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Kafkaist-Benjaminist

My employer is not responsible for my mishegas
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I appreciate that Marjorie Taylor Greene, even when resigning from Congress, uses an antisemitic dog whistle almost immediately in her resignation lmao.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Reading Ernst Fraenkel for class tomorrow. His discussion of the ways German courts accommodated the Nazi coup is so good — and has more than a few upsetting resonances.
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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I don’t know what her next act will be but please keep in mind you do not ever have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Happy Ashes Opening Day to those who observe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
She thinks the sun shines out of their behinds.
"We are so excited to be working hand in glove with the Trump administration" -- Kyrsten Sinema is on Maria Bartiromo's show shilling for AI and praising Trump
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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“”This collection stands as an answer to one of history’s most critical questions: How can law rise to meet moments of international crisis? Today, we ensure that answer is not locked away but available to all. We believe when we make justice visible, we make it possible.””
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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MLN once stood for Modern Language Notes. Starting next year it’s Mame Loshn Notes.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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You know how Disney adults can spot a hidden Mickey Mouse head from a thousand yards? I’m like that but with swastikas
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Let’s check in on RFK Jr
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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3 GOP-appointed federal judges rule groups failed to prove lawmakers drew congressional districts in 2024 election w/ “the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of Black North Carolinians.” (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
Judges uphold NC districts used in 2024 election, but wait to rule on new map
The judges wrote that plaintiffs failed to prove lawmakers drew maps “with the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of Black North Carolinians.”
www.newsobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The recent closure of the Triad International Studies Academy shows that it's time for NC to stop approving new charter schools

#ncpol
It’s past time for North Carolina to abandon the failed charter school experiment
North Carolina students continue to pay the price for state leaders’ ideological push to wantonly expand charter schools. It’s becoming increasingly common for …
www.ncjustice.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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אַידיש ליט יעדען טאָג: ״נישט הײַמיש״ אַױפֿגעפֿירט פֿון דניאַל קאַהן אַון די געפֿאַרבטע פֿײַגעלע

Yiddish Song of the Day: "Not Home" performed by Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Jn...
NIT HEYMISH (Ich fühl' mich nicht zu Hause) - Daniel Kahn plays Georg Kreisler in Yiddish
YouTube video by Daniel Kahn
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Krusty shoes
WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEEE
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
¡Feliz quincuagésimo aniversario! Todavía muerto después de todos estos años.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings increased competition for jobs and raised wages

Cool new study of 11 states and 5 municipalities

A simple policy for states and localities to boost wages by a modest but meaningful amount
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Creating a record about how you are intentionally avoiding the release of records.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Raleigh, NC
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.

It does the same for everyone that excused them.
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM