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Community Planner, AICP. Shammes for the @opensiddur Project. Concerned w/ shared systems/spaces/structures for recreation/re-creation and kind practices that encourage the maturation of emotional intelligence through curiosity, compassion, and creativity
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Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
The task I set before myself, now complete, was to transcribe all the piyyutim known to have been translated by Elsie Schryver (née Davis, 1876-1933). This is part of a larger project illuminating the work of pioneering Jewish women translators and prayer authors opensiddur.org/profile/elsi...
Elsie Davis (translation) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Prayers and other works by Elsie Davis (translation) shared through the Open Siddur Project.
opensiddur.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The task I set before myself, now complete, was to transcribe all the piyyutim known to have been translated by Elsie Schryver (née Davis, 1876-1933). This is part of a larger project illuminating the work of pioneering Jewish women translators and prayer authors opensiddur.org/profile/elsi...
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Yooooooo.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Yooooooo.
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“Israel’s right-wing defenders are flailing…long accustomed to looking only left for the next threat, their necks have painfully swiveled…With their dreams increasingly discredited, we must work to awaken from the nightmare they have helped create.” thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Antisemitism exposed in the ranks of the right — the GOP-Israeli honeymoon is over
For decades, the Israeli, American Jewish and Christian Right forged what seemed like an ironclad alliance. If conservatives truly wanted to fight this battle, they would turn first to their own ca…
thehill.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Israel’s right-wing defenders are flailing…long accustomed to looking only left for the next threat, their necks have painfully swiveled…With their dreams increasingly discredited, we must work to awaken from the nightmare they have helped create.” thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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As folks keep pointing out, Musk has likely never read/understood SciFi or fantasy, and continues to show his 'knowledge' of them at lolzy levels.
So the only thing you need to know is the closest thing Musk is to SciFi is he is reality's version of the character: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.
So the only thing you need to know is the closest thing Musk is to SciFi is he is reality's version of the character: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As folks keep pointing out, Musk has likely never read/understood SciFi or fantasy, and continues to show his 'knowledge' of them at lolzy levels.
So the only thing you need to know is the closest thing Musk is to SciFi is he is reality's version of the character: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.
So the only thing you need to know is the closest thing Musk is to SciFi is he is reality's version of the character: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
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pretty sure this is the original quote
The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some act as if they are exempt from giving charity to 100 beggars in the event that one might be a fraud. —Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some act as if they are exempt from giving charity to 100 beggars in the event that one might be a fraud. —Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
pretty sure this is the original quote
The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some act as if they are exempt from giving charity to 100 beggars in the event that one might be a fraud. —Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some act as if they are exempt from giving charity to 100 beggars in the event that one might be a fraud. —Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
On the need to digitize rare manuscripts whether they are privately held or in a museum of library collection seforimchatter.substack.com/p/should-tha... — an essay by Michelle Margolis (mmargolis.bsky.social)
Should That Be In A Museum? On Access and Private Collectors of Judaica.
The Nuremberg Mahzor: History, Codicology, Liturgy and Art, edited by Elisabeth Hollender, Magnes Press, 2025
seforimchatter.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On the need to digitize rare manuscripts whether they are privately held or in a museum of library collection seforimchatter.substack.com/p/should-tha... — an essay by Michelle Margolis (mmargolis.bsky.social)
If Severance is the retelling of the myth of Orpheus that I think it may be, then I can't help but wonder what the Furies might do to Mark S. in season three
October 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
If Severance is the retelling of the myth of Orpheus that I think it may be, then I can't help but wonder what the Furies might do to Mark S. in season three
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Pledges of Allegiance to the Earth (1965-1994): opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pledges of Allegiance to the Earth (1965-1994): opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...
וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ | V’haya Im Shamo’a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow opensiddur.org?p=5424
וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ | V'haya Im Shamo'a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
A midrashic translation/ interpretation of the second paragraph of the Sh’ma. . . .
opensiddur.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ | V’haya Im Shamo’a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow opensiddur.org?p=5424
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Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) opensiddur.org?p=64075
Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This earth pledge can be found in the Church of All Worlds's newsletter, Green Egg, vol. 5, issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28. The quote, appearing after a line break of asterisks, appears to conclude an ...
opensiddur.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) opensiddur.org?p=64075
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> GO UP LADDER
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
October 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
> GO UP LADDER
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
I do not understand 'go up'
> USE LADDER
Use ladder with what?
> CLIMB LADDER
You climb the ladder
> LOOK
You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.
> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE
It's full of jewels!
> PICK UP JEWELS
You take the jewels.
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yet another attack on DEI by powerful white men 😏
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
yet another attack on DEI by powerful white men 😏
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Funny how the press + white politicians just about never refer to unarmed Black teenagers who get murdered --
like Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Ma'Khia Bryant, & younger, like Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones-
as "kids," even though they call 30something racists "kids". 🤔
like Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Ma'Khia Bryant, & younger, like Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones-
as "kids," even though they call 30something racists "kids". 🤔
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Funny how the press + white politicians just about never refer to unarmed Black teenagers who get murdered --
like Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Ma'Khia Bryant, & younger, like Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones-
as "kids," even though they call 30something racists "kids". 🤔
like Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Ma'Khia Bryant, & younger, like Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones-
as "kids," even though they call 30something racists "kids". 🤔
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The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
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today in "predicted by 30 Rock"
October 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
today in "predicted by 30 Rock"
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“As of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control.”
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics
Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.
www.cnn.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“As of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control.”
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
It's time again for one of my favorite prayers. Translated excerpt: "May we not take their (non-human animal's) energy to ourselves, Heaven forbid (ḥas v'shalom), so that we will not cause the premature deaths of domesticated-animals and wild creatures, ḥas v'shalom."
ליקוטי תפילות א:קמה | Prayer for Sukkot (Liqutei Tefilot Ⅰ:145), by Reb Nosson Sternhartz of Nemyriv adapted from the teachings of Rebbe Naḥman (ca. 1820s) opensiddur.org?p=26201
ליקוטי תפילות א:קמה | Prayer for Sukkot (Liqutei Tefilot Ⅰ:145), by Reb Nosson Sternhartz of Nemyriv adapted from the teachings of Rebbe Naḥman (ca. 1820s) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסּ...
A prayer for Sukkot linking the theme of home building and receiving Torah with a warning not to eat animals and to extend ones compassion to all creatures. . . .
opensiddur.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's time again for one of my favorite prayers. Translated excerpt: "May we not take their (non-human animal's) energy to ourselves, Heaven forbid (ḥas v'shalom), so that we will not cause the premature deaths of domesticated-animals and wild creatures, ḥas v'shalom."
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📣 THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW THIS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
🐻🐱🐶🦊 The animals are busy in our nation's capital
5️⃣ A Strike Force 5 update
🦆 Lucky Loopholes
🤣 Lester the Jester in Riyadh
🐘 The Elephant in the Room
💦 Plewds
&MORE!
GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE👇
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/busy-busy-...
🐻🐱🐶🦊 The animals are busy in our nation's capital
5️⃣ A Strike Force 5 update
🦆 Lucky Loopholes
🤣 Lester the Jester in Riyadh
🐘 The Elephant in the Room
💦 Plewds
&MORE!
GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE👇
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/busy-busy-...
Busy, busy in DC
and Lester the Jester in Riyadh
tomthedancingbug.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
📣 THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW THIS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
🐻🐱🐶🦊 The animals are busy in our nation's capital
5️⃣ A Strike Force 5 update
🦆 Lucky Loopholes
🤣 Lester the Jester in Riyadh
🐘 The Elephant in the Room
💦 Plewds
&MORE!
GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE👇
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/busy-busy-...
🐻🐱🐶🦊 The animals are busy in our nation's capital
5️⃣ A Strike Force 5 update
🦆 Lucky Loopholes
🤣 Lester the Jester in Riyadh
🐘 The Elephant in the Room
💦 Plewds
&MORE!
GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE👇
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/busy-busy-...
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Superb
Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Superb
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This is the Trump thug who wants to deny due process rights to everyone else. Turns out he was being investigated for taking $50k cash in an illegal scheme, but Trump’s DOJ dropped it.
This double standard and corruption is infecting our justice system.
This double standard and corruption is infecting our justice system.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is the Trump thug who wants to deny due process rights to everyone else. Turns out he was being investigated for taking $50k cash in an illegal scheme, but Trump’s DOJ dropped it.
This double standard and corruption is infecting our justice system.
This double standard and corruption is infecting our justice system.
What a shame #ScavengersReign never had its second season. I just finished watching the first and it's the most wondrous sci-fi animation I've seen, as if Jean "Moebius" Giraud had animated Stanislaw Lem's SOLARIS with a planet populated by the entries in the Codex Seraphinianus
September 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What a shame #ScavengersReign never had its second season. I just finished watching the first and it's the most wondrous sci-fi animation I've seen, as if Jean "Moebius" Giraud had animated Stanislaw Lem's SOLARIS with a planet populated by the entries in the Codex Seraphinianus
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A Blessing for the Bees — a New Year’s prayer for 5786 by Devorah Brous (FromSoil2Soul) opensiddur.org?p=63517
A Blessing for the Bees — a New Year's prayer for 5786 by Devorah Brous (FromSoil2Soul) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This prayer by Devorah Brous (fromsoil2soul), "A blessing for the bees (5786)" was first published as text rendered inside a video compiled by the author. . . .
opensiddur.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A Blessing for the Bees — a New Year’s prayer for 5786 by Devorah Brous (FromSoil2Soul) opensiddur.org?p=63517