2024-09-01T15:13:47Z https://yabu.me Serge from Babka https://yabu.me/npub1nfgc9tdp55mlfvrk5uyn3gfv495x73ky96n8suesufgl89uxj38sn5ymfj https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/348/936/267/739/932/original/864e3353aa69d392.jpeg https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/348/936/267/739/932/original/864e3353aa69d392.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxm3wjet9px86ttfrz4kvvq0u00zzxhez02wjtwlvrcyc95le5vszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7y9ddkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst97d6sshek86m2906w97n27rlth7h4am4tceek2e9nm4pg3kczhg2t79pt'>nevent1q…79pt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This one didn&#39;t quite make my cut, but if it was top 30 or top 20 fiction almost certainly would.<br/><br/>Also some irony is that I was introduced to the book viz-a-viz a friend of mine in college finding an abandoned copy of the game by Steve Jackson Games loosely based on the book and then when I mentioned it to a different friend, saying I needed to read it. 2024-09-04T13:30:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnm5c8sn8csl9qjy5aqx3ycjvwyu7d2r8rdxhcgd37e5w7slpe0gzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7n9dtu7 I&#39;ve been bad about both the Babylon 5 stuff and I think I missed the 20 Days Books thing yesterday.<br/><br/>This is in large part due to an illness that brought me to the ER yesterday.<br/><br/>I&#39;m mostly on the mend but I need a little time to come back up to speed. 2024-09-03T17:04:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2gd7kcudvv32ku8zyshesjr7dsgupzwgd9ladhtdntkcc6w0cjnqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7hdwm8m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nj6a0j7674gm5uqqzrf6vgect4smhwgn3m87yfxxl5v9msx50gq5lgqx3'>nevent1q…gqx3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the key distinction in my mind between self-organizing around those who are like you, ie a synagogue or a JCC, and externally imposed &#34;affinity grouping&#34; whereby an external force such as a school or city decides that &#34;like people should be together&#34;.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wn5qgr9w5ayps5ucc6dd0ulhvmf53uds92tm8tc5gqmkvdemkxvqkjcuhv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ראָב עפֿן</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wn5…cuhv</span>)</a></span> 2024-09-02T18:11:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzpxfmaxf9xxefzky63mjzqnqs6wl8rhz0zwf9amc28dfxgd9ycgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7lrargr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrv4ellpf9j9ry0dth9dhah4v8jqjqssvmectg79k9szt0y45zagswt9jf8'>nevent1q…9jf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Two neighborhoods makes it too difficult. They need to consolidate into one neighborhood, and the city can construct walls for the Jews protection, and then large gates/doors to ensure no one comes in at night.<br/><br/>But then there&#39;s the challenge of how to make sure only Jews come in. Maybe some distinctive bright item of clothing?<br/><br/>/s<br/><br/>#antisemitism #London #UK 2024-09-02T18:05:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygyhw6gcr0tujme79gtjntplu60autru0t46v0nm7ruypr9rcntszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7h2eq47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4mrl6tfdyxyv4du23rprypcue6jp3j4e7zmt78ds74pxj4l2kdsvsdep3'>nevent1q…dep3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Confession time: I liked and boosted this because it made me feel smart and sophisticated. 2024-09-01T20:24:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5j9prf35qhlxf9wp78frkvf83ehnarem9lsnd74cu2pgm98ktxszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7jplsrs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xjyxe5rjxht2888pdhy440z0ag2cz52k0ttl5e2zm5puphxu74ce0hlz0'>nevent1q…hlz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This idea of not being able to use Zionist as an insult is really not the core issue.<br/><br/>The core issue is discrimination and violence.<br/><br/>From an anti-Zionist website&#39;s coverage of this:<br/><br/> &#34;For example,&#34; the document details, &#34;excluding Zionists from an open event, calling for the death of Zionists, applying a &#39;no Zionist&#39; litmus test for participation in any NYU activity, using or disseminating tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracies about Zionists (e.g., &#39;Zionists control the media&#39;), demanding a person who is or is perceived to be Jewish or Israeli to state a position on Israel or Zionism, minimizing or denying the Holocaust, or invoking Holocaust imagery or symbols to harass or discriminate.&#34; <br/><br/>Again, a reminder *this is from anti-Zionists saying what they find unacceptable in the new policy*.<br/><br/>Saying that this is about &#34;insults&#34; really diminishes the far more serious issues.<br/><br/>#Zionism 2024-08-31T00:26:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd4kq0rw5ch75z0kghwekscca8gvfhnhp0vyydagad8yva2ttzp9szyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7947lp7 I think I&#39;ve come to a place where I&#39;m happy to do a pen refill every month, with cleaning, and then fuller clean, with a pen flush and re-greasing every 4-6 months.<br/><br/>My piston feels a little stiff so I will need to re-grease it next time.<br/><br/>#FountainPen 2024-08-30T15:19:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxarw05zqjndzey0emrgw62m0my0eqsn2ccu0qvzgwj8vewu3rsgczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y76xctmu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjp9j9a56aq9vnh5kf90sl7k6yh6yq22ks6lpq4khftfj6jxy5kggfmptp'>nevent1q…mptp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8</a> 2024-08-30T14:03:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86cu0jqv8gyls7fay3fh48zj2z7pd7p7g030ka00h5hx4ewvd69qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7phceu2 #NYU #antisemitism #CampusAntisemtiism #Zionists #Zionism #Antizionism<br/> <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/046/288/410/994/207/original/b4fc65b08093106d.png"> <br/> 2024-08-29T16:38:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpj5gpfnrr35jvfngwkaelejyntxhkv2r7fh72vxq02y7axttx8czyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7k2n3nv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpvuwzxs3venjfga2wtx5py0wfnlg4ku4jp9v56dusxpw79dul3gfuhwza'>nevent1q…hwza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a situation where if they don&#39;t fix it, I&#39;m sure Jewish news agencies would love to run this story.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ywmymytlhmvcrg2jrn3uusfwsv8rmx2dh2qldpnp4m66daegdtlq6sqdga" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tony, Pretty Much</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ywm…qdga</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hz36pexjkvzel2m25440lzgf9wtyrglg6ufnv3746z6kwhjjn7mqm69nfq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ig 🏳️‍🌈</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hz3…9nfq</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-26T21:59:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9yq9kn3tdnw3yn8sv9fq7j74mn8705dewzhydjmgpv8yjag8ypszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7ypvw3r Arrg... Next time I hear someone refer to the Jewish bible as the &#34;Old Testament&#34;[1], I&#39;m going to ask them which one is the New Testament, the Quran or the Book of Mormon. /s<br/><br/>Seriously Christians, you can call your own books whatever you want, but it&#39;s not okay to mis-name our books.<br/><br/>Either use &#34;Tanakh&#34;, the correct name. &#34;Jewish Bible&#34; is icky but currently acceptable.<br/><br/>#Judaism #Christianity<br/><br/>[1] This is specifically a Christian talking about the Jewish texts as the Old Testament, not their own Christian Bible that has a section called Old Testament. 2024-08-26T16:57:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlvuxl7kp2sjp4ml9g2mru5mt69j59u6eq44rysmmynqg3f4yquczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7hh8uw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lz0yv6e74ts8s0admv95futzzd0z8tmvsuwpcugmdwhqy32adjqmu5utq'>nevent1q…5utq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Israel has had a special relationship with Europe traditionally and I suspect would love to be part of more agreements.<br/><br/>As for a one state solution, I find the way that Europeans talk about this to be utterly shocking as ideas of democracy fly out the window when it comes to Israel....<br/><br/>A vast majority of Israelis, including many Arab Israelis, don&#39;t want a single state solution.<br/><br/>A vast majority of West Bank and Gazans don&#39;t want a one state solution that allows Jews to remain.<br/><br/>No European country would accept the idea that they would have to become a minority in their own country, but they&#39;re thrilled at the idea that Israel should.<br/><br/>Also, the idea that Jews should be the ones to take in this population and not either the Muslim or Christian world is utterly shocking to me. It&#39;s another example of where many Europeans can&#39;t stand the idea of Jewish self-determination. It seems to utterly repulse them.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1n6efs485s92cw056jy463qv4pwcc7jtu79jekcr2dfq65wl60tmst24p25" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Boris Barbour</span> (<span class="italic">npub1n6e…4p25</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-25T21:49:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspn2vkcvqrd6wrru902uny9cd4swjqacfmdtag5mwymsalu54v58qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y763mman 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers.<br/><br/>Day 4/20: I, Robot<br/><br/>#20Books #books<br/> <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/024/380/499/349/989/original/e31046a3a25f0c70.png"> <br/> 2024-08-25T19:46:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjxy94k22geyr4xpwh5ez8r5a275spu3aj9q6w0cmspapsqmuwhqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y72j7g50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ch5rj7c7ep8vv0py7rg45z8y9mnggyymxfm7rang3kp482n8anggptjtp'>nevent1q…tjtp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes and...<br/><br/>(you know this, I&#39;m saying it for others)<br/><br/>It&#39;s possible to be a #Zionist and be against Netanyahu, and especially Ben G&#39;Vir and Smoltrich and the conflation of Judaism or Zionism around political policies is itself a hateful act. It is an act of antisemitism.<br/><br/>In fact this is one area where I think the IHRA is lacking- not directly addressing the issue of deliberate mislabeling. 2024-08-25T16:49:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz32jxvdsfn5dckrde5rtp7lk6n2w8fj5k09r2g4wqxmvjc8mg4ugzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y70t4nfj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5q8wktnlh3qpqe054cx37l7yqun5yvxy6xw9psvkejkmwy80nnqe7cvgh'>nevent1q…cvgh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have so many thoughts on this that it&#39;s like Three Stooges Syndrome.<br/><br/>For non-Jews, I believe that they are responding in large part to their own biases. They are thinking of Israel in terms of Jews, and then they have that little feeling that they know they&#39;re actually being racist jerks, so they add &#34;I&#39;m not racist but...&#34;<br/><br/>On top of them we have a significant percentage who have already posted antisemitic things about Israel, such as calling Israelis Nazis and then having had Jews call them out on it. Their response isn&#39;t to stop doing it, but to get even more emphatic about their hatred, &#34;IT&#34;S NOT RACIST&#34;.<br/><br/>Then we have people who hear about such exchanges through biased lenses, even through media, &#34;Bob said something pro-Palestinian and was called antisemitic&#34;, and so they respond with &#34;IT&#39;S NOT ANTISEMITIC&#34; or they may amp it up to &#34;THE JEWS WEAPONIZE ANTISEMITISM&#34;<br/><br/>This is what I think is going on, for the most part.<br/><br/>Then there are those who are deliberate about it.<br/> <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/023/646/808/748/018/original/303f4172bb1cdb3c.png"> <br/> 2024-08-25T16:44:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw4pxecllyxuevpweqvkaj4ydylf2yrwxxljjm5fgfu7fzekd6fpqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7z9xdt6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgsxxvngzfrvc7s4a3nnk2mrphxrycc9f8uw2z80kgg99swexw5s36xngp'>nevent1q…xngp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone in another thread suggested that arms deals to Israel could be made under conditions, for example that the arms are only used for defensive missions.<br/><br/>Whether I agree with this idea (I don&#39;t) or whether I think Israel would accept such terms (it likely wouldn&#39;t), that argument/that line of thinking is not antisemitic or anti-Israel, as it preserves the idea that Israel can and should exist, and has the right to defend itself.<br/><br/>These issues are not binaries, and there are ways to address the conflict that are not hateful. 2024-08-25T16:22:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgsxxvngzfrvc7s4a3nnk2mrphxrycc9f8uw2z80kgg99swexw5szyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7lwdlx2 Here&#39;s what bothers me about &#34;Stop Arming Israel&#34;.<br/><br/>Israel is under missile bombardment from not only Hamas, but Hezbollah and under threat from Iran as well.<br/><br/>The missiles Israel has are primarily used to shoot down enemy missiles in its Iron Dome defensive missile program.<br/><br/>Saying &#34;Stop Arming Israel&#34; is saying &#34;Leave Israel defenseless against attacks&#34; and that&#39;s morally unacceptable to me.<br/><br/>#Israel 2024-08-25T06:52:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9kumcy0vyvc0rmctrl66kv3ngpdt8nqce3vfeuc4ya6r3z6p95wqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7xu4a7r <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wpm7wrlhj7a0fdw740mkl5ef3n7yl2vkl4xfrvzfmlg547syg26qycksdp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bam</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wpm…ksdp</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Yeah Bam, what are you thinking that a tribe gets to define their own members? That should be left to the people who expelled, murdered or forcibly converted them!<br/><br/>Damn &#34;Jew families&#34; who have existed for thousands of years before the nation or even the language of the poster, how dare they be allowed to define themselves!<br/><br/>I guess we know what needs to be done again, amirite?<br/><br/> /s<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vpar7aw57ntwkrzevlyz0sx2q95hkq0646ruadldjrrwauh7wppq7j42rl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Flugunfähiger Seevogel</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vpa…42rl</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pdgkl362n55uvqjtf5dnja489mqyljrrnz64etpnk6dv30dlpsdsmdhe8l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nyme</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pdg…he8l</span>)</a></span> <br/>[@Johns_priv](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Johns_priv">https://mastodon.social/@Johns_priv</a> ) 2024-08-24T05:30:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyep7lyxehnhynjs8mdt25kgfcked4suea09flx2yddw7sx6pssgszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y78z45wt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8mr9yhs37qf3ss5gkm2dlpakzauqlkmq0ph26075t8nz4vxmzq7s2t0wae'>nevent1q…0wae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With Target&#39;s customer service profiles, you&#39;re lucky they didn&#39;t send you the Delivery Guest Survey for products they haven&#39;t sent you yet.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/</a> 2024-08-23T22:20:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvy0dv6eey609rlhyam447g8zgfez25lel8el8jjthsuw7fj7xnqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7wvj9nt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqanzq972glk0zz64r8kr08gklef3eumruwcn802cr2639t249u2slazxna'>nevent1q…zxna</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tell me you&#39;ve never had to fill out a passport or immigration form without telling me you&#39;ve never had to fill out a passport or immigration form. 2024-08-23T13:50:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5a4783vsrwxndrtftr8yx7x5czlrc8arlxmnlqvtgqagylh62rgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y767t3ex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszf2n7ksym8kychh0exxwfj2zp4f9ywgy9mwsmhy8ayms5p9vm56cyylnku'>nevent1q…lnku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I&#39;ve said elsewhere in the thread, go look at the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ucgyrxwyfgwk246ls2eqr00hduu9z25p0laxygj3qnwvnwt07e5s95gzsr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>End Antisemitism</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ucg…gzsr</span>)</a></span> account, or look at #fediantisemitism hashtag. 2024-08-23T12:33:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswj6vcqlwag5qya26jdyvuqad2yzt9sjq0zhuu5z0saks7gkr5mvszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y74mwkg0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve76nkt95j3c8tzdzxknxe0aykkj4gpjddgzrq373lm4hupkn2mgtcjfdg'>nevent1q…jfdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah and &#34;You hate Palestinians&#34; even though I didn&#39;t mention Palestinians, or even talk about Israel. 2024-08-23T08:45:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8a0zj9ve49tzp3ny0sxn9j7803mmc7g37sc7cjuuha5vt7ls56kgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7uvqwa5 We Jews on the Fediverse have tried talking about issue of antisemitism as part of the larger values of anti-hate on the platform. It didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>We tried to contact instance admins directly to open up a line of communication. It didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>We tried to join collections of instances and discussed what we&#39;ve gone through. It didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>We tried to use education to explain why things are antisemitic. It didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>We tried to bear our souls about why things people are posting cause real harm to us, individually and collectively. It didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>We tried to show how hate speech is illegal in many countries. It only works with German instances.<br/><br/>We tried showing examples of antisemitism on the Fediverse to highlight the problem. It only works a little.<br/><br/>Now we know that this network is very unsafe for Jews, many have left, and a few have resorted to making fun of the antisemites out of frustration. If that bothers you, take antisemitism on this network seriously.<br/><br/>#Fediverse #Hate 2024-08-23T07:06:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy26rw88kea8qekpgmxh3wxmyxu376uspds5335h37rxzu274frtczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7kpd0pd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3xc9kg80hh5q8549cray65zd5dqmd34f7crujda6r0qum67m7tg667f2n'>nevent1q…7f2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is probably the most important article about the topic of diasporatic antisemitism I&#39;ve read in the last two months.<br/><br/>#Jews #Antisemitism #Israel #Mazeldon 2024-08-23T06:45:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mtv383y7kujv4vgc7gp7vr3vkj7yj7f307qjcjt3azczut2q8aszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7mr8cm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcyaxkqs76uc6vk6y5g2f5tdv37fnnzuddzpvp67zjm2dhd82q0qszwvqt'>nevent1q…wvqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ha0esq2v0ynv7m5q90aylhlxqg4ragzpj3kt9ec2pjuqs2msrgwqzv0vfn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bram dingelstad :nb_flag:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ha0…0vfn</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/006/695/960/357/694/original/c8f0a7ff4fa19fe1.png"> <br/> 2024-08-22T16:49:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcyaxkqs76uc6vk6y5g2f5tdv37fnnzuddzpvp67zjm2dhd82q0qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7vkmav2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjzrkc3y6pnfnrgs0ypg0c6shrzlkkj9yzg5758474dmn79kertgj3th86'>nevent1q…th86</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Self-determination of chickpeas.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ha0esq2v0ynv7m5q90aylhlxqg4ragzpj3kt9ec2pjuqs2msrgwqzv0vfn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bram dingelstad :nb_flag:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ha0…0vfn</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-22T16:45:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03mh82w7ze57a2cpsgunlwryk8ulkl3kvlph9l434n8cru4m0wrszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7t7mtkn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7wankys3hmgepskk0r72fl2y06hmzmhlz9d9yumumqwa6uwyszcclrg26'>nevent1q…rg26</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure they&#39;ll have some kosher items here. 2024-08-22T00:28:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e2us9khskkhphtettg7kcx6fclulhg6gt0kl3x7sd34qkygcnzczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y79uxt42 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvj5uwecwc2u6ty6xstp2fy2yxwz4q65yduyffkjfc9k8s05qja6qdws5gh'>nevent1q…s5gh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mandatory reply:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIYrnexxbZs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIYrnexxbZs</a> 2024-08-21T15:14:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ttcm42zaj2ju3lyu5trs9xwlp0g70a88ca7ycyl639qu3mp660szyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7ml6hcz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8talj5q6596nnjkdvu357mf8lq7ck6hzle6cdnxgsu3znkkwcqctv3vah'>nevent1q…3vah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The other part that&#39;s disgusting in this story is the #CBC continuing the hate by doing its own conflation such as taking this story of antisemitism and adding a photo of (quoting) &#34;Palestinian women weep on a truck as a school that had been a shelter is evacuated in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Abdel Kareem Hana/The Associated Press)&#34;<br/><br/>I can&#39;t believe my taxes to go fuel Jew hatred.<br/><br/>#CBC #Antisemitism 2024-08-19T23:51:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnadhpv8lydevwfv8awvq2kr5yg67qsxzqw4v5atkhzuu9559jmgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7pjrpkz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs078y6vqm27nemmea4qq2qje72cru955p65fegcffm8vuq3zmr07szx9ss8'>nevent1q…9ss8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since the Proton Foundation will be a Swiss non-profit, you can be guaranteed it won&#39;t be a 501c3.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19kd9ylgnq0d666tdmw2u68rk227g5awzdlcgx4arxnavse96773sfjt56d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Proton</span> (<span class="italic">npub19kd…t56d</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-19T18:51:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9nf9yfh79u278s7huk2x05wv832wuhcmpaz93g9wl3ya4mza38szyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7z7x9h7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsry5y8kn2wn40pgwtjvngp5uv6nggkcfvzj420wwnny4k3clw42dqec3k5f'>nevent1q…3k5f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe you&#39;re overthinking it. They&#39;re more responding to Synagogue of Satan quotes and such.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wn5qgr9w5ayps5ucc6dd0ulhvmf53uds92tm8tc5gqmkvdemkxvqkjcuhv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ראָב עפֿן</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wn5…cuhv</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgrpztk4pyd69gpv3ahdqy4egcvh4ekcj5zxqaqlm7xgnmkddu4q46mmu2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>thepoliticalcat</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgr…mmu2</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gfrew42jxc53udt8zegeya6yda3k4crwd40k6za3swh9ggsafnyqawu0am" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bungle</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gfr…u0am</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-19T17:40:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv0d9yteg4uqg7rd4txqy6c0whfgckp8d56y87wjky03rf5wx227qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y75zz79m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87qvwaaymxv7r53kddqr64gl45ayks6q4eqvfv0fdmnvrzle63tclsxszj'>nevent1q…xszj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On Twitter I used to read about &#34;Talmudic Jews&#34;. This was their Good Jew/Bad Jew trope to avoid antisemitism. The Good Jews are fine but the &#34;Talmudic Jews&#34; aren&#39;t. 2024-08-19T12:53:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw4x9wja70z9h5m0ed3hfrw70jf3kggav674d3pf6xw55cvqgf7vszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7sl8s3p It&#39;s amazing to me that a person who talks about the Jews being greedy- and directly uses the word Jews, says the Talmud is an evil dcoument, and that Zionists are perpetrators of evil is called antisemitic and some people are like &#34;That&#39;s not antisemitism!&#34;<br/><br/>Or being unsure if someone yelling &#34;Free Palestine&#34; while stabbing someone is antisemitic.<br/><br/>This #ItsNotAntisemitic trope is weaponized Not Antisemitism.<br/><br/>#WeaponizedNotAntisemitism 2024-08-19T12:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwwhhv2w8exp75rujd64c4w3na73lar5u6825dw3tlnqsfz7zzcqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7dkq45h One of the hardest parts of dealing with life post 10/7 as a Jew living in the diaspora is the loss of friends (which I&#39;ll get to) and the constant gaslighting and false equivocations.<br/><br/>In this article by the BBC it discusses how a comedian made an anti-Israeli joke on stage, gave a non-apology, then did the same joke again, and was canceled from a venue:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx287xz58jxo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx287xz58jxo</a><br/><br/>The language used by the BBC is that it&#39;s an accusation of antisemitism, that the police said it wasn&#39;t a hate crime, said the crowd loved it, and then they made a comparison to a different incident. <br/><br/>The conflations here between events is staggering. No one is arguing the event is a hate crime, so the only reason to include it is to invalidate the claim.<br/><br/>The crowd loving the joke doesn&#39;t change anything. Plenty of people laugh at racist jokes!<br/><br/>No one is even arguing that the comedian should not be able to make the joke, only that a venue canceled him.<br/><br/>1/<br/><br/>#Jew #Antisemitism #BBC 2024-08-18T13:26:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zev2sjf9lfrykduse3h5ekffftw25588js7usggd9r29hnzplnszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y73sqrk2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zumv6uwe6xc6adl9wwspx0njyy8hgumkd5923ljn34qug30fwgcnpzhsg'>nevent1q…zhsg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The distinction between the millionaire and billionaire classes could not be more on display than here.<br/><br/>The fact is that for most Americans, the poor, middle class, and even the moderately wealthy, Harris is the better bet. A better overall economy will rise all boats.<br/><br/>For the billionaire class, they&#39;re so isolated from the effects of such policies that the only thing that matters is low taxes, reduced or no regulation, and a cheap unskilled labor force.<br/><br/>Thus for them, Trump is indeed the logical choice, and the rest of us be damned. 2024-08-17T15:13:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7lhl7pgth9szmy0qtx39a9t79eqnk79gcrs4wdlvh77xwzs5r3szyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7cyqpn2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh2nn0ekt7p45c0z0xjmtmw7mtlrp93kwmtl4m5knwv37hfjy6ss5jfhaf'>nevent1q…fhaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s okay. Anyway most US schools are on Summer break and restart in September after Labor Day (it&#39;s a national holiday in the US).<br/><br/>There is something called &#34;Summer School&#34; but it&#39;s probably not what people talk about when they say school.<br/><br/>If this is about COVID, pretty much all schools have returned to full in person at this time as far as I know. 2024-08-16T15:01:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wp9xzryywf44mk7rnz4qezf43pnp0wqaf9e0js0vr8u4flw2t9qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7ku7pmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnt7z0tu4uxmzjy689s84h90m5wnqdsycpmksvuv9ahhlztslhwg347phy'>nevent1q…7phy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But the person who posted is in Scotland, so I&#39;m not sure what America has to do with it? 2024-08-16T14:59:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsweehqsk8p29e54mpen77x96apcj0x2wuenyd7yxw0zqy62euv4zszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7cxtx4m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wds8yd50az4ddj4elpuftjqgfkcj0z4cx8dldt8n6cr2x4u6mnc7zn5k0'>nevent1q…n5k0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not in the US anymore, but &#34;context&#34;? 2024-08-16T14:54:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2k7z6zvd9syg0f9y3gxmwkfstlzzryuex6hsudtfrfcqpkua52qzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7dmpajs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0j29uv0dhhxm0994rftq3kv7wacmwyak0vjzvyed8xl8eh576jkqfvjg37'>nevent1q…jg37</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% this.<br/><br/>There are many stripes of anti-Zionism, and the idea that &#34;We don&#39;t need a safe land&#34; is sure easy to say for people who live in safe places.<br/><br/>It entirely ignores not only the Jews of Europe both of today and the past, but the Jews of the MENA, as well as parts of Africa and Asia where Jews have been persecuted.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cmdhvujxnsfqdqhz9zzgw6tgzmww384t4ntekh39jv5nxp3d2jfsmdk8cd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emmanuelle Skaly</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cmd…k8cd</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/966/631/629/591/011/original/5be153fb61034bd2.png"> <br/> 2024-08-15T15:01:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcj64uh9g6j2qh45kkhkphhn4qq6288n6g5kyjd27srw4chgap7gzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7pjm7rp Jews, what are you doing for Tisha B’av? 2024-08-13T19:51:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwaly4803eymgszcs8u5cn7fn7szvkdjpxgmtu5q8f3p9l8vmq0czyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7h5dyy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9x4t9sx5v92t0qeze43keaka39fyqtv8xy3qu3m6dnqx9hpnnszsz0gywq'>nevent1q…gywq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the many things I miss about NYC.<br/><br/><a href="https://newyorkcity.kitchen/buy-spices-nyc-8-must-visit-shops/">https://newyorkcity.kitchen/buy-spices-nyc-8-must-visit-shops/</a><br/><br/>Maybe I need to take advantage of the spice shops in Vancouver more. 2024-08-12T15:44:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9waute2hj2fjrd8q7wp0vxlgldwwpta6hrcf8jwd3t9fe80trfgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y72rs95a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstp0anvfg66glhnfqhyzdw9he8wcsdr4x7aysmrupaxknspken33cx5etsz'>nevent1q…etsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know it isn&#39;t what you want, but I&#39;d be inclined to find a good spice supplier online. 2024-08-12T15:43:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnzr4jg4asq9h74t36p8ft79aew46egcfhk3wrdrkznkggf03t2czyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7cpxtau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96uqvq66n404zqhv4px39jrcja7cy7e7vceyt2s4guyp6qf50umg9zqzpl'>nevent1q…qzpl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A place called &#34;The Seasoned Olive&#34;, which on second look seems to be a tourist trap. :(<br/><br/>I thought <a href="https://jospices.com/">https://jospices.com/</a> had potential but it seems to be only their own spices :( 2024-08-12T15:40:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwmpkk8d330fya0el6dk5sejdrar775hqefd20y86v3hvjrt0jdszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7kx3c3s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0je4vr0uj2q7k4t6t6mfflz47av2ryqn6scp6q9jalgmutdklqzqeklz5u'>nevent1q…lz5u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>According to Google there are two spice shops in Baltimore, and two in DC.<br/><br/>I know for sure there are spice shops in Philly. The &#34;worst case&#34; you&#39;d end up going to Reading Market. I was going to add the Italian Market too, but their website doesn&#39;t list a spice merchant. :( 2024-08-12T15:27:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vxe2c8ffnhknhsgl3pd22v0lm573k0s2uwpep5yfcm7fx4uzmjczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7dtkvxs I feel sorry for the Nazis who feel &#34;bored&#34; by the accusations of antisemitism.<br/><br/>We Jews must endeavor to be more exciting with our discrimination and oppression.<br/><br/>Some ideas:<br/><br/>1. We should explode like a water balloon when stabbed.<br/><br/>2. We should carry confetti and streamers so when harassed on the street, we can throw them and make it more exciting.<br/><br/>3. We should make a new blockchain based currency or NFT that can be handed out online to antisemites, and then traded in for big prizes.<br/><br/>4. We should keep the noisemakers from Purim and carry them around all the time to provide experienced antisemites an extra challenge.<br/><br/>5. We should use breakaway twine with our Jew gold sack that we carry around our necks. <br/><br/>Post your ideas of how we can relieve antisemitic boredom below!<br/><br/>#RelieveTheBoredom #antisemitism 2024-08-09T13:37:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva0ysqtygtmm2kzynryayxfrk698pr9uzj896pydr38ee5y6yujczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7xezf55 I have very complicated feelings about non-Zionist Jews who have come to the very uncomfortable realization that their non-Zionism offers no protection or allyship to those who hate Jews.<br/><br/>On one hand it seems obvious to me that these so called &#34;allies&#34; never gave two poots about Zionism as a Jewish concept or movement and only liked these Jews as tokens to wield as long s was convenient. I never has this &#34;cover&#34; and so I&#39;ve felt the impact more directly. I want to scream &#34;I told you so!&#34; at the top of my lungs.<br/><br/>On the other hand, I hate to see any Jews discriminated against or made to feel uncomfortable in any space and I hope that we Zionists and non-Zionists alike can take this as an opportunity to come together and heal what have divided us. We may not agree on Zionism, but we have more that unites us than divides us, and we all face a much larger external threat.<br/><br/>#Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #Judaism 2024-08-09T06:48:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96p7nufegrgln2nsy0nfjye583azjdwcrczc0a6mkvqug67h3hgqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7h36v0z Today I&#39;ve had four meetings and I have one more, making for five meetings, which means that in terms of productivity my todo list is shot since I haven&#39;t had the time to sit down and get very much done.<br/><br/>Do you put your meetings your todo list, ie:<br/><br/>&#34;Have engineering meeting with Alice&#34;<br/><br/>or do you in some other way indicate meetings as part of your productivity measurement?<br/><br/>#productivity 2024-08-08T20:51:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdyj7e8zlte67qxwg2hg49l5pury0j74cwcz3sy4wzrnu0f5mtzczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y76upfyc What&#39;s happening to UK Muslims is absolutely awful and the UK has a moral necessity to address it.<br/><br/>No one deserves to be treated this way, and the moral repugnance can&#39;t be overstated. I hope that not only is this situation addressed, but there are no further attack on Muslims in the UK.<br/><br/>With that, if you&#39;re a Christian living in the UK and you&#39;re only just now posting about hate in the United Kingdom, when hate crimes and hateful policies about Jews have been at a fever pitch, know that we see you and we know what you&#39;re about. 2024-08-07T16:38:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22upjvjucythe8pxz5utumqrj747llms0w8dcwe3eh3zxexcgypczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y70vkwy8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstk6ggstwyw2hrxsj6jhwfgtkdf32j0242esjsd0pedfxlxa8k57c7l6m5c'>nevent1q…6m5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In all seriousness, I&#39;ve brought keyboards from home to work before because I wanted to be comfortable.<br/><br/>Mechanical keyboards are pricier, but they&#39;re not all outrageously expensive.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think you need a &#34;gaming keyboard&#34; with RGB, but if you want a mechanical keyboard, you can get one certainly for &lt;$100<br/><br/><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-budget-mechanical-keyboards">https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-budget-mechanical-keyboards</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m also sure <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z84kupnypl7gh2dh5cf8t38qkd0gqgdy2zfa7efdg9ka3tv29h3syclyye" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ראַף דער נאַר 🟣</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z84…lyye</span>)</a></span> has something to say here. 2024-08-07T13:26:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgs5vk27ela5ks36yjsdkxppfnmec7jq4tnm2mspn5c6sktu8geyqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7ts4jxt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8uqsasj8h47crm7ktn6ptw52nn53uvarfmrzpqqus75j3scj4nsv24wjv'>nevent1q…4wjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Place your membrane keyboard under your pillow at night and the mechanical keyboard bro will give you a prize in the morning. 2024-08-07T13:17:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0su92aj823cgvdtrd2u9qs2ajferedlupqje0v6vs8gud759rnxgzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y72maw42 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszu5kdef0xsrvyscsvuker40fx33cdturs5afrrwtjlnqajjqp0gs7nsa80'>nevent1q…sa80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This has been the greatest lie throughout history, that the increase in labor efficiency will lead to reduced work.<br/><br/>It continue to show up in various ways.<br/><br/>In the mid-90s I read a book called &#34;The End of Work&#34; which was about this exact thing, and the author surmised we&#39;d be working mostly gig economy jobs at 20 hours a week. 2024-08-05T13:44:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrud0n7s60u8227u8wsac9vt3pa0dyypgkep75z3q5xfq2929jwczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7gtzcrg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvayt2lrascrh9my4mpqjl5x0qun43w7yeeddslq5c8p0x4gxldc5x99k5'>nevent1q…99k5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Americans are by-in-large unaware of how Canadians speak. I don&#39;t just mean the Canadian accent but the ways in which Canadian language differs from American language.<br/><br/>Putting the exact issue of this video aside, this video shows what I mean:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPnlscNMHmo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPnlscNMHmo</a><br/><br/>The police and auditors are having a conversation that includes words like &#34;respect&#34; and &#34;personal space&#34;.<br/><br/>An American might look at this and think how nice the police are in using this kind of progressive, thoughtful language. Being in Canada for a while, I see this as corporate-training and bullshit, using the system against the protestors because now they can say the protestors were &#34;not respectful&#34;, a huge faux pas in Canada, and making it &#34;unsafe through violating personal space&#34;.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not commenting on the rightness/wrongness of the auditors, or the police, but the ways that language is being used here is very different from how an American exchange would take place.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sdkxm4pxh3j3u58ls8fqxz63z7l4f2wd7kh5wt6qj045wensesjsak96mp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>littlemiao :jewish_pride_flag:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sdk…96mp</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17m40mnkdqlyw2d5w7q8jjm9kle6amtkpnzulmmt8kx4paggzhsesd9d8z6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub17m4…d8z6</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-02T14:33:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvayt2lrascrh9my4mpqjl5x0qun43w7yeeddslq5c8p0x4gxldczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7pvzzez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9r23mm82hllxe5y2vg5502ergctu920msjcgyywdcaup7hwtsczgy903vc'>nevent1q…03vc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I want to make it clear that I actually think of the provinces, BC is probably the best around this issue in that there&#39;s less antisemitism than, say Ottawa.<br/><br/>That said, BC is a very progressive place and current progressive politics include a lot of antisemitism, and we see things like this:<br/><br/><a href="https://bc.ctvnews.ca/jewish-teachers-file-antisemitism-complaint-against-b-c-union-1.6948806">https://bc.ctvnews.ca/jewish-teachers-file-antisemitism-complaint-against-b-c-union-1.6948806</a><br/><br/>and<br/><br/><a href="https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/speech-at-vancouver-pro-palestine-protest-investigated-as-hate-crime">https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/speech-at-vancouver-pro-palestine-protest-investigated-as-hate-crime</a><br/><br/>But we also see BC folks concerned about it.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-810515">https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-810515</a><br/><br/>I want to make a second point on what may not be very clear to Americans about Canadian sensibilities and customs.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sdkxm4pxh3j3u58ls8fqxz63z7l4f2wd7kh5wt6qj045wensesjsak96mp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>littlemiao :jewish_pride_flag:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sdk…96mp</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17m40mnkdqlyw2d5w7q8jjm9kle6amtkpnzulmmt8kx4paggzhsesd9d8z6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub17m4…d8z6</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-02T14:27:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8kyg0dtx84vhcp95u07jjxvey72kr3gz4e4hgvnwchuqaktktngzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7squyjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m0xg0a5p2skd6tuj6fjyheg064xqudp7mqzknxattg8m3ndnk4c2jupmj'>nevent1q…upmj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think anyone is asking you to put yourself in harm&#39;s way.<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s just that we Jews feel profoundly unsafe, both from physical violence and institutional violence.<br/><br/>Physical violence is easy to understand, but what I fear more than that here in BC is institutional violence.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sdkxm4pxh3j3u58ls8fqxz63z7l4f2wd7kh5wt6qj045wensesjsak96mp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>littlemiao :jewish_pride_flag:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sdk…96mp</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17m40mnkdqlyw2d5w7q8jjm9kle6amtkpnzulmmt8kx4paggzhsesd9d8z6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub17m4…d8z6</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-02T14:14:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkcr3cdgdwfhp6wrcu8q97m0wp9grfl6yjseyntpcvf2v45hhtgszyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y74qwzlv The approach we take regarding safety on Babka Social is generally what I&#39;m calling &#34;Quiet Safety&#34;. We quietly block accounts, quietly Limit servers, etc.<br/><br/>The upside of this approach is that for the users, they don&#39;t see the work that goes into it, and they don&#39;t have to deal with the terrible hate, etc.<br/><br/>The downside is that this leads to a great deal of invisible labor on our part. It also sometimes leads to strange technical situations where someone may not see a reply, or they might have to manually confirm a follow request even if they have an open follow policy. 2024-08-02T13:03:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mmw9jfwg24tnun8lqeyk95mv948wu4vpz5u4kauxyju6wys7q3gzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y70s2rfq <img src="https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/883/875/050/392/513/original/90f024f803dfe48c.png"> <br/> 2024-08-01T00:15:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqa9n8g46wjflz536phc95gz7ly7zq7aq6jtg8x64nne83t4rhlaqzyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7pzw2vn Between the attacks on synagogues and synagogue-goers and now this mosque in Southport in the UK, let&#39;s be very fucking clear...<br/><br/>Don&#39;t attack places of worship.<br/>Don&#39;t attack people going into or out of places of worship.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t fucking do it.<br/><br/>#Islamophobia #Antisemitism 2024-07-30T22:44:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfc02r98m4ejx0lq4y0qy65lw4h0ch77q7g0vexx7xwavuhd9hqsczyzd9rq4d5xjn0a9sw6nsjw9p9j5ksm6xcsh2v7rnxr39ruuhs62y7adnnjx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstq5kn3s4s9nqqjcg2lv36ur3axf5rgtxeta03tlhf84zrh7uvefqw070km'>nevent1q…70km</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have such a complex relationship with GrapheneOS.<br/><br/>On one hand, Graphene is the most serious effort towards a highly secure OS that&#39;s also easy to use.<br/><br/>At the same time, multiple people from completely different communities who don&#39;t know each other have told me about experiences they&#39;ve had which indicate toxicity of that development community.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying that the rumors must be true, but hearing similar stories from people who have no reason to be against Graphene makes me concerned about its development community. 2024-06-04T04:11:03Z