Isaac Gendler
@isaacgendler.bsky.social
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
What is the largest sewage treatment plant in the western US, and what makes it special?
Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant
What is the largest sewage treatment plant in the western US, and what makes it special?
isaacscienceblog.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
What is the largest sewage treatment plant in the western US, and what makes it special?
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When I lived in a cultish community, they often used “unity” as a method to silence those who expressed disagreement or who were victimized by the system.
Same dynamic here. One sided “unity.” Unity for me, not for thee.
Same dynamic here. One sided “unity.” Unity for me, not for thee.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When I lived in a cultish community, they often used “unity” as a method to silence those who expressed disagreement or who were victimized by the system.
Same dynamic here. One sided “unity.” Unity for me, not for thee.
Same dynamic here. One sided “unity.” Unity for me, not for thee.
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The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
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2026 is the year of the Linux desktop
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
2026 is the year of the Linux desktop
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Reminder: we are in this together. Whether you accept it or not, they’ll eventually remind you.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Reminder: we are in this together. Whether you accept it or not, they’ll eventually remind you.
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Z's 2025 general-election honeymoon with Hochul is over; the 2026 race for NY governor has begun.
Hochul has only industry $, no people power. Let us exploit her gubernatorial primary to our advantage.
Pete of @nychange.bsky.social shares how she must change on clean energy + affordable utilities.
Hochul has only industry $, no people power. Let us exploit her gubernatorial primary to our advantage.
Pete of @nychange.bsky.social shares how she must change on clean energy + affordable utilities.
Hochul’s dirty deal w/ Trump on the pipeline follows other pro-oil & gas decisions.
The NYS DEC commissioner, NYSERDA president NYS PSC chair talk like they’re pro-consumer/anti-pollution, but they govern like oil/gas lobbyists.
Lefton, Harris & Christian should resign.
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The NYS DEC commissioner, NYSERDA president NYS PSC chair talk like they’re pro-consumer/anti-pollution, but they govern like oil/gas lobbyists.
Lefton, Harris & Christian should resign.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Z's 2025 general-election honeymoon with Hochul is over; the 2026 race for NY governor has begun.
Hochul has only industry $, no people power. Let us exploit her gubernatorial primary to our advantage.
Pete of @nychange.bsky.social shares how she must change on clean energy + affordable utilities.
Hochul has only industry $, no people power. Let us exploit her gubernatorial primary to our advantage.
Pete of @nychange.bsky.social shares how she must change on clean energy + affordable utilities.
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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Yet another bigotry to add to "protected beliefs"...
Criticism of Islam can be a legally protected belief, judge rules
Patrick Lee is pursuing a belief discrimination claim against the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) after it banned him and fined him nearly £23,000 last year over a series of tweets criticisi...
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Yet another bigotry to add to "protected beliefs"...
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Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
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“The average left winger in America would be considered right wing in Europe”
That’s not really tr-
“Actually, that’s not true, the average left wing European is a blood and soil nationalist that JD Vance would consider extreme”
Oh, for the love of God
That’s not really tr-
“Actually, that’s not true, the average left wing European is a blood and soil nationalist that JD Vance would consider extreme”
Oh, for the love of God
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“The average left winger in America would be considered right wing in Europe”
That’s not really tr-
“Actually, that’s not true, the average left wing European is a blood and soil nationalist that JD Vance would consider extreme”
Oh, for the love of God
That’s not really tr-
“Actually, that’s not true, the average left wing European is a blood and soil nationalist that JD Vance would consider extreme”
Oh, for the love of God
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I was taught that each campaign has 3 phases: preparation, execution, evaluation. Two decades in, I'm now convinced there's a 4th phase: appreciation.
Appreciation is essential because hard work done, if left unappreciated, can poison its doer. That's why I make time to write personal thank-you's.
Appreciation is essential because hard work done, if left unappreciated, can poison its doer. That's why I make time to write personal thank-you's.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I was taught that each campaign has 3 phases: preparation, execution, evaluation. Two decades in, I'm now convinced there's a 4th phase: appreciation.
Appreciation is essential because hard work done, if left unappreciated, can poison its doer. That's why I make time to write personal thank-you's.
Appreciation is essential because hard work done, if left unappreciated, can poison its doer. That's why I make time to write personal thank-you's.
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More reporting from the Israeli press seems to further confirm that the US has effectively taken over day to day decision making from the Israelis on Gaza— exacerbating fears in both the government and opposition that a precedent has been set for the internationalization of the Palestinian question.
US sidelining Israel on decision-making at Gaza ceasefire HQ, official says
Israeli liaison unit said relegated to contractor role in Gaza aid; US includes entire Trump 20-point peace plan in UN resolution establishing international Gaza force
www.timesofisrael.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
More reporting from the Israeli press seems to further confirm that the US has effectively taken over day to day decision making from the Israelis on Gaza— exacerbating fears in both the government and opposition that a precedent has been set for the internationalization of the Palestinian question.
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saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
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“Mohammed, a U.S. citizen, has been in Israeli prison since then, without family visits or phone calls. In March, he turned 16 behind bars, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Members of the U.S. Congress say he may also have signs of torture.”
Members of the U.S. Congress say he may also have signs of torture.”
A Israeli military court will weigh the fate of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release. n.pr/3XjfC4I
An Israeli military court considers fate of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing
A Israeli military court will weigh the fate of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Mohammed, a U.S. citizen, has been in Israeli prison since then, without family visits or phone calls. In March, he turned 16 behind bars, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Members of the U.S. Congress say he may also have signs of torture.”
Members of the U.S. Congress say he may also have signs of torture.”
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43) The Nazis did not actually fail. They didn’t destroy global Jewry, but they did turn Eastern Europe from the center of Jewish life to very much not that. Walking through some of the old shtetlakh felt very much like Goebbels’ idea of a vanished race museum. “These used to be tefillin”
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
43) The Nazis did not actually fail. They didn’t destroy global Jewry, but they did turn Eastern Europe from the center of Jewish life to very much not that. Walking through some of the old shtetlakh felt very much like Goebbels’ idea of a vanished race museum. “These used to be tefillin”
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Elon Musk should have a fate that makes Qaddafi's look nice in comparison
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Elon Musk should have a fate that makes Qaddafi's look nice in comparison
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I have been screaming this to the heavens for years and it’s lovely to see more people noticing: BEING safe is a right, FEELING safe is between you and your therapist. And the demand to FEEL safe is constantly weaponized to deprive other people of their real, actual safety.
One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have been screaming this to the heavens for years and it’s lovely to see more people noticing: BEING safe is a right, FEELING safe is between you and your therapist. And the demand to FEEL safe is constantly weaponized to deprive other people of their real, actual safety.
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Get ready for another round of mutual hypocrisy as Turkey pretends to be unaware of any other genocides and Israel pretends to care about Armenians while driving them out of Jerusalem and arming Aliyev to the teeth.
Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Get ready for another round of mutual hypocrisy as Turkey pretends to be unaware of any other genocides and Israel pretends to care about Armenians while driving them out of Jerusalem and arming Aliyev to the teeth.
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Oops, 18+Engish makes 19 total languages:
Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese,
Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean,
Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Telugu,
Thai or Vietnamese.
Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese,
Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean,
Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Telugu,
Thai or Vietnamese.
Back to ballots.
We can vote at any vote center in the county. Some the voting machines have to be able to call up any ballot from anywhere in the county and display it in
18 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 🤯
Then they have to read every permutation by OCR at high speed! How do they do that?
We can vote at any vote center in the county. Some the voting machines have to be able to call up any ballot from anywhere in the county and display it in
18 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 🤯
Then they have to read every permutation by OCR at high speed! How do they do that?
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oops, 18+Engish makes 19 total languages:
Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese,
Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean,
Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Telugu,
Thai or Vietnamese.
Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese,
Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean,
Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Telugu,
Thai or Vietnamese.
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🇭🇺🇺🇸 Orban: Hungary has won a U.S. sanctions exemption on Russian energy.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🇭🇺🇺🇸 Orban: Hungary has won a U.S. sanctions exemption on Russian energy.
What’s the structure that holds canals in place?
Embankments
What’s the structure that holds canals in place?
isaacscienceblog.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What’s the structure that holds canals in place?
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What Elizabeth Tsurkov went through is disgusting and criminal. Fuck Kataib Hezbollah and fuck Iran archive.is/Ki5cr
Now’s a good time to unfollow/block me if you think these fuckers have any role to play in Palestinian liberation
Now’s a good time to unfollow/block me if you think these fuckers have any role to play in Palestinian liberation
archive.is
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What Elizabeth Tsurkov went through is disgusting and criminal. Fuck Kataib Hezbollah and fuck Iran archive.is/Ki5cr
Now’s a good time to unfollow/block me if you think these fuckers have any role to play in Palestinian liberation
Now’s a good time to unfollow/block me if you think these fuckers have any role to play in Palestinian liberation
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Some of the anti-Zionists on the other site have already decided that swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn were an ADL false flag to get Mamdani to toe their line on antisemitism from the start, and that Mamdani is already failing the test by denouncing it. In case you miss that site.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some of the anti-Zionists on the other site have already decided that swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn were an ADL false flag to get Mamdani to toe their line on antisemitism from the start, and that Mamdani is already failing the test by denouncing it. In case you miss that site.