This is graphic and extremely disturbing, but I think it’s important that we don’t gloss over how these innocent victims were murdered. Some were burned alive with their hands tied behind their backs; others were found burned to death, bound to their own children with wire.

This should be in every political ad the Democrats run in any competitive race against an incumbent next year

This statement is very good, and much appreciated.

The rare antisemitic anti-Black double order. Black Jews exist, moron

Longtime followers here might recall my post on the four tenets of "anti-racist" discourse on Jews. Today's The New York Times article by katie rosman on people tearing down posters of Israelis abducted by Hamas features all four. First a refresher on the tenets: x.com/ShMMor/status/…

I am again asking my Jewish friends who still post here regularly: why?

Cross posting from Bluesky. Some thoughts on the laws of war, why I think they strike the right moral balance, and why I think it's disastrous to demand that belligerents simply choose not to strike military targets if doing so will also harm civilians. akivamcohen.substack.com/p/thinking-abo…

Wow

"This is the largest pro-Israel gathering in history", declares Conf Of Presidents CEO William William Daroff at the #MarchForIsrael Rally, confirming almost 300,000 people are in attendance at the National Mall, standing in solidarity with Israel and calling to #BringThemHomeNOW!

youtube.com/watch?v=kQKrmD…

Like I've said previously, if you're choosing to stay here as your primary platform, you're helping fund the Nazi bar. Doesn't matter whether you want to, doesn't matter who you interact with. It's just the outcome of your choice.

Welp, with changes to the block function now allowing every neonazi chud on my block list to see my posts unless I go private, I've locked my account. Since I now do all my posting on bluesky I'm just saying that out loud in case anyone wonders

bsky.app/profile/akivam… if you want to come find me. Get your own account there if you want me to see your posts. If not, it's been real, and I appreciate you. For real. Be well