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Dov

@drnelk.bsky.social

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All fire, no chill. Husband/Father. I philosoPHizeD about Ethics @ UVA, and ever true to Brown. I teach text and thought to HS students in NYC.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Jan 16

That time my puppy became a rescue dog

Maple, a bichon-shih tzu, carrying a sleeve of specialty nespresso pods

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 1d

Shhhhh

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says " our secret "

Alt: Mr bean in a suit and tie is smiling and says " our secret "

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only…

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 1d

Now she did, so rt this one

Tracy Randall @tracy-creating.bsky.social · 2d

Posting about this sign, all my husband's idea. As we were leaving a young man said he really liked my sign, so we gave it to him. Made hubby's day.
🚫👑
#nokings
#NotTodaySprAyTAN
#protestingforfree
#antifa

Woman standing outside holding a protest sign saying 'Not Today SprAyTAN' with blue sky behind her.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully @tracy-creating.bsky.social will post this here soon, but too good to wait!

Tracy creating threads post of person holding a sign at no kings protest

Sign reads:
NOT TODAY
SprAyTAN

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 8d

Free Indexed, analyzed, and searchable database of all public Epstein documents. Trump only appears 40 times.

epstein-docs.github.io

12243
People

5709
Organizations

3211
Locations

8175
Documents

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 8d

Wild it took so long when she was a full head taller!

BBC headline: Marie Antoinette portrait really sister, study finds.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 9d

"I'll be going as Sylvia Plath [for Halloween] because it's the one day of the year you can dress like a slut"
-SNL

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 9d

They're really beginning to be like us

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic
"When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up."

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 10d

Be as self-affirming as the ny'er who, walking by 100s of peoples in costume said, "is it ComicCon? It is? I knew it!"

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 15d

Sounds awful! #jerseyshore

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 19d

RIP Jane Goodall

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 19d

Getting cleansed of all sin on Yom Kippur

a person is digging a hole in the ground to rescue a dog from a hole in the ground .

Alt: Sheep rescued from pit runs and leaps back into it.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 28d

You know what cures Tylenol overexposure? Releasing the #EpsteinFiles.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 28d

Genius suggestion from @brinablank.bsky.social

Everything is a grift now, anyway, so here’s the plan… We autistics file a class action against Tylenol. If we win, we use the money to escape the Nazis, and if we lose they’ll have to show Tylenol doesn’t cause autism

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · 29d

"I showed my heart to the doctor.
he said I just have to quit
Then he wrote himself a prescription
And your name was mentioned in it..." -Leonard Cohen #botd

Doors to LC exhibit, A Crack in Everything.

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 21

I've had many, but the last time i was suddenly claustrophobic and had to get out, calm down, and try again.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 21

I wasn't even comfortable with them shredding the Constitution.

Human composting is now legal in nj. But don't break out the shovel just yet.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 18

"only horses walk in the middle of the road. Be a person!"
-R Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 18

Self-righteous cruelty and self-destructive stupidity, America is writing itself into a new book of the Hebrew bible.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 18

It had a good run...

Today in history:  
On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 17

Teachers assigning small group work be like:

𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 💀 @unfitz.bsky.social · Apr 19

There’s someone for everyone.

Except you. Sorry, there’s an odd number of us.

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Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 17

At the absolute least there could be some language that says the president has to follow the law as passed rather than take the money and do with it what he pleases.

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 17

Like, at least read Wikipedia or something.

Dov @drnelk.bsky.social · Sep 17

Menachem Mendel of Kotz: "If I am I because I am I and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you."

Buber: wth is wrong with Thou?
Levinas: wth, infinitely