Lauren Weinberg
@ldweinberg.bsky.social
Home baker. Antizionist Jew. Former proprietor of Open Sesame in Kitchener-Waterloo.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I can hardly hear this (excellent) Jewish Currents podcast over the sound of my own angry screeching. As EIC Arielle Angel said, "I just don't know how these rabbis don't think they're fueling antisemitism by speaking in this way":
jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
The Rabbinic Freak-Out About Zohran Mamdani
Jewish Currents discusses the mainstream Jewish panic around the New York City mayoral favorite.
jewishcurrents.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I can hardly hear this (excellent) Jewish Currents podcast over the sound of my own angry screeching. As EIC Arielle Angel said, "I just don't know how these rabbis don't think they're fueling antisemitism by speaking in this way":
jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
The Israeli guards tortured the flotilla members, threw away their medication, and *threatened to gas them.* Nazis, but with cel phones for taking sefies: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Israeli guards tortured the flotilla members, threw away their medication, and *threatened to gas them.* Nazis, but with cel phones for taking sefies: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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“Officers beat at least one other man; pushed over a woman w/a prosthetic leg; kept a woman’s hands tied until her skin swelled around the plastic; and took the ailing 82yo to the hospital, where, she later told me, an officer hit her in her side, took her pain meds, and told her, “Welcome to hell.”
"In Hebrew they commented on our appearances, called us Hamas, gestapo, and whores, and joked about our obvious discomfort as people shifted and vocalized in pain. A speaker blasted Israeli pop music."
Read Emily Wilder's dispatch from Israeli custody:
jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...
Read Emily Wilder's dispatch from Israeli custody:
jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...
Forty-Eight Hours in Israeli Captivity
A journalist captured on a flotilla mission recounts treatment at the hands of the Israeli navy, border police, and prison guards.
jewishcurrents.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Officers beat at least one other man; pushed over a woman w/a prosthetic leg; kept a woman’s hands tied until her skin swelled around the plastic; and took the ailing 82yo to the hospital, where, she later told me, an officer hit her in her side, took her pain meds, and told her, “Welcome to hell.”
Would love to see WR mayors do the same. :/
As noted in @graphicmatt.com's City Hall Watcher, Chow "asks staff to send every MPP stats about road deaths in their area & to send notifications to every household near a camera location letting them know about the potential safety impacts they could face if/when the cameras are switched off."
a woman wearing a shirt that says run capita
ALT: a woman wearing a shirt that says run capita
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Would love to see WR mayors do the same. :/
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The questions are all very leading, but each answer can be up to two thousand characters, so feel free to tell AI Minister Solomon -exactly- how you feel about Canada's relationship with AI.
In polite, but excruciating detailed terms, of course; you don't want to be summarily discarded as a troll.
In polite, but excruciating detailed terms, of course; you don't want to be summarily discarded as a troll.
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The questions are all very leading, but each answer can be up to two thousand characters, so feel free to tell AI Minister Solomon -exactly- how you feel about Canada's relationship with AI.
In polite, but excruciating detailed terms, of course; you don't want to be summarily discarded as a troll.
In polite, but excruciating detailed terms, of course; you don't want to be summarily discarded as a troll.
I didn't renew my subscription to the Cooking section this year because WAWOG correctly pointed out that it funds the NYT's disinformation about Palestine (and trans people, and now…this). And I won't go back, even though it's rutabaga week for my CSA share.
you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
October 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I didn't renew my subscription to the Cooking section this year because WAWOG correctly pointed out that it funds the NYT's disinformation about Palestine (and trans people, and now…this). And I won't go back, even though it's rutabaga week for my CSA share.
TIL Oswald Mosley's grandson is head of Palantir in Britain.
Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
TIL Oswald Mosley's grandson is head of Palantir in Britain.
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"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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the shamelessness of the prime day shilling by media organizations baffles me more and more with every passing year
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the shamelessness of the prime day shilling by media organizations baffles me more and more with every passing year
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It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
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Crucially: a majority of Jewish-Americans aged 18-34 are not “emotionally attached” to Israel.
50% of them say Israel has committed genocide.
50% of them say Israel has committed genocide.
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Crucially: a majority of Jewish-Americans aged 18-34 are not “emotionally attached” to Israel.
50% of them say Israel has committed genocide.
50% of them say Israel has committed genocide.
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ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.
ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.
This was a really good interview. Solidarity with the CUPW!
Mark Carney is out to dismantle Canada Post. Who stands to benefit?
Dru Oja Jay, a long-time collaborator of @cupwsttp.bsky.social discusses how the post office could be a “genuinely positive nation building project."
breachmedia.ca/why-mark-car...
Dru Oja Jay, a long-time collaborator of @cupwsttp.bsky.social discusses how the post office could be a “genuinely positive nation building project."
breachmedia.ca/why-mark-car...
Why Mark Carney is putting Canada Post on the chopping block ⋆ The Breach
Dru Oja Jay breaks down how dismantling Canada Post fits into Mark Carney’s austerity agenda
breachmedia.ca
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This was a really good interview. Solidarity with the CUPW!
I'll never forget how many people and institutions in KW defended this racist clown.
Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'll never forget how many people and institutions in KW defended this racist clown.
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
I've been wondering what this horrible person—enabled every step of the way by Waterloo Region Record columnist Luisa D'Amato—was up to!
The B.C. Conservatives are again dealing with controversial comments perpetuating residential school denialism, this time from a high-profile staffer who had a key role in shaping the party. #bcpoli
BC Conservative Staffer Slams Truth and Reconciliation Flag | The Tyee
Stoking residential school denialism, Lindsay Shepherd calls flag at BC legislature ‘a disgrace.’
thetyee.ca
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've been wondering what this horrible person—enabled every step of the way by Waterloo Region Record columnist Luisa D'Amato—was up to!
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I'd like to suggest that "the worst part" is that people are speeding in school zones and putting kids and others at risk, not that they are getting caught for doing so.
“Over the last few years, we’ve seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothing more than a cash grab,” says Ford. “And the worst part is: people who are issued a ticket don’t know how to fight it, or make their case."
September 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'd like to suggest that "the worst part" is that people are speeding in school zones and putting kids and others at risk, not that they are getting caught for doing so.