If you woke up on this Black Friday looking to spend money, might I suggest putting it toward independent journalism? Yesterday offered a reminder of what this work can actually do—especially with a mainstream media that refuses to hold power to account. The settler I documented

$730 million* USD

To be clear, this in no way lets the synagogue off the hook for caving to what they knew was a bad-faith campaign—a perfect example of the spinelessness that defines so much of the “liberal” Jewish establishment. More on that later. For now, just wanted to extend a special

Her smear was built on faux-outrage that I had accused a synagogue of hosting an organization that sells illegal West Bank real estate, when the group in question merely helps Americans move into those illegal settlements—as if that changes the point of my tweet. Just entirely

Nurit you are a liar, a coward, and a danger to Jews and Palestinians alike.

Full write-up coming soon.

Congratulations to Nurit Baytch for successfully getting my talk on settler violence cancelled by doxing my hometown synagogue and inciting a pile-on. According to the rabbi, the issue wasn’t that he believed her smears, but that her tweet unleashed a wave of trolls registering

This fucking idiot is trying so hard to be an anti-woke star but he is just far too unlikable. Your family’s time is up man, just recede

$730 USD for hasbara next year (pending Knesset approval). Congrats all of you

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Media’s refusal to cover the Israeli Prison System is, IMO, one of its greatest sins. Completely poisoned the discourse

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This, from @SenPeterWelch on the release of Mohammed Ibrahim and Israel’s prosecution of Palestinian children, is one of the strongest statements I’ve ever read from a sitting U.S. senator on Israel. Few passages below, but read the full statement in next tweet.

New @jacobin Show: David talks with @infinite_jaz about life for Palestinians in the West Bankrapidly escalating brutality and land theft

Less than four months ago, Netanyahu sold the Gaza City offensive by saying it would “finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas."

Always important to remember that a lot of these robots are "faking" the humanlike motions -- its a property of how they're trained not an inherent property of the hardware. They're actually capable of way weirder stuff and way faster motions.

This is actually Alex Karp

Ski slope where his nasal cavity should be

Finally, reparations for the most suffering people in the world — the Jewish and Israeli staff of Columbia University

Young journalists take note👇

I'm always struck by how they manage to have fun while reenacting the terrible violence inflicted on them.