Exec: thanks to AI special effects, we’re proud to announce Things You People Wouldn’t Believe: The Adventures Of Young Roy Batty-
Roy Batty: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
2026
Studio Exec: thanks to AI special effects, we’re proud to announce Things You People Wouldn’t Believe: The Adventures Of Young Roy Batty-
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i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
Gestapo thugs
Aliya Rahman, an American citizen, says she was on her way to a medical appointment when she was detained by immigration officers in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security called her an agitator.
Federal immigration agents filmed dragging a woman from her car in Minneapolis
Aliya Rahman, an American citizen, says she was on her way to a medical appointment when she was detained by immigration officers. The Department of Homeland Security called her an
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Gestapo thugs
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage