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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין)

@heymaristein.bsky.social

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Appellate public defender, diasporist Jew, New York Mets endurer. There is power in a union. | she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · Jul 9

(pointing at myself in the mirror) Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, you dumb bitch

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 11h

It's with a heavy heart that I am forced to hand it to Kathy once again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 19h

RIP D'Angelo (1974-2025) 🕊️😔

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 20h

This is the bio for an AI “artist” that popped up on my Spotify Discover this week. Obscene

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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 20h

The Gemara asks if Moses was ever mistaken. Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus answers that Moses once supposed his noses was roses. What does this mean? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya answers that when that happened, Moses supposed erroneously.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 20h

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 21h

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

"what the fuck just happened"

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 1d

In the baseball-based theology of my family this sequence of events should be taken as a sign that God has chosen a side

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 1d

Rest in Power Miss Major. We all owe you so much. Thank you for everything.

Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

www.ebar.com

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 1d

Any excuse to talk about Siouxsie and the Banshees' version of "The Passenger"

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 2d

cop, lying: Me and my friends, who are troops, will delete Candy Crush if Zohrani 'Hussein' Mamdani is mayor of New York City. We are the most active users on the platform and this could affect the stock market

Bari Weiss: Chilling. And not the cool weed kind of chilling. This week on 60 Minutes

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Oct 14

“Oh and, ah, one more thing: Y’see, I don’t know much when it comes to India. But my wife? She loves the place. Has all the books. And she’s always telling me it’s a good hike east of here…

So — and forgive me, Señor Colón — I have to ask: Where were you on the night of October 12th, 1492?”

Andy Screamo @colonelnemo.bsky.social · Oct 14

Its Colombo Day!

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lena @lenazun.bsky.social · 1d

firestorm.coop/products/162...

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Joel @storywonker.bsky.social · 1d

Meme:

OP: why do you need a specific word for being thrown out of a window

The burgomaster of Prague: i be in situations

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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 2d

Experiencing a level of anxiety this weekend I would describe as "mind-obliterating"

Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 2d

That's cinema babey

meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 2d

good afternoon

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 3d

YOU HEARD THEM

Meme image of Shinji from Evangelion leaning forward in a folding chair with his heads in his hands. Text around him reads "GET IN THE FUCKING FROG" and there are two depictions of someone in inflatable frog suits

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 3d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 3d

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.