Jessica
@jewishreader.bsky.social
Educator, Ph.D. in Religious Studies. Politics, pop culture, sports. Hoosier by birth, living in the SF Bay Area. Formerly RosenJ415/FirstLineHockey on The Bad Place.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
This is not the point of the article obviously, but...is it legal to simply deny parole across the board like that?
One by one, each of the nine prisoners appeared virtually before a special panel of the Louisiana parole board.
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
Louisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented imm...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is not the point of the article obviously, but...is it legal to simply deny parole across the board like that?
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
When the trickiest word in Spelling Bee is religion-related (and the others are stuff you'd know if you read a lot of older books).
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When the trickiest word in Spelling Bee is religion-related (and the others are stuff you'd know if you read a lot of older books).
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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Trump Family has stolen $10+ billion since 2024 election through crypto & real estate & direct bribes. This costs US: foreign power diminished by Trump selling policy to highest bidder, domestic economy wrecked by Trump's insider trading on tariffs, democracy/rule-of-law undermined by Trump's crimes
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trump Family has stolen $10+ billion since 2024 election through crypto & real estate & direct bribes. This costs US: foreign power diminished by Trump selling policy to highest bidder, domestic economy wrecked by Trump's insider trading on tariffs, democracy/rule-of-law undermined by Trump's crimes
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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Burn down the data centers and salt the earth so no more may grow.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Burn down the data centers and salt the earth so no more may grow.
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being ruled by tiny men bereft of both curiosity and the ability to feel wonder is a terrible fate
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
being ruled by tiny men bereft of both curiosity and the ability to feel wonder is a terrible fate
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just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
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Starbucks workers are on strike. DON’T CROSS THE PICKET LINE. even if there isn’t a picket at a specific store, don’t buy Starbucks.
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Starbucks workers are on strike. DON’T CROSS THE PICKET LINE. even if there isn’t a picket at a specific store, don’t buy Starbucks.
WILLIAMS PODIUM! And *of course* Antonelli did that on purpose. Welcome to F1.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
WILLIAMS PODIUM! And *of course* Antonelli did that on purpose. Welcome to F1.
Oh, dammit, Isack.
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh, dammit, Isack.
TBH what I really want is for Hamilton to drive straight into Max at Abu Dhabi. No injuries, obviously, but the car totaled. Lewis has nothing to lose at this point 😂
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
TBH what I really want is for Hamilton to drive straight into Max at Abu Dhabi. No injuries, obviously, but the car totaled. Lewis has nothing to lose at this point 😂
Also, do we know why Williams has seen such a dramatic switch of their driver fortunes? Did they change the set-up of the car? Did Sainz simply take a long time to acclimate?
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Also, do we know why Williams has seen such a dramatic switch of their driver fortunes? Did they change the set-up of the car? Did Sainz simply take a long time to acclimate?
I'm going to say it again although it kills me: Verstappen as a driver and Red Bull as a team have done a much better job than McLaren in the back half of the season and he should win.
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm going to say it again although it kills me: Verstappen as a driver and Red Bull as a team have done a much better job than McLaren in the back half of the season and he should win.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
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Fascism is using us American Jews as moral human shields, covering its takeover with lies about protecting Jews. They aren’t. They’re pushing Jews into harm’s way, as some Jews become fools & believe it & some non-Jewish antifascists are fooled & believe it. Only fascism profits from this lie.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fascism is using us American Jews as moral human shields, covering its takeover with lies about protecting Jews. They aren’t. They’re pushing Jews into harm’s way, as some Jews become fools & believe it & some non-Jewish antifascists are fooled & believe it. Only fascism profits from this lie.
There are many aspects of the '90s that need to come back, beginning with our hope in the concept of the future. This was not one of them.
They are selling stirrup leggings again.
I repeat: THEY ARE SELLING STIRRUP LEGGINGS AGAIN.
File that under: things you never imagined would come back.
I repeat: THEY ARE SELLING STIRRUP LEGGINGS AGAIN.
File that under: things you never imagined would come back.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
There are many aspects of the '90s that need to come back, beginning with our hope in the concept of the future. This was not one of them.
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What I actually expect from sexually abusive men is self pity, bitterness, and a morally cowardly unwillingness to confront the reality of their own actions. That’s what they usually in fact deliver, and what CK seems to deliver here.
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
What I actually expect from sexually abusive men is self pity, bitterness, and a morally cowardly unwillingness to confront the reality of their own actions. That’s what they usually in fact deliver, and what CK seems to deliver here.
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Among other things, I take issue with this piece for its “we expect” framing, which posits hypothetical conditions of a post-Me Too comeback—reflective, apologetic, meaningful personal reform channelled into newly accomplished art—as something that supposedly happens all the time. Where?
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Among other things, I take issue with this piece for its “we expect” framing, which posits hypothetical conditions of a post-Me Too comeback—reflective, apologetic, meaningful personal reform channelled into newly accomplished art—as something that supposedly happens all the time. Where?
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sea law is far more stringent than the law of land warfare
To be clear, no quarter without warning AT SEA is worse and undstood to be bad for a VERY LONG TIME.
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
sea law is far more stringent than the law of land warfare
You know it's possible that sometimes neurotypical people and neurodiverse people do something...the same way! That happens sometimes! Especially with anxiety-producing things.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
You know it's possible that sometimes neurotypical people and neurodiverse people do something...the same way! That happens sometimes! Especially with anxiety-producing things.