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Peter Jeffe

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"Understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act." - George Jackson He/him

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 12d

The first time I remember being sickened by Israel's genocide was in 1982, when it decimated Lebanon and engineered the Sabra and Shatila massacres. My father, who once owned Israel bonds, was so disillusioned that he couldn't sleep at night. It's beyond me how anyone can still support that state.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 5h

I wouldn't discount the impact of Ms. Rachel, especially on anyone with young kids.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 5h

I was out of work for a year, submitting hundreds of applications as the panic grew every day, so I know how we're all just a patch of bad luck away from needing to ask for help. Please consider helping Oregon out.

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 13h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 19h

If you’re looking to help rebuild Gaza a farmer and a civil engineer seems like a good person to help ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 21h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was finishing his studies to be a civil engineer in Rafah. His home and the small farm that him and his family had were destroyed. He’s now trying to survive with his large family, including many small children, in tents.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 7h

I'll accept that someone as clever as Pelosi could possibly be so deluded to think that there were "good Republicans" waiting in the wings, and that supporting them would be good for the country. But I'm not sure that would make it any better.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 7h

He'll have to fight RFK Jr. if he wants to promote the dreaded seed oils.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 10h

I mean communal property relations have been the norm for all of human history, and undoubtedly prehistory.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 16h

Lol the not-quite-resigned despair of the "so far".

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 17h

It's so revealing that CNN can note that "over 1,700 detainees from Gaza [were] held by Israel for two years without charge" but refuse to call them hostages, or mention the thousands of others that remain.

Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as mediators sign Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal | CNN

President Donald Trump and Gaza ceasefire mediators signed a deal after Hamas freed all living hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners and detainees under the US-brokered agreement.

www.cnn.com

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 17h

These people have such an impoverished worldview. They have no idea what a successful life really is.

CEO of $8 billion AI company says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful | Fortune

Cerebras cofounder Andrew Feldman warned aspiring entrepreneurs they need to be working “every waking minute,” echoing the likes of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman.

fortune.com

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

True enough.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Lookin' good Don

Close-up of Don's eyes from the graphic. His skin looks like he's been baked at 400 degrees for a few days, with deep wrinkles and crispy skin.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, yeah he's been dark for a while. Nothing on his threads either. Hope he's ok.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Israel's invasion of Egypt in 1956 and its subsequent occupation of Gaza has been so ignored by history that I can't blame you for not knowing about it.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Sleep-punching left is my guess

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Given that "Sir Tim" created the HTTP protocol that the web runs on, and that most apps also use to access their backend servers (via REST APIs), I'd say he's actually nodding his head approvingly at all of us.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

You've posted random statements to prove that some Hamas officials are antisemitic. No shit, just like many Israeli officials are anti-Arab and Islamophobic.

What matters are actions, and there's nothing that can refute that Hamas made overtures in 2017 and Israel responded with bullets.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

It's the condensed milk that's the real crime.

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Not worth spending the time. Read some history.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Sinwar was an actual leader. The others are just like those trash Likud MKs and we could trade bigot for bigot all day.

What's relevant is what the Hamas leadership did, and what Israeli leadership did. As in Hamas made an peace overture in 2017 and Israel massacred civilians in response.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Sinwar's, the Hamas leader that was being referenced. I'm not interested in the antisemitism of random Hamas officials any more than I am in the anti-Palestinian rants of random Israeli officials.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone's going with bullets but my mind went right to the drugs.

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Post Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 1d

The standards of today still suck so even if someone says this to me I’ll argue that I can judge a horrific person in any way and within any context I want to 🙂‍↔️

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

"jihadist Holocaust" my lord

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

"James dear, Ulysses could have been an email" - Sylvia Beach maybe

Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 1d

Good ones. A few of my faves:

Byrds: Chimes of Freedom
Nirvana: The Man Who Sold the World
Lorna Bennett: Breakfast in Bed
Robyn Hitchcock: Bells of Rhymney
Dick Gaughan: World Turned Upside Down

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