Joe Slater
@joeinaustralia.bsky.social
Interests: human rights,
Judaism and SF.
Pronouns are he/him.
Judaism and SF.
Pronouns are he/him.
Indiana Jones and the Possum of Doom
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Indiana Jones and the Possum of Doom
Picture of Israelite wearing Canaanite shift.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Picture of Israelite wearing Canaanite shift.
If anything it shows that Mamdani convinced them that he's not much of an anti-Zionist or, more likely IMO, they feel he has an acceptably nuanced view about Israel. The anecdote quoted below worth reading in that regard:
jewishideasdaily.com/824/features...
jewishideasdaily.com/824/features...
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If anything it shows that Mamdani convinced them that he's not much of an anti-Zionist or, more likely IMO, they feel he has an acceptably nuanced view about Israel. The anecdote quoted below worth reading in that regard:
jewishideasdaily.com/824/features...
jewishideasdaily.com/824/features...
I am so embarrassed for the US right now.
"[President Lee Jae-Myung] wore a custom made gold-coloured tie, which his office said "reflects President Trump's taste for gold, captures the golden future of the South Korea-US alliance … Trump was gifted a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown."
"[President Lee Jae-Myung] wore a custom made gold-coloured tie, which his office said "reflects President Trump's taste for gold, captures the golden future of the South Korea-US alliance … Trump was gifted a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown."
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I am so embarrassed for the US right now.
"[President Lee Jae-Myung] wore a custom made gold-coloured tie, which his office said "reflects President Trump's taste for gold, captures the golden future of the South Korea-US alliance … Trump was gifted a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown."
"[President Lee Jae-Myung] wore a custom made gold-coloured tie, which his office said "reflects President Trump's taste for gold, captures the golden future of the South Korea-US alliance … Trump was gifted a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown."
Just for interest's sake, I asked ChatGPT "Explain this cartoon to me."
Its response is below, which I found quite decent: it even identified the speaker as a Bolshevik.
Its response is below, which I found quite decent: it even identified the speaker as a Bolshevik.
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just for interest's sake, I asked ChatGPT "Explain this cartoon to me."
Its response is below, which I found quite decent: it even identified the speaker as a Bolshevik.
Its response is below, which I found quite decent: it even identified the speaker as a Bolshevik.
Oh good I passed
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Oh good I passed
Not your fault or any reason why you shouldn't have posted it, but look how petty international copyright holders can be:
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not your fault or any reason why you shouldn't have posted it, but look how petty international copyright holders can be:
A very handsome boy.
October 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A very handsome boy.
Yes, but consider this detail from further down the page. I do hope Mr Cash is OK.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yes, but consider this detail from further down the page. I do hope Mr Cash is OK.
OMG. He actually kind of looks like Harrison Ford in that photo, although I don't think I could convey why.
Have a photo of Mr Fluffy hunting things in his sleep. I know that he looks like a hairy hot water bottle, but it wasn't a good angle.
Have a photo of Mr Fluffy hunting things in his sleep. I know that he looks like a hairy hot water bottle, but it wasn't a good angle.
October 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
OMG. He actually kind of looks like Harrison Ford in that photo, although I don't think I could convey why.
Have a photo of Mr Fluffy hunting things in his sleep. I know that he looks like a hairy hot water bottle, but it wasn't a good angle.
Have a photo of Mr Fluffy hunting things in his sleep. I know that he looks like a hairy hot water bottle, but it wasn't a good angle.
I have no idea whose misconceptions you think you're correcting — Oh, no, wait, I do: it's Jews'.
Well, then: my dad was in a forced labour battalion. He had nightmares about the guards' dogs all his life. My grandparents were slaves. They were lucky: their neighbours ended up in Auschwitz.
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Well, then: my dad was in a forced labour battalion. He had nightmares about the guards' dogs all his life. My grandparents were slaves. They were lucky: their neighbours ended up in Auschwitz.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I have no idea whose misconceptions you think you're correcting — Oh, no, wait, I do: it's Jews'.
Well, then: my dad was in a forced labour battalion. He had nightmares about the guards' dogs all his life. My grandparents were slaves. They were lucky: their neighbours ended up in Auschwitz.
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Well, then: my dad was in a forced labour battalion. He had nightmares about the guards' dogs all his life. My grandparents were slaves. They were lucky: their neighbours ended up in Auschwitz.
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No, you misread it. @ariehkovler said that the point of the joke is that Israelis are *not* "a real ethnicity whose material culture is based on their blood and soil". That is, the joke assumes such cultures exist, and denies that status to Israelis. He's calling it out for being a racist joke.
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
No, you misread it. @ariehkovler said that the point of the joke is that Israelis are *not* "a real ethnicity whose material culture is based on their blood and soil". That is, the joke assumes such cultures exist, and denies that status to Israelis. He's calling it out for being a racist joke.
Me looking at this thread:
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Me looking at this thread:
Wildlife Victoria advised us to bring the possum to the Ripponlea Veterinary Hospital, which we did. They told us the possum seems fine, and that she will be brought to a carer who will look after her until she can be returned to her native environment: my fruit trees.
Oh well.
Oh well.
October 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Wildlife Victoria advised us to bring the possum to the Ripponlea Veterinary Hospital, which we did. They told us the possum seems fine, and that she will be brought to a carer who will look after her until she can be returned to her native environment: my fruit trees.
Oh well.
Oh well.
So we were clearing out our sukkah, and my kid found a juvenile ringtail possum. We made them a little house and we're calling Wildlife Victoria's emergency line for advice.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
So we were clearing out our sukkah, and my kid found a juvenile ringtail possum. We made them a little house and we're calling Wildlife Victoria's emergency line for advice.
Truly is it said: one good tern deserves another.
October 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Truly is it said: one good tern deserves another.
A coloniser leaves Jerusalem at the invitation of indigenous Jordanians.
September 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A coloniser leaves Jerusalem at the invitation of indigenous Jordanians.
Went to an event where the two lavatories had the signs below. The urinals were individual ones in separate cubicles. The system seemed to work pretty well.
September 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Went to an event where the two lavatories had the signs below. The urinals were individual ones in separate cubicles. The system seemed to work pretty well.
Dropbear captured on camera!!!1!!eleventyone!!
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Dropbear captured on camera!!!1!!eleventyone!!
Saw some noisy mynahs feeding their chicks, in the park
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Saw some noisy mynahs feeding their chicks, in the park
Monash uni, the university with the highest number of Jewish students in Australia, the campus that literally hosts the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, advertises an open day to attract potential students on Thursday the 2nd of October.
Yom Kippur.
#auspol
Yom Kippur.
#auspol
September 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Monash uni, the university with the highest number of Jewish students in Australia, the campus that literally hosts the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, advertises an open day to attract potential students on Thursday the 2nd of October.
Yom Kippur.
#auspol
Yom Kippur.
#auspol
I need the world to understand how fluffy he is.
September 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I need the world to understand how fluffy he is.
I'm sorry you're having such an awful time.
Here's my kitty trying to help by purring.
Here's my kitty trying to help by purring.
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm sorry you're having such an awful time.
Here's my kitty trying to help by purring.
Here's my kitty trying to help by purring.