Rosanne Rabinowitz
@rosannerabs.bsky.social
Writer, reader, ranter. Finalist for British Fantasy & Shirley Jackson awards. Lover of loud music, whisky and chocolate.
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Hi, here I am where the skies are blue... introducing you to me and my fiction. In addition to the books below I've published stories in many anthologies – you can sometimes find more info at rosannerabinowitz.wordpress.com (though I have some catching up to do).
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A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/u...
Man arrested with body armor and a suitcase filled with ammunition after threatening multiple synagogues, officials say | CNN
In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/u...
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On this day in 1975, around 90 percent of women in Iceland went on strike. They protested unequal pay by refusing to do housework, child rearing, or the duties of their paid positions. The next year, Iceland's parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal pay for women.
#History #OTD #Women'sDayOff
#History #OTD #Women'sDayOff
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On this day in 1975, around 90 percent of women in Iceland went on strike. They protested unequal pay by refusing to do housework, child rearing, or the duties of their paid positions. The next year, Iceland's parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal pay for women.
#History #OTD #Women'sDayOff
#History #OTD #Women'sDayOff
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“There’s no question, it was chutzpadik... I think it turned out to be holy chutzpah.” www.jta.org/2025/10/20/o...
Arthur Waskow, activist rabbi who brought Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on progressive politics, dies at 92 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Waskow was arrested more than two dozen times for his activism. He also wrote more than two dozen books.
www.jta.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“There’s no question, it was chutzpadik... I think it turned out to be holy chutzpah.” www.jta.org/2025/10/20/o...
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FiLiA is an organisation we all need. We stand by its organisers and volunteers and against those who undermine and damage it, supposedly in solidarity with Jewish women. As Jewish women we will not be far-right fodder, used to justify racism.
jewishwomensupportingfilia.substack.com/p/jewish-wom...
jewishwomensupportingfilia.substack.com/p/jewish-wom...
Jewish Women Supporting FiLiA
October 2025
jewishwomensupportingfilia.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
FiLiA is an organisation we all need. We stand by its organisers and volunteers and against those who undermine and damage it, supposedly in solidarity with Jewish women. As Jewish women we will not be far-right fodder, used to justify racism.
jewishwomensupportingfilia.substack.com/p/jewish-wom...
jewishwomensupportingfilia.substack.com/p/jewish-wom...
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All those who live within reach of Leicester, please come to this event.
📢📚Rahila Gupta (@rahilag.bsky.social) presents “Unholy Alliance: Religion & Patriarchy”, co-author of Planet Patriarchy. She argues religious shackles prevent women’s liberation—especially in Russia, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Sun 26 Oct, 6:30pm • Secular Hall: All welcome ☕ Donations welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
All those who live within reach of Leicester, please come to this event.
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For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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You know what this shit gets you? Stress-related illness and a heart attack at 50.
Take it from a Gen Xer: this is not the way to live. The years go by WAY too fast, and before you know it you'll realize that you worked your life away and didn't live it. And then you die. There is no do-over.
Take it from a Gen Xer: this is not the way to live. The years go by WAY too fast, and before you know it you'll realize that you worked your life away and didn't live it. And then you die. There is no do-over.
“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6
Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune
From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You know what this shit gets you? Stress-related illness and a heart attack at 50.
Take it from a Gen Xer: this is not the way to live. The years go by WAY too fast, and before you know it you'll realize that you worked your life away and didn't live it. And then you die. There is no do-over.
Take it from a Gen Xer: this is not the way to live. The years go by WAY too fast, and before you know it you'll realize that you worked your life away and didn't live it. And then you die. There is no do-over.
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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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On BBC Sounds: Jackie Kay talks to John Wilson about her childhood in Glasgow as the mixed-race, adopted daughter of a loving couple, & her formative creative influences.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Jackie Kay
Poet, writer and former Makar Jackie Kay reveals her formative creative influences.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
On BBC Sounds: Jackie Kay talks to John Wilson about her childhood in Glasgow as the mixed-race, adopted daughter of a loving couple, & her formative creative influences.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Report by @elpais.com on the Women in #Russia who continue to protest the war in #Ukraine, and their husbands, sons, who were conscripted.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Kremlin silences wives of soldiers deployed to the front, but some still raise their voices in protest
Moscow is cracking down on complaints calling for the return of troops three years after the draft that shocked Russia
english.elpais.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Report by @elpais.com on the Women in #Russia who continue to protest the war in #Ukraine, and their husbands, sons, who were conscripted.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
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Heartbreaking report on Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya, who is #ICE detention after she fled Tehran after taking part in the #WomanLifeFreedom protests in #Iran #TrumpsAmerica
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now 'looking for freedom' from ICE detention
Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya fled Tehran after participating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in custody. After a dangerous journey across Centr...
www.france24.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Heartbreaking report on Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya, who is #ICE detention after she fled Tehran after taking part in the #WomanLifeFreedom protests in #Iran #TrumpsAmerica
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer.
New York Times tomorrow
New York Times tomorrow
September 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer.
New York Times tomorrow
New York Times tomorrow
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The Show Me State is showing up for our democracy.
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Show Me State is showing up for our democracy.
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Thinking, for no particular reason at this moment, about how much I loathe the "Death Equals Redemption" trope.
September 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thinking, for no particular reason at this moment, about how much I loathe the "Death Equals Redemption" trope.
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They live in luxury accommodation and hang out idly in our streets. It’s the foreign invasion to Britain that has plagued our shores this summer: US celebrities.
In today’s G2, I make jokes for political reasons. Also cos it’s fun. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s G2, I make jokes for political reasons. Also cos it’s fun. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The immigration problem that really concerns me? US celebrities | Frances Ryan
There are worrying signs that this uber-wealthy wave of migrants don’t truly understand British values. Have they even been to the big Asda?, writes Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
They live in luxury accommodation and hang out idly in our streets. It’s the foreign invasion to Britain that has plagued our shores this summer: US celebrities.
In today’s G2, I make jokes for political reasons. Also cos it’s fun. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s G2, I make jokes for political reasons. Also cos it’s fun. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Important from @enversol.bsky.social on those increasingly emboldened to threaten violence vs refugee groups, schools, lawyers. We do should hear leaders speak about the illegitimacy of intimidation & threat, none of which are legitimate concerns/ legitimate means
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Asylum seekers are being targeted – and so are those who help them. It’s a disturbing new reality | Enver Solomon
Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Important from @enversol.bsky.social on those increasingly emboldened to threaten violence vs refugee groups, schools, lawyers. We do should hear leaders speak about the illegitimacy of intimidation & threat, none of which are legitimate concerns/ legitimate means
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#OtD 22 Aug 1944 Polish revolutionary Maria Oneker died during the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation. She was the leader of the women's unit of the 104th Company of Syndicalists which fought under the red and black flag of anarcho-syndicalism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9451...
August 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#OtD 22 Aug 1944 Polish revolutionary Maria Oneker died during the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation. She was the leader of the women's unit of the 104th Company of Syndicalists which fought under the red and black flag of anarcho-syndicalism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9451...
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BBC continues to have a persistent editorial problem in hyping & exaggerating scale of asylum protests (even at odds with its own reporting)
How can a report quoting the police saying "about 150 people attended" a protest and counter-protest have the headline "hundreds join asylum hotel demo"
How can a report quoting the police saying "about 150 people attended" a protest and counter-protest have the headline "hundreds join asylum hotel demo"
August 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
BBC continues to have a persistent editorial problem in hyping & exaggerating scale of asylum protests (even at odds with its own reporting)
How can a report quoting the police saying "about 150 people attended" a protest and counter-protest have the headline "hundreds join asylum hotel demo"
How can a report quoting the police saying "about 150 people attended" a protest and counter-protest have the headline "hundreds join asylum hotel demo"
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The Trump administration’s decision to halt all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, which came after pressure from right-wing activists, will be a death sentence for children who require life-saving medical treatment. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
The Trump administration’s halt on medical evacuations from Gaza is a death sentence for Palestinian children
The Trump administration’s decision to halt all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, which came after pressure from right-wing activists, will be a death sentence for children who require…
mondoweiss.net
August 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Trump administration’s decision to halt all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, which came after pressure from right-wing activists, will be a death sentence for children who require life-saving medical treatment. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
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Claudia Jones, founder of the #NottingHillCarnival celebrating Black British community, music and culture. Claudia was a human rights activist from Trinidad who came to the UK as part of the Windrush generation in the 1950s #WomensArt
August 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Claudia Jones, founder of the #NottingHillCarnival celebrating Black British community, music and culture. Claudia was a human rights activist from Trinidad who came to the UK as part of the Windrush generation in the 1950s #WomensArt
Thanks to @dflewis.bsky.social and the Brainwright for an excellent retrospective on my fiction, which found connections and themes I still needed to discover. A suitable introduction for anyone unfamiliar with my stuff - and for myself as well! dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...
Rosanne Rabinowitz and the Brainwright for my old age
My GRTRs of this author: FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND ON BRAINWRIGHTERY AND ITS SOURCE IN 1990: ALL THE BRAINWRIGHTERY UPON MY GRTRS OF SPECIFIC AUTHORS, LIVING AND DEAD, FAMOUS AND…
dflewisreviews.wordpress.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thanks to @dflewis.bsky.social and the Brainwright for an excellent retrospective on my fiction, which found connections and themes I still needed to discover. A suitable introduction for anyone unfamiliar with my stuff - and for myself as well! dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...