If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
Very glad I have their explorer card.
The use of AI to identify targets (without subsequent specific human confirmation) should be considered a war crime.
And by that I don't mean "we should make a rule" I mean that straightforward application of the existing rules would tell you that it is a war crime.
Same here. It's so disheartening.
For $1 billion a day we could add enough solar panels to double the generating capacity of the US grid in less than five years.
Too bad there's no opposition party that could relentlessly press the case against war.
Oh God, I remember that stupid dog. What a nuisance. But yes, would buy that merch.
How I arrived on Bluesky from X.
The open antI-Semitism this has unleashed, visible in the horseshoe right and left over at the other site, is something to behold
We have Iranian-American friends here in Reno (high desert) who stayed here because it reminded them of home. Mountains and desert.
This is a thing of perfect beauty. Wow. 😍
Ugh.
Just a reminder that for some reason no one talks about Christians United For Israel, which is 10x the size of AIPAC
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
22 days until Opening Day
Haunting but important thread.
This is my question!! It makes no sense!
Time for my yearly warning: today is Purim, a Jewish holiday where (among much else) the modern celebrations often include Jewish websites doing fake headlines, April-Fools-style. So basically, if you see a headline or an article today from a Jewish website, check first before believing it.
All of us. ❤️ Chag sameach!
That's where I am. What's the best way to connect us?
It's an abuse of both the text and our tradition and should be condemned in the strongest of terms.
Apropos of last repost: The rabbis throughout our tradition constantly remind us the Amalekites no longer exist.
This is relevant because the propaganda is meant to associate Amalek and Iran, which is Segal using the Torah to call for a God-sanctioned total war on Iran.
What the hell is wrong with you?
For those who don't know, "Parshat Zachor" is the special section of the Torah that we read once a year, with the commandment not to forget Amalek's attack as we left Egypt. It was read in shuls around the world YESTERDAY.
Of course the scroll was at that spot
Praying for everyone in the Middle East who is going to end up breaking their fast tomorrow (Ramadan and Fast of Esther) in bomb shelters. Everyone deserves better from their leaders.
I loved this game!! All the Sam & Max ones were great, but Day of the Tentacle was the best.
He *loves* antisemitism, because it makes Jews afraid and that's good for his right wing agenda.
And that's just what he's done in the last few years! He's got a packed resume of amoral, selfish opportunism before that.
Exactly this. Enjoy it!
Oh thank God.
