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@liora_
Liora
4 years
Experts & journalists play an important role in society - but this crisis has highlighted the lack of accountability & transparency across the board. My post is largely an ode to Twitter and what I've learned from it. You can read the full post here:
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@liora_
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4 months
@briebriejoy Can you name the priests & rabbis running Israel, thereby making it a theocracy?
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@liora_
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@soulkhan Literally the tweet below yours
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Open Source Intel
3 months
A black man haras a ultra Orthodox Jew in NYC: Man: “Black people are the real Jews” Hassid: “So go, start doing what the Bible says, wear some tzitis, what do you want from me?”
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@liora_
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I literally had no idea an Israeli hospital was Oct hit until yesterday. To say it didn't get 1/1000th of the outrage is quite literally, not an exaggeration. Good on Hamas for launching indiscriminately, so no one can surmise it was "on purpose," am I doing saying this right?
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Rabbi Josh Yuter
1 year
I'd love a good explanation for why the rocket hitting Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital evoked so more moral outrage about than the rocket that hit the Barzilai Medical Center
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@liora_
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3 years
Observations from my extremely divided IG/FB feeds, that range from anti-vax covid-19 deniers to "Healthy 34M who got a booster in September by lying to CVS": We have a massive data problem.
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@liora_
Liora
7 years
. @SlackHQ socks have been #1 on my tech swag wishlist for over a year now... And now they're mine!! Still my favorite SaaS 3 years later
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@melnickjeffrey1 Why don’t you share the video?
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Liora
7 months
@TravisEHughes @Austen As a former Android user, I do. Google Photos is materially better and yet doesn’t work as well on iPhone.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
Los Angeles isn't getting much attention from data people anywhere, so in case you're wondering, Los Angeles #coronavirus cases are following exponential growth. Reported numbers show 22% daily growth, assuming testing limits are not altering shape of the curve. (R^2 = .978)
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
Nearly every health-conscious man I've spoken to in the past few mo.s has been implicitly on the @Mangan150 diet. The exceptions, ironically, have all been doctors (and one vegan). Nutrition-oriented women I talked to still on fad diets - some fiber diet & celery juice craze 🤦‍♀️
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@liora_
Liora
11 months
@AGHamilton29 Today’s latest
@StopAntisemites
StopAntisemitism
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HORRIFYING- the home of AIPAC’s President was targeted by pro Palestinian radcials who ignited smoke bombs outside of his residence and proceeded to spill red paint, signifying blood. What’s next? The burning of Synagogues and schools like in 1939 Germany?
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@liora_
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4 years
@alexisohanian Alexis, for what it's worth, I wanted you to know that Jewish communities nationwide support Armenians unequivocally. My entire instagram feed is fellow Jews doing their part to raise awareness about the Armenian cause. Almost every IG story on my feed is posting about this.
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
Spot the difference @amnesty
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4 months
@briebriejoy He was up +17 before AIPAC even joined the race "Foreign money" wasted Remember folks, the voters who put foreign interests over their own are always the ones who vote against my pick
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Kathryn Paisner
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@tksshawa Do you secretly do PR for AIPAC? It totally does not deserve the credit that you're giving it. Latimer was up by 17 points before AIPAC put any money into the race. He's currently winning by 19. Those two extra points were some real money down the drain.
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@liora_
Liora
2 months
@SpencrGreenberg Finally got my answer six years later!!!
@liora_
Liora
6 years
Can't we evaluate the predictive power of #astrology + #horoscopes once and for all? I think I'm going to lose my mind if one more person tells me who I can/can't date based on my birthdate. Some potential studies:
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2 months
@RyanRozbiani Hamas seems to agree since they insist on 10:1 - 100:1 prisoner to hostage ratios… or is it only noteworthy if Israelis say it
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@liora_
Liora
2 months
@academic_la As heartbreaking as the consequences are, especially in hindsight, it was the right decision. You can’t reward that type of manipulation and backstabbing. The rescue of Noa Argamani was proof that they were trying to keep qualifying hostages as leverage.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
Seriously I just don't get it. Why can't they give us a proper dataset? What are they afraid of?!
@NewsfromScience
News from Science
4 years
"In 4 months of the epidemic, collecting millions of records, no one in California or at the CDC has done the basic epidemiology." U.S. epidemiologists say data secrecy on #COVID19 cases are crippling intervention strategies.
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@liora_
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3 years
5) A population that's been complaining for decades about how "math isn't useful" and is now wholly unequipped to make sense of any of this for themselves, and end up relying on overly polarized narratives from people who... also didn't think math was useful.
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@liora_
Liora
3 months
@playmints @soulkhan You are the first person in this thread to mention Palestine. This is a post about being publicly Jewish in NYC.
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@liora_
Liora
3 years
1) Public Health departments still too inept to provide useful data, even though they clearly have it. 2) Politicians so obsessed with controlling narratives that they paint everything as black & white, not bothering to discuss tradeoffs, nuance, or percentages.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
Standing O for @BeverlyHillsPD at Nessah Synagogue today: "Not in my town, not in my city... And we will not stop until we bring criminals to justice. I want you to know that you are safe & protected here" - Chief Sandra Spagnoli
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
I absolutely adore takes like @zoiesheets . Contrast with this meme I saw another doctor post yesterday. We've (mostly) democratized information ... now we need to democratize the ability to process information and lessen our reliance on credentials to greatest extent possible.
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@ZoieSheets
Zoie Clarise Sheets, MD, MPH
4 years
I was asked this weekend how I feel about "Google Warriors" that I may encounter in my medical practice. My mind immediately flashed to the "don't confuse your Google search with my medical degree" signs and the clever response that many disabled and chronically ill folks give:
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@liora_
Liora
6 months
@elderofziyon @nytimes Wait they blame Israel for not providing shelters instead of Iran for attacking civilians... Meanwhile they don't blame Hamas for not building shelters, but blame Israel?
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
It was only a matter of time before an anti-Semitic hate crime hit one of the temples I go to. Police are investigating my community synagogue, and main synagogue for Persian Jews in LA.
@samyebri
Sam Yebri
5 years
A hate crime reportedly took place last night at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills. Windows were broken and prayer books and prayer shawls were destroyed. The police are investigating. Our nightmares are coming true. Anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head again.
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@liora_
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4 months
@MonicaLMarks It's bizarre to see you harp on Murray & Hausdorff "shovelled in misinformation" when Mehdi was being called out for misinformation in real time and you haven't cited a single example of the other side doing so.
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@liora_
Liora
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@nadiaaakd @leehaber @khalidi79397 Blocked a Jew he’s never interacted with, it’s hard to believe he has an interest in peace when he’s preemptively avoiding conversations with peace partners and blocking people sympathetic to Palestinian misery because they’re not anti-Israel.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
My post on FB correcting the misperceptions around the 6% debate got flagged as "False information" - including CDC charts showing excess deaths. They have got to get better so this.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@jessesingal You mean this guy?
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
@ZachG932 The axes don't account for possible growth on articles being written about anything, period... Might the graph of article count look the same? Seems like % would have been there appropriate metric here.
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
Can’t make this up: Hamas operates out of civilian areas on purpose, Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes. Ukraine operates out of civilian areas out of necessity, Amnesty faults Ukraine with civilian endangerment.
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
@proetrie I’m very skeptical of young, single dating coaches. As in, I don’t think they should exist. It took me a while to realize the best advice I was getting came from my happily married friends.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
LA Startup & Tech Scene! We're (+ @ranika ) trying to help match jobs in this market. Losing a job can be tough esp. when healthcare benefits depend on it. Fill this out if you're hiring in LA: Looking for a job? Check this:
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@liora_
Liora
1 year
@EpiEllie Since this war broke out on Oct 7th you have not tweeted about it even once until now. Of all the atrocities and terrible things that we've witnessed, this was the one that concerned you the most? Jesus.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
Love what I'm seeing from @Mangan150 @tednaiman @DrSepah but is there someone focused on female bodies & nutrition? Lots of what I'm reading is focused on the male body and testosterone.
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@liora_
Liora
3 years
3) Political influencers and journalists who clearly aren't comfortable with data yet continue to share their statistically flawed "facts" to a wide audience. Add to this Doctors overestimating their statistical prowess, and a population who assumes Drs double as statisticians.
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@liora_
Liora
6 years
Dear @jvplive : You aren't even a minority. You are a rounding error. You know very well that Mizrahi communities are some of the most Zionist committees in America. Do not use our history for your hateful agenda we will not allow it.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
@samyebri I thought they didn't get to the Torah scrolls... 😫
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
@BecuJeanne @ask_aubry Some people would rather die heroically than live with embarrassment. Given that cowardice is also embarrassing in this mentality, I would actual hold that these two positions are consistent.
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@liora_
Liora
9 months
@mehdirhasan @WalshFreedom Hamas and PIJ have already released their martyrdom posters, Mehdi
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@liora_
Liora
4 months
@krystalball October 7th was 8 months ago but sure, let's pretend criticism of Israel is what did it, and not, you know, a recent pattern of egregiously unprofessional behavior like rolling her eyes at a hostage's sister concerned about rape and suggesting a conference should be blown up.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
Vaccines in LA, an anecdote: Over the weekend, a link was circulating to sign up for a vaccine. No qualifiers - it didn't mention anything about being a HCW, didn't set any age restrictions, nothing - but it seemed to "crash" for some people more than others.
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@liora_
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@KirkegaardEmil But did they control for those who were childless by choice vs circumstance? If not the results are meaningless- the base rate of wanting children is too high Also, it’s hard to admit you’d prefer a world without your children, even if you’d have chosen differently in hindsight
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@ShaanVP It's the same reason I never signed up for ClassPass...I need a product to work around my schedule, not the other way around🤷🏽‍♀️
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
Another case for pick-up truck taxes - bed sizes are getting smaller, cars are getting heavier... Unnecessarily. A third never use it for hauling!
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@liora_
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@jasmineelgamal I'm Jewish and they did the same to me (I'm Persian). Except I'm fine with it because I know it keeps you, me, and every other civilian safe.
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Liora
4 years
Turns out some people went who didn't see the email, drove, waited in line, and were denied on site (even if they were at risk / seniors). This, ladies and gents, is how vaccines get wasted. Way to go LA 🙄
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@liora_
Liora
3 years
4) The collective failure of the people with power - officials, journalists, political influencers - to explain or even understand the data's nuance and limitations, breeding mass public confusion, distrust, and division.
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@liora_
Liora
6 years
Serious question @jvplive : if you represent a fringe opinion, how can you be "legitimate" part? As a an active member of one of America's largest Mizrahi communities, I assure you: YOU & YOUR HATEFUL AGENDA DO NOT SPEAK FOR US. You know you don't. How dare you.
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Hen Mazzig
6 years
So now @jvplive members are Mizrahim and Sephardi... SURE! Just one look at their CEO @RVilkomerson and you can see how middle eastern they are
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@liora_
Liora
8 years
@ProductHunt 's while you were away feature. Thank you.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
The vibes when a room full of Iranian Jews and our allies stand and sing "עושה שלום..." The kellling (Persian cheering) for the newly wed bride & groom saying kiddush... The amidah, with Maoz Tzur & Yerushalayim Shel Zahav melodies... So much Persian Jewish solidarity today 🙏
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@liora_
Liora
1 year
@jacobkornbluh @jaketapper How convenient that they only share what they've known for years... after they leave to start a competing firm!
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
@evanlweber @_waleedshahid “I have a Black wife, I can’t be racist” Same logic.
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@liora_
Liora
7 months
@academic_la Exercise in weakness and humiliation I'm not remotely an expert and yet I can see that? What am I missing here
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@jewitch17 @melnickjeffrey1 What would have justified crossing the street to attack someone? Please be specific.
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@liora_
Liora
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@ghpb2m @MazMHussain @asafzamir @JewishWonk No, she doesn’t look like an airstrike victim at all. No dust. Even Palestinians think she was executed.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
LA County's Data Problem: How can it still be so bad? I know public officials have an unprecedented and difficult job & I'm very sympathetic. But they've had since March - 9 months! - to get their house order, and we're still dealing with this crap. Examples: (1/)
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
Let's talk Stock Options at tech startups. There’s one way these can go right, and so many ways these can go wrong. We need to empower employees to make informed decisions from when they first negotiate an offer to when they sell their stock.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
LA County August 7th Update (1/4) Backlog trickling in... 7-Day Averages: 2295 avg new cases/day 142 " " hospitalizations/day 42 " " deaths/day 19k " " test results/day 11.8% positive new tests 6.3% new cases hospitalized
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@paulg I really wonder how much decrease in travel plays a role. Stories like this - including my own family member who gave birth prematurely after a business trip.
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@liora_
Liora
3 months
@xraMATM @soulkhan You are the first person in this thread to mention Israel or wars in the Middle East. Yet you say that *my* post is "irrelevant." You're telling yourselves.
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@liora_
Liora
8 years
Post- @AmazonEcho ad, my Superbowl party is guessing what Alexa thought this kid was trying to say #SB51 😆
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Niv Dror
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Alexa teaches kid new words 🙈
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@DanPriceSeattle The big essential business loophole is that people are taking their "non-essential" dollars and spending them on "non-essential" goods at "essential" businesses. We closed retail, but people decided to keep buying from someone that was open instead.
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@liora_
Liora
3 months
@playmints @soulkhan It *is* worse since Oct 7. The Hamas supporters have legitimized antisemitism for everyone else. But his tweet questions whether or not visibly Jewish folks get targeted - there's so many examples just a Google away that he's clearly disingenuous. I just looked one tweet down.
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@liora_
Liora
6 years
@mr_markjacobs @KenRoth Omg. This is amazing. The quote from Ken Roth at the end. I CAN'T 👏👏👏
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@liora_
Liora
1 year
Literally try searching for the incident. You'll only get posts about Gaza unless you mention the hospital by name. Even then, not its own headline for first 3 results - and a TOI article at that. (note: Barzilay spelling was Google suggestion)
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@baddestmamajama Kids know most of what they learn in school will never be used again, so they have little incentive to really try to retain it. I imagine the dynamic would be somewhat different if they could actually learn tangible skills that clearly have an application in the working world.
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@liora_
Liora
6 years
@juliagalef Elon's issue is statistical: cites 40k fatalities, but the denominator matters. Many non-AV cars on the road, few automated. Citing an absolute # doesn't show relative safety. Public perception is where I agree with Musk. Media narrative here is dangerous for progress.
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@liora_
Liora
10 years
Just discovered @yhathq 's SQL for pandas DataFrames and I think I'm in love. http://t.co/T4F71SA2uo #sql #pythonpandas
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@liora_
Liora
2 years
@micsolana Is it just me or is he comparing apples to oranges? A nurse's worth is not taxed at 13.5% ... her income is. The others I presume are taxes as % of net worth? 🤨
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@liora_
Liora
6 years
@TheRaDR Hi Rabbi - Persian Jew here. I've never heard that members of my community don't eat legumes (my grandfather was a Rabbi, definitely not a custom in our extended family). Also genuine question: how does it harm Jews if Christians have their own version of the Seder?
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@moseskagan @micsolana Far-less prominent than a "disputed claim" notice.
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Liora
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@khalidi79397 They’re also really popular - most of the songs we learned in Hebrew day school were peace songs! Also missing Oseh Shalom from your list - prayer with a melody that all the kids learn.
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
@balajis You just nailed my issue with it - I couldn't put my finger on it before, now I realize that it heavily biases towards recency and it's driving me insane.
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@liora_
Liora
1 year
@ArmandDoma The lie that won’t die: that the 2018 protests were peaceful Wonder what would have happened if they succeeded in breaching the fence? If only we knew!
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Liora
1 year
@_ZachFoster “Unarmed”
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Liora
5 years
March 31st LA County Update: ~26% daily growth with 548 cases and 3011 total. Growth starting to slow? Seems possible. 27% daily growth in hospitalizations, which is probably more accurate (but lags more). They almost tripled testing capacity in those 24hrs.
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@lulucenter58 @AGHamilton29 Yes, it's about intent.
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Liora
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@Shayan86 Someone should tell him...
@jakeshieldsajj
Jake Shields
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A member of Red Cross is seen placing what appears to be a tracker on Hamas Red Cross is supposed to be a neutral party so this is a shameful act that delegitimizes their entire organization
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@shellenberger I mean, if Soros as a Jew is referring to rising antisemitism, he’s absolutely correct. This is the first time I’ve ever defended Soros so, thanks for that.
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7 years
Two years+ later, my first employer's competitor is still using a design they knocked off of one of my designs! #WITBragDay
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Liora
5 years
@MattWalshBlog @jasonramin Where data could have been super useful here: if one officer is disproportionately discovering certain crimes, you'd have the data to notice & ask "why?". Something @mark43 might be working on?
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Liora
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@Remroum What's their excuse for going into Jewish residential neighborhoods and kosher restaurants?
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Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
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Yesterday, my very progressive and critical Israel cousin who lives in the area spent the whole day hiding in her apartment. It is a terrifying time to be Jewish in Los Angeles when you can be hunted down for your religion and beliefs. Those making excuses for this behavior are
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LA County April 12th Update: Hopefully it's not just a weekend fluke - with a 30% day-over-day drop in cases (who am I kidding, probably a weekend fluke) 6% daily case growth rate past 7 days! It used to be 26%. Peak still seems to have been April 4th. Stay there please🤞🏼
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4 years
Google vs Yale Philosophy Department.
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5 years
@matthuang Hearing similar in LA 🤷‍♀️
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Liora
8 years
Ever wondered what it's like to properly do the Charleston Dance? @UcheUba_ takes us & @meganamen for a twirl with @Spectacles
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Liora
6 years
Years out of school and I still have dreams about unfinished semesters, coursework, and exams. My aunt says she's still having them in her 70s. I have 0 nightmares about former jobs though. Is it possible we underestimate the psych trauma of high-stress schooling environments?
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@liora_
Liora
7 years
This is your PSA that Instagram screenshot notifications are now a thing. You're welcome
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Liora
5 years
@shl I'm not sure I'd want overtime pay as an employee. It means my hours are going to be a center of focus instead of my output.
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Liora
2 years
@SahilBloom Ok but accepting a drink & some flattery from a 16-24 year old well-dressed stranger at your door sounds like the beginning of a murder mystery.
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Liora
4 years
It is insane how doggedly conspiratorial Americans are. A friend used LA's 7/12 "Sunday" deaths to show it's low. "I welcome anyone who can provide conflicting facts based on real data," it said. I sent LA's charts. The response? Data is inflated, just look at FL! 🙄
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LA County April 9th Update: First time since I've started this that I can say: < 10% daily growth rate in cases, past 7-days 2k tests for 425 new cases - we may well be past our peak, hopefully there is no second wave. 🤞🏼
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@liora_
Liora
4 years
I'm not passing judgment on this article (in fact, I didn't read it), just reminding everyone this is precisely the type of ideas that were eligible for removal earlier this year. Censorship at tech companies is a disgrace.
@WSJPolitics
WSJ Politics
4 years
Lockdowns extracted a high price; new thinking is emerging that says there are better ways to combat Covid-19.
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Liora
6 years
Members of our community were persecuted & slaughtered by those who you turn a blind eye to, elevate, and defend. You are entitled to your opinion but leave the Mizrahi experience out of it. We get it, though, our experience is the single biggest threat to your narrative.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
In addition to the application for stalkers & predators, it also violates another online safety rule: don't announce to the public (or strangers) that you're away from home.
@mikeindustries
Mike Davidson 📴
5 years
Superhuman is an email surveillance app that encourages its users to spy on friends and co-workers without their consent. Why the ethics of this matter and what it says about Superhuman as a company. New post on Mike Industries:
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The rush to discredit the beheading story with so many journalists on the ground covering it is truly bizarre. The desperate cry of “see, Hamas is a victim of misinformation” crowd. They feign a moral compass (“beheading bad”) while cherry picking what needs verification.
@NeriaKraus
Neria Kraus
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Nic Robertson, live from a town that was attacked by Hamas. “There were so many murdered members of this Kibbutz. Men, women, children, hand bound, shot, executed, heads cut”.
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@liora_
Liora
5 years
LA County April 10th Update: We are hopefully past the peak, which in hindsight I hope will stay at April 4th. Growth rates declining across the board, the next growth rate to start tracking is death rates (lagging indicator).
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