Vicki Rosenzweig
@rosvicl.bsky.social
Born and raised in New York City, living in Boston, disabled. Bi, polyamorous, she/her. Masking, because covid is not over. Tea, cats.
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Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
Address correction: I will be sitting shiva for my mother, Eve Kugler, tomorrow, Monday, at 6:00 at Havurat Shalom, _113_ College Ave., Somerville, MA. (I typo'ed the street address.) Gathering in the backyard starting at 6, the service will start when we have a minyan.
April 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Address correction: I will be sitting shiva for my mother, Eve Kugler, tomorrow, Monday, at 6:00 at Havurat Shalom, _113_ College Ave., Somerville, MA. (I typo'ed the street address.) Gathering in the backyard starting at 6, the service will start when we have a minyan.
About my mother: <a href="https://www.het.org.uk/news-and-events/1325-eve-kugler-bem-1931-2025">Eve Kugler BEM 1931 – 2025</a>
Jewish News: <a href="https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/she-lit-up-every-room-beloved-holocaust-survivor-eve-kugler-dies-aged-94/">"She lit up every room"</a>
Jewish News: <a href="https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/she-lit-up-every-room-beloved-holocaust-survivor-eve-kugler-dies-aged-94/">"She lit up every room"</a>
April 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
About my mother: <a href="https://www.het.org.uk/news-and-events/1325-eve-kugler-bem-1931-2025">Eve Kugler BEM 1931 – 2025</a>
Jewish News: <a href="https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/she-lit-up-every-room-beloved-holocaust-survivor-eve-kugler-dies-aged-94/">"She lit up every room"</a>
Jewish News: <a href="https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/she-lit-up-every-room-beloved-holocaust-survivor-eve-kugler-dies-aged-94/">"She lit up every room"</a>
My mother, Eve Kugler, died unexpectedly last week. I got to London in time to see her, in the hospital. The funeral was on Thursday. My brother and I sat shiva Thursday night at Mom's flat, and I will also be sitting shiva Monday at 6:00 at Havurat Shalom, 133 College Ave., Somerville, MA.
April 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My mother, Eve Kugler, died unexpectedly last week. I got to London in time to see her, in the hospital. The funeral was on Thursday. My brother and I sat shiva Thursday night at Mom's flat, and I will also be sitting shiva Monday at 6:00 at Havurat Shalom, 133 College Ave., Somerville, MA.
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When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
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While perusing videos of how people are shutting MAGA out of their lives and what reactions they're getting, I came across an interesting theory that explains both why MAGA are so confused that the rest of us are doing this, and why it's so upsetting to them.
They *need* leftists in their lives. 1/
They *need* leftists in their lives. 1/
November 30, 2024 at 2:56 PM
While perusing videos of how people are shutting MAGA out of their lives and what reactions they're getting, I came across an interesting theory that explains both why MAGA are so confused that the rest of us are doing this, and why it's so upsetting to them.
They *need* leftists in their lives. 1/
They *need* leftists in their lives. 1/
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Where ever you are it’s time to walk into the shrink’s office, sing him a bar of Alice’s restaurant and walk out.
November 28, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Where ever you are it’s time to walk into the shrink’s office, sing him a bar of Alice’s restaurant and walk out.
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I've been an activist and an organizer for almost 20 years.
In that time, I have *never* seen a space, system, or organization weakened or worsened by ensuring the inclusion of disabled folks.
Indeed, Boston Dyke March has been WONDERFULLY enriched by the presence of disabled comrades.
In that time, I have *never* seen a space, system, or organization weakened or worsened by ensuring the inclusion of disabled folks.
Indeed, Boston Dyke March has been WONDERFULLY enriched by the presence of disabled comrades.
Conversely, as all the organizers I have ever worked with have pointed out, creating disability first spaces and systems makes those spaces and systems better for everyone every single time.
November 28, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I've been an activist and an organizer for almost 20 years.
In that time, I have *never* seen a space, system, or organization weakened or worsened by ensuring the inclusion of disabled folks.
Indeed, Boston Dyke March has been WONDERFULLY enriched by the presence of disabled comrades.
In that time, I have *never* seen a space, system, or organization weakened or worsened by ensuring the inclusion of disabled folks.
Indeed, Boston Dyke March has been WONDERFULLY enriched by the presence of disabled comrades.
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Turkeys just hit different on the Yucatán Peninsula.
This is the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata): a somewhat showier, strikingly blue-skinned, more obviously iridescent and baubled cousin of the familiar slate-and-copper wild turkey (M. gallopavo)
📷 ryanacandee, Flickr Creative Commons
This is the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata): a somewhat showier, strikingly blue-skinned, more obviously iridescent and baubled cousin of the familiar slate-and-copper wild turkey (M. gallopavo)
📷 ryanacandee, Flickr Creative Commons
November 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Turkeys just hit different on the Yucatán Peninsula.
This is the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata): a somewhat showier, strikingly blue-skinned, more obviously iridescent and baubled cousin of the familiar slate-and-copper wild turkey (M. gallopavo)
📷 ryanacandee, Flickr Creative Commons
This is the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata): a somewhat showier, strikingly blue-skinned, more obviously iridescent and baubled cousin of the familiar slate-and-copper wild turkey (M. gallopavo)
📷 ryanacandee, Flickr Creative Commons
Thanks for letting me know, we were thinking of buying some stuff there soon, but not if it means crossing a picket line.
Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday:
1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
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1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis
www.google.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Thanks for letting me know, we were thinking of buying some stuff there soon, but not if it means crossing a picket line.
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That opening line assumes facts not in evidence.
1. This Thanksgiving, you and your family can all agree on one thing: salmonella is gross.
They’re resilient little germs that can survive hours to days on surfaces, and they can’t be killed by drying or freezing. Here’s how to keep them away 🧵
They’re resilient little germs that can survive hours to days on surfaces, and they can’t be killed by drying or freezing. Here’s how to keep them away 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 7:11 PM
That opening line assumes facts not in evidence.
I hope them offering February appointment means they're not worried. My ophthalmologist's office once found me an appointment in two days, but that was for an existing patient. They also suggested the emergency room if I didn't want to wait even that long.
November 28, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I hope them offering February appointment means they're not worried. My ophthalmologist's office once found me an appointment in two days, but that was for an existing patient. They also suggested the emergency room if I didn't want to wait even that long.
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If they come to your school or public library to ban books in your community, we’ll help you fight back!
Just launch a campaign on fightforthefirst.org
We’ll support your campaign every step of the way!
Just launch a campaign on fightforthefirst.org
We’ll support your campaign every step of the way!
Fight For The First
Fight for the First draws on the power of people like you to create a movement against book bans. But what sets Fight for the First apart from all the other petition sites out there? It’s not just...
fightforthefirst.org
November 24, 2024 at 4:51 PM
If they come to your school or public library to ban books in your community, we’ll help you fight back!
Just launch a campaign on fightforthefirst.org
We’ll support your campaign every step of the way!
Just launch a campaign on fightforthefirst.org
We’ll support your campaign every step of the way!
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Blimey! This is quite something. 👣👣👣
Wake up, babe! New fossil footprints just dropped! 🏺🧪
Trackway found in Kenya shows that H. erectus and P. boisei basically lived side-by-side, which is bonkerballs cool!
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Trackway found in Kenya shows that H. erectus and P. boisei basically lived side-by-side, which is bonkerballs cool!
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species
A set of footprints found at the site of Koobi Fora in Kenya reveals that our ancestor Homo erectus coexisted with a now-extinct bipedal hominin, Paranthropus boisei, 1.5 million years ago.
www.livescience.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Blimey! This is quite something. 👣👣👣
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WISDOM IS BACK!!!
(If you're not familiar, this fantastic queen of a bird has been hatching chicks on Midway for at least 74 years and is practically saving her species)
(If you're not familiar, this fantastic queen of a bird has been hatching chicks on Midway for at least 74 years and is practically saving her species)
Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
November 28, 2024 at 6:31 PM
WISDOM IS BACK!!!
(If you're not familiar, this fantastic queen of a bird has been hatching chicks on Midway for at least 74 years and is practically saving her species)
(If you're not familiar, this fantastic queen of a bird has been hatching chicks on Midway for at least 74 years and is practically saving her species)
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But on a purely pragmatic level, the desire to censor LGBTQ+ content, but *especially* trans content, is *the* current single primary driver of illiberal censorial bullshit internet laws today. Being vocal and adamant about trans rights and dismantling transphobia protects digital civil liberties.
November 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM
But on a purely pragmatic level, the desire to censor LGBTQ+ content, but *especially* trans content, is *the* current single primary driver of illiberal censorial bullshit internet laws today. Being vocal and adamant about trans rights and dismantling transphobia protects digital civil liberties.
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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Vancouver knows what’s up.
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First “The Discussion” posters spotted.
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First “The Discussion” posters spotted.
November 28, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Vancouver knows what’s up.
🔥🔥🔥
First “The Discussion” posters spotted.
🔥🔥🔥
First “The Discussion” posters spotted.
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The 2024 hurricane season was a wacko one. Micheal Mann’s take: “A more disturbing possibility is that the climate system is no longer behaving quite the way it used to, and some of the old rules and relationships no longer apply.” That’s my suspicion as well.
"Reflections on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season" | My latest on the michaelmann blog: michaelmann.net/content/refl...
Reflections on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Now that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season seems to be coming to a close, it is worth reflecting on what transpired and what we might learn from it. By most measures, it was an active, destructive an...
michaelmann.net
November 27, 2024 at 10:24 PM
The 2024 hurricane season was a wacko one. Micheal Mann’s take: “A more disturbing possibility is that the climate system is no longer behaving quite the way it used to, and some of the old rules and relationships no longer apply.” That’s my suspicion as well.
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And while we’re at it, let’s revive hither/hence, thither/thence, and whither/whence!
November 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
And while we’re at it, let’s revive hither/hence, thither/thence, and whither/whence!
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i just want you to know that if you told your trump relatives to fuck off, i’m proud of you
November 28, 2024 at 8:34 PM
i just want you to know that if you told your trump relatives to fuck off, i’m proud of you
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We really need to hold the line that vaccines like clean drinking water and basic sanitation are public health tools that save lives. Telling people not to vaccinated is like saying don't wash your hands before handling food. It works until it doesn't
November 28, 2024 at 1:16 AM
We really need to hold the line that vaccines like clean drinking water and basic sanitation are public health tools that save lives. Telling people not to vaccinated is like saying don't wash your hands before handling food. It works until it doesn't
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a free thing you can do when an author is promoting a book they worked hard on, and you don't want to read it, is just not say anything!
Why would I want to pay to read what I already know?
November 28, 2024 at 2:39 AM
a free thing you can do when an author is promoting a book they worked hard on, and you don't want to read it, is just not say anything!
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I’m looking for people who performed on Broadway in the 70s, particularly ppl worked with Ben Vereen or performed in any of the Black-themed shows so prevalent at that time.
If this is you or others you know, I appreciate any interest you may have in chatting with me.
Thank you!
If this is you or others you know, I appreciate any interest you may have in chatting with me.
Thank you!
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I’m looking for people who performed on Broadway in the 70s, particularly ppl worked with Ben Vereen or performed in any of the Black-themed shows so prevalent at that time.
If this is you or others you know, I appreciate any interest you may have in chatting with me.
Thank you!
If this is you or others you know, I appreciate any interest you may have in chatting with me.
Thank you!
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Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...