Elie Hess

Rand Paul had his two seconds of having correct takes and decided that was enough of that, apparently

The White Civility Council As the nation reckons with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, there has been a notable trend from mainstream pundits and press outlets. They have tended to downplay or outright i...

All right, I wrote about it:

It's been a while since I've read a comment directed at Elie Mystal and had a moment where I thought it was directed at me, but that definitely happened here haha

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Why the fuck is *Rand Paul* the one with the correct takes???

A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for All people in the United States

A Florida court detained a US Citizen for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed—& held him anyway.

I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...

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I wish to appeal my ban on the grounds that death threats are acceptable greetings among my people.

Worf

This is an awesome way to run a campaign

lol

Always pleased to read the phrase "James C. Ho, dissenting"

As long as she's toilet trained!

That definitely makes sense to me! The most important parts of Deus are probably gone, but there's no way people wouldn't at least *try* to use bits of the extremely powerful alien to rebuild after the apocalypse. Citan would totally be itching to get his hands on it

Agreed; to me, this is the answer that both makes the most logical sense (what else would have happened to it?) and the one that fits best with the rest of the worldbuilding (with how messed up everywhere else is in disc 2, it makes sense that there'd be a giant physical remnant of what happened)

Wow, he's so patient! Was he born with those manners?

Xenogears | World Map by VGCartography on DeviantArt

There's also @vgcartography.bsky.social's map (which is what I generally use when I need to reference a Xenogears map), which doesn't include a Kadomony location
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Reform Jewish Movement Statement on Starvation in Gaza July 27, 2025 - The ongoing crisis in Gaza is a devastating reminder of the immense human cost of war. Nearly two years into Israel's war against Hamas, Israelis are still waiting for the return of their loved ones held hostage, and innocent Palestinians are caught in a mounting humanitarian catastrophe. Hamas has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to sacrifice the Palestinian people in its pursuit of Israel's destruction, but Israel must not sacrifice its own moral standing in return. Neither escalating military pressure nor restricting humanitarian aid has brought Israel closer to securing a hostage deal or ending the war. While long-delayed and not-yet-certain to be more effective than previous efforts, we are encouraged by Saturday night's announcement that the Israeli military would revive the practice of dropping aid from airplanes and make it easier for aid convoys, including those from the UN's World Food Program, to move through Gaza along "designated humanitarian corridors," and to temporarily cease fighting in Gaza for a humanitarian pause. No one should be unaffected by the pervasive hunger experienced by thousands of Gazans. No one should spend the bulk of their time arguing technical definitions between starvation and pervasive hunger. The situation is dire, and it is deadly. Nor should we accept arguments that because Hamas is the primary reason many Gazans are either starving or on the verge of starving, that the Jewish State is not also culpable in this human disaster. The primary moral response must begin with anguished hearts in the face of such a large-scale human tragedy. Our tradition teaches that all people are created b tzelem Elohim — in the image of God. One consequence of this is the moral priority, which is affirmed throughout the Bible and rabbinic tradition, of feeding the hungry - both for the individual and for the self-governing Jewish community. More than a few members of t…

Despite PM Netanyahu's calls to ignore these full members of his cabinet, their presence in this government has consistently morally compromised Israel's actions. Starving Gazan civilians neither will bring Israel the "total victory" over Hamas it seeks, nor can it be justified by Jewish values or humanitarian law. It's hard to imagine that this tragic approach will bring home the 50 remaining hostages, including the 20 who we pray are still alive. It's imperative that the Government of Israel ensures that the recently announced plans to deliver humanitarian aid succeed as Israel works with international partners to ensure its safe and sustained delivery and do whatever possible to reduce or eliminate the shootings and other injuries sustained at food distribution centers. We applaud Israel's green light for foreign nations to resume providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza population desperate for food and are confident that they will do all they can to ensure that such aid does not fall into the hands of Hamas. As Israel has effective control of 70% of Gaza, with the intent to remain in significant swaths of it, even if only temporarily, it should be directly involved, facilitate and cooperate with the international community, international humanitarian NGOs, and regional friends, to take urgently needed actions, such as these suggested by Israeli Reform rabbi and Member of Knesset Gilad Kariv: • To prevent the alarming number of civilian deaths in and around the food and humanitarian aid distribution sites. • Opening a significant number of food distribution centers at various locations across the Gaza Strip. • Large-scale entry of infant formula (especially liquid formula) and ensuring safe delivery to both functioning medical centers and the few remaining international aid facilities. • Establishing secure methods - potentially through cooperation with regional countries - for delivering food supplies to aid organizations and international agencies. • Resuming su…

Finally, while it is imperative that Israel and the U.S. resume diplomacy to bring home all hostages and end this war, denying basic humanitarian aid crosses a moral line. Blocking food, water, medicine, and power- especially for children- is indefensible. Let us not allow our grief to harden into indifference, nor our love for Israel to blind us to the cries of the vulnerable. Let us rise to the moral challenge of this moment. Union for Reform Judaism Shelley Niceley Groff (she/her) North American Board Chair Rabbi Rick Jacobs (he/him) President Central Conference of American Rabbis Rabbi David A. Lyon (he/him) President Rabbi Hara Person (she/her) Chief Executive Officer American Conference of Cantors Cantor Josh Breitzer (he/him) President Rachel Roth (she/her) Chief Operating Officer

INBOX: Union for Reform Judaism, Central Conference of American Rabbis & American Conference of Cantors issue a lengthy statement declaring:

"Starving Gazan civilians neither will bring Israel the 'total victory' over Hamas it seeks, nor can it be justified by Jewish values or humanitarian law."

Maybe we should get a pool and put cantaloupes in it just in case there are kitties nearby?

@andrewgraphics.bsky.social maybe we should attend more baseball games

To anyone who might still be on Twitter, uh, you're enabling this.

The Fourth Of July, Rethought Can Any Nation So Conceived Long Endure?

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2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary - Wikipedia

We saw multiple-candidate eliminations in the 2021 primary as well en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Ne...

I think a "round" isn't "eliminate the bottom candidate," it's "eliminate all candidates from the bottom up whose combined votes don't match the next highest candidate; if nobody was eliminated this way, eliminate the bottom candidate." So while I also want to see that, I don't believe we will

This is just appalling, disgusting, gutter racism.

Fuck these fascists. Protect trans kids.

Lol I saw this and thought "hey Scott Pilgrim soundtrack, Keira would probably like this." And then I realized why I was seeing it

Baby bunnies!!!!

Crossover I didn't know I needed lmao

I'm not sure what's the most graceful way to say this, so bear with me.

Some of you have reached out for my thoughts about the planned "Harry Potter" television series set to debut on HBO next year.

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This reskeet is an endorsement. Everyone, without a single exception, deserves due process

hey.

a very unfortunate and upsetting thing happened to me this week, and talking about it publicly comes at a great personal cost so if you could take the time to read it, it would mean a lot

tldr: wotc pulled the ad i made on all platforms due to the comments said ad received