Zacha
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Or It Didn't Happen (fictions) Not What You Think (facts)
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Freelance podcast producer/writer http://fbiradio.com/oritdidnthappen formerly @publiczacha@twitter
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Freelance podcast producer/writer http://fbiradio.com/oritdidnthappen formerly @publiczacha@twitter
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I get this vibe of “why won’t the Jews stop whining when there are real problems in the world” from some of you — even some Jews — and I would offer that this is not the way
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I get this vibe of “why won’t the Jews stop whining when there are real problems in the world” from some of you — even some Jews — and I would offer that this is not the way
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You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
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Just want to gently throw it out there that if you are feeling overwhelmed right now it’s ok to log off. Everyone is emoting deeply onto the timeline and you’re not obligated to witness it in an endless scroll. Take a break if you need to. Protect your heart. ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Just want to gently throw it out there that if you are feeling overwhelmed right now it’s ok to log off. Everyone is emoting deeply onto the timeline and you’re not obligated to witness it in an endless scroll. Take a break if you need to. Protect your heart. ❤️
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Ok this is an absolutely brilliant idea.
Did you miss it this week?
I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Goes like this.
Via the people now called creators, audiences are migrating to the social layer in the internet stack. Maybe there's a way to move with, rather than against that.
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news...
I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Goes like this.
Via the people now called creators, audiences are migrating to the social layer in the internet stack. Maybe there's a way to move with, rather than against that.
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news...
October 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ok this is an absolutely brilliant idea.
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In retrospect, the key observation of this Nov. 2023 thread ⬆️ was that what we might call “echo chambers of gore” had congealed, worldwide, w/in weeks.
The impact of so many people seeing, in vivid detail, *only* the violence of Oct. 7, or only that against Gazans, persists.
The impact of so many people seeing, in vivid detail, *only* the violence of Oct. 7, or only that against Gazans, persists.
October 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In retrospect, the key observation of this Nov. 2023 thread ⬆️ was that what we might call “echo chambers of gore” had congealed, worldwide, w/in weeks.
The impact of so many people seeing, in vivid detail, *only* the violence of Oct. 7, or only that against Gazans, persists.
The impact of so many people seeing, in vivid detail, *only* the violence of Oct. 7, or only that against Gazans, persists.
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Every Shabbat and Jewish festival, we pray for a just and equal world without oppression or suffering. Our Jewish communal grief should not mean a choice between supporting us *or* Palestinians because we should not be conflated with the actions of a nation state.
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Every Shabbat and Jewish festival, we pray for a just and equal world without oppression or suffering. Our Jewish communal grief should not mean a choice between supporting us *or* Palestinians because we should not be conflated with the actions of a nation state.
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It is wrong to blame an attack on a synagogue on Yom Kippur on Jewish support for Israel, and it is equally wrong to blame it on Muslim immigration to the UK. We can't give in to mutual hate. Be better, everyone.
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It is wrong to blame an attack on a synagogue on Yom Kippur on Jewish support for Israel, and it is equally wrong to blame it on Muslim immigration to the UK. We can't give in to mutual hate. Be better, everyone.
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On the right, they will be told to make aliyah immediately and that this is why the diaspora is never safe, and there will be efforts to use this to discredit all Palestine activists. On the left, there will be people saying they deserve this for not distancing themselves further from Israel.
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On the right, they will be told to make aliyah immediately and that this is why the diaspora is never safe, and there will be efforts to use this to discredit all Palestine activists. On the left, there will be people saying they deserve this for not distancing themselves further from Israel.
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If your response to a fatal attack on a synagogue outside of Israel-Palestine on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar is to make it entirely about Israel-Palestine, in either direction, consider that you are part of the problem.
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If your response to a fatal attack on a synagogue outside of Israel-Palestine on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar is to make it entirely about Israel-Palestine, in either direction, consider that you are part of the problem.
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Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself | Keith Kahn-Harris
I dread the cacophony from right and left on how we should react to antisemitism. What’s important is supporting our survival as a community in the UK
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In 2015, @keithkahnharris.bsky.social wrote this piece. Now, in 2025, as we ruminate on what happened at the Manchester synagogue, there was never a truer set of words said.
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In 2015, @keithkahnharris.bsky.social wrote this piece. Now, in 2025, as we ruminate on what happened at the Manchester synagogue, there was never a truer set of words said.
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I simply do not see how you can understand the clear and obvious truth that all Palestinians are NOT Hamas while at the same time believing that all Jews are Israel.
I need y’all to look at that contradiction and at yourselves.
I need y’all to look at that contradiction and at yourselves.
October 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I simply do not see how you can understand the clear and obvious truth that all Palestinians are NOT Hamas while at the same time believing that all Jews are Israel.
I need y’all to look at that contradiction and at yourselves.
I need y’all to look at that contradiction and at yourselves.
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ICYMI: I published a thing today.
Shanah Tovah everyone! May the coming year be better than the last.
Shanah Tovah everyone! May the coming year be better than the last.
Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson
Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson
What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageous
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
ICYMI: I published a thing today.
Shanah Tovah everyone! May the coming year be better than the last.
Shanah Tovah everyone! May the coming year be better than the last.
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Saw this and at 10pm last night our house updated all devices
PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
Update Now: iOS 18.6.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
Apple today released new iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 updates, and the software addresses a security vulnerability that is...
www.macrumors.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Saw this and at 10pm last night our house updated all devices
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Something they tell you when you train to do rape/DV survivor support is that vicarious trauma is real and that you have to do self care to prevent it, otherwise you will become useless to the very people you are trying to help. I think that is worth keeping in mind re: live-streamed atrocities.
July 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Something they tell you when you train to do rape/DV survivor support is that vicarious trauma is real and that you have to do self care to prevent it, otherwise you will become useless to the very people you are trying to help. I think that is worth keeping in mind re: live-streamed atrocities.
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I’m seeing a lot of “we should shame people who are only just now speaking out against the atrocities in Gaza for having ignored them until now” and honestly do you want to be morally superior or do you want people to stop dying
July 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’m seeing a lot of “we should shame people who are only just now speaking out against the atrocities in Gaza for having ignored them until now” and honestly do you want to be morally superior or do you want people to stop dying
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I’m getting really tired of having to explain repeatedly that no “semitism” is not a thing. Nobody is the Semitic race. Not Jews. Not Palestinians. So I’m going to do this thread to link to every time I see it now:
July 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’m getting really tired of having to explain repeatedly that no “semitism” is not a thing. Nobody is the Semitic race. Not Jews. Not Palestinians. So I’m going to do this thread to link to every time I see it now:
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Good night Bluesky. Don't forget to put down this box of bright lights and woe.
July 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Good night Bluesky. Don't forget to put down this box of bright lights and woe.
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The way we speak about our Muslim and Arab siblings in moments like this matters deeply. Our critiques should be directed at systems, regimes, and destructive powers—not at entire communities. Don’t conflate the two.
June 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The way we speak about our Muslim and Arab siblings in moments like this matters deeply. Our critiques should be directed at systems, regimes, and destructive powers—not at entire communities. Don’t conflate the two.
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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Trump's approach to the Iran war reveals that he was never the dove many thought. But he's also not an ideological neocon.
It is more accurate to say he is incapable of thought at that level of sophistication — that he just *does* things, often leaving wreckage behind. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
It is more accurate to say he is incapable of thought at that level of sophistication — that he just *does* things, often leaving wreckage behind. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy
What he has instead is the promise of chaos.
www.vox.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump's approach to the Iran war reveals that he was never the dove many thought. But he's also not an ideological neocon.
It is more accurate to say he is incapable of thought at that level of sophistication — that he just *does* things, often leaving wreckage behind. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
It is more accurate to say he is incapable of thought at that level of sophistication — that he just *does* things, often leaving wreckage behind. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
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Yeah man no matter how angry I am at Israel’s and Iran’s leadership rn I’m not gonna meme about the rapid acceleration of this conflict. Iranians are human beings. Israelis are human beings. This is terrifying.
June 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Yeah man no matter how angry I am at Israel’s and Iran’s leadership rn I’m not gonna meme about the rapid acceleration of this conflict. Iranians are human beings. Israelis are human beings. This is terrifying.
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"The legacies of radical thought are not yours to cosplay.
We’ve buried mentors and friends who gave everything to this work. They held coalitions together across race, religion, class, and creed... They did not sacrifice so you could embrace nihilism."
Incredible, by @bulldogshadow.bsky.social.
We’ve buried mentors and friends who gave everything to this work. They held coalitions together across race, religion, class, and creed... They did not sacrifice so you could embrace nihilism."
Incredible, by @bulldogshadow.bsky.social.
Op-Ed: You Don’t Get To Burn It Down If You’ve Never Built A Damn Thing
Let me be unequivocal: I believe in Palestinian freedom. I believe in Jewish safety. I believe the occupation must end.
newsone.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"The legacies of radical thought are not yours to cosplay.
We’ve buried mentors and friends who gave everything to this work. They held coalitions together across race, religion, class, and creed... They did not sacrifice so you could embrace nihilism."
Incredible, by @bulldogshadow.bsky.social.
We’ve buried mentors and friends who gave everything to this work. They held coalitions together across race, religion, class, and creed... They did not sacrifice so you could embrace nihilism."
Incredible, by @bulldogshadow.bsky.social.
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The whole left v right antisemitism debate is so stupid anyway, it’s just a way for people to point fingers at other antisemites while defending the ones they’re friends with
June 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The whole left v right antisemitism debate is so stupid anyway, it’s just a way for people to point fingers at other antisemites while defending the ones they’re friends with