not-delicious-milk

[not-delicious-milk]

complimented a cashier on her turtle pin this morning and she said "oh thanks, I am a little bit of a Turtle Person" with the carefully contained energy of Cookie Monster telling you he's mildly fond of chocolate chips

I hope she and the multiple tons of turtle merch she definitely has at home are having a wonderful day

[not-delicious-milk]

this is the best insult I’ve ever seen

[not-delicious-milk]

POV: mister Devon Price, PhD, telling me that I am right about everything

Source: Unmasking Autism, discovering the new faces of neurodiversity

[not-delicious-milk]

Oh that is beyond beautiful, need more shenanigans like this in the world

[not-delicious-milk]

setting up a tiny detail in one chapter to pay it off in the next few chapters feels sooo devious like oooh i can't wait to write the small little reference here that 70% of readers will miss but 30% of readers will cheer for

[not-delicious-milk]

[not-delicious-milk]

being the last one to send a message before the chat falls into sudden silence always feels like u just made the worst faux pas of your life and you go sorry guys was that weird and they're all like no sorry I was just looking at a leaf on tbe ground leaf.jpg like oh ok

[not-delicious-milk]

From the book Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD:

Putting a coat on the back of a chair by the door is fine, but if you prefer, use coat hooks and a large catch-all basket for dropping keys, hats, gloves.

Small bookcase end-table next to the couch to store craft projects, books, and other things being worked on for easy access.

Add a storage unit near the dining room table to transition between eating and working there.

Daily toiletry items should be stored in a basket that you can move easily

Extra toiletries and medicine cabinet items go in open shelf/basket storage so they can be seen and used easily. If items no longer fit, purge the excess. Don’t obscure the view!

If you disrobe in the bathroom, place a tall hamper in there.

Keep a set of cleaning supplies in each bathroom

[not-delicious-milk]

i really wish a lot of leftists knew how much they sound like someone's maga uncle

"all israelis are racist white colonizers" isn't any less bigoted than "all mexicans are rapists and druggies"!

left wingers only caring about antisemitism as way to prove that the right are the Bad Guys is scapegoating jews in the same way as right wingers only caring about antisemitism as a way to prove that the left are the Bad Guys!

single issue voting on palestine isn't any less stupid than single issue voting on second amendment rights!

saying "go back to where you came from" to jews in israel isn't any less xenophobic and racist than saying "go back to where you came from" to brown people in the US!

constantly comparing gaza and trump to the holocaust is still holocaust distortion in the same way constantly comparing abortion to the holocaust is!

"not all pro-palestinians are antisemitic, just because a lot of them are doesn't give you a right to be wary of the entire movement" isn't any better than "not all men are rapists, just because a lot of them are doesn't give you a right to be wary of all of them"!

idolizing politicians isn't any less weird when it's mamdani instead of trump!

thinking antizionism isn't antisemitism because there are antizionist jews is the same mindset of thinking trump isn't racist because there were people of color who voted for him!

arguing with holocaust and genocide experts about gaza doesn't make you any less uneducated than those who argue with healthcare professionals about vaccines and masks!

just because you deem yourself to be morally superior or "on the side of the oppressed" doesn't mean you can't be a bigot!!! stop being so fucking hypocritical!!!!!

[not-delicious-milk]

Sufficiantley advanced mutual aid is indistinguishable from government.

[not-delicious-milk]

This year, Glastonbury Festival offered a disturbing new performance— not art, not music, but a chant: “Death to the IDF.”

Broadcast to millions by the BBC, it crossed a line that should never be blurred.

For Jews, for survivors of antisemitic violence and for anyone with a modicum of historical awareness, this wasn’t protest music. It was a chilling echo of a hatred as old as Europe itself.

Some will say it’s just a slogan, just theatre. But history has taught us- at unbearable cost – that these words are never “just words”.

No one is blind to the suffering in Gaza. The scale of loss and destruction this year has been appalling, and I mourn Palestinian lives lost as deeply as any.

My argument is not that Israel’s military is above criticism, nor that Palestinian grief is less real than Jewish grief. Quite the opposite: anyone who cares about justice must reckon with the horrors faced by civilians on all sides.

But if this were simply about opposing military excess, about holding armies to account for harming innocents, where are the chants for “Death to the US Army” for Iraq and Afghanistan, or “Death to the British Army” for the legacy of empire and more recent wars?

No one at Glastonbury, or any British festival, would ever dream of it. The armies of these countries have killed far more civilians, yet are not reduced to symbols of existential evil in polite society. This rage, this fury, is reserved only for the world’s only Jewish army.

There is a dangerous trend taking root in Britain, where hatred towards Israel, often poorly disguised as activism, is morphing into open hostility towards Jews, their rights and their very safety.

This is not hyperbole. On November 9 1938, Kristallnacht erupted in Nazi Germany. Young Germans, fuelled by propaganda, marched through the streets chanting “Tod den Juden!” (“Death to the Jews!”). Within months, the leap from rhetoric to mass murder became official policy.

No, I am not suggesting Glastonbury is Nazi Germany. But the sentiment, the delight in dehumanisation, the targeting of Jews under the guise of politics, is hauntingly familiar.

The chant “death to the IDF” might sound to some like an attack on a military. But for Jews, especially Holocaust survivors, or those forced to leave their homes in Paris because they are Jewish – there is no mistaking its meaning.

The IDF is not just another army; it is the world’s only Jewish state-security force, the fragile buffer between Jews and the abyss of history. Strip us of that, and you strip us of the most basic safeguard against a return to powerlessness, against the ever-present threat of another Holocaust.

We are not paranoid, the world has turned a blind eye to our genocide in living memory, and reminds us today they would do it again.

This is not an abstract fear. On October 7 2023, Hamas terrorists massacred hundreds at the Nova music festival in Israel while simultaneously targeting Jewish families in their homes.

The IDF, caught off guard, was all that stood between my family and absolute annihilation planned by Hamas. To demand the end of Israel’s army is, for many Jews, to demand a return to vulnerability.

And Glastonbury’s platforming of this rhetoric is not isolated. Across Britain, Jewish communities are finding themselves marginalised, even at events once synonymous with inclusion. London Pride, a celebration of queer identity, will go ahead this year without the participation of Jewish LGBT groups, who have pulled out – again - because they no longer feel safe.

The progressive spaces where we once sought solidarity are now spaces where Jewish grief and Jewish safety are too politically inconvenient to acknowledge.

Even the artists leading these chants are, for the most part, unknowns. Their fame is not earned through music but through provocation.

Bob Vylan, for example, who I never heard of until yesterday; performed a set where he declared, “You can’t have your country back” – a message to Britain’s right-wing, anti-immigrant crowd, arguing that those who build and belong to a country have every right to call it home.

Yet, in the very next breath, he implies Jews do not have a claim to the State of Israel, denying us the same right he demands for himself. By his own logic, Israel is ours; we have built it, defended it, lived in it, and bled for it.

This intellectual incoherence is now presented as activism. Jewish indigeneity is erased, our history repackaged as someone else’s grievance. And in every corner, there is the same hypocrisy: crowds who claim to care deeply about human life, cheering as an artist calls for the death of Jewish soldiers – the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, of refugees from Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Morocco.

Indeed, there is never justification for calling for the death of anyone. Least of all from a crowd pretending to care about human rights. That’s not resistance. It’s not justice. It’s a death cult with a public relations strategy.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, responded by calling on British Jews to leave the UK entirely.

It’s a diagnosis rooted in truth but delivered as farce. Jews have always been told to leave when things get tough. But the solution is not for us to disappear; it’s for our supposed allies to stop making excuses for those who hate us.

And ultimately, what does any of this achieve? What do these protests, these chants, these attacks really do? Netanyahu doesn’t care what Bob Vylan says. Trump certainly doesn’t.

If anything, it emboldens the Israeli far-right. It makes Israelis feel like the entire world is against them, that any concession towards peace will inevitably come at the expense of their security, because the world will never support them. The message is unmistakable: you are alone, so you must fend for yourself. And so we will.

This is not just about Glastonbury. It’s about the Britain we are becoming – a place where hatred is given a stage, where moral clarity is sacrificed for political theatre and where the lessons of history are quietly ignored.

The chants will fade, but their echoes will linger. And history has shown us, time and again, where silence leads.

I went to a benefit concert for an oppressed people. Their homeland was being taken by a neighboring power. Their faith and culture were being erased from the land. Those who spoke up were brutally punished, tortured. We heard from victims of that torture speaking from the stage.

And there were no calls for anyone's death.

It was 1996, and it was the Tibetan Freedom Concert, with an incredible array of musical talent over 2 days, organized by some Jewish rappers from NYC (the Beastie Boys). What was (and is) happening to the Tibetans was appalling. I learned a lot. And yet no one chanted for the death of the Chinese, or even the People's Liberation Army. The enemies were ignorance and hate, not fellow humans.

You might say the Tibetan commitment to nonviolence hasn't gotten them their homeland back. But the Palestinian approach hasn't succeeded either, and the Tibetans don't have to justify mass rape or kidnapping or child murder or bus bombings as resistance. They have instead looked for ways to maintain their culture in diaspora—and turned to the Jewish people for help with that.

And for those who support Tibetan liberation, it was always possible to do so without calls for violence. The same is true for other liberation movements. And even where violence is called for, as in Ukraine's war of self-preservation, it's possible (and normal) to stand in support without calling for Russian deaths. No one chants “Death to the Russian Army” at concerts.

I get that a lot of this is now showmanship. These are minor nobody bands that get a lot of attention suddenly. What's so frustrating, though, is that it works. That people like that sort of thing, enough people that it's worth doing. That people in the festival crowds join in, and that the organizers don't call it out immediately and pull the bands from the stage. Death chants aren't free speech.

A lot of people bring up Rage Against the Machine these days. They were there in 96. Notice that they rage against the machine, not against the people. We chanted with them, too: fifty thousand people screaming, “Fuck you, I won't do whatcha tell me!” Not “Fuck yeah, I'll go kill who ya tell me!”

Calls for political violence aren't clever entertainment. This needs to stop, and it needs to stop getting tacit support from organizers and artist communities.

[not-delicious-milk]

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.

ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

[not-delicious-milk]

what Work is the most important? the work you have to do next. narrow the scope of focus down to that singular glittering point.

[not-delicious-milk]

I know you’re probably fatigued hearing about this, but this is one of the best pieces I’ve read so far explaining the enormous worry and pain of this situation.

Zohran Mamdani just won the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City.

This is the same Mamdani who voted with Republicans against banning revenge porn and ghost guns. The same candidate who once rapped praises for convicted Hamas financiers involved in the Holy Land Foundation, a sham charity dismantled by the FBI in one of the largest terror finance trials in American history. The same Mamdani who partnered with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, a figure infamous for glorifying 9/11, joking about rape, and celebrating October 7. He’s called for defunding the police, raising taxes in a city already suffocating under its own cost of living, and repeatedly refused to back Holocaust Remembrance Day resolutions until public pressure forced him to say, yes, he condemns the Holocaust.

How did we get here?

Let me start with this. I get it. Truly.

He’s attractive, charming, memeable. He promises free buses, rent freezes, city-run grocery stores, and a happily-ever-after New York. Who wouldn’t want that? Even actress and model Emily Ratajkowski wore a “Hot Girls Vote for Zohran” t-shirt as part of her campaign for him.

Though he earns a six-figure salary and grew up middle-class, Mamdani brands himself as a man of the people. But the numbers tell a different story. Most Black and low-income New Yorkers voted for Cuomo. The communities Mamdani claims to fight for clearly rejected him.

A large portion of his base came from wealthy, gentrified neighborhoods. These voters weren’t affected by rising rents or public transit costs. Mamdani’s proposals to tax the rich didn’t feel like a real threat to them, but rather a symbol of moral alignment. For them, voting for him wasn’t about material change. It was about projecting values — anti-establishment, progressive, and deeply online. Ironically, the affluent supporters who helped him win aren’t the same high earners his policies would drive out. Those are the business leaders, landlords, and job creators who shoulder the fiscal burden of the city’s operations.

Cuomo, his opponent, was hardly a strong alternative. Accused of sexual harassment by 11 women and responsible for covering up COVID nursing home deaths, he was a hard sell. For many voters, Mamdani seemed like the cleaner choice. Young, idealistic, uncorrupted, and someone who will fight for all New Yorkers.

But maybe the old saying holds up: if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

In reality, his proposed policies would be devastating for New York City’s economy. Financial analysts and policy experts have already raised alarms that tax hikes on high earners risk driving out the very people who make up a disproportionate share of the city’s tax revenue. A rent freeze might sound great in theory, but would shrink the housing supply, and deepen the already worsening financial crisis facing New York. Basically this could push the city toward another era of fiscal instability. Add to that billions in new spending on free buses, city-run grocery stores, and expanded social programs, with no clear funding plan, and you're looking at a fragile economic foundation on the verge of collapse.

And that’s just the economics. For me, as a Jewish New Yorker, the concerns run deeper. I’ve spent the past day watching my friends and my community process what this means. And we are not alone. Across my social media feed, members of the American and Canadian Hindu communities are also speaking out. They’re trying to break through the noise and issue a warning. One that too many progressives are ignoring.

It’s been said but it bears repeating. New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. Nearly one million Jews live in the five boroughs. That’s about 12 percent of the city. If you count Long Island and Westchester, the number surpasses 1.3 million.

I’m one of them. I moved to the city in my mid-twenties after spending part of my childhood in Israel and the rest growing up in Westchester. And I’ll be honest. At first, I hated it. The trash, the prices, the constant motion. I got lost all the time, even with Google Maps. I always felt one step behind.

But over time, the city became mine. I learned the subway. I found the bagel shops that remembered my order. I spent too much of my nonprofit salary on iced coffee. I found a bar where I could mark time — bad dates, nights to mark milestones, birthdays with friends. And yes, I saw Wicked three times thanks to the Broadway Lottery and still cried at the same scene.

But none of those things made me feel like I belonged. What did was the Jewish community.

It was Friday night services. It was marching in the Israel Day Parade. It was dancing and singing in the streets with my fellow congregants to celebrate the Torah scroll that was dedicated in honor of my Zaidy, a Holocaust survivor. And it was visiting the Nova Music Festival memorial exhibit when it came to New York.

That exhibit wasn’t about politics. It was about grief. It showed shoes. Broken tents. Burned possessions. It played the music those young people danced to before they were murdered. It asked only that we bear witness.

But for groups like Within Our Lifetime — the same group Mamdani marched with during the May 2021 Israel/Hamas conflict when over 4,000 rockets were fired into Israeli civilian territory, even memorializing Jewish and Israeli victims proved too controversial. In June 2024, WOL organized a protest outside the Nova exhibit and labeled it a “Day of Rage.”

Their founder, Nerdeen Kiswani, has repeatedly incited violence against Jews and openly called for the elimination of Israel.

In August 2020, he attended an anti-Hindu rally while hate chants rang out behind him. Aligning with extremists is part of Mamdani’s record. In October 2023, he was arrested for disorderly conduct while protesting outside U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer’s home in an anti-Israel demonstration, during Israel’s war against Hamas following the October 7 attacks.

Over and over again, he has stood with groups that openly target Jews and Hindus under the guise of political criticism. These groups traffic in clear bigotry, often with links to white supremacist movements and foreign terror networks. Mamdani may not echo their rhetoric word for word, but he toes the line, again and again

He wants plausible deniability. But the pattern is the point.

And sometimes, he doesn’t even try to hide it. Just recently in June 2025, Mamdani compared the intifada — a campaign of suicide bombings, stabbings, and shootings targeting Israeli civilians — to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum condemned him publicly.

That moment should have ended, or at least significantly damaged his campaign. Instead, it signaled something else.

It was a dog whistle. And extremists heard it. Twitch streamer Sneako, known for his antisemitism and misogyny, celebrated his win. So did Mohamed El-Kurd, who celebrated and justified the October 7 massacres. These are the people cheering Mamdani into office.

And still, progressives look away.

This silence and passive aggressive behavior doesn’t just live in politics. It’s seeped into our culture. This year, for the first time, some of my queer Jewish friends didn’t go to Pride. Not because they didn’t want to, but because they were made to feel unwelcome. Rainbow flags with Stars of David were quietly banned or forcibly removed. The message was clear. If you’re Jewish, or Israeli, stay home.

That message resonates even deeper in a city Jews helped build.

Jews shaped New York’s comedy scene, with iconic figures like Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Lenny Bruce, and Jackie Mason defining its voice. We brought our food too — from Katz’s Deli to the bagel shops I frequent far too often. Jewish talent helped build Broadway, with Jewish lyricists, composers, and producers shaping the culture of American theater. A Jewish producer helped bring Wicked to Broadway, the very show I keep returning to. Our culture, our humor, our intellect is all embedded in this city.

So when I say New York feels like home, I don’t just mean I live here. I mean we helped build its foundation. Our food. Our grief. Our humor. Our resistance. It’s all part of what makes New York what it is.

So here’s the real question. Do the “right” minorities matter? Because when Jews and Hindus raise alarms, the mainstream doesn’t listen. When our pain becomes politically inconvenient, it gets dismissed.

But ask yourself this. If the people celebrating Mamdani’s win include streamers like Sneako and extremists like Mohamed El-Kurd — do you really believe he is going to fix New York? Or is he just using its brokenness to rise and further deepen its current fractures?

Some of us see the writing on the wall. We are only trying to get more of you to read it before it is too late.

[not-delicious-milk]

finding out there's a frankenstein ballet and that it was in october of last year…DEVASTATING

look at this. look at these. im foaming at the mouth

[not-delicious-milk]

When someone says what Palestinians are going through is "without parallel" you can surely and certainly not take that person seriously, because they very obviously pay absolutely no attention to literally anything else happening in the world and almost certainly have never researched or understood history of any kind.

You literally don't have to pretend that no one else is or has suffered in order to advocate for them. This is why I have real trouble taking so many of these "activists" seriously. The level of ignorance this takes is truly mind-blowing and really doesn't lead me to change my original opinion that far too many (obviously not all) of these activists are merely performing their outrage for social justice brownie points.