Michael Ballaban

I'm not the first one to say this, but it's really a bummer how just totally useless this app is during breaking news events. Completely awash with misinformation from paid blue checks.

A person familiar with the removal said the move appeared to be a “knee-jerk reaction” because “no one actually knows what they mean by DEI content … therefore, they’re like ‘Well, let’s just take down all the photos of women.’”

@CrotonLibrary Can you please post these on BlueSky? Barely on X anymore, thank you!

This week the Croton Free Library has 202 new books and six new movies. New items include How to Menopause. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=3308…

@AdlerYonatan Nevermind, I found you! Boy do I feel silly now

@AdlerYonatan I love these threads, just wish you'd do them on Bluesky instead!

Was “race” ever a concept within rabbinic halakhah? A very short🧵 1/7

Incredible scoop from my colleague Tori Elliot, who found out that Musk is installing his lackeys in the highest positions at the Office of Public Management — including a former Neuralink intern who graduated from high school in 2024 wired.com/story/elon-mus…

Cirques Jobson

@ManilanH And here I was utterly convinced you were already a landsman. Guess I wasn’t wrong!

A few weeks ago I took a huge step and met with a rabbi to formally begin my journey towards a Jewish conversion. Following (photo captured below) I got to tell one of my dearest mentors who expressed nothing but support on this next step in my relationship to Gd. To the many people in my life who have and continue to support me, thank you. As I look to 2025, I look forward to new challenges, new joys, and many new lessons. And I know, no matter what the path holds, none of us are ever alone! Good wishes to everyone welcoming in 2025!

Kind of crazy: Babe Ruth hit more homers in Jimmy Carter's lifetime than any currently active player (Stanton leads with 429)

if you’re wondering who in the world follows beit shammai, it’s sir paul mccartney

Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs

"So there’s no salary for a pit crew member, it’s just the salary of their main job. For mechanics that can still be a good income, but it’s not massive — from what I’ve gathered, we’re talking in the region of $60k a year and up (although that is a rough number..."

@poppy_haze what company is this?

insane, health insurance companies are forcing their employees to swear loyalty to their executives and the concept of American health insurance

@FarroYossi Can’t believe Modi isn’t on this list

My Top 10 Jewish comedians I wanna wrap Tefillin with in the next year!!! 🎭✡️ Let me know who I missed 👇👇👇 A thread 🧵

Just slightly more than Judge Judy’s final salary

Sometimes it’s about the money shpidaman

🆕 @jdvance has started following @cobratate

@redford would he want them

if the tsunami takes me, let it be known that all my possessions will pass to Samer Kalaf

@neuroticjewgay Okay but the author of the book did say it was at least in part inspired by fascism and the holocaust lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/int…

and today on everyone is hitler

Lindsey’s great!