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נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"The <a href="https://babka.social/tags/hamsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamsa</span></a> itself is not a uniquely <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> symbol. It’s used by people of all religions with roots across the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> and the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Levant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Levant</span></a>. Some call it the hand of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Fatima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatima</span></a> (<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mohammad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohammad</span></a>’s daughter), some the hand of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> (after <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Moses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moses</span></a>’ sister). Five is an auspicious number in both <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> (the five pillars of Islam) and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> (the five books of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torah</span></a>). The symbol’s roots might be in early <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> traditions that pre-date monotheistic religions, but it has become a popular symbol in both <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> — <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> are speculated by scholars to be the first to use it as an amulet — and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a>. Many Jews wear hamsa jewelry and put hamsa amulets around their homes."</p><p><a href="https://www.kveller.com/the-jewish-symbol-that-made-it-into-the-last-of-us-season-two-finale/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kveller.com/the-jewish-symbol-</span><span class="invisible">that-made-it-into-the-last-of-us-season-two-finale/</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>A Who’s Who at Peter Thiel’s Trump Party: Zuckerberg, Adelson and More <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1842464/a-whos-who-at-peter-thiels-trump-party-zuckerberg-adelson-and-more/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1842464/a</span><span class="invisible">-whos-who-at-peter-thiels-trump-party-zuckerberg-adelson-and-more/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Adelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adelson</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Altman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altman</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Calacanis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calacanis</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Chamath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chamath</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DonaldJJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJJr</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Inaugurations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inaugurations</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/JD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JD</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Jason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jason</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarkE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkE</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Palihapitiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palihapitiya</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PeterA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterA</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PresidentialElectionOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElectionOf2024</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Recipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recipes</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RecipesTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecipesTopics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SamuelH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelH</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a></p>
pixelgladeThese artwork are old, but I'm still really proud of them. Castlevania SOTN was my first Castlevania game, and I hope we get more game easter eggs in the next season of Nocturne. Bloodstained ROTN was a good spiritual successor. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Castlevania?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Castlevania</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/castlevanianetflix?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#castlevanianetflix</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/alucard?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alucard</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/miriam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miriam</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/commissionsopen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commissionsopen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/openforcommissions?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openforcommissions</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/animeart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animeart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/netflix?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netflix</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digitalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrogame?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogame</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fanart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fanart</a>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump was fund-raising off his conviction with small-dollar donors as well; </p><p>His campaign, which portrayed him as the victim of a politicized justice system, brought in nearly $53 million in the twenty-four hours after the verdict. </p><p>Several megadonors who had held back from endorsing Trump announced that they were now supporting him, <br>including <br>🔸<a href="https://c.im/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adelson</span></a>, the widow of the late casino mogul <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sheldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheldon</span></a> Adelson; <br>🔸the Silicon Valley investor <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>David</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacks</span></a>, who said that the case against Trump was a sign of America turning into a “Banana Republic”; <br>🔸and the venture capitalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shaun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shaun</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Maguire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maguire</span></a>, who, less than an hour after the verdict, posted on X that he was donating $300,000 to Trump, 👉calling the prosecution a “radicalizing experience.” 👈</p><p>A day later, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Timothy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timothy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mellon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mellon</span></a>, the banking-family scion, wrote a $50-million check to the Make America Great Again super pac.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Ed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rogers</span></a>, a longtime G.O.P. lobbyist, had never publicly endorsed Trump or raised money for his campaigns. </p><p>On May 31st, the day after Trump’s conviction, he sent his first contribution to the ex-President. “There was no case to make that that was not targeted prosecution,” he told me. </p><p>He predicted that other Republicans who, like him, had been “allergic” to Trump would now get on board as well. </p><p>“I tell people I am a Bill Barr, Chris Sununu, Nikki Haley Republican,” he said, listing the names of Republican officials who had criticized Trump in blistering terms only to support him again in 2024; </p><p>Haley, despite having called Trump “unhinged” and a threat to the Republic, had announced the week before his conviction that she would vote for him. </p><p>“The choices are 🔹Biden or Trump🔹, and I’m at peace with that,” Rogers said in June. <br>“I wish it was a different equation, but it’s not.”</p><p>❗️Many donors I spoke with at the time described <br>🧨Trump’s trial as an impetus, <br>but they tended to cite a litany of other reasons, too, including questions about <br>🔸Biden’s age and fitness to serve another term, concerns about his <br>🔸economic policies, and gripes about some of his <br>🔸appointees, such as the head of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, who has launched high-profile antitrust investigations. </p><p>Trump, despite his populist rhetoric, deficit spending, and support for market-distorting tariffs, <br>has sold himself as a pro-business candidate. </p><p>He has promised extensive deregulation, <br>nearly unfettered drilling for oil and gas, <br>and tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals. </p><p>“A lot of the donors have just come to the conclusion that, when you add it all up, <br>the risks with Trump are behavioral<br>—personal behavior and what he says<br>—versus the policies,” the attendee at the Fifth Avenue fund-raiser told me. </p><p>It was a “rationalization” adopted by “even those who were initially very put off, very alienated, by his behavior at the end of his Presidency.”</p><p>🆘 By late May, Trump’s campaign had more money in the bank than Biden’s. </p><p>The incumbent President’s disastrous performance in a June 27th debate against Trump only accelerated the trend. </p><p>“After the debate, Biden looks like a loser, <br>so these people who were never going to give to Biden, <br>they’re now even more attracted to the idea of giving to former President Trump,” <br>the attendee at Fanjul’s dinner said. </p><p>“Because he looks like a winner.”</p><p>The following month, as Democratic donors and elected officials frantically pressured Biden to drop out of the race, <br>Trump and the Republicans again outraised the Democrats. </p><p>“The Zeitgeist in the business world is that Trump is going to be President again,” <br>a billionaire C.E.O. who is not a Trump supporter told me at the time. </p><p>“Therefore, why fall on your sword on principle?” </p><p>He added, “Businesspeople<br>—their main focus in life is to make money, <br>and you make money by backing winners. . . . </p><p>They’ve concluded, O.K., he’s going to be President, <br>let’s hold our nose and do what we have to do.”</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Adelson Spends $95 Million to Boost Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin</p><p>Billionaire <a href="https://c.im/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adelson</span></a>, <br>one of the most prolific donors <a href="https://c.im/tags/backing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backing</span></a> Donald <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> since his 2016 run for the White House, <br>🔥poured $95 million into her super PAC supporting him, <br>according to to the latest disclosures with the Federal Election Commission.</p><p>The donation exceeds the $75 million she and her late husband, former Las Vegas Sands Chairman <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sheldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheldon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adelson</span></a>, combined to give to Preserve America PAC in the same period in the 2020 race </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-16/adelson-spends-95-million-to-boost-trump-in-michigan-wisconsin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">24-10-16/adelson-spends-95-million-to-boost-trump-in-michigan-wisconsin</span></a></p>
Jewterpretor<p>The name is extremely old, and it’s uncertain whether it was originally Aramaic <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Maryam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maryam</span></a> ➡️​ Hebrew <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> or the other way around. In either case, it has been borrowed into many languages; the most common form across languages is probably <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Maria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maria</span></a>, but it’s also common for a language to have multiple variants (e.g. English has <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mary</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Marie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marie</span></a>, Maria, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Maura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maura</span></a>, Miriam, etc). Examples:</p><p>2/</p>
Jewterpretor<p>QRT <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JWHIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWHIA</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109863685492495417" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/1</span><span class="invisible">09863685492495417</span></a></p><p>Another great <a href="https://babka.social/tags/name" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>name</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miriam</span></a> /mirˈjam (Hebrew), ˈmɪɚiəm (English)/ = <a href="https://babka.social/tags/given" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>given</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/name" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>name</span></a> for girls. Etymology uncertain. Possibilities include: derived from <a href="https://babka.social/tags/SemiticRoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SemiticRoot</span></a> M-R-R (generates words related to “bitter”); derived from <a href="https://babka.social/tags/SemiticRoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SemiticRoot</span></a> M-R-Y (generates words related to “mutiny/ rebellion / disobedience”); derived from Egyptian “mery” (= beloved). </p><p>1/</p>
Dr. Sho-Sho<p>Miriam Mendelsohn Love (Panda Form) 🐼 :yanagiyuu_heart3: </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://baraag.net/@ShoSho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ShoSho</span></a></span> (c) BUT...WHAT-IF!</p><p><a href="https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/68504332" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">pixiv.net/en/users/68504332</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> [Pixiv Account]</p><p><a href="https://baraag.net/tags/miriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miriam</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/butwhatif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butwhatif</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/drshosho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drshosho</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/nsfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsfw</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/r18" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>r18</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/turningred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turningred</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/anal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anal</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/anal_creampie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anal_creampie</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/sexy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexy</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbc</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/miriam_mendelsohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miriam_mendelsohn</span></a> <a href="https://baraag.net/tags/feet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feet</span></a></p>