Josh
@levjoy.bsky.social
Digital safety, music, and many other things.
Center for Digital Resilience: https://digiresilience.org
K'lal Tech Hub: https://klal.tech
Music: https://outro-band.bandcamp.com
Mastodon: https://babka.social/@levjoy
Also known as יהושע
Center for Digital Resilience: https://digiresilience.org
K'lal Tech Hub: https://klal.tech
Music: https://outro-band.bandcamp.com
Mastodon: https://babka.social/@levjoy
Also known as יהושע
"The legitimate struggle for Palestinian rights, the necessary opposition to the current Israeli government’s callous and self-defeating policies.. has been hijacked by an international movement poisoned by violence and hatred."
forward.com/opinion/7224...
forward.com/opinion/7224...
How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of two in Washington, D.C.
The Jewish Museum DC murder of 2 Israeli embassy staffers shows how hateful anti-Israel rhetoric incites violence against Israelis and Jews.
forward.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"The legitimate struggle for Palestinian rights, the necessary opposition to the current Israeli government’s callous and self-defeating policies.. has been hijacked by an international movement poisoned by violence and hatred."
forward.com/opinion/7224...
forward.com/opinion/7224...
Tell us Max, what antisemitism should we NOT be concerned about?
It should go without saying, but this is the antisemitism we should actually be concerned about.
This video shows the fire damage inside the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion.
Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.
Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.
April 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tell us Max, what antisemitism should we NOT be concerned about?
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Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
www.theatlantic.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
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"That Mr. Musk has come to hold so many of the same beliefs about social engineering and economic planning as his grandfather is a testament to his profound lack of political imagination, to the tenacity of technocracy and to the hubris of Silicon Valley."
Jill Lepore in the NYT this am about one of my core commitments: how family politics are a central illuminating theme. On Musk and his grandfather, "Joshua Haldeman, a cowboy, chiropractor, conspiracy theorist and amateur aviator known as the Flying Haldeman." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"That Mr. Musk has come to hold so many of the same beliefs about social engineering and economic planning as his grandfather is a testament to his profound lack of political imagination, to the tenacity of technocracy and to the hubris of Silicon Valley."
We're working hard to re-launch K'lal as a technology and cybersecurity hub for the Jewish community.
Tech thought leadership, cybersecurity strategies, knowledgebase of best practices — all tailored to Jewish communal needs.
I couldn’t be more excited.
klal.tech
Tech thought leadership, cybersecurity strategies, knowledgebase of best practices — all tailored to Jewish communal needs.
I couldn’t be more excited.
klal.tech
April 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We're working hard to re-launch K'lal as a technology and cybersecurity hub for the Jewish community.
Tech thought leadership, cybersecurity strategies, knowledgebase of best practices — all tailored to Jewish communal needs.
I couldn’t be more excited.
klal.tech
Tech thought leadership, cybersecurity strategies, knowledgebase of best practices — all tailored to Jewish communal needs.
I couldn’t be more excited.
klal.tech
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From @nytimes.com + J. David Goodman: Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews - American Jews have watched with both alarm and enthusiasm as strong-arm tactics, including arrests of activists, have been deployed in their name. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews
American Jews have watched with both alarm and enthusiasm as strong-arm tactics, including arrests of activists, have been deployed in their name.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
From @nytimes.com + J. David Goodman: Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews - American Jews have watched with both alarm and enthusiasm as strong-arm tactics, including arrests of activists, have been deployed in their name. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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Outro is forming a new haute cuisine dining experience in a hip Toronto neighborhood and has JUST been cast in a prestige HBO series.
Matty Matheson formed a new hardcore band, Pig Pen, with Alexisonfire's Wade MacNeil, Daniel Romano & more www.brooklynvegan.com/matty-mathes...
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Outro is forming a new haute cuisine dining experience in a hip Toronto neighborhood and has JUST been cast in a prestige HBO series.
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We categorically deny Jeffrey Golberg's report that he was accidentally added to the band chat, and any suggestion that we are planning to rehearse new songs on Thursday is FALSE.
March 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We categorically deny Jeffrey Golberg's report that he was accidentally added to the band chat, and any suggestion that we are planning to rehearse new songs on Thursday is FALSE.
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Those who know me know I was highly critical of what I saw as some of the rhetorical excesses of the campus protests. Khalil and I wld probably get into a spat immediately. It's all the more important for people who believe as I do to say clearly, the protections of the law are for everyone.
A federal judge in NY has blocked any effort by the Trump administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil – whose arrest and imminent deportation Trump celebrated on Turth Social today — until further proceedings play out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Those who know me know I was highly critical of what I saw as some of the rhetorical excesses of the campus protests. Khalil and I wld probably get into a spat immediately. It's all the more important for people who believe as I do to say clearly, the protections of the law are for everyone.
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I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
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I pair what Vance is doing with the timidity of modern Dem coms. Politico's Elena Schneider did an interview w Walz and a Harris source demanded anonymity for a totally bland quote on it. They are just terrified of stepping out of the box. Vance doesn't even know where the box is.
Faced in 2016 with a shambolic Trump administration that didn't expect to win and wasn't prepared to govern or message, "Democratic-aligned politicians and pundits have been playing on easy mode." I wrote about how that has changed today, and what it means. Gift link:
J. D. Vance Finally Found a Use for the Vice Presidency
The VP has made social media into a vehicle for his ascent.
www.theatlantic.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I pair what Vance is doing with the timidity of modern Dem coms. Politico's Elena Schneider did an interview w Walz and a Harris source demanded anonymity for a totally bland quote on it. They are just terrified of stepping out of the box. Vance doesn't even know where the box is.
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Patricia Bauman died a year ago.
ActBlue is a payment processor. Almost anyone who’s given to a D candidate in the last 20 years could be mischaracterized as a “ActBlue funder.”
Listing five Jews, two of whom are long dead, as “ActBlue funders” secretly behind the Tesla protests is antisemitism.
ActBlue is a payment processor. Almost anyone who’s given to a D candidate in the last 20 years could be mischaracterized as a “ActBlue funder.”
Listing five Jews, two of whom are long dead, as “ActBlue funders” secretly behind the Tesla protests is antisemitism.
Musk is blaming "Herbert Sandler," among others, for secretly financing the protests and Tesla dealerships over the last few weeks.
Sandler died in 2019.
Sandler died in 2019.
March 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Patricia Bauman died a year ago.
ActBlue is a payment processor. Almost anyone who’s given to a D candidate in the last 20 years could be mischaracterized as a “ActBlue funder.”
Listing five Jews, two of whom are long dead, as “ActBlue funders” secretly behind the Tesla protests is antisemitism.
ActBlue is a payment processor. Almost anyone who’s given to a D candidate in the last 20 years could be mischaracterized as a “ActBlue funder.”
Listing five Jews, two of whom are long dead, as “ActBlue funders” secretly behind the Tesla protests is antisemitism.
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Track One of the playlist here is Track One of the Broken Promise EP... and let me just say we are amped to be leading the charge for this crowd of serious rockers.
New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in February, featuring @grahamcrackerbox.bsky.social @milkocromlom.bsky.social @bengrigg.bsky.social @cruisinrecords.bsky.social @jtsimons.bsky.social @cheekface.bsky.social @nyxfears.bsky.social @filip.start-track.com @outro-band.bsky.social, Patches & more:
New Playlist: February 2025
It’s the February 2025 playlist! The year is in full swing, and this playlist reflects it, as it’s almost entirely culled from the new year. You’ll recognize a lot of these songs …
rosyoverdrive.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Track One of the playlist here is Track One of the Broken Promise EP... and let me just say we are amped to be leading the charge for this crowd of serious rockers.
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congratulations to No Other Land, which may be the first film to win a major Oscar but not theatrical distribution.
The Most Relevant Movie in Theaters Is Poised to Make Oscar History. It Would Be a Shameful First.
It swept the critics’ awards and seems like an Oscars lock, yet it still doesn’t have a distributor.
slate.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
congratulations to No Other Land, which may be the first film to win a major Oscar but not theatrical distribution.
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The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
March 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.
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Actual question, after watching Oval Office spectacle w one president standing up for his country, and a prez and VP pandering for Putin:
I don't recall ever being more ashamed, as an American, of a president's public behavior. (Many have erred in private)
What has been more shameful than this?
I don't recall ever being more ashamed, as an American, of a president's public behavior. (Many have erred in private)
What has been more shameful than this?
February 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Actual question, after watching Oval Office spectacle w one president standing up for his country, and a prez and VP pandering for Putin:
I don't recall ever being more ashamed, as an American, of a president's public behavior. (Many have erred in private)
What has been more shameful than this?
I don't recall ever being more ashamed, as an American, of a president's public behavior. (Many have erred in private)
What has been more shameful than this?
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Technically, the mafia is also run like a business
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Technically, the mafia is also run like a business
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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
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People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
February 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.