Peter Jeffe
@pjeffe.bsky.social
"Understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act." - George Jackson
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said it before, will say it again: some of the most insane graphs where the line suddenly goes vertical have a point which should be uniformly named 'and then the CCP decided to look into this'
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
said it before, will say it again: some of the most insane graphs where the line suddenly goes vertical have a point which should be uniformly named 'and then the CCP decided to look into this'
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
'“One time, the brigade rabbi sat down next to me and spent half an hour explaining why we must be just like they were on October 7. That we must take revenge on all of them, including civilians. That we shouldn’t discriminate, and that this is the only way,” says Maj Neta Caspin.'
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
'“One time, the brigade rabbi sat down next to me and spent half an hour explaining why we must be just like they were on October 7. That we must take revenge on all of them, including civilians. That we shouldn’t discriminate, and that this is the only way,” says Maj Neta Caspin.'
108 years ago today Arthur Balfour declared Britain's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". This commitment was made concrete when the British took on the post-WWI Mandate for Palestine, in order to protect their passage to India through the Suez. 1/n
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
108 years ago today Arthur Balfour declared Britain's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". This commitment was made concrete when the British took on the post-WWI Mandate for Palestine, in order to protect their passage to India through the Suez. 1/n
If you find yourself repeating the same arguments that Reagan and Thatcher used to oppose boycotts of apartheid South Africa, supporting "constructive engagement" instead, then you should be explicit about how Israel's case differs.
Refusing to work with Israeli academics means refusing to work with one of the main sources of dissent within Israeli society. To be sure, their views are not uniform, but that is a reason to avoid broad based bans,
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you find yourself repeating the same arguments that Reagan and Thatcher used to oppose boycotts of apartheid South Africa, supporting "constructive engagement" instead, then you should be explicit about how Israel's case differs.
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We are going through very difficult times, suffering from severe shortages of food and water 💔
I urgently need $300 to secure our basic needs and continue to survive.
Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives 🙏 Contribute to our campaign ⬇️🫂🕊️
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I urgently need $300 to secure our basic needs and continue to survive.
Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives 🙏 Contribute to our campaign ⬇️🫂🕊️
gofund.me/69f962fc
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are going through very difficult times, suffering from severe shortages of food and water 💔
I urgently need $300 to secure our basic needs and continue to survive.
Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives 🙏 Contribute to our campaign ⬇️🫂🕊️
gofund.me/69f962fc
I urgently need $300 to secure our basic needs and continue to survive.
Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives 🙏 Contribute to our campaign ⬇️🫂🕊️
gofund.me/69f962fc
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Earlier today, a mob of Israeli Jewish settlers attacked and assaulted roughly 30 Palestinian villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Earlier today, a mob of Israeli Jewish settlers attacked and assaulted roughly 30 Palestinian villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
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Imagine writing an entire book that makes the case for the brutal suppression of popular rebellions and includes El Salvador and the Philippines in its success stories.
Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare
In Bullets Not Ballots, Jacqueline L. Hazelton challenges the claim that winning "hearts and minds" is critical to successful counterinsurgency campaigns. Good governance, this conventional wisdom hol...
www.belfercenter.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Imagine writing an entire book that makes the case for the brutal suppression of popular rebellions and includes El Salvador and the Philippines in its success stories.
So thankful for the combined efforts of the antisemites and Zionists to resuscitate the Jewish Question and make me feel increasingly unwelcome in the country my family has called home for 130 years. Fuck all of you.
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So thankful for the combined efforts of the antisemites and Zionists to resuscitate the Jewish Question and make me feel increasingly unwelcome in the country my family has called home for 130 years. Fuck all of you.
The first SNL episode had this "Show Us Your Guns" bit that was mostly filmed in my home town of Briarcliff Manor NY when I was in high school. It features a good friend holding a rifle at the local gas station and the liquor store that I got busted walking out of with a bottle at age 14.
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The first SNL episode had this "Show Us Your Guns" bit that was mostly filmed in my home town of Briarcliff Manor NY when I was in high school. It features a good friend holding a rifle at the local gas station and the liquor store that I got busted walking out of with a bottle at age 14.
Well I guess I've been a Zoomer for the last half-century. These articles frame Gen Z traits (not talking on speakerphone, not making unexpected visits, not commenting on someone's appearance) as stemming from young people's heightened social anxiety, but to me it's just called being considerate.
11 Habits Gen Z Thinks Are Polite But Older Generations Find Annoying
With new generations come inevitable shifts in etiquette.
www.yourtango.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well I guess I've been a Zoomer for the last half-century. These articles frame Gen Z traits (not talking on speakerphone, not making unexpected visits, not commenting on someone's appearance) as stemming from young people's heightened social anxiety, but to me it's just called being considerate.
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“No one prepares you to raise children through sirens, smoke and screams. No one teaches you how to keep a child calm while the sky is falling. No one explains how to carry your baby through fire, hunger and fear – and still sing to her at bedtime,” she writes.
‘For the women who gave birth in the dark’: a portrait of motherhood in Gaza
Diana Shams wrote a book because ‘no one explains how to carry your baby through fire, hunger and fear – and still sing to her at bedtime’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“No one prepares you to raise children through sirens, smoke and screams. No one teaches you how to keep a child calm while the sky is falling. No one explains how to carry your baby through fire, hunger and fear – and still sing to her at bedtime,” she writes.
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We search daily for a way out of this suffering, but your kindness reassures our hearts that you sympathize with my family.
I now need only $250 to secure basic necessities.
Please donate now for my children 🙏🫂🌹
chuffed.org/project/138858-eyad-family-from-gaza?utm_id=138858
#Freepalestine
I now need only $250 to secure basic necessities.
Please donate now for my children 🙏🫂🌹
chuffed.org/project/138858-eyad-family-from-gaza?utm_id=138858
#Freepalestine
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We search daily for a way out of this suffering, but your kindness reassures our hearts that you sympathize with my family.
I now need only $250 to secure basic necessities.
Please donate now for my children 🙏🫂🌹
chuffed.org/project/138858-eyad-family-from-gaza?utm_id=138858
#Freepalestine
I now need only $250 to secure basic necessities.
Please donate now for my children 🙏🫂🌹
chuffed.org/project/138858-eyad-family-from-gaza?utm_id=138858
#Freepalestine
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Some people should really go to therapy instead of Birthright.
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Some people should really go to therapy instead of Birthright.
I've always loved the energy of these guys, with eminently danceable beats and lead guitar lines that evoke an mbira. This song is their first hit, a celebration of Zimbabwe's freedom from white rule.
Makorokoto
YouTube video by Four Brothers - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I've always loved the energy of these guys, with eminently danceable beats and lead guitar lines that evoke an mbira. This song is their first hit, a celebration of Zimbabwe's freedom from white rule.
Now if we can just get people to realize that all prisons are "morally objectionable".
An Arizona town is dreading plans to turn its prison into an ICE facility: ‘It’s morally objectionable’
In Marana, residents crowded into a town hall recently to learn the fate of a building that’s been closed for two years
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Now if we can just get people to realize that all prisons are "morally objectionable".
Another passing to celebrate. Not Cheney-level evil, but then who is.
It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Another passing to celebrate. Not Cheney-level evil, but then who is.
'Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna calls the contradiction glaring.
“Yes, the irony is profound,” she said of the outcry over last month’s Louvre theft, “and it’s central to the conversation about restitution.” She expects the heist will trigger action on restitutions across Western museums...'
“Yes, the irony is profound,” she said of the outcry over last month’s Louvre theft, “and it’s central to the conversation about restitution.” She expects the heist will trigger action on restitutions across Western museums...'
France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view
The theft of the Louvre's crown jewels has increased calls for the museum to be more transparent about the colonial origins of the treasures it displays.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
'Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna calls the contradiction glaring.
“Yes, the irony is profound,” she said of the outcry over last month’s Louvre theft, “and it’s central to the conversation about restitution.” She expects the heist will trigger action on restitutions across Western museums...'
“Yes, the irony is profound,” she said of the outcry over last month’s Louvre theft, “and it’s central to the conversation about restitution.” She expects the heist will trigger action on restitutions across Western museums...'
You'd think that a capitalist suffering from the effects of unrestrained capitalism--rising input prices, customers unable to buy your products, desperate people resorting to theft--would see that reducing inequality is good for business. But this is the paradox that Marx identified 150 years ago.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You'd think that a capitalist suffering from the effects of unrestrained capitalism--rising input prices, customers unable to buy your products, desperate people resorting to theft--would see that reducing inequality is good for business. But this is the paradox that Marx identified 150 years ago.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
There are so many of us who relish living in multicultural societies that reflect the world that we live in.
Those who don't are fundamentally different from us, and as far as I'm concerned they don't deserve a second thought beyond how best can we make them shut up and go away.
Those who don't are fundamentally different from us, and as far as I'm concerned they don't deserve a second thought beyond how best can we make them shut up and go away.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are so many of us who relish living in multicultural societies that reflect the world that we live in.
Those who don't are fundamentally different from us, and as far as I'm concerned they don't deserve a second thought beyond how best can we make them shut up and go away.
Those who don't are fundamentally different from us, and as far as I'm concerned they don't deserve a second thought beyond how best can we make them shut up and go away.
I've spent my life witnessing my country doing horrible things at the behest of the evil people at its helm, but never have I simultaneously been able to laugh at their unintentional absurdist comedy. It's a weird feeling.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I've spent my life witnessing my country doing horrible things at the behest of the evil people at its helm, but never have I simultaneously been able to laugh at their unintentional absurdist comedy. It's a weird feeling.
Brilliant.
Imagine being that rich and still not being able to resist insider trading. It must be a sort of compulsion.
Imagine being that rich and still not being able to resist insider trading. It must be a sort of compulsion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Brilliant.
Imagine being that rich and still not being able to resist insider trading. It must be a sort of compulsion.
Imagine being that rich and still not being able to resist insider trading. It must be a sort of compulsion.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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I want my fellow Americans to think for a moment how they would feel if every couple of weeks enormous strategic bombers were pointed at their cities and only tens of kilometers away. How would you feel trying to work under those conditions, taking your kids to school, visiting friends, church?
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I want my fellow Americans to think for a moment how they would feel if every couple of weeks enormous strategic bombers were pointed at their cities and only tens of kilometers away. How would you feel trying to work under those conditions, taking your kids to school, visiting friends, church?