The Intrepid Arachnid
@spiderine.bsky.social
An intrepid arachnid with delusions of grandeur, a queer Jew, an angry radical bitch. i make nothing but good trouble. She/her
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Exactly this! Judaism cares way more about leaving a good legacy and a better world. Our social responsibilities to the world and each other. Whether or not we do it for god or an afterlife is an afterthought often.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Exactly this! Judaism cares way more about leaving a good legacy and a better world. Our social responsibilities to the world and each other. Whether or not we do it for god or an afterlife is an afterthought often.
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
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So this is apparently a very low tech theft, but a good reminder thats how most of the world works. An amusing story from PDX … 1/
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So this is apparently a very low tech theft, but a good reminder thats how most of the world works. An amusing story from PDX … 1/
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.
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BREAKING
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
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"This isn't the ending I wanted!"
Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.
Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"This isn't the ending I wanted!"
Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.
Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.
this reminds me of something...
When logic fails, constitutional rights become the go-to defense. #CalvinandHobbes #MathHomework
August 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
this reminds me of something...
🧵
1. You may have noticed something. I used to talk about the president’s dementia pretty regularly, but haven’t in months. That’s because I’ve lost faith. I used to believe the Washington press corps would see the plainly obvious. I no longer believe that. The hypocrisy is too baked in.
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🧵
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Necessary tools from the bad old days (or: the smallest taste of why marriage equality matters.)
August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Necessary tools from the bad old days (or: the smallest taste of why marriage equality matters.)
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"There has never been a higher risk that you will be placed in a situation in which you will be ordered to do things that will make you a villain. Not a villain by my standards. Not a villain by the standards of leftists or anti-imperialists ... A villain by your own standards"
August 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"There has never been a higher risk that you will be placed in a situation in which you will be ordered to do things that will make you a villain. Not a villain by my standards. Not a villain by the standards of leftists or anti-imperialists ... A villain by your own standards"
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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My friends went to be Chicago leather museum and texted me this
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My friends went to be Chicago leather museum and texted me this
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I was 7 months old!
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I was 7 months old!
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NEW ARTICLE! On the dangers of AI: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Soul Stripping
Against AI, again.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Keep the two distinct in your head.
August 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Keep the two distinct in your head.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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“Oh we couldn’t stop it”
you could have
You could have
You could have not been a social niceties game playing asshole
And so many of you do NOT do it and just like Bari want to erase everything before only after the people you’ve harmed are irrevocably damaged
you could have
You could have
You could have not been a social niceties game playing asshole
And so many of you do NOT do it and just like Bari want to erase everything before only after the people you’ve harmed are irrevocably damaged
July 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Oh we couldn’t stop it”
you could have
You could have
You could have not been a social niceties game playing asshole
And so many of you do NOT do it and just like Bari want to erase everything before only after the people you’ve harmed are irrevocably damaged
you could have
You could have
You could have not been a social niceties game playing asshole
And so many of you do NOT do it and just like Bari want to erase everything before only after the people you’ve harmed are irrevocably damaged
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I just sent this out.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
to Jews, on the Gaza famine
an open letter: we have been commanded
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I just sent this out.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
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well when you put it like that
last four Republican presidents:
- senile actor who did arms for hostages and destroyed the social safety net
- his VP, ex-CIA director who started a war
- that guy’s son, born again wastrel who started another war
- pedophile reality tv star who destroyed the constitution
- senile actor who did arms for hostages and destroyed the social safety net
- his VP, ex-CIA director who started a war
- that guy’s son, born again wastrel who started another war
- pedophile reality tv star who destroyed the constitution
July 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
well when you put it like that