Miriam Jayne
@miriamjayne.bsky.social
Roller-skating, coffee-drinking, song-making, feminist Trekkie nerd mom. You know me from Stereo Sinai, Throwing Sheyd, or that conference that one time. By day I’m an agency CEO: tinywindowsconsulting.com
Delightful responses abound!
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Delightful responses abound!
I mean, we’re working on it…?
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I mean, we’re working on it…?
Everything is burning down but we still need music???
My Rebbe Nachman-inspired punk band is playing a backyard sukkah show next Thursday night, 10/9.
DM me for deets.
My Rebbe Nachman-inspired punk band is playing a backyard sukkah show next Thursday night, 10/9.
DM me for deets.
October 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Everything is burning down but we still need music???
My Rebbe Nachman-inspired punk band is playing a backyard sukkah show next Thursday night, 10/9.
DM me for deets.
My Rebbe Nachman-inspired punk band is playing a backyard sukkah show next Thursday night, 10/9.
DM me for deets.
Tom Clancy’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Tom Clancy's A Tale of Two Cities
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Tom Clancy’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
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“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
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so you know how I'm frequently like "hey, [THING] is not a binary, it's multivalent and complex and nuanced, please stop treating it as a binary"
as it turns out, cognitive rigidity/binary thinking is a primary predictor for extremism:
bigthink.com/mini-philoso...
as it turns out, cognitive rigidity/binary thinking is a primary predictor for extremism:
bigthink.com/mini-philoso...
The 4 psychological markers of ideological extremism
What do Coke bottles, thrill-seeking, and a shrunken prefrontal cortex have in common? They all help explain extremist ideologies.
bigthink.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
so you know how I'm frequently like "hey, [THING] is not a binary, it's multivalent and complex and nuanced, please stop treating it as a binary"
as it turns out, cognitive rigidity/binary thinking is a primary predictor for extremism:
bigthink.com/mini-philoso...
as it turns out, cognitive rigidity/binary thinking is a primary predictor for extremism:
bigthink.com/mini-philoso...
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from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
July 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
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May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
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Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
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Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
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Come hang out with me and the @judaismunbound.bsky.social crew this year erev Shavuot --
I'll be on midday Sunday talking about what the Book of Ruth can teach us about community care in times of suffering.
Join us!
bit.ly/2025shavuot
I'll be on midday Sunday talking about what the Book of Ruth can teach us about community care in times of suffering.
Join us!
bit.ly/2025shavuot
May 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Come hang out with me and the @judaismunbound.bsky.social crew this year erev Shavuot --
I'll be on midday Sunday talking about what the Book of Ruth can teach us about community care in times of suffering.
Join us!
bit.ly/2025shavuot
I'll be on midday Sunday talking about what the Book of Ruth can teach us about community care in times of suffering.
Join us!
bit.ly/2025shavuot
Happy to welcome Sunlight and Simcha to the family! Thx, PAWS Chicago 😻
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Happy to welcome Sunlight and Simcha to the family! Thx, PAWS Chicago 😻
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
Watched the first season of this show on Kumail’s recommendation. Lived up to his assessment exactly. So, so good.
Common Side Effects is the best show that I hear too little about. Animated show on Max by Mike Judge and the folks behind Scavenger’s Reign (another banger.) It’s hilarious, surprising, moving and profoundly relevant. Full recommendation.
April 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Watched the first season of this show on Kumail’s recommendation. Lived up to his assessment exactly. So, so good.
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Booker beats Thurmond
April 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Booker beats Thurmond
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“Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”
-John Waters.
-John Waters.
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”
-John Waters.
-John Waters.
In my next life I would like to be bodega cat.
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In my next life I would like to be bodega cat.
I’ve long maintained that the difference between American tv and British tv is that Brits put smart people in a room and let them say whatever they want and Americans put stupid people in a room and script them.
After the SOTU tonight, methinks the theory stands.
After the SOTU tonight, methinks the theory stands.
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’ve long maintained that the difference between American tv and British tv is that Brits put smart people in a room and let them say whatever they want and Americans put stupid people in a room and script them.
After the SOTU tonight, methinks the theory stands.
After the SOTU tonight, methinks the theory stands.
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Fascism is unsustainable. It is inherently built to fail, despite what its leaders want you to think.
The bigger question is not whether it will stand. It is: can we hurry its demise? Limit its danger to the vulnerable?
And just as important: what will we build after?
The bigger question is not whether it will stand. It is: can we hurry its demise? Limit its danger to the vulnerable?
And just as important: what will we build after?
March 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Fascism is unsustainable. It is inherently built to fail, despite what its leaders want you to think.
The bigger question is not whether it will stand. It is: can we hurry its demise? Limit its danger to the vulnerable?
And just as important: what will we build after?
The bigger question is not whether it will stand. It is: can we hurry its demise? Limit its danger to the vulnerable?
And just as important: what will we build after?
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.
—Hannah Arendt
—Hannah Arendt
February 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.
—Hannah Arendt
—Hannah Arendt
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Remembering today that Chaplin self-funded The Great Dictator because the studios were too afraid of taking sides when there were so many Nazi sympathizers in the States that they didn’t want to alienate
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Remembering today that Chaplin self-funded The Great Dictator because the studios were too afraid of taking sides when there were so many Nazi sympathizers in the States that they didn’t want to alienate
“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.”
- Dr. Susan Bernstein
- Dr. Susan Bernstein
February 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.”
- Dr. Susan Bernstein
- Dr. Susan Bernstein
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I am just looking around today, feeling overwhelmed by the number of extraordinary people I know who have been working very hard for a very long time towards making this flying rock safer and more free for more people.
I know these times are scary. They are.
But we're not alone. You are not alone.
I know these times are scary. They are.
But we're not alone. You are not alone.
January 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I am just looking around today, feeling overwhelmed by the number of extraordinary people I know who have been working very hard for a very long time towards making this flying rock safer and more free for more people.
I know these times are scary. They are.
But we're not alone. You are not alone.
I know these times are scary. They are.
But we're not alone. You are not alone.
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Mr. Rogers was talking to children. If you’re an adult, you’re supposed to be the goddamn helper (as much as is possible).
there is something insidious about adults internalizing “look for the helpers” as an immediate reaction to tragedy instead of thinking about ways to become one.
we are not all of the same ability but we have a common duty to each other… find your way.. become a helper… so others may find theirs.
we are not all of the same ability but we have a common duty to each other… find your way.. become a helper… so others may find theirs.
January 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Mr. Rogers was talking to children. If you’re an adult, you’re supposed to be the goddamn helper (as much as is possible).