(((Asa Zernik)))
@asazernik.bsky.social
Israeli-American techie scum. Almost became political operative scum, hence tweeting.
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I'm begging for Trotskyists to add an ounce of literacy to their politics.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm begging for Trotskyists to add an ounce of literacy to their politics.
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i uh. dont think this is true?
People forget that Great Britain is basically Alabama outside of London only poorer people with weaker constitutions and worse food.
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
i uh. dont think this is true?
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She ran as a moderate. Maybe you think that’s good and maybe you think that’s bad. All I am arguing is that the endless takes about how Democrats should pivot to the center should explain why it didn’t work in this election (there are good reasons!) rather than pretending she didn’t.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
She ran as a moderate. Maybe you think that’s good and maybe you think that’s bad. All I am arguing is that the endless takes about how Democrats should pivot to the center should explain why it didn’t work in this election (there are good reasons!) rather than pretending she didn’t.
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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Every few months some agitated weirdo gets upset at me over the Atlantic post I did about how the prison system ROUTINELY engages in unimaginable abuse and lets people kill themselves, because they read it as “THERE’S NO WAY EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Every few months some agitated weirdo gets upset at me over the Atlantic post I did about how the prison system ROUTINELY engages in unimaginable abuse and lets people kill themselves, because they read it as “THERE’S NO WAY EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED”
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I just realized that WICKED is almost totally ripped-off from The Wizard of Oz and I can’t believe people aren’t talking about it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I just realized that WICKED is almost totally ripped-off from The Wizard of Oz and I can’t believe people aren’t talking about it.
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This is like when our cat sort of wants to fight with his brother but is also tired so he just reclines fully and kind of halfheartedly swats with one paw
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is like when our cat sort of wants to fight with his brother but is also tired so he just reclines fully and kind of halfheartedly swats with one paw
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Chaya is on a bender about me. Glad she likes my leather tie.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Chaya is on a bender about me. Glad she likes my leather tie.
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i really am trying to not be terminally online but it's fucking astounding to me that the biggest political influencer on Twitch is going on a propaganda tour of China with literal CCP state media chaperones
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
i really am trying to not be terminally online but it's fucking astounding to me that the biggest political influencer on Twitch is going on a propaganda tour of China with literal CCP state media chaperones
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The exhausting thing is how I don't really like any of this. I understand what Rachel is trying to say. I understand why Claire sees what she sees.
It's not antisemitic to "want kids to live."
It's antisemitic to frame I/P as a disagreement over whether kids should.
And I think it's accidental.
It's not antisemitic to "want kids to live."
It's antisemitic to frame I/P as a disagreement over whether kids should.
And I think it's accidental.
None of this is normal! None of it is in the safe parameters of sanity!
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The exhausting thing is how I don't really like any of this. I understand what Rachel is trying to say. I understand why Claire sees what she sees.
It's not antisemitic to "want kids to live."
It's antisemitic to frame I/P as a disagreement over whether kids should.
And I think it's accidental.
It's not antisemitic to "want kids to live."
It's antisemitic to frame I/P as a disagreement over whether kids should.
And I think it's accidental.
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Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
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dont sleep on fusion. fusion has the juice. look at this shit. impeccable sci fi vibe. alien curvature for reasons u wouldnt understand bc u dont know what poincare sections of the plasma beam are. it's even greebled with ports and domes and shit. u can tell the physics nerds are really cooking here
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
dont sleep on fusion. fusion has the juice. look at this shit. impeccable sci fi vibe. alien curvature for reasons u wouldnt understand bc u dont know what poincare sections of the plasma beam are. it's even greebled with ports and domes and shit. u can tell the physics nerds are really cooking here
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was not trying to generate anything like this at all
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
was not trying to generate anything like this at all
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Well it certainly doesnt help if you start your focus on things that bring people joy instead of decarbonising the energy grid, yes.
I think what holds many back is the thought that to really avoid climate damage, we have to stop flying, stop shopping for fashion, reuse, recycle and share more. Walk instead of driving. Live a more village scale life. People don’t want to give up AI, foreign holidays, cars, streaming services
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Well it certainly doesnt help if you start your focus on things that bring people joy instead of decarbonising the energy grid, yes.
Re: Israeli adoption of far-right Islamophobic narratives about Europe.
I know there are a lot of reasons for this, including Netanyahu's championing of the European far right. But I suspect this is also in part due to the nature of the French Jewish demographic that has emigrated to Israel over the past 10-15 years, among whom this line of critique would be prevalent.
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Re: Israeli adoption of far-right Islamophobic narratives about Europe.
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Many Israelis complain, often with justification, at their vilification at the hands of Europeans who know little about their country and have never visited it. It was striking to experience the mirror image of that phenomenon (3/3)
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Many Israelis complain, often with justification, at their vilification at the hands of Europeans who know little about their country and have never visited it. It was striking to experience the mirror image of that phenomenon (3/3)
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I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
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i feel like the reason people would fall for this is if they’re conservative-culture aligned Christians who don’t read the bible and so are imagining what it’s like, who believe somewhat sensibly from context that a lot of Christianity is about extolling the virtues of heterosexual marriage
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
i feel like the reason people would fall for this is if they’re conservative-culture aligned Christians who don’t read the bible and so are imagining what it’s like, who believe somewhat sensibly from context that a lot of Christianity is about extolling the virtues of heterosexual marriage
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i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
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I’m being glib but I’m semi-serious about this: send more white collar criminals to prison; prison conditions will improve
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m being glib but I’m semi-serious about this: send more white collar criminals to prison; prison conditions will improve
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I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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Much like real Bushido, poster's bushido is a post facto romanticization of an earlier era of uncontrolled conflict, constructed by the inhabitants of a more centralized system to justify their own pretensions.
poster's bushido logically implies the existence of historical european posting arts
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Much like real Bushido, poster's bushido is a post facto romanticization of an earlier era of uncontrolled conflict, constructed by the inhabitants of a more centralized system to justify their own pretensions.
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I mean, they can't and it doesn't. don't print lies in the newspaper.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I mean, they can't and it doesn't. don't print lies in the newspaper.