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Ira עירא 🏴☮️🎗️✒️
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Humanist, Skeptic, Fountain pen mechanic.
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LOL
I don't think this is going to work as well as they think...
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Cover of "Oklahoma accident facts" 1970 edition, published by Oklahoma Safety Council, the citizen organization for Oklahoma accident-prevention. Illustration of a robed skeleton writing in a book with a fountain pen.
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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The other day "San Francisco" was playing on the TV, and I thought about growing bold since I left there in 1999. So yesterday I hummed "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to tape flowers to your head".

My wife doesn't understand why I find it funny. would consider a swap.
January 26, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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www.perplexity.ai/search/today...

היום למדתי ששמה של מהסה אמיני הוא בכלל ג'ינה, ויש רובד שלם של מחיקת תרבויות מיעוטים באירן שמתחבא בסיפור.
Perplexity
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January 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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מסתבר שאינטר-טקסטים קורים גם פה. סופית לא צריך את טוויטר יותר לכלום...
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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יום רביעי הבא בחיפה, יהיה מעניין.
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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יום רביעי הבא בחיפה, יהיה מעניין.
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Kristi Noem: “We can't trust our government anymore.”

Dana Bash: “You are the government.”

Kristi Noem: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Everything after July 20, 1949 is post Zionism. Then on June 11, 1967, the corpse was exhumed, pronounced indeed dead of complete and utter self-fulfillment, and re-interred. Everything after is post-Zionism and the inability to transition to a "we got it, how do we run it" mindset will be our doom.
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27d
Which is why I basically think Zionist and anti-Zionist should be used post-1948 only with very careful explication or if quoting people directly, and people should shy away from those terms where possible.
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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יום הולדת שמח לאחת ולא נכפלת, @smallweed.bsky.social!!!
!שירבו זכויותיך כרימון, ויבסמנו צחוקך כקינמון
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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You know how it's often hard to enjoy a creation once you know an ugly truth about one of the creators or participants? So like Rowling tainted HP and Spacey tainted House of Cards, now I'm having a hard time watching David Harbour on Stranger things. I'll watch it, but it's a pebble in my shoe.
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Tv-heads, there's this series on netflix called Future Man that I never heard of. Is it worth trying or a complete waste of time?

TiA!
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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soundtrack for work today...
Plays The Blues - Album by Dizzy Gillespie
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December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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In case any of my Israeli friends in diaspora are into any advent calendars: keep your booze and sweets calendars, the real thing is fountain pen inks :)
nibsandflourishes.bsky.social Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · Dec 21
Inkvent Day 21 -Chaos is another Extreme Sheen ink, a deep, plummy burgundy with very strong green sheen. The triangle interiors shapes on the ornament are an ink and water mix and I laid the ink down heavily on the borders to show the extreme sheen. (Cont’d) Pen: Purple Twist by Tamenuri Studio
Ink ornament drawing and fountain pen Closeup of the drawing Ink swatch comparison Ink and water mix to show chroma
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Two might big, fat, heavy, huge nibbled pens inked for today. I have a hunch I'll be enjoying these two...
December 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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פתאום בפלימון זה לא כל כך נורא. הכל יחסי.
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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The BBC continues it's shameful decline from past glory. I don't understand how it's happening, but as someone on a different continent who's enjoyed their content and productions for years, I feel something really bad is going on there lately. What a shame :(
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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יפה שאנחנו מצפים מכל העולם "לעקור את האנטישמיות" אבל לא מרימים אצבע לעקור את הגזענות שאצלנו פה השתלטה על מדיניות הפנים והחוץ.

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פיגוע טרור באוסטרליה: 9 נרצחו במסיבת חנוכה בחוף בסידני | חדשות 13
חשד לפיגוע אנטישמי: בקהילה היהודית באוסטרליה מדווחים על לפחות 9 הרוגים, בהם שליח חב"ד הרב אלי שלאנגר, ו-12 פצועים באירוע ירי במהלך מסיבת חנוכה בחוף בונדי הפופולרי בסידני. לזירה הגיעו שני יורים - אחד מ...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Third base, then...
halfbakedrhymes.com Biscuit @halfbakedrhymes.com · Dec 14
Fingertips Tracing Scars
December 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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@eranetzion.bsky.social הי ערן, היתה אתמול בערב הרצאה מצוינת. אתה מרשה לשתף אותה ביוטיוב עם העולם?
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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חתולים מתחת לשמיכה בלילה ופטריכור בבוקר, סופית הגיע החורף סוף סוף!
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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I just saw some geek on linkedin added (vi/vim) to his name, and I really can't tell if it's the funniest joke or highly offensive to 5% of people. Probably both? ;)
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Tidal sent me an end-of-year summary, my most streamed artist is Jethro Tull. I really am living (partially) in the past.
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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מתישהו בשנתיים האחרונות אמרתי למאן דהוא באחת המרשתות שהתפלא איך יהודי אמריקה מציגים חומוס כמאכל יהודי: הם ניכסו את זה באלימות חד צדדית מהישראלים שגנבו את זה חוקית מהפלסטינים, והתפוצץ לו וריד.
emma.mulier.io HRH Emma Lynn Mulier @emma.mulier.io · Dec 1
סלט ערבי כולל עגבניות. עגבניות יובאו למזרח התיכון מדרום אמריקה. לכן סלט ערבי הוא ניכוס של העמים הילידיים של יבשת אמריקה.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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מגיע הביתה בלילה ועל שטיח הכניסה לבניין משתזפת בנאון היחידה האבסולוטית דלהלן. לפי גוגל לנז:

Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii), also known as the army green moth.

קנה מידה: יונק דבש כמעט. בערך 10 ס"מ כל צלע במשולש.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM