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Disabled, mostly housebound. Jewish, queer, & somehow the president of bettikvah.org. Expect a lot of cat and crafting content (knit, crochet, cross stitch, sewing). ( #EhlersDanlos, #AuDHD, #ME/CFS ‘06, SFN ‘08, #erythromelalgia ‘22)
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Be kind to your neurodivergent friends. These are not great times for people with justice sensitivity and a tendency towards overwhelm.

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

The American refugee system, which Trump is dismantling, was put into place in response to America’s shameful failure to provide refuge to Jews persecuted by Hitler

submitted 34 days ago • 87 comments

I spent the day using my hands to create tangible, useful items. My circle of control and influence are very small. I'm glad I decided not to follow the news today.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

if we are all going to be forced to relive 2016, they should at the very least let us see mad max fury road in theaters again

submitted 34 days ago • 475 comments

i love the story about Elon lying about being good at a video game because it’s not the worst thing he’s done by a mile but it is maybe the most fundamentally pathetic

submitted 38 days ago • 150 comments

I haven’t been in this much pain in a while. 0/10, do not recommend It’s hovering on the “I I keep myself wound up, adrenaline fueled, and engaged in a million things at once, it’s a hum I can push to the background.” As opposed to “someone is screaming directly into my ear and I can’t think.”

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

As a response to the far too numerous recent references On Here to "moneylenders in the Temple" (usually meaning Trump), here's a thread about why that phrasing is not merely incorrect, but a carryover from medieval Christian antisemitism & actively harmful to Jews today. 1/

submitted 55 days ago • 13 comments

Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion

submitted 61 days ago • 306 comments

The story of Hanukkah is about steadfast opposition, refusal to obey, and how miracles can emerge from darkness to bring light. Chag sameach!

submitted 59 days ago • 273 comments

Last night I was wondering at how vTNS had virtually eliminated my erythromelalgia flares and thinking I could talk to my pain doc about reducing some of my meds. This morning I woke up because of full body, aching nerve pain. *sigh*

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

It's interesting how all the people who complain about how disabilities or illnesses have become identities seem fine with people identifying as well, healthy, or normal. I think if anything there is a much larger identity politics of this latter sort.

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Rabbi: Some say that it was a family leave. Others say it was due to the birth of a child, as it is said - "she shall not touch any consecrated thing, etc."

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

I recently ragequit a Discord server when no one questioned someone who said “the Irish aren’t antisemitic, we’re just anti-oppression.” I’m still stewing about it.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

The thought: “I’ll just do a quick presentation to the rest of the siddur revision committee about why Kabbalat Shabbat is the way it is before we start on this last section of our siddur” The reality: Three PowerPoint presentations with 20 slides each

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Unless they’re really short, I’m limiting myself to reading one new manifesto a week. I’m behind on my reading as it is.

submitted 69 days ago • 42 comments

Season(al affective disorder)s greetings! 🕎😞🕎

submitted 70 days ago • 34 comments

Is your teen texting about Hanukkah? LMAO: Light Menorahs All Over OMG: Original Macabee Gang ROFL: Reuse Oil For Latkes BFF: Bring Fried Food STFU: Sufganiot Time, Fry 'em Up! SMH: Shamash = Menorah Helper AITA: Antiochus Is The Asshole

submitted 69 days ago • 19 comments

Starting a moderation list for people who spread antisemitic lies about the Talmud. Back in my day we just used measuring cubits

submitted 70 days ago • 5 comments

What's an opinion you have that would make a bunch of people angry? Write it down in a notebook called, "Why would I want to make a bunch of people angry right now?" and then close that notebook and have some tea.

submitted 70 days ago • 327 comments

My latkes bring all the goys to the yard And they’re like, “girl blow a shofar” Damn right, I'll blow a shofar I can teach you but it's kinda hard

submitted 75 days ago • 25 comments

If you say "Bah, humbug" to Christmas, you may be visited by three ghosts with very important lessons to teach. If you say "Bah, humbug" to Hanukkah, Judah Maccabee is gonna come teach you a lesson personally.

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

I know someone who died *this year* because his heart gave out after being weakened by polio when he was 5-yrs-old. He spend the year prior to his death traveling to multiple states trying to find a doctor who knew how to treat the symptoms of Post-Polio Syndrome.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Wondering if anyone cheering on the upcoming admin was alive when the polio crisis happened in the early 1950s and when the vaccine first came out. I was barely old enough to take in the experience, but the image of my cousin in an iron lung is eternally burned into my memory.

submitted 72 days ago • 14 comments

A few years ago I tried to create a tumblr called “jewsreconstructingjudaism” where I posed quotes from Reconstructing Judaism’s “A Guide to Jewish Practice.” Unfortunately, it took way too much typing… mostly because the entire book is amazing.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

When I was a child, I was told so often that my pain was small in comparison to what adults were experiencing that I marveled they were able to do *anything* at all. Turns out 5/10 back pain isn’t normal for a tween.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

I keep having conversations that go like this: CHRISTIAN: You're calling my faith antisemitic ME: No, I'm not. I'm saying you can practice your faith without doing antisemitic things CHRISTIAN: I literally can't though ME: Well, okay, I guess *your* faith is antisemitic then.

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

I did not sufficiently think through the implications of a niddy noddy with satisfied little faces

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

Don’t forget about Libro.fm, for those of us who rely on audiobooks

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The “problem” with using Bluesky regularly is that the number of unread articles I want to read is proliferating.

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

You guys, the gentiles are inventing gematria again.

submitted 76 days ago • 12 comments

There's a level of pain where it's like someone's screaming into your ear, and no matter how much you try to relax into it (with 13 years experience of mindfulness) your body is still panicking, because pain this bad says there's a BIG DANGER. And then your doc acts like you're hysterical.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Yarn.com is the single best online yarn retailer simply because of the "Non Wool Yarns" filtering feature. As someone allergic to wool, I'm endlessly indebted to whoever developed this. A+, hands down, my favorite site of all time.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Someone about to hide under a rabbi’s bed: “…laasok b’div’rei Torah.”

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