Isaac Rabinovitch
@isaac32767.picknit.com
He, his. People who are wondering if they should follow me back should know that I'm pretty boring and nitpicky. Officially designated RadLib Crank.
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What? You saying that the 80% of the populace that lives in cities is important? Huh.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
What? You saying that the 80% of the populace that lives in cities is important? Huh.
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Sadly, I don't think liberals are embarrassed; I think they don't like immigration. Clinton signed both NAFTA and the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Sadly, I don't think liberals are embarrassed; I think they don't like immigration. Clinton signed both NAFTA and the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
The dude does love his symbolism. Which is not a dig: I'm finding all his symbols very encouraging.
Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The dude does love his symbolism. Which is not a dig: I'm finding all his symbols very encouraging.
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Yes but she has a soul
Fun fact: Shakira is 8 years older than Stephen Miller
January 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Yes but she has a soul
The 1930 version is hard to find — the version still in print is a 1959 rewrite. (Nancy is older, less impulsive, less racist.) One good reason to have finite copyrights is to prevent stuff like this from disappearing.
Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
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👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The 1930 version is hard to find — the version still in print is a 1959 rewrite. (Nancy is older, less impulsive, less racist.) One good reason to have finite copyrights is to prevent stuff like this from disappearing.
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Mamdani speaking at a fundraiser at Cynthia Nixon’s house in March.
He was at like five percent in the polls, but that was the night I thought “Oh, shit. He’s gonna win.”
He was at like five percent in the polls, but that was the night I thought “Oh, shit. He’s gonna win.”
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Mamdani speaking at a fundraiser at Cynthia Nixon’s house in March.
He was at like five percent in the polls, but that was the night I thought “Oh, shit. He’s gonna win.”
He was at like five percent in the polls, but that was the night I thought “Oh, shit. He’s gonna win.”
FFS. An event that everybody knew was going to happen is not "breaking."
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
FFS. An event that everybody knew was going to happen is not "breaking."
This is the real reason feeding crows is illegal is many jurisdictions.
2026 is about affordable homeownership. No more "policy" this year. Feed the local fauna, befriend them, and then use them to overpower homeowners so you can occupy their dwellings.
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is the real reason feeding crows is illegal is many jurisdictions.
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"Oxford's High Street booming, bucking national trend"
And this in a city where we've removed city centre parking and put in a congestion charge. Almost as if it's people who shop, not cars.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2573227...
And this in a city where we've removed city centre parking and put in a congestion charge. Almost as if it's people who shop, not cars.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2573227...
Oxford high street demand returns to pre-pandemic levels
Oxford’s high street is bucking the national trend, with demand rising and vacancy rates low
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"Oxford's High Street booming, bucking national trend"
And this in a city where we've removed city centre parking and put in a congestion charge. Almost as if it's people who shop, not cars.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2573227...
And this in a city where we've removed city centre parking and put in a congestion charge. Almost as if it's people who shop, not cars.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2573227...
This is, in fact, the only good reason to open a book outside the classroom or the job. If you force yourself to read a boring book for "self-improvement" you're just destroying your love of reading.
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This is, in fact, the only good reason to open a book outside the classroom or the job. If you force yourself to read a boring book for "self-improvement" you're just destroying your love of reading.
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Follow up with the artist in six months to see if she’s been paid.
Trump, celebrating New Year's at Mar-a-Lago, bids $100,000 for a painting
January 1, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Follow up with the artist in six months to see if she’s been paid.
Tech journalists really need to start treating Elon's brain farts with a little basic skepticism.
Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026 (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Tech journalists really need to start treating Elon's brain farts with a little basic skepticism.
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It’s possible that he was right and this is just the bad place
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I desperately want a moratorium on the word "objective." Because everybody who uses it online thinks it means the exact opposite of the dictionary definition.
thinking about "Brother Lobo," a Twitter user with an ancient warrior avatar who said we need to defend objective beauty, but turns out he wears vibram five fingers
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I desperately want a moratorium on the word "objective." Because everybody who uses it online thinks it means the exact opposite of the dictionary definition.
One of my odd little paradoxes is that I'm a "gun grabbing" liberal who happens to have earned an NRA firearms safety certificate. Which gives me multiple reasons to roll my eyes at this photo of Kemi Badenoch.
UK political photographs of the year – in pictures
UK political photographs of the year – in pictures
The Press Association’s political photographer, Stefan Rousseau, chooses his favourite moments from the past year
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of my odd little paradoxes is that I'm a "gun grabbing" liberal who happens to have earned an NRA firearms safety certificate. Which gives me multiple reasons to roll my eyes at this photo of Kemi Badenoch.
If we're seeing mutant strains, it means too many people are doing without the shot. For a lot of people, this is not a matter of personal choice: they don't have insurance and also don't have a spare $100. Thus the flu shot not being free for everyone hurts everyone.
Yup. A private school in NYC shut down for a few days because so many of their students were sick. The strain making people sick has mutated away from the strain contained in the vaccine, but the vaccine should keep you from getting very ill, even if you get the flu. Not too late to get the jab!
Looks like it’s going to be a bad flu season: www.wsj.com/health/healt...
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If we're seeing mutant strains, it means too many people are doing without the shot. For a lot of people, this is not a matter of personal choice: they don't have insurance and also don't have a spare $100. Thus the flu shot not being free for everyone hurts everyone.
Harpo Marx. No real interaction, I was just one of a long line of people greeting him after a youth orchestra concert where he performed. My sister was the lead violin.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Harpo Marx. No real interaction, I was just one of a long line of people greeting him after a youth orchestra concert where he performed. My sister was the lead violin.
I'm not a fan of the character he's best known for (one more low-effort moralistic bromide from him, and I'm deploying my agonizer) but I have nothing but love and respect for the real world dude who may be the kindest, most generous person in any galaxy. I find his mere existence consoling.
Ran into Patrick Stewart at a sidewalk gelato bar in Park Slope one summer evening. He and friends were milling about in front of a bench. My friend and I gingerly asked if they were still using it. “We’re GONE!” he bellowed charmingly, then departed.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm not a fan of the character he's best known for (one more low-effort moralistic bromide from him, and I'm deploying my agonizer) but I have nothing but love and respect for the real world dude who may be the kindest, most generous person in any galaxy. I find his mere existence consoling.
Well this ****ing ****s.
If we ever have a nonderanged federal government again, we need to make it stop treating this public service like a business.
If we ever have a nonderanged federal government again, we need to make it stop treating this public service like a business.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Well this ****ing ****s.
If we ever have a nonderanged federal government again, we need to make it stop treating this public service like a business.
If we ever have a nonderanged federal government again, we need to make it stop treating this public service like a business.
I can accept that Norman Rockwell was antifa. I'm still struggling with TFT Bulwark's Founding Editor and famed Neocon Bill Kristol is antifa — and a serious one at that.
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I can accept that Norman Rockwell was antifa. I'm still struggling with TFT Bulwark's Founding Editor and famed Neocon Bill Kristol is antifa — and a serious one at that.
Fermi had to leave Italy to get his Jewish wife out from under Mussolini's Racial Laws. Just to add an extra layer of irony here.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fermi had to leave Italy to get his Jewish wife out from under Mussolini's Racial Laws. Just to add an extra layer of irony here.
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Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
This hotel manager isn't just helping with a place to get in from the cold, he's putting in a lot of work to make a difference in his unhoused guests' lives. Kind of humbling.
A nearby hotel is doing the opposite. They're offering $5 rooms to the homeless.
Look for the helpers
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Look for the helpers
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Hotel near Danville offers $5 rooms to help those in need
The Danville Suites hotel is offering an affordable option to those in need of a place to stay.
www.wnep.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This hotel manager isn't just helping with a place to get in from the cold, he's putting in a lot of work to make a difference in his unhoused guests' lives. Kind of humbling.
Except for watching Borgen (probably not a good source) I know nothing about Danish politics. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't care for the politics that led up to this decision.
Denmark's PostNord is set to deliver its final paper letters on Dec. 30, putting an end to a service first offered in 1624. The company has also spent the past few months uninstalling the country's 1,500 red postboxes, the majority of which are being auctioned off.
www.politico.eu/article/plea...
www.politico.eu/article/plea...
Please, Mr. Postman! Denmark bids farewell to letter delivery and mailboxes
In a bid to address its financial woes, the country’s national postal authority will deliver its final letters on Dec. 30, ending a service that stretches back 401 years.
www.politico.eu
December 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Except for watching Borgen (probably not a good source) I know nothing about Danish politics. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't care for the politics that led up to this decision.