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Traditional-egalitarian neo-misnagdic liturgical maximalist. Yes, I'm the one who made that steamed hams megillah. איהו/ליה (that’s he/him in Aramaic)
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Meanwhile, new testament god is like “if I’m not paid back in innocent blood then all of the people I created are going to be tortured forever in the hell that I made for them for the unforgivable crime of having been created imperfect by me” and then people call it a god of love

Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.

this dystopian-movie shot is in my hometown

It’s almost like Joe Biden isn’t fucking president anymore Jake

If you are mad at the lawyers discussing l'affaire GoFundMe, and you pick as your suspected ringleader the one who wasn't active on bluesky for the weeks before it blew up or even as it was blowing up, because his name is @akivamcohen.bsky.social, you might be a ... “anti-Zionist” (cough, cough)

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personally I think that if a person who openly espouses Nazi beliefs performs a Nazi salute, that behavior is less “erratic” than it is “consistent”

Oh, you like Proverbs? Name six things the LORD hates, seven which are abominations unto His soul!

If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade

As far as I can tell, they’re just fat, hot dogs, which I guess is about as American as a style of sausage can be

Some Xtian theology is pretty antisemitic on its own terms. But this happens to be both antisemitic *and* bad theology. The NT assumes the complete validity of the Torah. Even supersessionism says "that was correct for its time." Bring literacy back to leftist theology.

The scorn heaped on "Underwater Basket Weaving" was based on college courses in experiential indigenous anthropology. Reeds are traditionally softened underwater to make them flexible for bending into baskets. It's a more useful skill for most than memorizing the 3 orders of ancient Greek columns.