sascha benjamin cohen
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"'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
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Poetry, you say? Odd short fiction, you say? Snarky humor, you say? Serious work on religious and biblical narrative, you say?
Why yes, I've written some stuff like that...
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Why yes, I've written some stuff like that...
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Pretti Good trouble
Activists axe Zuckerberg from General Hospital in favor of Minnesota ICE victims
In the midst of citywide teacher strikes, a group of 20 congregated at General Hospital to temporarily change the name in honor of two Minnesotans.
missionlocal.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Pretti Good trouble
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"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Disappointing, but not unexpected. Exempting state and local LEOs made this on its face unworkable.
Get past the police unions lobby pressure (just a little tiny bit of political courage, that's all that we need), craft a reasonable carve out for undercover ops, and write a new bill.
Like, today.
Get past the police unions lobby pressure (just a little tiny bit of political courage, that's all that we need), craft a reasonable carve out for undercover ops, and write a new bill.
Like, today.
Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Masks for Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Disappointing, but not unexpected. Exempting state and local LEOs made this on its face unworkable.
Get past the police unions lobby pressure (just a little tiny bit of political courage, that's all that we need), craft a reasonable carve out for undercover ops, and write a new bill.
Like, today.
Get past the police unions lobby pressure (just a little tiny bit of political courage, that's all that we need), craft a reasonable carve out for undercover ops, and write a new bill.
Like, today.
El-Ahrairah!
🐰 Happy Bad Bunny Day!
In this Roman mosaic a rabbit rides a chariot pulled by geese, 2nd c. AD.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #Roman #mosaic
In this Roman mosaic a rabbit rides a chariot pulled by geese, 2nd c. AD.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #Roman #mosaic
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
El-Ahrairah!
Post a banger that's not in English.
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Post a banger that's not in English.
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maybe California should stop throwing tax dollars at a scammer who won't shut up about how much he hates the state, just a thought
"Nevertheless, the reservation of vouchers effectively limited access to funding for other manufacturers with production-ready electric trucks, as HVIP operates on a first-come, first-served basis and funding rounds are typically oversubscribed within days."
Always frustrating.
Always frustrating.
$165m at stake: California backs Tesla Semi before series production - electrive.com
California’s clean-truck incentive programme has reserved around $165 million for the Tesla Semi, even though the electric truck has yet to enter series
www.electrive.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
maybe California should stop throwing tax dollars at a scammer who won't shut up about how much he hates the state, just a thought
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Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
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Art matters. Bad Bunny knows it. Trumps knows it. The cast & crew of Casablanca knew it. And they made the greatest scene in film history. (Trump would hate it.) youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg?...
Victor Laszlo Gets a Crowd To Sing "La Marseillaise" (Clip) | Casablanca (1942) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Art matters. Bad Bunny knows it. Trumps knows it. The cast & crew of Casablanca knew it. And they made the greatest scene in film history. (Trump would hate it.) youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg?...
It's not an illogical stance to take, if you are pro-nanny state. But please - if we are going to take a heavy hand on pot regulation and federal taxing *because it is harmful* - then let me know when we do the same for auto use. Tax by mileage, "on the scale of dollars...not cents," per the piece.
Opinion | It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It's not an illogical stance to take, if you are pro-nanny state. But please - if we are going to take a heavy hand on pot regulation and federal taxing *because it is harmful* - then let me know when we do the same for auto use. Tax by mileage, "on the scale of dollars...not cents," per the piece.
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Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!
![[photo of a pottery bowl with the stylized face of an owl]
Columbia River region, Washington or Oregon Owl Effigy Bowl, Pre-contact](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreiaxaulktswucukcuss752nhzy6sfm3e4zorpkweasatu6daarqd5a@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!
I suspect we are just moments away from Oregon and Washington doing the same. Fascinating.
The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/i2YAAVj
Individual States Join World Health Organization After Trump Drops It
Illinois is the latest state to take this step.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I suspect we are just moments away from Oregon and Washington doing the same. Fascinating.
and here is a new jackass with yet a different jackass proposal for the CA ballot.
Look: we still live with the eviscerations made by prop 13, we don't need to make the problems with our schools, our infrastructure, or our local arts and social services any worse by starving them further.
Look: we still live with the eviscerations made by prop 13, we don't need to make the problems with our schools, our infrastructure, or our local arts and social services any worse by starving them further.
California ballot proposal would exempt seniors from paying property taxes
The initiative still needs enough signatures of support to be put in front of voters on the November ballot
www.abc10.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
and here is a new jackass with yet a different jackass proposal for the CA ballot.
Look: we still live with the eviscerations made by prop 13, we don't need to make the problems with our schools, our infrastructure, or our local arts and social services any worse by starving them further.
Look: we still live with the eviscerations made by prop 13, we don't need to make the problems with our schools, our infrastructure, or our local arts and social services any worse by starving them further.
superb.
WTF did I just see?
February 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
superb.
superb.
You're stuck with me Super Owl posting for the next hour in the hopes to go visit an actual owl IRL 🪶
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
superb.
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The first San Francisco Farmers Market was held at Market & Duboce & Church Streets intersect. Where Safeway stands today.
www.sfcityguides.org
www.sfcityguides.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The first San Francisco Farmers Market was held at Market & Duboce & Church Streets intersect. Where Safeway stands today.
www.sfcityguides.org
www.sfcityguides.org
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A super bowl featuring a superb owl.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A super bowl featuring a superb owl.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
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My heart isn't in the Superbowl this year, but for tradition's sake, here is my favourite #SuperbOwl meme... 🦉🏺
February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
My heart isn't in the Superbowl this year, but for tradition's sake, here is my favourite #SuperbOwl meme... 🦉🏺
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There is not one five year old American that is better off because we threw his classmate in a concentration camp. Period.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is not one five year old American that is better off because we threw his classmate in a concentration camp. Period.
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My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE.
Truly a super bowl.
Truly a super bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE.
Truly a super bowl.
Truly a super bowl.
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oooh we are posting super bowls?
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
oooh we are posting super bowls?
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
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Are we still doing Superb Owl stuff over here? I got a double dose of Isthar's theriomorphic retinue.
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Are we still doing Superb Owl stuff over here? I got a double dose of Isthar's theriomorphic retinue.
“It is absolutely embarrassing,” said one school principal. “I am embarrassed on their behalf.”
I shouldn't be surprised, but this level of stupidity, this total lack of awareness & understanding of the situation and its politics in action is remarkable, even for the current leadership of SFUSD.
I shouldn't be surprised, but this level of stupidity, this total lack of awareness & understanding of the situation and its politics in action is remarkable, even for the current leadership of SFUSD.
Teachers, others shocked to get SFUSD ‘assignments’ for strike day
On late Friday, workers were given 'redeployment assignments' to 'Staff Centers' opened because of Monday's school closures. They're confused.
missionlocal.org
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“It is absolutely embarrassing,” said one school principal. “I am embarrassed on their behalf.”
I shouldn't be surprised, but this level of stupidity, this total lack of awareness & understanding of the situation and its politics in action is remarkable, even for the current leadership of SFUSD.
I shouldn't be surprised, but this level of stupidity, this total lack of awareness & understanding of the situation and its politics in action is remarkable, even for the current leadership of SFUSD.
