Nina says Free Link!
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Nashvillian, Jwitter refugee (1n1m1), retired, loves medieval history & roots music & food & books, she/her, Boomer white/cis/straight trying to help
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As a response to the far too numerous recent references On Here to "moneylenders in the Temple" (usually meaning Trump), here's a thread about why that phrasing is not merely incorrect, but a carryover from medieval Christian antisemitism & actively harmful to Jews today. 1/
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
In this case, in my backyard:
Cooper’s hawk
Rabbit
Possum
Skunk
Deer
In this case, in my backyard:
Cooper’s hawk
Rabbit
Possum
Skunk
Deer
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Bobcat
Skunk
White-tailed deer
Tule elk
Gray fox
Bobcat
Skunk
White-tailed deer
Tule elk
Gray fox
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
In this case, in my backyard:
Cooper’s hawk
Rabbit
Possum
Skunk
Deer
In this case, in my backyard:
Cooper’s hawk
Rabbit
Possum
Skunk
Deer
So I broke a toe this morning, just in time to not cook for thanksgiving. I have an enormous boot to hobble around in. Life is interesting.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So I broke a toe this morning, just in time to not cook for thanksgiving. I have an enormous boot to hobble around in. Life is interesting.
Christian missionary identified.
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Christian missionary identified.
Missing an entire chapter from your book? Problematic page gap.
Missing an aromatic herb from your spice cabinet? Problematic sage gap
Missing a competent spellcaster from your party of intrepid adventurers? Problematic mage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Missing an entire chapter from your book? Problematic page gap.
Things I didn’t know I needed in my life: Jason Isbell singing “Wild Horses.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Things I didn’t know I needed in my life: Jason Isbell singing “Wild Horses.”
Last harvest before the first frost.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Last harvest before the first frost.
This ought to be ah-MAY-zing. A 30-episode TV show by the director of In The Mood For Love.
🌹✨MARK YOUR CALENDARS🌹✨
Wong Kar Wai's first-ever TV series BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will premiere exclusively on the Criterion Channel beginning November 24!
Wong Kar Wai's first-ever TV series BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will premiere exclusively on the Criterion Channel beginning November 24!
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This ought to be ah-MAY-zing. A 30-episode TV show by the director of In The Mood For Love.
Free Link.
Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed. It is shameful that this is still ongoing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Free Link.
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Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
Reposted by Nina says Free Link!
Since the Bluesky team is bigoted against Link, he is unable to conduct Mutual Fund Friday, and so in his absence we must do it for him. SNAP benefits disappearing means a LOT of people mightily struggling. So can we try?? :)
If you need help, drop your links below. Everyone else share & donate.
If you need help, drop your links below. Everyone else share & donate.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since the Bluesky team is bigoted against Link, he is unable to conduct Mutual Fund Friday, and so in his absence we must do it for him. SNAP benefits disappearing means a LOT of people mightily struggling. So can we try?? :)
If you need help, drop your links below. Everyone else share & donate.
If you need help, drop your links below. Everyone else share & donate.
Michael Twitty makes fine recipes.
Please help me share this 100 times! 34 x shared already.
Hi everyone! #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth is here. Please support by spreading the word! www.phaidon.com/en-us/produc...
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Michael Twitty makes fine recipes.
Chag Sukkot Sameach, friends.
October 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chag Sukkot Sameach, friends.
Cyndi Lauper really has been the female Bruce Springsteen all this time, hasn’t she?
October 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Cyndi Lauper really has been the female Bruce Springsteen all this time, hasn’t she?
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Keep an eye out for this: There's deceptively edited video floating around Instagram & TikTok which appears to show a rabbi speaking in favor of human sacrifice and saying "some need to die for the world to flourish."
In fact, she is reading a post by R. Tali Adler which decries that very attitude.
In fact, she is reading a post by R. Tali Adler which decries that very attitude.
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Keep an eye out for this: There's deceptively edited video floating around Instagram & TikTok which appears to show a rabbi speaking in favor of human sacrifice and saying "some need to die for the world to flourish."
In fact, she is reading a post by R. Tali Adler which decries that very attitude.
In fact, she is reading a post by R. Tali Adler which decries that very attitude.
Shabbat shalom, y’all, and let’s use this time for some reflection and self-reflection. And to catch a breath.
September 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Shabbat shalom, y’all, and let’s use this time for some reflection and self-reflection. And to catch a breath.
Shana tova to all my skeeps. I just got some weird health news, so if you can remember, please say a misheberach for me at the appropriate time. My mother’s name was Rachel.
September 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Shana tova to all my skeeps. I just got some weird health news, so if you can remember, please say a misheberach for me at the appropriate time. My mother’s name was Rachel.
Shabbat shalom, y’all. Maybe by the time we come back tomorrow night someone will have figured out a way for coexist to work.
September 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Shabbat shalom, y’all. Maybe by the time we come back tomorrow night someone will have figured out a way for coexist to work.
This is very good.
”Nationalization, like racialization, is always ongoing. It is never only, or merely, a fait accompli. And it is because it is continually taking place that it can be resisted.”
@samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social reviews memoirs by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Avi Shlaim, and Massoud Hayoun:
@samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social reviews memoirs by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Avi Shlaim, and Massoud Hayoun:
In Search of Arab Jews - Boston Review
Can a culture be resurrected?
www.bostonreview.net
September 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is very good.
Anyway, I’ve got to run. Shabbat shalom and let’s all take some refreshing deep breaths.
September 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Anyway, I’ve got to run. Shabbat shalom and let’s all take some refreshing deep breaths.
Shabbat shalom to everyone except people trying to get rid of minority religious practice.
August 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Shabbat shalom to everyone except people trying to get rid of minority religious practice.
Oh, sad news about Jeannie Seely. I met her about 20 years ago; she told me to email the Opry to have her host more often.
August 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oh, sad news about Jeannie Seely. I met her about 20 years ago; she told me to email the Opry to have her host more often.
What are some things I can do with a surplus of beans (wax and green)? I’m pickling and freezing some of them, but I need more ways of preserving them or unusual ways of cooking them so I don’t get “beans again!” complaints?
July 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What are some things I can do with a surplus of beans (wax and green)? I’m pickling and freezing some of them, but I need more ways of preserving them or unusual ways of cooking them so I don’t get “beans again!” complaints?
Blood Harmony starts getting reviews:
#booksky
#biography
#musicsky
#americana
#EverlyBrothers
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
#booksky
#biography
#musicsky
#americana
#EverlyBrothers
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Phil and Don Everly lit up the charts before the Beatles arrived. A new book restores their legacy
In his rigorously researched biography of Phil and Don Everly, Barry Mazor busts some myths about the harmonizing siblings and makes a strong case for their enduring music legacy.
www.latimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Blood Harmony starts getting reviews:
#booksky
#biography
#musicsky
#americana
#EverlyBrothers
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
#booksky
#biography
#musicsky
#americana
#EverlyBrothers
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I talked to Barry Mazor about his (what will go down as) definitive biography of The Everly Brothers! Check it out at No Fences Review (w/ @charleshughes2.bsky.social )
Blood Harmony: A Conversation with Barry Mazor
David talks to the author of a new biography of The Everly Brothers
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I talked to Barry Mazor about his (what will go down as) definitive biography of The Everly Brothers! Check it out at No Fences Review (w/ @charleshughes2.bsky.social )
Just a reminder that in two weeks you can pick up this dual biography of the Everly Brothers wherever books are sold. Preorder now!
#booksky
#nonfiction
#biography
#musicsky
#everlybrothers
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/barry...
#booksky
#nonfiction
#biography
#musicsky
#everlybrothers
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/barry...
Blood Harmony
The definitive biography of the Everly Brothers, one of the greatest and most influential acts in popular music history, based on dozens of exclusive and a...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just a reminder that in two weeks you can pick up this dual biography of the Everly Brothers wherever books are sold. Preorder now!
#booksky
#nonfiction
#biography
#musicsky
#everlybrothers
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/barry...
#booksky
#nonfiction
#biography
#musicsky
#everlybrothers
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/barry...