If Isaac Chotiner asked to interview me, I’d assume that I had clearly lost my mind and then run out into the town square in search of way to atone for my sins. Like???????? Bruh.

Rationalizing the Horrors of Israel’s War in Gaza

The novelist Howard Jacobson has argued that too much press coverage of dead Palestinian children is a new form of “blood libel” against Jews.

I realize why they do it, but it really sucks that beating fascism in this country requires candidates to say, "don't be mean to the fascists" and "let's reach out to the fascists" and "I will put fascists on my cabinet" over and over again.

hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors

I have been introducing my son (6) to Weird Al's versions of the last 40 years of pop music, sometimes (okay, mostly) to the complete exclusion of the (purported) "original". Sometimes they slip containment (e.g. Joan Jett, not mad), but so far so good.

This calls for air guitar

oh is it monday

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My latest: A Jewish Harvard student put up posters depicting suffering in Gaza. The images were juxtaposed with text from “Al Chet,” a list of sins recited throughout Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. The campus Hillel called the cops in response. www.thehandbasket.co/p/harvard-st...

This is one of @theonion.com’s least satirical posts ever and I love how they just said “#landback, no but seriously”

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

WASHINGTON—Affirming the importance of traditions like Columbus Day to other Americans, the nation’s 573 federally recognized Indian nations released a joint statement Monday confirming they don’t nee...

They Might Be Giants have existed for *ten times as long* as the Confederacy