Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
@abeplaut.bsky.social
#BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🧔🏻🎺
Pursuer of Justice ✊
Reads Books & Listens to Records 📚 💿
Thinks about healthcare & housing 🏥
He/they
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Pursuer of Justice ✊
Reads Books & Listens to Records 📚 💿
Thinks about healthcare & housing 🏥
He/they
https://linktr.ee/abeplaut
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Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
@abeplaut.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Feeling grateful, honored, and dare I say *verklempt* that my interview w/ Chaia was featured in the new @derspekter.bsky.social anniversary edition issuu.com/misoshnik/do...
Groups like @bendthearc.bsky.social are investing in the real work of building solidarity and combatting the toxicity of smokescreen antisemitism.
Join me and add your name!
Join me and add your name!
Add your name: American Jews reject the ADL’s racist “Mamdani Monitor”
If the ADL wants to keep Jews isolated from our allies and neighbors, their time as Jewish leaders is over.
www.bendthearc.us
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Groups like @bendthearc.bsky.social are investing in the real work of building solidarity and combatting the toxicity of smokescreen antisemitism.
Join me and add your name!
Join me and add your name!
On this day November 2 in 1979, Assata Shakur was liberated from Clinton Women’s Prison
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On this day November 2 in 1979, Assata Shakur was liberated from Clinton Women’s Prison
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
I don't think it is possible to understate the impact Reb Arthur zt"l and his vision of prophetic justice had on me and generations of Jewish activists.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
We are writing to share the news that Reb Arthur Waskow z"l died peacefully this morning, Monday, October 20. Just days after celebrating his 92nd birthday, Arthur left his body this morning with ease.
You can read Arthur’s full obituary at: theshalomcenter.org/shalomreport...
You can read Arthur’s full obituary at: theshalomcenter.org/shalomreport...
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't think it is possible to understate the impact Reb Arthur zt"l and his vision of prophetic justice had on me and generations of Jewish activists.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
May the memory of the righteous be a blessing.
The bassist at the Bossa session said I made it feel like 1960s Brazil and that’s probably one of the nicest complements I could have gotten #BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🎺
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The bassist at the Bossa session said I made it feel like 1960s Brazil and that’s probably one of the nicest complements I could have gotten #BeardedTrumpetPlayer 🎺
A library has burned.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
D’Angelo was one of the most widely revered artists of the past 30 years.
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
He began his career as a songwriter for other artists, but quickly asserted himself as a solo star with his 1995 debut 'Brown Sugar.'
More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A library has burned.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
May his memory and music be a blessing.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
These two headline sentences next to each other are a great encapsulation of the cognitive dissonance of this moment.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal. And, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed to the greater Chicago area at President Trump's request. n.pr/46ZzgqK
Israel and Hamas reach initial ceasefire deal. And, National Guard arrive near Chicago
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal. And, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed to the greater Chicago area at President Trump's request.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
These two headline sentences next to each other are a great encapsulation of the cognitive dissonance of this moment.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
New year, new me, I’m altering my DNA by getting vaccinated for Covid & Flu during Rosh Hashanah
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New year, new me, I’m altering my DNA by getting vaccinated for Covid & Flu during Rosh Hashanah
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר!! 🐏🍯🍎💉
“If you want to make the world a better place just f*cking do it man”
-All American Rejects🤘
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
-All American Rejects🤘
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
The All-American Rejects: Field Recordings x Aspen Ideas Festival
Surrounded by mountains, the band plays its biggest hits at 8,000 feet.
www.npr.org
August 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“If you want to make the world a better place just f*cking do it man”
-All American Rejects🤘
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
-All American Rejects🤘
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/g...
“Food insecurity is skyrocketing: we have the highest rate of food insecurity among seniors. Tens of thousands of residents are waiting for housing vouchers, some for over 20 years. Health outcomes vary widely by income and race. These are all man-made problems & they all have solutions.”
Bread for the City Stands with DC Residents Against Federal Takeover - Bread for the City %
Our statement on the Trump administration's announcement to federalize the MPD and infringe on fifty years of DC's right to Home Rule.
breadforthecity.org
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Food insecurity is skyrocketing: we have the highest rate of food insecurity among seniors. Tens of thousands of residents are waiting for housing vouchers, some for over 20 years. Health outcomes vary widely by income and race. These are all man-made problems & they all have solutions.”
“Community-based solutions to public safety and continued investment by those in power will continue to move the needle. Not by a police occupation. Not by marginalization. Not by disappearing our neighbors.”
@breadforthecity.bsky.social
breadforthecity.org/blog/stateme...
@breadforthecity.bsky.social
breadforthecity.org/blog/stateme...
Subjugation Day: First Ever Federalization of the DCMPD. Our Statement. - Bread for the City
Our statement on the Trump administration's announcement to federalize the MPD and infringe on fifty years of DC's right to Home Rule.
breadforthecity.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“Community-based solutions to public safety and continued investment by those in power will continue to move the needle. Not by a police occupation. Not by marginalization. Not by disappearing our neighbors.”
@breadforthecity.bsky.social
breadforthecity.org/blog/stateme...
@breadforthecity.bsky.social
breadforthecity.org/blog/stateme...
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Sensing that any number of US elected officials & bureaucrats think they’re Schindler, making the tough choices to save who can be saved.
If that’s you, please complete this brief checklist.
1. Are you providing citizenship documents to people who would otherwise be kidnapped by ICE?
1/x
If that’s you, please complete this brief checklist.
1. Are you providing citizenship documents to people who would otherwise be kidnapped by ICE?
1/x
August 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sensing that any number of US elected officials & bureaucrats think they’re Schindler, making the tough choices to save who can be saved.
If that’s you, please complete this brief checklist.
1. Are you providing citizenship documents to people who would otherwise be kidnapped by ICE?
1/x
If that’s you, please complete this brief checklist.
1. Are you providing citizenship documents to people who would otherwise be kidnapped by ICE?
1/x
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
The atrocities the Israeli gov is committing in Gaza have created an audience for US politicians denouncing it. If orgs like the ADL were not so shortsighted, they would prefer that role to be filled by someone like Mamdani, who speaks out against antisemitism, than someone like MTG, who does not.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is now in front of many Democratic elected officials in calling out the horrific suffering in Gaza.
We are living in the Twilight Zone.
We are living in the Twilight Zone.
July 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The atrocities the Israeli gov is committing in Gaza have created an audience for US politicians denouncing it. If orgs like the ADL were not so shortsighted, they would prefer that role to be filled by someone like Mamdani, who speaks out against antisemitism, than someone like MTG, who does not.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
I'm not a Christian and have no personal stake here, but this is a model answer for a form of religious identity that avoids the twin poles of literalism and complete certitude on one side and culturally Christian-based irreligion and atheism on the other, in which we seem trapped right now.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm not a Christian and have no personal stake here, but this is a model answer for a form of religious identity that avoids the twin poles of literalism and complete certitude on one side and culturally Christian-based irreligion and atheism on the other, in which we seem trapped right now.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
It’s not our main reason, but this is another good reason for boycotting the airlines:
Delta spent a ton on union busting and anti-union activities, and now they want exploit people with AI.
This is yet another reason why corporate deregulation will always favor the wealthy and screw over the working class.
Will not be booking a delta flight any time soon. Or ever.
This is yet another reason why corporate deregulation will always favor the wealthy and screw over the working class.
Will not be booking a delta flight any time soon. Or ever.
July 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s not our main reason, but this is another good reason for boycotting the airlines:
Was walking out of the Klezmatics concert first night of YidStock at Yiddish Book Center. Got compliments from elders on my singing voice and another on my posture while dancing 🥹
July 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Was walking out of the Klezmatics concert first night of YidStock at Yiddish Book Center. Got compliments from elders on my singing voice and another on my posture while dancing 🥹
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Seems like this will set a bad precedent, though the most charitable interpretation is that this will just allow houses of worship to be more open about what a lot of them are essentially doing already.
The I.R.S. said churches, synagogues and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations, effectively excusing them from a long-standing ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.
IRS says religious institutions may endorse candidates, undoing a longstanding ban
The Johnson Amendment does not apply to houses of worship speaking to their congregations, the agency has ruled.
forward.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Seems like this will set a bad precedent, though the most charitable interpretation is that this will just allow houses of worship to be more open about what a lot of them are essentially doing already.
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This is so fucking good. Bonus: learn some useful Yiddish.
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is so fucking good. Bonus: learn some useful Yiddish.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Framed.
Exclusive: The Trump administration has agreed to release from prison a three-time felon and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García.
@mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports:
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
@mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports:
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Framed.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.
June 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.
Reposted by Abe אַבְרָהָם 🌻🔥
Andrew Cuomo won’t see your mean tweets about him, but your friend who sexually harassed thirteen women and covered up nursing home deaths will and you need better friends.
June 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Andrew Cuomo won’t see your mean tweets about him, but your friend who sexually harassed thirteen women and covered up nursing home deaths will and you need better friends.
@jeffcmays.bsky.social : That Cuomo said Zohran Mamdani “won” before the ranked-choice voting totals are tabulated is stunning. Trip Yang, a Democratic strategist, called it potentially the “biggest upset in modern history” if the numbers hold.
Update from Jeff Mays
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
@jeffcmays.bsky.social : That Cuomo said Zohran Mamdani “won” before the ranked-choice voting totals are tabulated is stunning. Trip Yang, a Democratic strategist, called it potentially the “biggest upset in modern history” if the numbers hold.
Is it weird if I reply on my friend’s random Venmo transactions for Starbucks to make sure they also support @sbworkersunited.org ?
June 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Is it weird if I reply on my friend’s random Venmo transactions for Starbucks to make sure they also support @sbworkersunited.org ?