StatsJew
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Progressive Masorti/Conservative Jew. Statistician and US policy wonk recently laid off from the US government workforce. Married aroace with kids.
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Fruity Crisp Oreos (2016-2016): This special edition release featured golden Oreo cookies filled with a creme that was infused with crushed Fruity Pebbles (or, to avoid copyright infringement, 'fun, colorful rice crisp' pieces)
August 23, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Fruity Crisp Oreos (2016-2016): This special edition release featured golden Oreo cookies filled with a creme that was infused with crushed Fruity Pebbles (or, to avoid copyright infringement, 'fun, colorful rice crisp' pieces)
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The skinny on this is that *any* grant can be terminated at *any* time for *any* reason, making planning impossible.
For more background on this, see my thread from a few months ago: bsky.app/profile/kgan...
For more background on this, see my thread from a few months ago: bsky.app/profile/kgan...
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The skinny on this is that *any* grant can be terminated at *any* time for *any* reason, making planning impossible.
For more background on this, see my thread from a few months ago: bsky.app/profile/kgan...
For more background on this, see my thread from a few months ago: bsky.app/profile/kgan...
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And, for me personally, the insistance that all of this is totally secular, totally *unconnected* to the celebration of Jesus' birth, that only a grump wouldn't participate, is one of the most uncomfortable things about it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And, for me personally, the insistance that all of this is totally secular, totally *unconnected* to the celebration of Jesus' birth, that only a grump wouldn't participate, is one of the most uncomfortable things about it.
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Only sometimes. My synagogue president posted this on the congregation Facebook page yesterday.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Only sometimes. My synagogue president posted this on the congregation Facebook page yesterday.
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For Huss (the owner of this magazine), the connective tissue between his Christian Identity theology & his faith in "natural" foods was the idea that there were "pure" things (like white Christians & spirulina) & "impure" things (like Jews, non-white people, & soda pop).
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In this 1978 magazine published by a food faddist, we learn that Debby Boone was a poorly behaved, caffeine and junk food addicted brat of a kid who had rejected both God and her father Pat, but then she started eating right, drinking raw goats milk, and everything started going right in her life.
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For Huss (the owner of this magazine), the connective tissue between his Christian Identity theology & his faith in "natural" foods was the idea that there were "pure" things (like white Christians & spirulina) & "impure" things (like Jews, non-white people, & soda pop).
bsky.app/profile/seth...
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When I was young I remember seeing a holiday special of Puzzle Place where the Christian character hangs the Jewish character’s menorah on the Christmas tree and then is surprised when she gets mad. It’s the best representation I’ve seen of how I feel every year.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When I was young I remember seeing a holiday special of Puzzle Place where the Christian character hangs the Jewish character’s menorah on the Christmas tree and then is surprised when she gets mad. It’s the best representation I’ve seen of how I feel every year.
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the only thing musk should be remembered for
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the only thing musk should be remembered for
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I write this thread because we’re about to head into corporate holiday parties and events, and it’s a time I dread because of the “secular” celebrations that remind me how much an outsider I really am, more so than if you just called a holiday party a Christmas party.
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 AM
I write this thread because we’re about to head into corporate holiday parties and events, and it’s a time I dread because of the “secular” celebrations that remind me how much an outsider I really am, more so than if you just called a holiday party a Christmas party.
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Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 18, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
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And nothing bad about Jews who want to fit in and get ugly Channukah sweaters! But not every culture has a holiday in December (and, indeed, Hannukah can be in November).
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
And nothing bad about Jews who want to fit in and get ugly Channukah sweaters! But not every culture has a holiday in December (and, indeed, Hannukah can be in November).
The continuing irony that Christians think Channukah (a holiday about public resistance to assimilation) is just Jewish Christmas. And that if they paint a Christmas tradition blue and white, that makes it fully a Channukah thing.
And, for me personally, the insistance that all of this is totally secular, totally *unconnected* to the celebration of Jesus' birth, that only a grump wouldn't participate, is one of the most uncomfortable things about it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The continuing irony that Christians think Channukah (a holiday about public resistance to assimilation) is just Jewish Christmas. And that if they paint a Christmas tradition blue and white, that makes it fully a Channukah thing.
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Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
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“You can't always look at things from someone else's Point of View. For instance, from here that looks like a bucket of water," he said, pointing to a bucket of water; "but from an ant's point of view it's a vast ocean, from an elephant's just a cool drink, and to a fish, of course, it's home.“
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“You can't always look at things from someone else's Point of View. For instance, from here that looks like a bucket of water," he said, pointing to a bucket of water; "but from an ant's point of view it's a vast ocean, from an elephant's just a cool drink, and to a fish, of course, it's home.“
HHS Head with No Specialized Expertise Overrules Government Medical Experts
Come the Eff on @nytimes.com his critics say far more than this. He’s flat out wrong on all of it, he’s grifting, and he fundamentally misleads on everything and has for decades. And yes Vaccines save lives!! And DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
HHS Head with No Specialized Expertise Overrules Government Medical Experts
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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bsky moment
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
bsky moment
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The urge to Argue Online is impossibly seductive and powerful for some, and X is a non-stop flood of People* to Argue With
*80% of them are bots, but the arguing tastes almost as good
*80% of them are bots, but the arguing tastes almost as good
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The urge to Argue Online is impossibly seductive and powerful for some, and X is a non-stop flood of People* to Argue With
*80% of them are bots, but the arguing tastes almost as good
*80% of them are bots, but the arguing tastes almost as good
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It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
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If they tell themselves everything is equally bad, then they never have a responsibility to fight anything bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If they tell themselves everything is equally bad, then they never have a responsibility to fight anything bad.
An informational session on moving to Israel is not the same as a land sale in the West Bank. If you believe in open borders, you shouldn't be against people looking to immigrate.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
An informational session on moving to Israel is not the same as a land sale in the West Bank. If you believe in open borders, you shouldn't be against people looking to immigrate.
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"Don't give up the ship!"
This powerful naval term is so apropos. Enemies have climbed aboard, wrecking and causing mayhem - trying to sink us all. It doesn't matter what side they say they're on. The enemies are the ones looting, burning, and shooting holes in the vessel.
Throw them overboard!
This powerful naval term is so apropos. Enemies have climbed aboard, wrecking and causing mayhem - trying to sink us all. It doesn't matter what side they say they're on. The enemies are the ones looting, burning, and shooting holes in the vessel.
Throw them overboard!
"This is a time for moral clarity. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Don't give up the ship!"
This powerful naval term is so apropos. Enemies have climbed aboard, wrecking and causing mayhem - trying to sink us all. It doesn't matter what side they say they're on. The enemies are the ones looting, burning, and shooting holes in the vessel.
Throw them overboard!
This powerful naval term is so apropos. Enemies have climbed aboard, wrecking and causing mayhem - trying to sink us all. It doesn't matter what side they say they're on. The enemies are the ones looting, burning, and shooting holes in the vessel.
Throw them overboard!
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
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Agreed. It’s generally not acceptable to blanket “hate” any segment of humanity for their immutable characteristics. Children are people. They are a special class of people with caretaking needs. You don’t have to want to be the one to provide for those needs, but you do need to respect them
I think that if you HATE children, you suck. If you’re not good with them or don’t want them or would prefer to not be around them, that’s cool and should be considered normal.
But you HATE kids? You hate the FUTURE? Time must really be beating your ass, idk!
But you HATE kids? You hate the FUTURE? Time must really be beating your ass, idk!
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Agreed. It’s generally not acceptable to blanket “hate” any segment of humanity for their immutable characteristics. Children are people. They are a special class of people with caretaking needs. You don’t have to want to be the one to provide for those needs, but you do need to respect them
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A story from my dad. When his college girlfriend aced a class one time, she was very surprised to get a B. She confronted her professor, and he told her she had done A work, but he never gave women A's, as people would assume they slept together.
August 2002, Bio 101 for pre-med majors. Male professor told us to look left, look right. Only one of the three of us would graduate pre-med. Then he smirked "and if one of you three is a woman, I doubt it'll be you." That's how I started my freshman year.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A story from my dad. When his college girlfriend aced a class one time, she was very surprised to get a B. She confronted her professor, and he told her she had done A work, but he never gave women A's, as people would assume they slept together.