Most unhinged letter I've seen yet in my archival research
in YIVO's collection about the landsmanshaft mentioned in the letter. Undated.
![New York, August 25th
Mr. Budofsky
With regard to our telephone conversation of last night, it occurs to me that you are probably still unaware of what prompted me to express the hope that I might soon have the pleasure of attending your funeral. Ignorance such as yours was not built in a day and I should not have expected it to be demolished in a night.
Therefore, in the hope that others might be spared the hurt and rage which you so witlessly inflicted upon me, my brother, and others, I will tell you precisely "what you did wrong."
1. During the family's important and very personal consultation with Rabbi Simon, you brusquely intruded yourself into this room of sorrow solely to instruct the Rabbi to be sure to "given mention" to the Chvonicker Aid Society when he spoke his eulogy. In short, you used the moments during which my mother was addressed to God as a vehicle for advertising your grubby little "Aid" society.
2. Again, at graveside, when Rabbi Simon stumbled over the pronunciation of "Chvonicker", you were there loud and clear to prompt him in behalf of your commercial. To you, the most important presence at the funeral was the Chronicker Society. To me, and to those others who cared for her, it was my mother. It is only to a man of enormous insensitivity that this should have to be pointed out.
Had I not been so astonished by your first intrusion, I would have countermanded your instructions to Rabbi Simon on the spot. But the past few days had been [...]](https://media.historians.social/media_attachments/files/114/219/852/186/737/453/original/f8af6542f2b2ef5a.jpg "New York, August 25th
Mr. Budofsky
With regard to our telephone conversation of last night, it occurs to me that you are probably still unaware of what prompted me to express the hope that I might soon have the pleasure of attending your funeral. Ignorance such as yours was not built in a day and I should not have expected it to be demolished in a night.
Therefore, in the hope that others might be spared the hurt and rage which you so witlessly inflicted upon me, my brother, and others, I will tell you precisely \"what you did wrong.\"
1. During the family's important and very personal consultation with Rabbi Simon, you brusquely intruded yourself into this room of sorrow solely to instruct the Rabbi to be sure to \"given mention\" to the Chvonicker Aid Society when he spoke his eulogy. In short, you used the moments during which my mother was addressed to God as a vehicle for advertising your grubby little \"Aid\" society.
2. Again, at graveside, when Rabbi Simon stumbled over the pronunciation of \"Chvonicker\", you were there loud and clear to prompt him in behalf of your commercial. To you, the most important presence at the funeral was the Chronicker Society. To me, and to those others who cared for her, it was my mother. It is only to a man of enormous insensitivity that this should have to be pointed out.
Had I not been so astonished by your first intrusion, I would have countermanded your instructions to Rabbi Simon on the spot. But the past few days had been [...]")
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Spitefulness linked to belief in conspiracy theories
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-spitefulness-linked-belief-conspiracy-theories.html
Phys.org · Spitefulness linked to belief in conspiracy theories
Three studies find an association between spitefulness and science denialism and belief in conspiracy theories. Implications are that countering misinformation may not be sufficient to address conspirational mindsets, and that issues related to feelings of powerlessness and disenfranchisement must be addressed.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/spite-conspiracy-theories-psychology-28455/
Original paper: https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josi.12662
Neuroscience News · Study Links Spite to Conspiracy Theory Beliefs - Neuroscience NewsNeuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.
I've come to understand that my main motivation to keep going at the moment is very simple: #spite.
I'm weird. Like really fucking weird. I'm #AuDHD. I'm queer. I'm also #plural (meaning it's not just me in my own fucking head). I'm weird. Like really fucking weird.
And you know what? That's *okay*. It's okay to be weird. Who is even the judge of that? Is there a "weird police"? It's being made illegal in parts of the world to be weird, but by whom? White old men.
Fuck them. Fuck them sideways. Fuck them all the ways. Fuck them. I'm very fucking weird by society's standards *and that is okay*. -Vox
#neurodivergent #neuroqueer #ADHD #actuallyADHD #Autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #plural #oppression #supremacy @actuallyadhd @actuallyautistic
"Mount McKinley", & the Gulf of Mexico becomes the "Gulf of America" - Maybe someone should just give him a Sharpie & a bunch of old maps to keep him busy while the adults legislate.
Link is to one of his many Day One Executive Orders, this one creates a board to rename things...
#WhiteHouse #dot #gov #overhaul #webpage #grift #TV #personality #president #fascist #divisive #hateful #spite #filled #USA #GOP #attack the #most #vulnerable #among #us for #political #gain
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/
The White House · Restoring Names That Honor American GreatnessBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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The other issue, as was mentioned, is that these models do not usually include either of the two following problems:
1. #misinformation whereby people make group and policy choices on incorrect information, control of which can be used to steer defection (cheating) choices in Prisoner's Dilemma and anti-coordination games (such as Matching Pennies).
2. #ChaosAgents whereby people break group policy choices by acting randomly, often to their own detriment, but with devastating consequences for other groups.
As I understand it, #ChaosAgents in a coordination game would reduce both the overall gain as well as the individual gain. This could work well for someone if they either (a) didn't care about their individual gain, (b) had strong #spite goals (ok for me to lose as long as you lose as well), or (c) had sufficient backup resources that they could weather the losses.
It would be interesting to model these.