Carl Levitt
@amalgamatedthought.bsky.social
Good Faith and Fair Dealing
The place to be.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The place to be.
Reposted by Carl Levitt
"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
Their only weakness is accusations of cultural appropriation levied by Maori people.
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Their only weakness is accusations of cultural appropriation levied by Maori people.
Thomas Dracaena hit a ground out to Edric Tosser.
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thomas Dracaena hit a ground out to Edric Tosser.
There is more but that is a good sampling. The through line is about power and surviving without it.
2 thoughts for later:
1. What happens when you *do* have [jewish] power/ sovereignty?
2. How does one dispense justice without sovereignty? (The answer I think is in Avot 1:1).
2 thoughts for later:
1. What happens when you *do* have [jewish] power/ sovereignty?
2. How does one dispense justice without sovereignty? (The answer I think is in Avot 1:1).
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There is more but that is a good sampling. The through line is about power and surviving without it.
2 thoughts for later:
1. What happens when you *do* have [jewish] power/ sovereignty?
2. How does one dispense justice without sovereignty? (The answer I think is in Avot 1:1).
2 thoughts for later:
1. What happens when you *do* have [jewish] power/ sovereignty?
2. How does one dispense justice without sovereignty? (The answer I think is in Avot 1:1).
The government is capricious and cannot be trusted to protect you. www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 2:3
Be careful [in your dealings] with the ruling authorities for they do not befriend a person except for their own needs; they seem like friends when it is to...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The government is capricious and cannot be trusted to protect you. www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Be wary that your words have consequences. Your speech can get you exiled.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 1:11
Abtalion used to say: Sages be careful with your words, lest you incur the penalty of exile, and be carried off to a place of evil waters, and the disciples...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Be wary that your words have consequences. Your speech can get you exiled.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Remember that the ruling authority has an entire polity of people who are not jews. They will not protect you.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 1:10
Shemayah and Avtalyon received from them. Shemayah says, "Love work, hate lordship and do not become familiar with the...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Remember that the ruling authority has an entire polity of people who are not jews. They will not protect you.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Also, the loss of Jewish sovereignty pervades Avot. As much as I would like to interpret this as good practical Jewish anarchism, I think this a more of a guide for communal survival in exile.
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Also, the loss of Jewish sovereignty pervades Avot. As much as I would like to interpret this as good practical Jewish anarchism, I think this a more of a guide for communal survival in exile.
This is the first time I have ever been disappointed that someone is citing the OED.
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the first time I have ever been disappointed that someone is citing the OED.