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Nov 1 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
An Oakland man who recorded himself getting thrown out of a Palestinian-owned cafe has been celebrated for pushing back against anti-Semitism. But a history of public outbursts raises questions about his story. sfstandard.com/2024/11/01/vir…
Jonathan Hirsch was told to leave the Jersusalem Coffee House on Oct. 27 after the owner took issue with his Star of David baseball cap. Video he shot of the encounter quickly went viral.
Lawmakers including @AdamSchiff and @mattdorsey posted messages supporting Hirsch and decrying the incident as textbook antisemitism. Dorsey even bought the same hat.
Hirsch has said he randomly entered the Jersusalem Coffee House with his son seeking a bathroom and was unaware the shop had received worldwide press attention for its Oct. 7 menu celebrating the leader of Hamas. sfstandard.com/2024/10/16/jer…
But @sfstandard learned that Hirsch has been involved in a series of public confrontations over the past year that were captured on video. In them, he gets in shouting matches over Israel and Gaza, antisemitism and his own driving. His small children are present in several.
@sfstandard Even as I tweeted out this thread @RepRoKhanna just issued his support for Hirsch.
@sfstandard Jonathan Hirsch told @Journojoeburn he had heard "rumors" about a coffee shop that sold a drink called "Iced in Tea Fada" but didn't have any idea that was the one he was in playing chess with his son until he was asked to leave.
@sfstandard @Journojoeburn In our interview, Hirsch said "I have to get better" at choosing his fights. He said growing up hearing about the Holocaust primed him to argue: "I was raised with the stories about the temperature rising. I'm not the most flexible person."

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Aug 12, 2022
Here's an interesting one: There's a startup, @UnitUnionizing, whose whole thing is organizing independent labor unions. Its investors include Mike Bloomberg's VC firm and Tim Draper, one of the most anti-union VCs alive. @SamAugustDean has the details. latimes.com/business/story…
Unit's founder, @jamieearlwhite, says demand for union protections is way up but there's a shortage of unions willing to help workers organize. Unit's trying to fill that gap, and give organizers better tech than they have now.
Funding union drives with VC money raises some obvious questions about alignment. Bloomberg Beta's @roybahat is a true believer in labor organizing as a driver of economic justice. But "we only invest in areas where we think we can get a return," he says. Image
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Feb 5, 2022
A few thoughts on BAYC & Buzzfeed. The backlash isn’t surprising but it betrays deep ignorance about the function of journalism and an entitled belief that crypto must be covered on its own terms.
The job of journalists is to bring information about powerful entities and public figures into public view. That’s it. There is no requirement that the subjects want that information made public (they often don't!) or that they be guilty of wrongdoing.
Are BAYC’s founders powerful? Yes. Wealth is power. That’s why Forbes and Bloomberg publish lists of ultra-wealthy individuals and families. The people on those lists would often rather keep their wealth a secret. Where’s the outcry when they are named?
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Oct 22, 2021
With their net worth skyrocketing, the ultra-rich are snapping up yachts sight unseen -- the bigger the better. "The biggest problem is we can't get boats fast enough," one broker tells @byandreachang. latimes.com/business/story…
Everyone in the yacht economy -- brokers, mechanics, cleaners, etc. -- braced for a downturn when COVID hit. Instead they're busier than they've ever been as cash-flush clients look for a way to spend their money that doesn't involve air travel.
That thing where realtors are knocking on the doors of random houses and asking them if they'd consider selling? That's happening with yachts. "It's tempting to sell," says Bill Wolf, owner of a Tiara 53 powerboat he christened the Pied-a-Mer.
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Jan 27, 2021
The rules were pretty clear in the latest California lockdown: no gatherings, no dining out, no non-essential in-person services. Some businesses felt they couldn't afford to follow them. @byandreachang talked to them. latimes.com/business/story…
After the salon where she worked shut down, hairstylist Joanna Ho borrowed a chair, bought some air filters and started seeing clients in her home. "I keep going back and forth -- should I or should I not?" she said. "You just try to do the best you can."
A nail salon owner in Saratoga keeps the blinds drawn and a "closed" sign in the window but takes appointments. "If I don't work, me and my daughter won't have a home," she said.
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