Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Lake kayaker. Small-medium mountains OK too.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine.
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To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
Jesus in Islam
What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary
islamtoday.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
“Finally, someone is standing up to the globalist elite toy-industrial complex,” MTG said, warning that Santa’s suspicious habit of “keeping lists on Americans” and “surveilling homes through chimneys” suggested he may be part of an international socialist plot.
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/26/s...
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/26/s...
Santa Denied Entry to US After Posting on Social Media That Trump Is a Fuckwit — The Shovel
In 2019 he wrote on Twitter: “Just checked the naughty list. Trump isn’t on it because fuckwits require a separate category”.
theshovel.com.au
December 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Finally, someone is standing up to the globalist elite toy-industrial complex,” MTG said, warning that Santa’s suspicious habit of “keeping lists on Americans” and “surveilling homes through chimneys” suggested he may be part of an international socialist plot.
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/26/s...
theshovel.com.au/2025/12/26/s...
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Nearly 4 million people surviving in poverty, one million of them children. Poverty is a political choice made by weasel @albomp.bsky.social and charities are a sign of a government that has failed to support it’s people.
#Auspol
#Auspol
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nearly 4 million people surviving in poverty, one million of them children. Poverty is a political choice made by weasel @albomp.bsky.social and charities are a sign of a government that has failed to support it’s people.
#Auspol
#Auspol
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If you celebrate the birth of the baby on the left, please don't turn a blind eye to the violence being committed against the baby on the right. #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine #HappyChristmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you celebrate the birth of the baby on the left, please don't turn a blind eye to the violence being committed against the baby on the right. #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine #HappyChristmas 🎄
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A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?
jewishcurrents.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
The headline should be:
'More evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history.'
'More evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history.'
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The headline should be:
'More evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history.'
'More evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history.'
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Trump announces a military strike in Nigeria that has no apparent goal to make any Americans safer. its stated aim is to protect ChristIans in Africa, with no evidence presented to Congress or the American people that the target is valid or in the national interest.
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
December 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump announces a military strike in Nigeria that has no apparent goal to make any Americans safer. its stated aim is to protect ChristIans in Africa, with no evidence presented to Congress or the American people that the target is valid or in the national interest.
What is Israel hiding? #GazaGenocide
Two months since the ceasefire, Israel is still blocking foreign journalists from entering Gaza, depriving us of this important perspective on Palestinian suffering. ipi.media/gaza-ipi-rep...
Gaza: IPI repeats calls on Israel to immediately drop ban on access by international press to Gaza
Months since the ceasefire, foreign journalists remain blocked from entering Gaza
ipi.media
December 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What is Israel hiding? #GazaGenocide
Cathy Wilcox is one of Australia's very best cartoonists, and her humanity towards everyone shines through everything she does.
As a Jewish Australian, I am appalled she has to face such a stupid, offensive question.
As a Jewish Australian, I am appalled she has to face such a stupid, offensive question.
December 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cathy Wilcox is one of Australia's very best cartoonists, and her humanity towards everyone shines through everything she does.
As a Jewish Australian, I am appalled she has to face such a stupid, offensive question.
As a Jewish Australian, I am appalled she has to face such a stupid, offensive question.
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication…
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication…
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
The Trump regime & GOP are openly supporting European Nazis.
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Expressing thanks for Trump's sanction measures against their critics in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, representatives of Germany's Nazi party, the AfD, are traveling to Washington for meetings with senior Republicans and Republican donors, Tagesschau reports. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
AfD-Abgeordnete reisen zu Republikaner-Treffen nach Washington
Die neue US-Sicherheitsstrategie sucht die Nähe zu rechten Kräften in Europa. Nun reisen mehrere AfD-Abgeordnete zu einem wichtigen Netzwerk-Treffen der Republikaner.
www.tagesschau.de
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Trump regime & GOP are openly supporting European Nazis.
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
Liked this line on a transitional housing building in Philly and learned Jon Bon Jovi’s foundation runs it
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Liked this line on a transitional housing building in Philly and learned Jon Bon Jovi’s foundation runs it
Precisely why the Australian political and media establishment are so enthusiastic about banning any pro-Palestine anti-genocide protests. #nswpol #auspol
In thinking about what you can do this year, keep this in mind: showing up at protests has real impact - -
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"post Bondi debate has been marked by a deliberate collapse of categories. Antisemitism, Zionism, and the actions of the Israeli state are increasingly treated as interchangeable. This is not an accident. It is politically convenient. But also profoundly dangerous."
urbanwronski.com/2025/12/20/w...
urbanwronski.com/2025/12/20/w...
When Antisemitism Becomes a Political Weapon
n the wake of Bondi, grief is being channelled into a dangerous misdiagnosis: that Jewish safety requires conflation, censorship, and punitive power. This essay argues for a public health approach …
urbanwronski.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"post Bondi debate has been marked by a deliberate collapse of categories. Antisemitism, Zionism, and the actions of the Israeli state are increasingly treated as interchangeable. This is not an accident. It is politically convenient. But also profoundly dangerous."
urbanwronski.com/2025/12/20/w...
urbanwronski.com/2025/12/20/w...
SMH management still has not explained why they deleted this piece.
Their silence suggests that the pro-Israel lobby is driving editorial policy.
Just as the outrageous impending visit of Israeli President and war criminal Herzog confirms they are driving Australian foreign policy. #auspol
Their silence suggests that the pro-Israel lobby is driving editorial policy.
Just as the outrageous impending visit of Israeli President and war criminal Herzog confirms they are driving Australian foreign policy. #auspol
On Wednesday the Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Cumberland City councillor Ahmed Ouf about Muslim-Jewish solidarity in the wake of Bondi.
The piece was quickly taken down.
We're publishing it here in full.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-...
The piece was quickly taken down.
We're publishing it here in full.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-...
Ahmed Ouf: I went to Bondi and hugged people who'd never spoken to a Muslim before
Read Cumberland councillor's deleted opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald
www.deepcutnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
SMH management still has not explained why they deleted this piece.
Their silence suggests that the pro-Israel lobby is driving editorial policy.
Just as the outrageous impending visit of Israeli President and war criminal Herzog confirms they are driving Australian foreign policy. #auspol
Their silence suggests that the pro-Israel lobby is driving editorial policy.
Just as the outrageous impending visit of Israeli President and war criminal Herzog confirms they are driving Australian foreign policy. #auspol
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
Dr Assal Rad—
🇮🇱: Hostage
🇵🇸: Detainee
🇮🇱: Hostage
🇵🇸: Detainee
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
🇮🇱: Hostage
🇵🇸: Detainee
🇮🇱: Hostage
🇵🇸: Detainee
For anyone who still thinks there is a 'peace plan' for Gaza, or that the Israeli regime would agree to a two-state solution...
December 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For anyone who still thinks there is a 'peace plan' for Gaza, or that the Israeli regime would agree to a two-state solution...
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just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
Waiting for the pro-Israel lobby to accuse Pope Leo of antisemitism in 3, 2, 1...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Pope Leo asks people to think about Gaza during Christmas Day speech
During his Urbi et Orbi (city and world) speech on Christmas Day, Pope Leo XIV has called for an end to all wars and for people to think about the conditions in Gaza.
www.abc.net.au
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Waiting for the pro-Israel lobby to accuse Pope Leo of antisemitism in 3, 2, 1...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Looks horribly familiar, #auspol.
Newsom just signed AB 715, a vague California law that weaponizes "antisemitism" to silence criticism of Israel in schools. The law deliberately avoids defining antisemitism while forcing districts to adopt the IHRA definition that conflates anti-Zionism with bigotry. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
California’s AB 715 claims to combat antisemitism but is a direct attack on free speech regarding Palestine
Proponents claim that California’s AB 715 aims to combat antisemitism by strengthening anti-discrimination laws in public schools, but a closer look reveals it directly targets free speech on…
mondoweiss.net
December 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Looks horribly familiar, #auspol.
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"Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life. " mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
I did not understand I grew up in a concentration camp until I left Gaza
Growing up in Gaza, I didn’t realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn’t face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a…
mondoweiss.net
December 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life. " mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...
Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Armed with gloves, apron and tongs, politicians from across the aisle gathered to serve festive fare at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Sydney
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
BREAKING:
Santa's sleigh shot down on orders from Pete Hegseth.
"He was flying over known narco-terrorist routes", said an inebriated SecDef;
"And no I won't release the video of the second strike.
But it's obvious the two surviving reindeer were attempting to continue their smuggling operation."
Santa's sleigh shot down on orders from Pete Hegseth.
"He was flying over known narco-terrorist routes", said an inebriated SecDef;
"And no I won't release the video of the second strike.
But it's obvious the two surviving reindeer were attempting to continue their smuggling operation."
Looks like Santa's currently flying around Mexico. Oh, and what's that body of water to its east?
Thank you, NORAD!
✅ Gulf of Mexico
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Thank you, NORAD!
✅ Gulf of Mexico
#USDemocracy #MomSky
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
BREAKING:
Santa's sleigh shot down on orders from Pete Hegseth.
"He was flying over known narco-terrorist routes", said an inebriated SecDef;
"And no I won't release the video of the second strike.
But it's obvious the two surviving reindeer were attempting to continue their smuggling operation."
Santa's sleigh shot down on orders from Pete Hegseth.
"He was flying over known narco-terrorist routes", said an inebriated SecDef;
"And no I won't release the video of the second strike.
But it's obvious the two surviving reindeer were attempting to continue their smuggling operation."
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
You don't understand the essence of the Netanyahu-Hamas symbiosis unless you understand this. And few Americans get it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You don't understand the essence of the Netanyahu-Hamas symbiosis unless you understand this. And few Americans get it.