Rachel
@nerdypsychlady.bsky.social
The name says it all, nerd school psychologist she/her
Our son’s current favorite game is smelling all the spices in the cabinet. He’s playing this game with his dad now but they paused to bring me the sesame seeds. It’s so cute I could die
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our son’s current favorite game is smelling all the spices in the cabinet. He’s playing this game with his dad now but they paused to bring me the sesame seeds. It’s so cute I could die
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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October 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.
Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.
And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.
And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.
Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.
And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.
And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
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Ah, a perfect time to remember 9 year old Bobbi, who got Karen'd by her neighbor, a city council member, for studying and eradicating the latern flies in her neighborhood.
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ah, a perfect time to remember 9 year old Bobbi, who got Karen'd by her neighbor, a city council member, for studying and eradicating the latern flies in her neighborhood.
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Just a reminder that a staggering number of Black women have also lost their jobs due to capitulation to this administration. That deserves more outrage.
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just a reminder that a staggering number of Black women have also lost their jobs due to capitulation to this administration. That deserves more outrage.
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#OpEd: "Time and time again, society places the burden of safety and survival on [the back of Black girls], expecting them to self-police, shrink, and obey unwritten, ever-changing rules that were never designed to protect them in the first place." www.teenvogue.com/story/adulti...
Black Girls Won't Be Safe Until We Finally Let Them Be Children
Adultification bias steals innocence from Black girls, and it can have devastating consequences.
www.teenvogue.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#OpEd: "Time and time again, society places the burden of safety and survival on [the back of Black girls], expecting them to self-police, shrink, and obey unwritten, ever-changing rules that were never designed to protect them in the first place." www.teenvogue.com/story/adulti...
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Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
One of my new anime club kids as we are watching Lucky Star: This anime has lots of personality in a good way but it looks a little weird. It’s like you Ms. Name. And I about died laughing, that description is so me. I missed my anime club kids.
August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of my new anime club kids as we are watching Lucky Star: This anime has lots of personality in a good way but it looks a little weird. It’s like you Ms. Name. And I about died laughing, that description is so me. I missed my anime club kids.
@mcgiro.bsky.social and I are doing a demon slayer re-watch to prep for Infinity Castle. It’s one of my favorite anime hands down because it’s got a lot of what I love in Magical Girl anime.
August 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
@mcgiro.bsky.social and I are doing a demon slayer re-watch to prep for Infinity Castle. It’s one of my favorite anime hands down because it’s got a lot of what I love in Magical Girl anime.
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4: The Venn diagram of dudes who engage in moral panic about intermarriage and dudes who tell a lot of misogynistic jokes about Jewish mothers, Jewish wives, and JAPs isn’t quite a circle, but it’s close.
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
4: The Venn diagram of dudes who engage in moral panic about intermarriage and dudes who tell a lot of misogynistic jokes about Jewish mothers, Jewish wives, and JAPs isn’t quite a circle, but it’s close.
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2: I find moral panic about intermarriage tiresome. I think it’s inevitable in a free society, and that we have real moral crises to attend to.
August 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
2: I find moral panic about intermarriage tiresome. I think it’s inevitable in a free society, and that we have real moral crises to attend to.
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I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
(real, one-shot :p )
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
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We do not belong to our past (although I hope we’ll treat it with care and respect).
We do not belong to our future (although I hope we’ll build toward it with hope and joy).
We the Jews are multifaceted— beautiful, broken, and always becoming, generation to generation. But we are not yours.
We do not belong to our future (although I hope we’ll build toward it with hope and joy).
We the Jews are multifaceted— beautiful, broken, and always becoming, generation to generation. But we are not yours.
August 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We do not belong to our past (although I hope we’ll treat it with care and respect).
We do not belong to our future (although I hope we’ll build toward it with hope and joy).
We the Jews are multifaceted— beautiful, broken, and always becoming, generation to generation. But we are not yours.
We do not belong to our future (although I hope we’ll build toward it with hope and joy).
We the Jews are multifaceted— beautiful, broken, and always becoming, generation to generation. But we are not yours.
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We the Jews are not yours.
We do not belong to republicans “protecting” us (if we believe the “right” things).
We do not belong to Israeli ministers “keeping us safe” by starving civilians
We do not belong to protestors claiming immunity from antisemitism because some Jews support their cause.
We do not belong to republicans “protecting” us (if we believe the “right” things).
We do not belong to Israeli ministers “keeping us safe” by starving civilians
We do not belong to protestors claiming immunity from antisemitism because some Jews support their cause.
August 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We the Jews are not yours.
We do not belong to republicans “protecting” us (if we believe the “right” things).
We do not belong to Israeli ministers “keeping us safe” by starving civilians
We do not belong to protestors claiming immunity from antisemitism because some Jews support their cause.
We do not belong to republicans “protecting” us (if we believe the “right” things).
We do not belong to Israeli ministers “keeping us safe” by starving civilians
We do not belong to protestors claiming immunity from antisemitism because some Jews support their cause.
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We do not belong to rabbis who say that our Judaism doesn’t count because of who we love, how we practice, which of our parents (if either) passed our Judaism to us, or how we feel about politics international or domestic.
We do not belong to demographers who claim us when it’s convenient
We do not belong to demographers who claim us when it’s convenient
August 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We do not belong to rabbis who say that our Judaism doesn’t count because of who we love, how we practice, which of our parents (if either) passed our Judaism to us, or how we feel about politics international or domestic.
We do not belong to demographers who claim us when it’s convenient
We do not belong to demographers who claim us when it’s convenient
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Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.
www.engadget.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Today on my run set for the 5k training Thor told me one obstacle was that a bus was leaving and if I didn’t catch it I would be fired and unable to pay rent. I swear my programming just took over and I spirited like Cap in Infinity War even though I am so out of shape. Thor why are you like this?!
July 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today on my run set for the 5k training Thor told me one obstacle was that a bus was leaving and if I didn’t catch it I would be fired and unable to pay rent. I swear my programming just took over and I spirited like Cap in Infinity War even though I am so out of shape. Thor why are you like this?!
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Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
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The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
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The (Ed) Tech Industry has made citizens believe that the problem with education is reading, thinking, and writing when the problem with education is austerity.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
July 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The (Ed) Tech Industry has made citizens believe that the problem with education is reading, thinking, and writing when the problem with education is austerity.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
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i bring a real "stop saying this is impossible/a problem only solved by tech when you mean institutionally we've committed to under-resourcing human expertise" to a lot of meetings that people are forced to begrudgingly agree with before moving on as if i said nothing
The (Ed) Tech Industry has made citizens believe that the problem with education is reading, thinking, and writing when the problem with education is austerity.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
Reading, thinking, and writing are not the problems to be solved. Austerity is.
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
i bring a real "stop saying this is impossible/a problem only solved by tech when you mean institutionally we've committed to under-resourcing human expertise" to a lot of meetings that people are forced to begrudgingly agree with before moving on as if i said nothing
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There is no such thing—in my mind—as “school lunch debt.” There are sadistic thieves who are withholding food from children. That is what we have. Children should be given food when they are at school. Given.
July 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There is no such thing—in my mind—as “school lunch debt.” There are sadistic thieves who are withholding food from children. That is what we have. Children should be given food when they are at school. Given.
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And bc these funding streams are directed at either specific activities (PD) or special populations (ELL services) some people might say "well that doesn't affect me."
Thats incorrect. These are budget bombs and they will disproportionately harm already underfunded districts (more pain for cities)
Thats incorrect. These are budget bombs and they will disproportionately harm already underfunded districts (more pain for cities)
July 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And bc these funding streams are directed at either specific activities (PD) or special populations (ELL services) some people might say "well that doesn't affect me."
Thats incorrect. These are budget bombs and they will disproportionately harm already underfunded districts (more pain for cities)
Thats incorrect. These are budget bombs and they will disproportionately harm already underfunded districts (more pain for cities)
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These cuts happen where the federal $ hit the states so it's going to take a second to understand how this will affect your school and your kids, especially over the summer.
A lot of the scrambling will happen behind the scenes while everyone is distracted/occupied/tired AF.
A lot of the scrambling will happen behind the scenes while everyone is distracted/occupied/tired AF.
July 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
These cuts happen where the federal $ hit the states so it's going to take a second to understand how this will affect your school and your kids, especially over the summer.
A lot of the scrambling will happen behind the scenes while everyone is distracted/occupied/tired AF.
A lot of the scrambling will happen behind the scenes while everyone is distracted/occupied/tired AF.