Notices by Serge from Babka (serge@babka.social), page 3

@dukepaaron

Gotcha.

Keep in mind, before here I lived in NYC and these foods were not hard to find there.

I mean keep I wasn't even mentioning thinking about exotic foods like knishes and bialy.

I do miss simple things like *sandwiches* though.

@dukepaaron

As an Ashkenazi I miss:

https://www.zabars.com/

https://www.russanddaughters.com/

https://katzsdelicatessen.com/

https://www.citarella.com/

https://www.knishery.com/

A #CanadianKvetches as I haven't done one in a while.

This isn't as considered as many of my kvetches, and it may be #Vancovuer specific but...

I can't get a gyro in this city. Everything is donair and they say they're the same thing, but they're not, nor are the way they serve schwarma here, which is often as a plate, or a wrap, and not in a pita.

Similarly, no one here seems to serve danish pastry (what I'd just call "a danish"). It's just not served here and what they call danish is what I'd call a strudel, which is a different thing.

I can't get corned beef in Vancouver, at least not good corned beef. Omniksy's does sell it, but it's (sadly) inedible. The owner is retiring this month, so maybe there's hope?

And challah... Breka is a life saver here... They offer challah on Fridays. Sadly no raisin challah, but beggars can't be choosers. But they're *basically* the only ones.

Dude... COBS Bread has danishes, and I think Costco does sometimes too.

Calm down.

@ScepticalScot1 @carolw

It seems a strange "co-incidence" that the Jews across eight countries were expelled within a single year.

It's also not true that all Palestinians were forced to leave by Jews. While it's true some land was taken in Israel's independence, many Arabs were ordered to leave their homes by Arab leadership.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1cVsyUXxYM

Your argument that "The best interests of Jewish people do not trump the best interests of other groups" does not hold moral water because we are not discussing best interests, but rather simple survival of Jews as they were mass murdered in Europe and then has everything taken from them in the MENA.

Where *exactly* should these Jews have gone? What exact policy of justice would you enact to preserve not only their lives, but the lives of the Jewish people?

I wish more people from outside Israel understood that you can be against the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and still feel the need to remove Hamas and ensure safety to Israel.

I wish more people understood that you can sympathize with the Palestinian people's struggle for independence and at the same time need your own safety.

I wish more people understood that compassion and care are not zero sum, nor are they of limited supply.

#Israel #Gaza #Hamas

EDIT: I say outside Israel because from what I see from Israelis, they're saying this, but rarely is it said by other folks.

A former #UK #Labour Secretary has called for someone to blow up a Jewish labor event.

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/ex-bristol-university-sociology-professor-posts-call-to-blow-up-jlm-conference/

#UKPol #Antisemitism #EndJewHate

@sickmatter @robertnorlyn

If you are Jewish, or have Jewish friends, then I think you should consider this blog post from mastodon.art, which contains multiple antisemitic tropes and declarations:

https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/masto-arts-stance-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict

@ds212

Then they're not asking for the ~350 rockets per day that Hamas shoots into Israel to stop, nor the terrorist attack in Jerusalem to stop, or for them to abide by any other condition of a ceasefire?

In other words, this isn't a ceasefire demand at all, just "Israel, stop defending itself?", right?

All the people calling for a #ceasefire and demonizing Israel, explain to me how you justify the fact that it's Hamas who has violated multiple ceasefires, including the most recent one, just yesterday/today?

Who exactly do you demand a ceasefire from, and what consequences if it's violated?

#Israel #Gaza #Hamas

@hauntedhideaway

When did Star Trek get all preachy???

/s

@evan

That's what dog whistles do... they make people seem crazy when they question them.

The blood libel myth is well over 1,000 years old. It's one of, if not the oldest antisemitic myth.

Dehumanizing language regarding a people, calling an entire people "Babykillers" is hate speech, period, end stop. Liking the post and then cheering it on is not in itself hate speech, but indicates that you are either highly ignorant of the meaning, or you agree with the sentiment.

Now two Jews have gone out of their way to tell you how hateful it is, its historical context and modern usage.

@evan

After you cheered on an account that was spreading the blood libel myth, it's really hard to take you seriously when you boost anything related to the I/P conflict.

( https://cosocial.ca/@evan/111416169831130598 - and the associated Like on the post)

I don't like this "edgy humor" but this is *exactly* what Hamas stands for, which is both in their own words and their actions.

Hamas is nearly identical to ISIS in ideology.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/arVWX_3WzzM

You can disagree with the approach Israel is taking in the war with it, but supporting Hamas is absolutely against any semblance of human rights values.

If you don't take my word for it, check out the US's position, the EU's position, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt's position, or check out Hamas's own values in the own words.

#Hamas

Why is Coney Island in NYC called Coney Island?

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/historic-highlights/

#ConeyIsland #NYC

I had a dream last night that I'm a bit hesitant to share.

In the dream, G-d came down and decided he was fed up with Hamas.

He shot all the Hamas people with lightening bolts.

There were storms and buildings were razed.

There were earthquakes and fissures and homes and buildings were swallowed up.

...and then people claimed Israel had weather controlling technology.

#Israel

I have a bunch of new followers today, so a re- #Introduction is in order.

I'm Serge. I'm sometimes known online as @emacsen

I'm a believer in the power of #FreeSoftware to do good in the world and be an agent of self-determination.

I believe in #FreeCulture because culture is part of humanity.

My most recent project is #Babka, an online space for #Jews and Jewish allies.

I'm a #geek I love play, #boardgames #ttpg, #videogames, #superheroes

Let's be #friends

@emacsen

Some more details in case people are interested.

I was a big contributor to #OpenStreetMap for a while. Long story there...

Umm, I worked at #NASA for a while, and #NIH for much longer, specifically on NCBI, where they run #pubmed

I love animals. I own two #cats , I used to own #rats and grew up with a 135lbs (60kg) #gsd

I'm #ADHD and #learningdisabled I'm the first legally recognized person in the US labeled LD/gifted, or now known as #TwiceExceptional (a label I don't like)

I've come to learn, through multiple examples, that when other Fediverse admins say "We're going to investigate your user's reports of antisemitic harassment." what they really mean is "We don't believe Jews when they say something is antisemitic and we'll come up with reasons why it's not antisemitic, and it's not harassment."

The idea that Jews can't be trusted to decide what is antisemitic is itself problematic, and we experience this and other antisemitic issues with admins so much and so often that I'm going to say loud and clear that the Fediverse has a very serious systemic antisemitism problem.

#antisemitism #fediblockmeta #fediblockmetameta

I have a #devops (or what we used to call #sysadmin) question...

I like Docker Swarm for its simplicity and apparent "lightweight" nature. From a user standpoint, you can simply define a set of services and it's not that much of a leap to go from a docker-compose file to a full blown distributed system for a small number f nodes.

The problems are that Docker Swarm only appears to be offered by Docker (tm) and requires the real Docker (tm) stack, as opposed to the solution most distros use today, which is to use podman as a Docker replacement (for many good reasons).

And the fact that Docker is owned by Mirantis, Mirantis's future seems uncertain is good reason not to stay.

Is anyone still using Docker Swarm? If not, do you have a lightweight alternative (not Kubernetes)? I've heard not-great things about Nomad.

I feel like this is a huge missing area in the orchestration landscape.

#docker #orchestration #dockerswarm #kubernetes #nomad