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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 20h

(((LaCenzo)))

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

if i had a dime for every rhonda lacenzo i knew in hebrew school

tweet from The Persian Jewess ~ @persianjewess
In a disgusting display, @nbcsn| creates an antisemitic caricature of a Jewish woman, and mocks concerns about Zohran Mamdani's pro-jihadist views.
Meanwhile, just today Zohran Mamdani's wife posted a tribute to a Hamas terrorist on her IG Stories.

it's screencap from an SNL sketch with a character named RHONDA LaCENZO

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Neil Hillhouse (The Haunting Of) @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao great job Barri

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 23h

a highlight of the year, every year.

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Sigh. Guess it's that one day a year we have to utter that assholes name.

For Immediate Release
Italian-American Trade Unionists of America Condemn Columbus on Columbus Day

The ltalian-American Trade Unionists of America (IATUOA) has once again reaffirmed its condemnation of Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day.
"We only mention the son of a bitch's name once a year and it's when we announce that he's a son of a bitch on his name day," the IATUOA Executive Committee announced from a dark, smoke-filled room in the Italian-American Club of Shamokin, PA.

The IATUOA, founded on the principles of cultural solidarity through bargaining, mutual aid, shared dining experiences, and anti-imperialism, believes Columbus represents the antithesis of these core values. Based on his writing and contemporary accounts, Columbus was a greedy, self-indulgent strunz, a jerk-off that gleefully engaged in the enslavement and genocide of indigenous people for personal gain and fame.

Further, this fucking guy, supposedly Genoese, rarely spoke or wrote in Ligurian or any Italic language. What kind of "Italian" does that?

Italian-Americans deserve recognition and a holiday in the United States, but also deserve a figure worthy of their name. "If you're gonna name the fuckin' day Columbus Day, you might as well go-all in and make the fucking holiday Columbus/Mussolini Day to piss on a few more graves,"' the IATOUA Executive Committee further scoffed

As of this time,the IATUOA DaVinci Genealogy Caucus still questions the authenticity of Columbus' Italian ancestry. Based on this, and the organization's position that Columbus is "a piece of shit" the organization maintains its position that Italian-Americans (as well as indigenous people) deserve a holiday that truly recognizes our heritage and not one that celebrates a jackass.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

My sense of relief and joy at this rare moment of good news is tinged with sadness over the knowledge that the hostages could have come home long ago, had Netanyahu prioritized making a deal to free them above inflicting pummeling violence on Gazans.

World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 1d

As families of hostages wait for their loved ones to return home, WCK teams are preparing to serve meals at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Once the hostages are released, we’re ready to support them and their families with comforting meals as they reunite after two years. #ChefsForThePeople

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Russel @russel.bsky.social · 1d

The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County thanked this guy for his “friendship,” and “leadership” the same day he was being called out by the local press for saying a Jewish constituent was a “Judenrat” — so color me doubtful any Jewish org will actually say anything.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.

All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.

Tweet from Congressman Randy Fine: "Muslims calling for the destruction of Israel — after the peace deal.

It was never about Gaza.

Why did the UK allow these demons in?

We must ban Sharia in the United States and deport them ALL before this becomes us.

Religion of peace."

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

These are people who are protesting against a synagogue, and yet have somehow convinced themselves the other side are the antisemites.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 1d

police are gangs that we all collectively pretend answer to elected officials because the truth is scary

i'm not even properly an anarchist but i thought we all knew this

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 2d

sorry, who’s the ultimate authority of state police again?

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

No, the key qualification is to have done it in the first place. The fallback plan is "YC drops a pile of cash on my sTArTUp IdEA"

Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

I had no idea!

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

Chicken and A&H andouille sausage. It's an annual tradition; I was born in Louisiana.

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

You're telling me there are alternatives to just drone striking the boat with a hellfire?

The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 1d

Royal Marine Snipers Disable Drug Smuggling Skiff from Wildcat Helicopter

Royal Marines took aim at the engine of a boat suspected of drug smuggling while flying in HMS Lancaster’s Wildcat helicopter over the Gulf of Oman. £35 million of drugs were seized.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/10/12/r...

Royal Marine Snipers Disable Drug Smuggling Skiff from Wildcat Helicopter

Royal Marines took aim at the engine of a boat suspected of drug smuggling while flying in HMS Lancaster's Wildcat helicopter over the Gulf of Oman. £35

theaviationist.com

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

I ate gumbo for dinner in my sukkah last night. #discourse

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 2d

A brief thread in 12 parts.

Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 2d

So there’s the billionaire in the White House who was born very rich and is now carrying out the pinnacle of his career as a fraud.

His campaign was largely funded by a billionaire who was born to owners of an emerald mine and made billions by lying for a decade about what his products could do.

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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 2d

(1/2) ACARS Message From: G-YMMJ / BA0106

Message: YES BOSS. WE BEHAVIN. BUT ITS NOT US U SHUD BE WORRYIN ABOUT. ILL CHASE THAT UP WITH THERESE TO CONFIRM ONE WAY OR TOTHER. THX 4 STAYIN IN TOUCH.

Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/G-YMMJ

Area: Bavaria, Germany

#acars #vdlm2 #GYMM

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Liora Halperin @lioracle.bsky.social · 2d

Meet the “yellow line.” Mark my word, this won’t be some kind of temporary thing that will soon be irrelevant when Israel withdraws further. I suspect we’ll be continuing to refer to it for many years. (I hope I’m wrong).

Image of map of Gaza with yellow line showing Israeli withdrawal plans in first
Stage of ceasefire.

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Sexy Sager Costume @mikesager.net · 3d

Hey people complaining about Janet Mills entering the Maine Senate primary: if your dude can't beat her (an extremely popular sitting Governor with an excellent chance at the General) then how are you going to beat Susan Collins?

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 3d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Linda B. Rosenthal @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social · 3d

Honoring the life of the legendary king of lox, coffee, cheese, Saul Zabar, as well as his exacting standards of excellence for Zabars.

Saul will now forever grace the #WestSide’s 79th Street 1 subway station thanks to the @mta.info.

May his memory be a blessing.

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Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 3d

Of all the things you could say when trying to make Woody Allen seem endearing...
"She's like a daughter to him" is a goddamn CHOICE!

Classics & Virtues @classicvirtues.bsky.social · 3d

I, for one, do not want to be “like a daughter” to, of all people, Woody Allen…

@CaitlinPacific

I've missed hearing Woody Allen's voice - l'd been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.
@bariweiss is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 3d

Puerto Rico and DC—both part of the US, of course—collectively have more than 4 times the population of South Dakota, which Thune represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "