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Math & Math Education, comics nerd, occasional Torah talk. Son of an immigrant refugee. He/Him/His.

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08.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

feels appropriate to bring up the "if you can walk to the cafe but the barista has to drive an hour to work there, you dont live in a walkable community, you live in a theme park" anecdote here

08.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 433 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

You're right β€” I ought not to have flipped the tortoise onto its back, and having done so, I should have helped turn the tortoise back over. Trapped on its back, belly baking in the hot sun, it can't survive without my help. That was my error, and I apologize.

06.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seems like the weather forecast has *also* decided to spring forward

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's not even August yet

05.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s First Administration Shut Down Investigation Into Epstein The state of New Mexico was investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch, but then the Department of Justice intervened.

Source: newrepublic.com/post/207226/...

03.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Yet somehow, the propertyβ€”dubbed β€œPlayboy Ranch” among localsβ€”has never properly been investigated, according to New Mexico officials.

A report by The New York Times, published Monday, revealed that state officials had every intention to do soβ€”until the first Trump administration intervened in 2019. The government ordered New Mexico to turn over its probe to federal prosecutors, but then they closed the case, according to recently unsealed records obtained by the Times.

Yet somehow, the propertyβ€”dubbed β€œPlayboy Ranch” among localsβ€”has never properly been investigated, according to New Mexico officials. A report by The New York Times, published Monday, revealed that state officials had every intention to do soβ€”until the first Trump administration intervened in 2019. The government ordered New Mexico to turn over its probe to federal prosecutors, but then they closed the case, according to recently unsealed records obtained by the Times.

So the 1st Trump administration practiced a version of the same "catch and kill" strategy that his crony David Pecker used at the National Enquirer, only at DOJ they used it to quash an ongoing criminal investigation into Epstein. I'm sure there's a totally reasonable explanation for this

03.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And yet ironically you can't spell the word without a discontinuous jump from U to I

03.03.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is terrible, but Purim is here at last. May all villains face ironic reversals of fortune

02.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When is some comics company going to finally put together the GREATEST AMERICAN HERO / A-TEAM / MANIMAL / KNIGHT RIDER crossover that I've been waiting for since I was 12 years old?

02.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know this is meant to be a joke, kind of, but it's also extremely insightful. This is *exactly* how he thinks. Whack the boss and then make the survivors an offer they can't refuse.

01.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...(e.g. Black people, Chinese people, gay men…) and the older way of speaking seems tone-deaf, if not outright offensive. You also see this phenomenon in people who think it’s rude to say β€œJews” and instead insist that the only proper way to refer to us is β€œJewish people”.

27.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On further thought, I suspect the noun/adjective distinction is part of what rankles people about the use of the word β€œgoyim”. Forty years ago it was common to refer to minorities using collective nouns (the Blacks, the Chinese, the gays…) but nowadays it’s more common to use adjectives... (contd)

27.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still the same issue, β€œgoy” is a singular noun, not an adjective. β€œA cis” doesn’t scan right.

27.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is pretty much exactly right, with the small grammatical quibble that β€œgoyim” is a plural noun, not an adjective, so a better analogy would be β€œgoyim = cisgenders” (which I almost never see used)

27.02.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSet out to destroy him”? The dude literally volunteered to work at Sbu Ghraib, β€œaccidentally” got a Totenkopf tattoo, then covered his Totenkopf with a Fentis tattoo. Pretty sure he handled his destruction all by himself

27.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll do it FOR FREE, even!

27.02.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Strange game. The only way to win is to NOT USE AI, MY GOD WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE

25.02.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaders from across Michigan showed up because Romulus showed up tonight to say loud and clear:

No ICE prison here.

24.02.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Guy who "accidentally" got a Totenkopf tattoo and then covered it up with a Fenris tattoo has opinions about a small cabal of elites who secretly control the world

22.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some sort of elders, if you will, who follow their own specific protocols

22.02.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(((Small group of people)))

22.02.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

hahaha seriously though we should charge these people as child sex traffickers

20.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 4972 πŸ” 947 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 10

My "People are not personally profiting from this" T-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by the shirt

20.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank goodness nobody ever cites *my* work.

19.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blue is evergreen

19.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On display, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying β€œBeware of the Leopard”

19.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hill I am going to die on is that "The 1900s" refers to a *decade*, specifically 1900-1909, and if you want to talk about the entire period 1900-1999 (or 1901-2000, whatever) you say "The 20th Century"

18.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 40994 πŸ” 10913 πŸ’¬ 311 πŸ“Œ 339
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Lilith Magazine Independent, Jewish & Frankly Feminist

For those who don't know Lilith: lilith.org

18.02.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0