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SHABBAT SHALOM!

Grateful to @truahrabbis.bsky.social for teaching this important classical midrash: "God created the first human being out of dust from the four corners of the earth [because], every place a person goes, a part of them is from there and a part of them is returning there.”

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I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest

Very cool.

Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom to all. Welcome the Sabbath Queen this weekend, and accept no other kings or royals.

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no kings except melekh malkhei ha'melakhim

I don't want to be here. I want to be in 1986 San Francisco asking pedestrians where the nuclear wessels are.

I see this is still going around. Don't do this. This is literally, exactly the opposite of what you should do. If things are escalating, and you are uncomfortable, leave.

This is terrifying, so please read this as cope: The Wilshire Federal Building is 15 *miles* from the protests in downtown Los Angeles. It is a half-hour drive. You could fit an entire Manhattan, the long way, between them.

Found a kitten in my backyard yesterday. Say hello to Figaro

Big development in the NYC mayoral race: Lander and Mamdani have 'cross-endorsed' each other, meaning that they've invited their own supporters to rank the other. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

This week, President Donald Trump attempted to kill, once and for all, California's plan to accelerate the sale of zero-emission cars and trucks in the state—taking aim at their goal to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in the state by 2035. What will that mean for EVs?

In the 1860s, Germany was fighting a war for its place on the map, and Romantic-era music cheered it on. Hold on to your pretzel during this clip from “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey” as we appreciate how Richard Wagner’s operas mixed Teutonic myths, medieval traditions & Christian themes.

Unironically true as the California pistachio lobby is desperate to prevent the objectively better and cheaper Iranian pistachios from flooding the US market and thus have always been strong anti-Iran lobbiests

After Ratzinger's disastrous papacy the cardinals wanted an outspoken Latino like Francis to remind everyone that the church's mission was to serve the people, after Francis they wanted a soft-spoken nerd who agreed 100% with Francis but knew how to be judicious and diplomatic.

"Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE:" #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #History 1/8

I didn’t think I’d co-sign this but…yeah…basically

I will say it again like I’ve said 100 times before: one of the most radical things you can do right now to show solidarity is put back on a N 95 or better mask anytime you are outside with people. It is a small signifier that you are invested in community and its health.

The late-Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, looking not at all like the type of guy who'd kill someone for cheating on him.

shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"

yep! unpaywalled:

FUCK.

Some light in our darkness.

Holding my breath and praying for the safety of the many innocents who will be impacted by the escalation between Israel and Iran.

So who was it that cancelled the nuclear deal with Iran?

In case you’re wondering how wrong what happened to Sen. Padilla was, international news outlets around the world are covering it. That’s how bad it looks.

Oh. Salt Lake City. Ok.

Just needed to vote for the black lady instead of the felon fraud rapist traitor just because he was a white failson. All you fucking pricks had to do. Literally not a single part of this would be happening right now if you'd just voted for the black lady.

Thread... Take note of what is happening. A Latino Senator Alex Padilla dared to ask Noem a question—he was violently tackled, arrested, & now the Speaker wants him censured. A Jewish Congressman Jerry Nadler challenged Trump—his staffer was handcuffed in an illegal raid by Trump’s goons. 1/5

There is no limit to the number of people that Bibi Netanyahu will kill to stay out of jail and in power.

Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement. The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just checking back in to see where we stand on this @bostonglobe.com fake front page from pre-election 2016

You know what would be a deep cut for #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds to make? Have Paul Wesley's Jim Kirk casually reading a Jaqueline Susann or Harold Robbins novel. Because Kirk is just as or more well-read than Picard. And he loves the late 20th-century classics!

Watch the first teaser for 'Spaceballs 2' Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, and Rick Moranis are set to reprise their respective roles as Lone Starr, Dark Helmet, and Yogurt. Keke Palmer joins the cast as well. The Schwartz Awakens in 2027. #Spaceballs #Spaceballs2

Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.

This is a human rights atrocity. And on top of that, it's gonna devastate the communities these people live in. Take Springfield Ohio, of eating dogs and cats fame. That city was DYING and has been completely revitalized by the influx of Haitian immigrants. This will undo all of that rebuilding

First a Mayor. Then a Congresswoman. Now a US Senator. Trump’s administration is trying to silence their opposition. Through threats & physical intimidation . It’s not American. We stand with Sen Padilla slate.com/news-and-pol...

I know it’s been a miserable day out there, so if you need a respite, here’s some video of my workplace and one of the best parts of my job: hearing the sound of students making music around every corner.

As authoritarianism is ramping up, the earlier you limit their tracking of you, the better: -Use duckduckgo as your search engine -Use a VPN -Turn your phone off and on each day -Apple maps has better privacy than google maps (and is good, too) -Transition from gmail to a more secure provider