Jeffrey Smith
@jeffreybsmith.bsky.social
Currently on the 26th degree of latitude
Banner: Gouzy Zola Before The Mob
PFP art by Guilherme Nunes
Banner: Gouzy Zola Before The Mob
PFP art by Guilherme Nunes
Pinned
Artist Rigoberto Gonzalez
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
Artist Rigoberto Gonzalez
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Artist Rigoberto Gonzalez
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibit...
The progressive man of the hour not only volunteered to help the US imperialize Iraq, but would have also volunteered to help imperialize the Philippines, Haiti, and Central America, and to help genocide and displace Indigenous Americans.
And thought little wars are fun.
And thought little wars are fun.
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The progressive man of the hour not only volunteered to help the US imperialize Iraq, but would have also volunteered to help imperialize the Philippines, Haiti, and Central America, and to help genocide and displace Indigenous Americans.
And thought little wars are fun.
And thought little wars are fun.
@pymundgenealogy.com
Some of our favorite people are fighting on the other place
(And to complete the picture, Susan A might have been caught in the crossfire.)
Some of our favorite people are fighting on the other place
(And to complete the picture, Susan A might have been caught in the crossfire.)
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@pymundgenealogy.com
Some of our favorite people are fighting on the other place
(And to complete the picture, Susan A might have been caught in the crossfire.)
Some of our favorite people are fighting on the other place
(And to complete the picture, Susan A might have been caught in the crossfire.)
Received this from an Amazon MP dealer.
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Received this from an Amazon MP dealer.
Art for the day (and new banner)
Gouzy: Zola Before The Mob
Gouzy: Zola Before The Mob
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Art for the day (and new banner)
Gouzy: Zola Before The Mob
Gouzy: Zola Before The Mob
Two things can be true at once:
You can recognize that a person actively worked to make our world a worse place.
You can recognize that nothing justifies violence against that person, and nothing good can result from their death.
You can recognize that a person actively worked to make our world a worse place.
You can recognize that nothing justifies violence against that person, and nothing good can result from their death.
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Two things can be true at once:
You can recognize that a person actively worked to make our world a worse place.
You can recognize that nothing justifies violence against that person, and nothing good can result from their death.
You can recognize that a person actively worked to make our world a worse place.
You can recognize that nothing justifies violence against that person, and nothing good can result from their death.
I was brought up to think that mass killing was bad, no matter who does it or who it's done to or what technical term is used to describe it. The fact that it was done to Jews in the past does not set up any special obligation on my part or make it more bad.
The statement "Jews lived through the Holocaust, and therefore they (we) have a special obligation to fight the genocide of other communities" is a statement that is at best problematic, if not outright antisemitic, when said by non-Jews, but is also foundational to my own sense of Jewish ethics.
August 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I was brought up to think that mass killing was bad, no matter who does it or who it's done to or what technical term is used to describe it. The fact that it was done to Jews in the past does not set up any special obligation on my part or make it more bad.
Afternoon listening
April 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Afternoon listening
Reposted by Jeffrey Smith
🧵One thing about the Talmud that exasperates some students is the effort the sages spend to figure out which rabbi believes which thing.
Does Rabbi A agree with Rabbi X or Rabbi Y, and about what issues do rabbis X and Y even disagree? Does Rabbi B agree that that's what they disagree about?
Does Rabbi A agree with Rabbi X or Rabbi Y, and about what issues do rabbis X and Y even disagree? Does Rabbi B agree that that's what they disagree about?
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🧵One thing about the Talmud that exasperates some students is the effort the sages spend to figure out which rabbi believes which thing.
Does Rabbi A agree with Rabbi X or Rabbi Y, and about what issues do rabbis X and Y even disagree? Does Rabbi B agree that that's what they disagree about?
Does Rabbi A agree with Rabbi X or Rabbi Y, and about what issues do rabbis X and Y even disagree? Does Rabbi B agree that that's what they disagree about?
I suppose this can be filed in several different ways
Under
the Historians Are Tired
the Archeologists are Tired
And so on
#Archaeology
#History
#Jewsky
Under
the Historians Are Tired
the Archeologists are Tired
And so on
#Archaeology
#History
#Jewsky
December 10, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I suppose this can be filed in several different ways
Under
the Historians Are Tired
the Archeologists are Tired
And so on
#Archaeology
#History
#Jewsky
Under
the Historians Are Tired
the Archeologists are Tired
And so on
#Archaeology
#History
#Jewsky
Current listening.
What do you get when you combine the Bacchae and Dracula? You get The Lord of Cries. Music by John Corigliano, Book by Mark Adamo. Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role. BMOP led by Gil Rose
#MusicBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
What do you get when you combine the Bacchae and Dracula? You get The Lord of Cries. Music by John Corigliano, Book by Mark Adamo. Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role. BMOP led by Gil Rose
#MusicBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
December 2, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Current listening.
What do you get when you combine the Bacchae and Dracula? You get The Lord of Cries. Music by John Corigliano, Book by Mark Adamo. Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role. BMOP led by Gil Rose
#MusicBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
What do you get when you combine the Bacchae and Dracula? You get The Lord of Cries. Music by John Corigliano, Book by Mark Adamo. Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role. BMOP led by Gil Rose
#MusicBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Hello I'm Yerffëj, a bookcase whose shelves are too shallow to accommodate anything other than mass market paperbacks.
Hello I'm Yerffëj, a bookcase whose shelves are too shallow to accommodate anything other than mass market paperbacks.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Nivëk, a table lamp whose bulbs are only found in Lisbon.
Nivëk, a table lamp whose bulbs are only found in Lisbon.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Hello, I'm hannäh, a quickly recalled type of ladle.
Hello, I'm hannäh, a quickly recalled type of ladle.
November 29, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Hello I'm Yerffëj, a bookcase whose shelves are too shallow to accommodate anything other than mass market paperbacks.
Hello I'm Yerffëj, a bookcase whose shelves are too shallow to accommodate anything other than mass market paperbacks.
Aspire to be a Taoist sage realizing the everythingness of the Way.
November 9, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Aspire to be a Taoist sage realizing the everythingness of the Way.
Camera eye view approximately 2:55 PM EDT
Broward County Fl
At this point we're about as eclipsed as we're going to get here
Broward County Fl
At this point we're about as eclipsed as we're going to get here
April 8, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Camera eye view approximately 2:55 PM EDT
Broward County Fl
At this point we're about as eclipsed as we're going to get here
Broward County Fl
At this point we're about as eclipsed as we're going to get here
Music abides. Concertos by Weick and Weber
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7
Robert Schumann
5 Lieder transcribed for solo piano by Clara Schumann
Carl Maria Weber
Piano Concerto in C major Op 11
4 Pieces for solo piano
Luisa Imorde piano
Bremer Philharmoniker
Marie Jacquot conductor
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7
Robert Schumann
5 Lieder transcribed for solo piano by Clara Schumann
Carl Maria Weber
Piano Concerto in C major Op 11
4 Pieces for solo piano
Luisa Imorde piano
Bremer Philharmoniker
Marie Jacquot conductor
March 16, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Music abides. Concertos by Weick and Weber
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7
Robert Schumann
5 Lieder transcribed for solo piano by Clara Schumann
Carl Maria Weber
Piano Concerto in C major Op 11
4 Pieces for solo piano
Luisa Imorde piano
Bremer Philharmoniker
Marie Jacquot conductor
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7
Robert Schumann
5 Lieder transcribed for solo piano by Clara Schumann
Carl Maria Weber
Piano Concerto in C major Op 11
4 Pieces for solo piano
Luisa Imorde piano
Bremer Philharmoniker
Marie Jacquot conductor
Worth reading
www.rationalistjudaism.com/p/a-dangerou...
www.rationalistjudaism.com/p/a-dangerou...
A Dangerous Fantasy
The problem with a popular Gaza "Solution"
www.rationalistjudaism.com
January 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Worth reading
www.rationalistjudaism.com/p/a-dangerou...
www.rationalistjudaism.com/p/a-dangerou...
At least it's filed alphabetically, and close to Kafka.
January 27, 2024 at 10:20 PM
At least it's filed alphabetically, and close to Kafka.
As you read this promotional article, bear in mind that the two ports referred to--Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, USVI and Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis--each have official populations of about 15,000. #IconOfTheSeas
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January 12, 2024 at 3:48 AM
As you read this promotional article, bear in mind that the two ports referred to--Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, USVI and Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis--each have official populations of about 15,000. #IconOfTheSeas
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Just finished first CD of 2024
M Weinberg
Concertino for cello and string orchestra Op 43bis
Concertino for violin and string orchestra Op 42
Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op 47/3
Symphony no 7 in C Op 81
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossman cond. Tassilo Probst violin Wen-Sinn Yang cello
M Weinberg
Concertino for cello and string orchestra Op 43bis
Concertino for violin and string orchestra Op 42
Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op 47/3
Symphony no 7 in C Op 81
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossman cond. Tassilo Probst violin Wen-Sinn Yang cello
January 2, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Just finished first CD of 2024
M Weinberg
Concertino for cello and string orchestra Op 43bis
Concertino for violin and string orchestra Op 42
Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op 47/3
Symphony no 7 in C Op 81
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossman cond. Tassilo Probst violin Wen-Sinn Yang cello
M Weinberg
Concertino for cello and string orchestra Op 43bis
Concertino for violin and string orchestra Op 42
Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op 47/3
Symphony no 7 in C Op 81
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossman cond. Tassilo Probst violin Wen-Sinn Yang cello
More music.
Handel
Messiah
Rene Jacobs conducting the 1750 version
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra
Choir of Clare College
And Soloists
Handel
Messiah
Rene Jacobs conducting the 1750 version
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra
Choir of Clare College
And Soloists
December 25, 2023 at 4:34 PM
More music.
Handel
Messiah
Rene Jacobs conducting the 1750 version
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra
Choir of Clare College
And Soloists
Handel
Messiah
Rene Jacobs conducting the 1750 version
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra
Choir of Clare College
And Soloists
Music for the season.
Bach in Liepzig 1724 and 1725
Gelobet seist du BWV 91
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121
Ich freue mich in dir BWV 133
Selig ist der Mann BWV 57
Unser Mond sei voll Lachens BWV 110
Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV 122
[Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Ghent on Harminia Mundi
Bach in Liepzig 1724 and 1725
Gelobet seist du BWV 91
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121
Ich freue mich in dir BWV 133
Selig ist der Mann BWV 57
Unser Mond sei voll Lachens BWV 110
Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV 122
[Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Ghent on Harminia Mundi
December 25, 2023 at 3:12 AM
Music for the season.
Bach in Liepzig 1724 and 1725
Gelobet seist du BWV 91
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121
Ich freue mich in dir BWV 133
Selig ist der Mann BWV 57
Unser Mond sei voll Lachens BWV 110
Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV 122
[Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Ghent on Harminia Mundi
Bach in Liepzig 1724 and 1725
Gelobet seist du BWV 91
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121
Ich freue mich in dir BWV 133
Selig ist der Mann BWV 57
Unser Mond sei voll Lachens BWV 110
Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV 122
[Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Ghent on Harminia Mundi
Made a visit to Long Key Nature Center in Davie this afternoon. A Tequesta site in pre-Contact days, a Seminole site for much of the 19th century, agricultural land (groves) in the 20th, then a touristy restaurant, then restored wetlands as a County park.
Pictures threaded
Pictures threaded
October 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Made a visit to Long Key Nature Center in Davie this afternoon. A Tequesta site in pre-Contact days, a Seminole site for much of the 19th century, agricultural land (groves) in the 20th, then a touristy restaurant, then restored wetlands as a County park.
Pictures threaded
Pictures threaded
@stpolishook.bsky.social
Do you know about this one (release date is tomorrow)
Chanukah, Jewish demon lore, the Tree of Life, and challah, it seems.
Do you know about this one (release date is tomorrow)
Chanukah, Jewish demon lore, the Tree of Life, and challah, it seems.
October 16, 2023 at 4:26 PM
@stpolishook.bsky.social
Do you know about this one (release date is tomorrow)
Chanukah, Jewish demon lore, the Tree of Life, and challah, it seems.
Do you know about this one (release date is tomorrow)
Chanukah, Jewish demon lore, the Tree of Life, and challah, it seems.
First listen to the latest Naive Vivaldi: six concerti written for (or at least performed by) Vivaldi's pupil, and star player of the Pieta orchestra Anna Maria della Pieta.
basic facts re Anna Maria here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ma...
basic facts re Anna Maria here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ma...
October 2, 2023 at 11:38 PM
First listen to the latest Naive Vivaldi: six concerti written for (or at least performed by) Vivaldi's pupil, and star player of the Pieta orchestra Anna Maria della Pieta.
basic facts re Anna Maria here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ma...
basic facts re Anna Maria here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ma...