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I run Babka, a Jewish online space that includes a Mastodon instance. All about providing a safe place for Jews to live authentic online lives.

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2024-08-26 23:59:19

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This is a situation where if they don't fix it, I'm sure Jewish news agencies would love to run this story.
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2024-08-25 18:22:03

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Someone in another thread suggested that arms deals to Israel could be made under conditions, for example that the arms are only used for defensive missions.
Whether I agree with this idea (I don't) or whether I think Israel would accept such terms (it likely wouldn't), that argument/that line of thinking is not antisemitic or anti-Israel, as it preserves the idea that Israel can and should exist, and has the right to defend itself.
These issues are not binaries, and there are ways to address the conflict that are not hateful.

2024-08-25 08:52:11

Here's what bothers me about "Stop Arming Israel".
Israel is under missile bombardment from not only Hamas, but Hezbollah and under threat from Iran as well.
The missiles Israel has are primarily used to shoot down enemy missiles in its Iron Dome defensive missile program.
Saying "Stop Arming Israel" is saying "Leave Israel defenseless against attacks" and that's morally unacceptable to me.
#Israel

2024-08-05 15:44:22

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This has been the greatest lie throughout history, that the increase in labor efficiency will lead to reduced work.
It continue to show up in various ways.
In the mid-90s I read a book called "The End of Work" which was about this exact thing, and the author surmised we'd be working mostly gig economy jobs at 20 hours a week.

2024-07-12 20:05:24

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Quoting 972, Mondoweiss and Common Dreams to me is basically sending me an article from Brietbart or Stormfront. It's as unreliable and demonstrates your biases.
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2024-07-12 19:35:56

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Or the many countries in the MENA which kill far more Arabs than Israel ever has, as well as oppressing other minorities, including LGBTQ+ folks, etc.
No no... it's only those pesky Je..umm "Israelis"
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2024-07-12 19:22:18

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Your response is me talking about antisemitism is to try to gaslight me about my own oppression and also accuse me of being responsible for people in a country thousands of miles away, and accusing me of "weaponizing antisemitism"
👏 👏 👏
Only three claps because you missed the opportunity to also call me a Nazi, accuse me of poisoning a well, or perhaps of stealing Christian babies to make my matzoh.

2024-07-12 19:13:18

If you walk down the street, and you punch people you see, but they "just happen to be" of a single racial minority, then we all know your excuse is bullshit.
If the only country you ever criticize, protest, boycott or demonize just happens to be the Jewish one, we know that too.
#Israel #antisemitism

2024-07-07 04:56:09

Does anyone know a good self-hosted applcication for scheduling shifts, like work shifts or volunteering shifts?
(boosts welcome)
#askfedi

2024-07-03 16:06:36

I'm so angry at the West, the way that antisemitism permeates every pore of society.
I'm angry that a museum gets rid of its section on Jews, rather than weed out the hate.
I'm angry that when a Jew is attacked on the street, or a Jewish synagogue is desecrated, they call it "Pro-Palestinian".
I'm angry that when the diasporatic country with the second largest number of Jews in the world has a decades long mass evacuation, the response is to look on in curiosity.
I'm angry that when Jews in the US and Canada talk about their own experiences, and now many Jews I know are looking at leaving, people all say "Yes, that's a shame, but let's look at what's happening across the world in another country."
I'm sick of how socially acceptable hating Jews is.
I'm sick of how tokenized we are by the right, and the left, and how so-called allies I've met have all disappeared when they realized being pro-Jew meant possibly losing social standing.
I'm tired. I'm angry. I'm hurt.

2024-06-04 06:11:03

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I have such a complex relationship with GrapheneOS.
On one hand, Graphene is the most serious effort towards a highly secure OS that's also easy to use.
At the same time, multiple people from completely different communities who don't know each other have told me about experiences they've had which indicate toxicity of that development community.
I'm not saying that the rumors must be true, but hearing similar stories from people who have no reason to be against Graphene makes me concerned about its development community.

2024-06-03 16:45:10

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https://fediverse.observer/stats shows the Fediverse in decline, so if you can show stats demonstrating that infosec is stable or growing, that's interesting. Otherwise, I think that the Infosec graphic you shows is likely similar to here.

2024-06-03 16:37:10

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Do you have a chart like this for Mastodon?

2024-06-03 16:32:16

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There are very good reasons people are still on Twitter, even since it's become X.
I don't think shaming people for their choices is the right approach.

2024-05-26 17:27:49

When I worked as a professional sys-admin, I sincerely didn't understand why sys-admins were paid so well.
I remember thinking that anyone could do what I'm doing, and I was surprised at how I knew programmers making less than I did.
Today, having hired devops and re-training myself to do the work, I realize why sys-admins/devops are paid well.
Firstly, it's a niche industry. While there are many programmers available, there are fewer people who understand the principles of high quality system administration.
Secondly, most people who are trained in this are already working or in high demand. Demand drives pay.
Thirdly, it's a changing field that moves- in some ways- faster than software.
It's easy to find someone who think they know devops because they run their own Linux laptop, but someone who really knows both the tools and the methodology of system administration is actually quite rare.
#sysadmin #devops

2024-05-19 21:34:33

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I'm glad this option exist; at the same time being trapped in a cage that smells of other dogs while strangers walk by sounds pretty terrifying to me.
Luckily it doesn't get that hot (or that cold) in Vancouver[1] most of the year.
[1] I wanted to make a joke that maybe North Van gets colder than Vancouver, but it's not really funny.

2024-05-17 22:22:31

I'm still looking for a UX Designer, someone who has expertise in user interface design specifically.
If you're someone who has a User Experience design background, please get in touch with me by DMing me, and please be sure to include your email address!
#UX #GetFediHired

2024-05-04 06:54:56

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I once worked at a company that suddenly asked me to be on call.
I said that I'd be happy to discuss a new contract that reflected this new requirement and my boss said to take the phone first. I explained that my contract said my salary is based on a 40 hour workweek, and I'd want to discuss exactly what on call terms would exist- when I'd be on call (him: "All the time") how that would effect my weekends and vacations (him: "We'll figure that out"), what the expectation for my response time would be (him: We'll play it by ear).
I said that sounded like I'd always be working, so then I'd want to take my current salary based on 40 hours a week and adjust it for now being expected to be working 168 hours a week.
He kept insisting we'll "figure it out later" and I said we'd figure it out before I accepted the phone.
I quit a few weeks later.
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2024-04-22 01:49:08

Non-Jews and Non-Jews only,
Like and or Boost this post if you support Jews being safe.