Lauren Weinberg
@ldweinberg.bsky.social
Home baker. Antizionist Jew. Former proprietor of Open Sesame in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Do NOT tell Carney, he’ll immediately try to build a pipeline there
Maine Public@mainepublic.org · 6d agoScientists who study whales are heartened by an unexpected discovery of a baby right whale off Canada. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale off Anticosti Island in Quebec in September. https://bit.ly/48IHODH
TFW you realize the weight that had been on your shoulders since November 8, 2016, is gone.
it's crazy how washed the Times is. bunch of fucking Wordle merchants.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.Waite tells @smartbitches.bsky.social that she received an email from Tina Jordan, editor of the Book Review, “saying that Olivia’s clear sentiments about the Times mean that the paper is no longer a good fit for her column.” This was what Waite reposted:
A 24/7 racist smear campaign by practically every major media outlet in the country demanding El-Sayed condemn outsiders, but *not a single question* lobbed at the GOP about Nazis staffing and funding their campaigns. It's reprehensible and unforgivable.
As I said, a lot of intelligent well-informed people - including followers of mine - have no idea Stevens is a Protestant Christian in large part due to how she talks about Jews & antisemitism & uses “we” & claims to “represent” us. Stevens claiming her betrayal is motivated by Jews is dangerous.
Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉@observer46664.bsky.social · 2w agoOh my God hang on a second there Alex, Haley Stevens is NOT JEWISH???!?????!?!!?!?!?!?!?
Wanna again point out the chair of the Michigan Democratic Jewish Conference endorsed El-Sayed on Wednesday which kind of suggests Stevens is overstating who she speaks for.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w agoThere are plenty of Michigan Jews who will vote against El-Sayed for bad and racist reasons. But it's still weird that Haley Stevens, who is not Jewish, keeps appointing herself "voice of the Jews" without our consent. Particularly given that she ended the career of an actual Jewish Rep, Andy Levin.
In 2012, my husband and I watched "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (the 1979 BBC series). I had no idea Patrick Stewart was in it, and shrieked when he appeared (IYKYK). It was, of course, an incredible performance, made more impressive by the fact that his character NEVER UTTERS A WORD.
If the real priority was actually protecting girls from actual men who pose a risk to them in sports, it would make much more sense to advocate for banning male coaches and male doctors. And I’ve never, ever ever heard that suggestion, because that’s not really what this is about.
Samantha Brennan@samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 2w agoA new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...
Whenever I feel guilty for not subscribing to the WR Record, it does something like quote a WRDSB trustee candidate who's a *residential school denier* as though he's a normal person.
Come on, literally anyone who knows about police in schools could have told you this would happen
I don’t even know what to do with this. Online white supremacists and misogynists swatted her home, and the police threw her loved ones to the ground while she was inside until they figured out what was going on. Lucky no one died. We are so broken as a society. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/n...
When a Social Media Mob Came for Cornell’s Jane Doe (Gift Article)
After a former student named seven men in a lawsuit saying they had sexually assaulted her, a movement gained steam online to reveal her identity.
nytimes.com
Sharing this again because some of the WRDSB trustee candidates are scarier than anything else I've seen this Halloween season:
Lauren Weinberg@ldweinberg.bsky.social · last mo."Citified" is an amazing public service, and I'm proud to be part of it. Also, if you live in Waterloo Region, I wrote about this year's WRDSB trustee candidates to help you vote for the ones who *aren't* Christian Nationalists:
Toronto bike lane removal. When your infrastructure project has huge police protection and the contractors hide the logos on their trucks and gear, you are in the wrong.
Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · 4w agoIn the end, the lanes come out.
Labour has so far done nothing to undo this embarrassment. Sally Rooney "says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest
theguardian.com
increasingly I have come to believe that men sexually assault and harass *other men* far more than is clearly understood, and I suspect that grappling with that will be crucial to bringing about real change.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w agoThis Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)
I need someone to give me room to write about this moment in anti Muslim hate because there’s a reason Nidal Hassan is who is being killed by live firing squad. And it’s the same reason Ilhans house was raided.
When Ilhan Omar is disappeared, will her Democratic colleagues act? Will they stand with her? Will anyone?
"Citified" is an amazing public service, and I'm proud to be part of it. Also, if you live in Waterloo Region, I wrote about this year's WRDSB trustee candidates to help you vote for the ones who *aren't* Christian Nationalists:
Esther@clawhammercrone.bsky.social · last mo.BLESS @dtkmelissa.bsky.social for her amazing rundown of KW election candidates citified.substack.com/p/municipal-... - love the list of survey links, love the summaries of each candidate's record on things that matter most to me and my community, wish every municipality had a Melissa 💜
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
