Voices From a Vanished World

An irreplaceable archive of Yiddish civilization is under threat in wartime Kyiv.

The Judaica department, tucked away on the top floor, was almost cozy by comparison. Houseplants crowded the windows. As I entered, along with the YIVO contingent, an air-raid siren went off. The Ukrainians in the room took out their phones, as though consulting a weather app. “There are 50 Shaheds, but not near us,” one of the librarians said, tucking her phone back into her pocket. Drones rather than missiles. The tour continued.

https://archive.ph/WBu4q

It turns out the easiest way to fight the far-right is supporting Ukraine

It's kind of hilarious that Ukraine hit two Yandex data centres with missiles and every far-right account just logged off

Today I learned that Finland once accidentally built a lighthouse on the wrong half of an island it shared with Sweden.

This eventually forced them to redraw the border as to avoid moving the lighthouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rket

The Lego sukkah might be the winner this year for best sukkah

Is there a good text editor app for smartphones?

Once again I only see other #Jewish people talking about the #shooting in #Canada on #YomKippur

RE: https://masto.ai/@meduza_en/117309926355759820

This is the future for every company that doesn't pull their assets out of Russia

Taps the sign

I still can't believe the 2 shekel coin is called a shnekel שנקל. I've known about this for a decade and somehow I still think it's worse than the twoonie

This video is Canada at its most distilled. Upbeat video justifying anti-immigrant policies with anti-immigrant rhetoric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOB7-dbYuCc

Canada talks a big game about being better than the US, but on many issues from immigration to fossil fuels it follows a fairly Trumpian policy.

I probably could make fun of Canada more often than I do.

That Babka is still around and many of its legions of haters are not is something genuinely awesome.

Keep up the great work @serge

Definitely check out the designs and vote if you are eligible

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/design-proposals.en.html

I love that deciding on what should be the themes and motifs for the new euro banknotes the choices came down to:

1. European Culture
2. Birds

And birds naturally won

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/shared/pdf/ecb.report_public_preferences_banknotes_themes.en.pdf

We don't say Shkoyach enough online!

Can someone explain what's going on Australia?

Award-winning Australian novelist Richard Flanagan claimed at a festival in Sydney recently that the deadly ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach last year was not antisemitic and that the “Israel lobby” could be fueling antisemitism in the country.

https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/08/28/award-winning-australian-writer-claims-bondi-beach-terrorist-attack-was-not-antisemitic/

I know it's kind of pointless given that Mastodon's growth has stalled, but I actually think it's good when toxic people leave the platform.

Can we call it antisemitism now?

Police said the victim was sitting at the Starbucks wearing a yarmulke, also known as a kippah, when Palmer "suddenly stood up" and approached him without provocation. According to the arrest report, Palmer began screaming at the victim before striking him twice with a cellphone. Officers said she then returned to her seat, but the confrontation escalated moments later. Investigators allege Palmer stood up again, grabbed a metal chair, raised it in an apparent attempt to strike the victim, and repeatedly shouted, "I hate them."

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/north-miami-beach-target-antisemitic-attack-starbucks/