A penitent who is loud
@loudpenitent.bsky.social
Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
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Antisemitism works by positioning Jews into whatever society thinks is Most Wrong Right Now. Right now it is wrong to be white, Jews are white but with extra special sauce. When it is wrong to be Not White, Jews are The Most Not White you can possibly be.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Antisemitism works by positioning Jews into whatever society thinks is Most Wrong Right Now. Right now it is wrong to be white, Jews are white but with extra special sauce. When it is wrong to be Not White, Jews are The Most Not White you can possibly be.
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Because of how antisemitism works and our current oppressor vs oppressed (and associated skin color) schema of who gets to be objectively right, in this model Jewish Israelis are considered European White Oppressors and Palestinian Arabs are Oppressed Brown People.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Because of how antisemitism works and our current oppressor vs oppressed (and associated skin color) schema of who gets to be objectively right, in this model Jewish Israelis are considered European White Oppressors and Palestinian Arabs are Oppressed Brown People.
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Instead of forcing all Jewish Israelis to abnegate their existence and apologize for surviving (same for Palestinians btw), we should be promoting cross narrative dialogue and work that says “no one is going anywhere, how do we live in this one tiny slice of earth without killing each other.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Instead of forcing all Jewish Israelis to abnegate their existence and apologize for surviving (same for Palestinians btw), we should be promoting cross narrative dialogue and work that says “no one is going anywhere, how do we live in this one tiny slice of earth without killing each other.”
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Benjamin articulates so clearly what has been irritating me about the allyship/solidarity model of supporting Palestinians in this conflict. There is no right answer, no objectively correct narrative in this conflict that should be centered.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
Benjamin בנימין بنيامين on Instagram: "The allyship model is self-limiting because it only draws and specific and limited group of people. I’m interested in dialogue between Israelis and Palestinian...
107 likes, 13 comments - holylandspeaks on November 26, 2025: "The allyship model is self-limiting because it only draws and specific and limited group of people. I’m interested in dialogue between Is...
www.instagram.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Benjamin articulates so clearly what has been irritating me about the allyship/solidarity model of supporting Palestinians in this conflict. There is no right answer, no objectively correct narrative in this conflict that should be centered.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
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[old professor voice] a key thing to understand about Western culture is a remarkable amount of mental energy has been dedicated to wondering “what if we put a hot girl in church?”
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
[old professor voice] a key thing to understand about Western culture is a remarkable amount of mental energy has been dedicated to wondering “what if we put a hot girl in church?”
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Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
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God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
Ok serious question, did @adhocstudio.com actually not expect people to play Robert as a basically decent guy? Because that is *WORLDS* more interesting than playing him as a resentful jerk.
This article genuinely puzzles me.
This article genuinely puzzles me.
That said (spoilers in linked article) part of me wonders if this is just me ascribing more credit for a basically wholesome game than the devs intended, or if Polygon is just stirring up shit with a misleading interview
www.polygon.com/the-dispatch...
www.polygon.com/the-dispatch...
The Dispatch devs want you to be jerks more often
Stop being so nice
www.polygon.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ok serious question, did @adhocstudio.com actually not expect people to play Robert as a basically decent guy? Because that is *WORLDS* more interesting than playing him as a resentful jerk.
This article genuinely puzzles me.
This article genuinely puzzles me.
What the fucking fuck?
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What the fucking fuck?
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I literally could not imagine more effective Zionist propaganda than saying this shit
August 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I literally could not imagine more effective Zionist propaganda than saying this shit
Ugh between burn gel and calahist I have been Assimilated into the Goop today
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ugh between burn gel and calahist I have been Assimilated into the Goop today
Yeah the thing is, folks, Google would really rather their search work well than it work badly, and the AI overviews are, among other things, an attempt to make it "work well!"
What has happened is SEO was always a red queen competition & Google kept losing ground due to lack of focus on Search.
What has happened is SEO was always a red queen competition & Google kept losing ground due to lack of focus on Search.
Ok, I intensely dislike Google’s AI overviews and many of their recent product changes.
But also… I really don’t think you could transplant the old Google search algorithm to today’s Internet and have it do nearly as well. The information environment itself has gotten a lot harder to search.
But also… I really don’t think you could transplant the old Google search algorithm to today’s Internet and have it do nearly as well. The information environment itself has gotten a lot harder to search.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yeah the thing is, folks, Google would really rather their search work well than it work badly, and the AI overviews are, among other things, an attempt to make it "work well!"
What has happened is SEO was always a red queen competition & Google kept losing ground due to lack of focus on Search.
What has happened is SEO was always a red queen competition & Google kept losing ground due to lack of focus on Search.
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“More explosive early resignations are coming,” one unnamed senior House Republican told the outlet. “It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower.”
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage,” the lawmaker said
No paywall
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage,” the lawmaker said
No paywall
More Republican reps are considering following MTG out the door, report says
‘More explosive early resignations are coming,’ one unnamed senior House Republican said.
www.the-independent.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“More explosive early resignations are coming,” one unnamed senior House Republican told the outlet. “It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower.”
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage,” the lawmaker said
No paywall
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage,” the lawmaker said
No paywall
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This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
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Every left wing caricature of the democratic party is somehow actually true of labour now
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Every left wing caricature of the democratic party is somehow actually true of labour now
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Just utter imbeciles pulling out every cable that holds together the modern world in a desperate hunt for immigrants
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just utter imbeciles pulling out every cable that holds together the modern world in a desperate hunt for immigrants
What the hell has HAPPENED to the UK?
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What the hell has HAPPENED to the UK?
At the risk of wading into the self definition of a group I do not belong to, it seems to me that any definition of queerness that considers sexual or gender identity secondary is a questionable one in any meaningful sense of the word.
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
At the risk of wading into the self definition of a group I do not belong to, it seems to me that any definition of queerness that considers sexual or gender identity secondary is a questionable one in any meaningful sense of the word.
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This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
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The problem with labor is not alienation, the problem with labor is laboring.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The problem with labor is not alienation, the problem with labor is laboring.
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I find the use of "warriors" rather than soldiers somewhat infantilizing.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I find the use of "warriors" rather than soldiers somewhat infantilizing.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
Folks are dunking on this but honestly whatever you think of the man he has a point - capitalism did not create oppression, and what we had before capitalism was not freer for the majority of people.
Look up how subsistence peasantry lived, don't compare yourself to nobles or literati.
Look up how subsistence peasantry lived, don't compare yourself to nobles or literati.
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Folks are dunking on this but honestly whatever you think of the man he has a point - capitalism did not create oppression, and what we had before capitalism was not freer for the majority of people.
Look up how subsistence peasantry lived, don't compare yourself to nobles or literati.
Look up how subsistence peasantry lived, don't compare yourself to nobles or literati.
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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Taiwan has never been part of China.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone Monday on trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, with Xi stressing that Taiwan’s return to China is part of the “post-war international order,” according to Chinese state media.
Trump, Xi spoke on phone Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, US and Chinese officials say
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to the White House and Chinese officials.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Taiwan has never been part of China.
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#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!