“Frankly, I don’t agree with anyone about Israel, so that can’t be the criteria for who we elect as mayor, because I don’t even agree with myself most days.” A truer more Jewish quote has never been given www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/n... by @liam-stack.bsky.social

100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said. @liam-stack.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com:

Syria Live Updates: Rebels Enter Damascus as al-Assad Appears to Flee President Bashar al-Assad’s immediate location was not initially clear after rebels took control of Syria’s capital. Russia’s foreign ministry did not provide details on where he had gone, saying only...

“President Bashar al-Assad has resigned and left Syria, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Sunday” www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

Apropos of nothing, thru my spouse‘s job we have “ good” insurance. 5yrs ago, I had knee replacement &they made me jump thru 1 million hoops ofc (& we were out of pocket $$$$ too). 1 month later, they sent me a 5-figure bill for the full amount. They *retroactively* unapproved it & demanded I pay up

Can we stop making live action remakes of everything and start making muppet remakes of every film and musical

I’m in Tel Aviv at the moment! It’d be lovely to be in Dublin though!

Ireland’s Main Parties Edge Out Sinn Féin, Early Election Results Show At one level, the vote was an endorsement of continuity, but the stability in Ireland’s political center ground masked volatility on the fringes.

Voters in Ireland have set the stage for a return of the grand coalition government that has led their country since 2020, resisting an anti-incumbent wave that has swept across the United States and Europe.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...

Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.

Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”

Former Defense Minister Accuses Israel of Committing War Crimes in Gaza The comments by Moshe Yaalon were swiftly denied and condemned by allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who said that they would hurt the country and help its enemies.

A former Israeli defense minister who once served in Netanyahu’s
cabinet had accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.

“They’re basically cleaning the territory of Arabs.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...

Former Defense Minister Accuses Israel of Committing War Crimes in Gaza The comments by Moshe Yaalon were swiftly denied and condemned by allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who said that they would hurt the country and help its enemies.

A former Israeli defense minister who once served in Netanyahu’s
cabinet had accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.

“They’re basically cleaning the territory of Arabs.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...

At the 1992 RNC convention, some delegates held up signs that said “Thank God for AIDS” and “Family Rights Forever/Gay Rights Never.” Not exactly as catchy as “Mass Deportations Now,” but just as dehumanizing.

A Battered and Diminished Hezbollah Accepts a Cease-fire

News Analysis: After 13-months of war, Hezbollah entered a cease-fire with Israel on Wednesday that it will struggle to convince anyone, other than its most fervent loyalists, is not in fact a defeat.

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I have never seen a stage production of Wicked and I have only ever heard two of the songs, performed by drag queens. But somehow I know the entire plot? I think I must have absorbed it, osmosis-like, by drinking the tap water in Hell’s Kitchen

The Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire: What to Know Under the agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw its forces from Lebanon over the next 60 days, and Hezbollah will not entrench itself near the Israeli border.

A cease-fire meant to end the deadliest war in decades between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah officially took effect early Wednesday, less than a day after President Biden announced the deal and Israel approved its terms.

Here's what to know.

now this house is really a home

Greetings from Haifa! Today is day one of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. There were several rounds of air raid sirens in Haifa last night but today the city is quiet.

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That sounds like a euphemism for “Protestant”

When I joined Twitter many years ago my first, skeptical tweet said something like “Well, I’ve joined Twitter. My life feels no different.” The innocence of youth.