CheesemonkeySF

Elizabeth is a math teacher, writer, Buddhist, ex-NeXT, @SFDems Everyday Hero 2024, due process & democracy defender. Personal account | she/her

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

@GBNT1952 And California taxpayers are paying nearly $300,000 for this version of “academic freedom.”

As always, thank you to @Transparent_CA for making this kind of public compensation data readily available.

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@garrytan 🎯

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

San Francisco is healing. We don't fall for this type of ridiculous gaslighting anymore.

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

A 36-year-old woman from Mountain View faces arson and hate crime charges in connection with a fire that destroyed an ancient Buddha statue and meditation center at a remote monastery near Big Sur. https://t.co/6Pic0T0VKh

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@96hoya @terronk 🤣

[Reuven Goldstein @curatorWH]

Born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Marv Albert became the iconic “Voice of Basketball.” He called New York Knicks games from 1967–2004 and became NBC’s lead NBA announcer, narrating generations of unforgettable moments with his legendary “Yes!”

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@AdamSampson13 @Twolfrecovery @repmyinjury I imagine that if she hasn't doxxed you and created a safety crisis that forced you to sell your house and move your family, she makes a good first impression.

[Alex Gandler @AlexGandler]

I met Ben once. We were seated at the same dinner table.

At first, we did not recognise each other. Neither of us had any idea we would end up at the same table.

I asked him where I knew him from. He replied, “Ben, from Ben & Jerry’s.”

I smiled and said, “Nice to meet you. I’m Alex, Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States.”

This was at the height of the Ben & Jerry’s Israel controversy. I decided not to raise politics, out of respect for our gracious host. But I was also biding my time, because I suspected he would not be able to resist bringing it up.

About an hour into dinner, he came over to talk.

I saw it as an opportunity to understand where he was coming from, to explain a few things, and to keep the conversation as civil as possible. And to be fair, it was civil. He was pleasant, curious, and polite.

But quite quickly, I also realised he was completely ignorant about Israel.

He had never visited the country or the region. He had basic facts wrong, not only about the narrative, but about the foundations of the conflict itself: the makeup of the countries involved, the history, and the deeply rooted reasons each side sees the conflict the way it does.

For him, it was simple: there are people who appear oppressed, so someone must be the oppressor.

I do not blame Ben personally. He is a businessman who sells ice cream. Why should he be expected to understand Israel, the Middle East, or geopolitics?

The real problem is with those who treat him as an authority.

The media gives him a pedestal to speak about issues he clearly does not understand. And that is the absurdity of it all: taking an ice cream salesman and presenting him as a voice of moral clarity on one of the most complex conflicts in the world.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

In case you didn't know, SJP supports bringing anti-Jewish terrorism to American soil.

Yes, really.

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

42% of the global antisemitic incidents recorded recently by Combat AntiSemitism Movement took place in Europe, including a firebomb in Munch and a detonation in the Netherlands.
https://t.co/oeS6eivs7k

[💥Susan Dyer Reynolds🗞️ @SusanDReynolds]

Two candidates — @saikatc claims to be a socialist and @TomSteyer might as well be — put millions of their own money into buying their elections and it looks like both will come in third. Think of all the social causes they could have helped if not for their greedy egos.

[T Wolf 🌁 @Twolfrecovery]

Hasan Piker was a death knell for California candidates. 🤣

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@AdamSampson13 @Twolfrecovery You think I'm exaggerating?

@repmyinjury

[Kane 謝凱堯 @kane]

Congratulations to Saikat for spending $10M of his tech and private equity fortune pretending to be a socialist candidate only to be shellacked into a distant third place.

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@Twolfrecovery Shocking. 🤣

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@incitafusio Preferential treatment for a political organization engaged in active discrimination on public school property. And at public school expense!

[Liz4SF @incitafusio]

sfusd found no paperwork or records that Teachers 4 Social Justice rented a sfusd high school for adult supremacy workshop, which means SFUSD cohosted it and covered the cost for weekend staffing eg security or custodial
https://t.co/0FcalmS9dx

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

@ethanagarwal OMG... this is hilarious.