Saul Tannenbaum
@tannenbaum.org
"Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right" - Robert Hunter
In the strangest of places if you look at it right" - Robert Hunter
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Folks, is it good when the government starts asking institutions for "lists of Jews"?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Folks, is it good when the government starts asking institutions for "lists of Jews"?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Whom
Slightly diminish a band:
Mackleless
Mackleless
Slightly diminish a band:
Phish and CHiPs
Phish and CHiPs
January 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The Whom
It is a minor point but, in his later years, and in the family death announcement, he was "Bobby".
Bob Weir, who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78. His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution. trib.al/kC31x5R
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It is a minor point but, in his later years, and in the family death announcement, he was "Bobby".
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my hometown synagogue was firebombed yesterday
no one was injured and a suspect has been arrested
all you fascists are bound to fuckin lose.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
no one was injured and a suspect has been arrested
all you fascists are bound to fuckin lose.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
my hometown synagogue was firebombed yesterday
no one was injured and a suspect has been arrested
all you fascists are bound to fuckin lose.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
no one was injured and a suspect has been arrested
all you fascists are bound to fuckin lose.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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The only synagogue in Jackson, MS burned last night. It was arson. They've been here before--they were attacked by the KKK because the rabbi spoke in favor of civil rights.
They have no usable torah for services, all burned. Torahs are handmade! If you can donate a bit this week, here's a spot.
They have no usable torah for services, all burned. Torahs are handmade! If you can donate a bit this week, here's a spot.
For anyone else reading this, feeling helpless, and wondering what they can do: the synagogue has a donation form and I've donated with a note that it's for fire recovery immediate expenses. www.bethisraelms.org
Beth Israel Congregation
www.bethisraelms.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The only synagogue in Jackson, MS burned last night. It was arson. They've been here before--they were attacked by the KKK because the rabbi spoke in favor of civil rights.
They have no usable torah for services, all burned. Torahs are handmade! If you can donate a bit this week, here's a spot.
They have no usable torah for services, all burned. Torahs are handmade! If you can donate a bit this week, here's a spot.
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On #Venezuela, On #Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up: More public pressure can blunt the Trump administration’s authoritarian ambitions. The latest from BINJ.News' Jason Pramas. binj.news/2026/01/08/o... #commentary #analysis #protest #democracy
On Venezuela, On Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up
Running a news weekly as I do, it’s always interesting to watch the narrative around developing stories that I might comment on as a journalist change quickly over days or even hours. Such is the case...
binj.news
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
On #Venezuela, On #Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up: More public pressure can blunt the Trump administration’s authoritarian ambitions. The latest from BINJ.News' Jason Pramas. binj.news/2026/01/08/o... #commentary #analysis #protest #democracy
I was today years old when I learned why @emptywheel.bsky.social calls him “Big Dick Toilet Salesman.” Accurate, as always.
Whitaker's prior experience with diplomacy consists of promoting a line of "urinals for well-endowed men" which the DOJ suspected was a fraud scheme. As ambassador he has specialized in not attending or participating in NATO meetings, like those convened after the last wave of Russian drone attacks.
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I was today years old when I learned why @emptywheel.bsky.social calls him “Big Dick Toilet Salesman.” Accurate, as always.
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Dee Snider is one the products of my Long Island home town of which it should be most proud.
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Dee Snider is one the products of my Long Island home town of which it should be most proud.
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I'm just waiting for Taylor Sheridan's Landman: Caracas next TV season.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I'm just waiting for Taylor Sheridan's Landman: Caracas next TV season.
I'm just waiting for Taylor Sheridan's Landman: Caracas next TV season.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I'm just waiting for Taylor Sheridan's Landman: Caracas next TV season.
They lie about everything.
Trump and Caine are both talking a lot about how dark it was last night, which is a weird thing to say about a night with a full moon.
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
They lie about everything.
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ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown
In which @mollycrabapple.bsky.social plumbs the Yiddish roots of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s New York socialism
"For all the hysteria, when I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In which @mollycrabapple.bsky.social plumbs the Yiddish roots of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s New York socialism
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the end of a year is like a sewer.
some see a past filled with crap and regret, foul memories of yesterdays flushed into darkness but not forgotten.
others see it as a transition to something better, a rush towards transformation. Renewal. Opportunity.
both true—
for sewers imitate life.
some see a past filled with crap and regret, foul memories of yesterdays flushed into darkness but not forgotten.
others see it as a transition to something better, a rush towards transformation. Renewal. Opportunity.
both true—
for sewers imitate life.
December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the end of a year is like a sewer.
some see a past filled with crap and regret, foul memories of yesterdays flushed into darkness but not forgotten.
others see it as a transition to something better, a rush towards transformation. Renewal. Opportunity.
both true—
for sewers imitate life.
some see a past filled with crap and regret, foul memories of yesterdays flushed into darkness but not forgotten.
others see it as a transition to something better, a rush towards transformation. Renewal. Opportunity.
both true—
for sewers imitate life.
Hell, I was exhausted just reading this ballot.
Precinct: 8-3
7 candidates ranked.
Rankings: Winters, Brown, Muchnik, Hanratty, Klein, Walker, Moree
Ballot was exhausted.
This ballot is unique and no other ranked exactly these candidates.
7 candidates ranked.
Rankings: Winters, Brown, Muchnik, Hanratty, Klein, Walker, Moree
Ballot was exhausted.
This ballot is unique and no other ranked exactly these candidates.
December 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hell, I was exhausted just reading this ballot.
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We hope to see #Allston #Brighton folks at the AHMA Boston City Council At-Large Candidates Forum this Thursday! Easy ride via the 66 bus! Speak up for more housing!
Leadership matters in a housing crisis.
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to build harpsichords in their lofts,
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to build harpsichords in their lofts,
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Join North #CambMA Pro-Housing Meetup Sunday Aug 3
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Join North #CambMA Pro-Housing Meetup Sunday Aug 3
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
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Things at old school GITMO are going quite well. Why do you ask?
If you took an early slide into the weekend, you may have missed this latest upheaval in the Sept. 11 case. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Things at old school GITMO are going quite well. Why do you ask?
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Best part of visiting @lshtm.bsky.social means seeing the ORIGINAL broad street pump!
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
June 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Best part of visiting @lshtm.bsky.social means seeing the ORIGINAL broad street pump!
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
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Anyway, everyone should relax about potential US military action.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Anyway, everyone should relax about potential US military action.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
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"A venture capitalist, Marine Corps veteran and Charlie Baker-era MBTA executive"
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
Do not be fooled by his lie that he is a "pro-choice Republican running on a common sense, conservative leadership platform."
He is a venture capitalist who voted for Trump & if he wins, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE"
He's a rich guy who will eliminate affordable housing for tax cuts.
He is a venture capitalist who voted for Trump & if he wins, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE"
He's a rich guy who will eliminate affordable housing for tax cuts.
Voters want ‘someone tough’: Mass. GOP governor candidate Brian Shortsleeve makes his pitch
If he wins the Governor's Office in 2026, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE to deport people with criminal records," Republican Brian Shortsleeve said.
www.masslive.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"A venture capitalist, Marine Corps veteran and Charlie Baker-era MBTA executive"
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.