Ruth Adar
@rruth.bsky.social
Rabbi, Granny, Teacher. Proud Californian still rocking my Tennessee accent in English and עברית. 🖖🏻 LLAP.
I focus on sharing articles that suggest effective action for regular people, or that inspire. Also poodle and sunset photos. Do not forget to laugh!
I focus on sharing articles that suggest effective action for regular people, or that inspire. Also poodle and sunset photos. Do not forget to laugh!
Resources for aurora-chasing!
Look out for another powerful geomagnetic storm tonight! As the sun approaches its 11-year solar cycle maximum, we can expect to see more frequent and farther-reaching auroras.
@npr.org recommends a few resources to help you chase the glow 👇
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
@npr.org recommends a few resources to help you chase the glow 👇
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
The U.S. saw vivid northern lights as far south as Florida — and more could be coming
Strong geomagnetic storms brought colorful northern lights to the skies above many states on Tuesday night. Forecasters are expecting more on Wednesday.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Resources for aurora-chasing!
Ageism or good common sense? Do baby boomers need to make room for the next generation? www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers...
Boomers are clinging to their jobs, homes, and halls of power. Millennials and Gen Z are left in the dust.
As boomers cling to power, America's become a gerontocracy — in business, housing, and the workforce. Here's what it means for millennials and Gen Z.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ageism or good common sense? Do baby boomers need to make room for the next generation? www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers...
Disturbing news regarding the status of Diaspora conversions to Judaism and aliyah. Persons considering aliyah who took Zoom classes for conversion may want to talk to their rabbis.
www.jta.org/2025/10/21/r...
www.jta.org/2025/10/21/r...
She converted during the pandemic. Israeli immigration officials say her Zoom course doesn’t count. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Isabella Vinci was ruled ineligible for immigration because her coursework was on Zoom, highlighting a gap between Diaspora practice and Israeli regulations.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Disturbing news regarding the status of Diaspora conversions to Judaism and aliyah. Persons considering aliyah who took Zoom classes for conversion may want to talk to their rabbis.
www.jta.org/2025/10/21/r...
www.jta.org/2025/10/21/r...
Interesting story about a study of the U.S. rabbinate. Your thoughts, colleagues? #rabbis #Jewishclergy
www.jta.org/2025/11/12/r...
www.jta.org/2025/11/12/r...
First-ever empirical study of US rabbinate finds 'shortage' is more about fit than numbers - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interesting story about a study of the U.S. rabbinate. Your thoughts, colleagues? #rabbis #Jewishclergy
www.jta.org/2025/11/12/r...
www.jta.org/2025/11/12/r...
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Powerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S. #Science #Space #SpaceWeather #SolarStorm #Auroras
Powerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S.
The sun just spat out several coronal mass ejections that could trigger a serious solar storm on Wednesday
purescience.news
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Powerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S. #Science #Space #SpaceWeather #SolarStorm #Auroras
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Aurora from Longmont, Colorado, over Lake Macintosh 7:45 pm
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Aurora from Longmont, Colorado, over Lake Macintosh 7:45 pm
Andreas Reckwitz diagnoses our malaise and offers a cure: "Denial produces repression and resentment; fixation paralyzes. Integration means weaving loss into individual life stories and collective narratives, making it bearable without trivializing it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Opinion | The West Is Lost
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Andreas Reckwitz diagnoses our malaise and offers a cure: "Denial produces repression and resentment; fixation paralyzes. Integration means weaving loss into individual life stories and collective narratives, making it bearable without trivializing it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
A LOT of us need alt text, for a variety of reasons.
I will not RT or "like" a post that lacks it.
I will not RT or "like" a post that lacks it.
Why are so fucking many of you posting pics w/ no damn alt text?? As time goes by it’s getting worse.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A LOT of us need alt text, for a variety of reasons.
I will not RT or "like" a post that lacks it.
I will not RT or "like" a post that lacks it.
Reposted by Ruth Adar
Why are so fucking many of you posting pics w/ no damn alt text?? As time goes by it’s getting worse.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Why are so fucking many of you posting pics w/ no damn alt text?? As time goes by it’s getting worse.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
Sunset over SF Bay, 11.11.25.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Sunset over SF Bay, 11.11.25.
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[Trump] He is threatening to deploy even more troops to Baltimore, New York, New Orleans, Oakland, San Francisco, and St. Louis. The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the National Guard from being deployed in a law enforcement capacity.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
[Trump] He is threatening to deploy even more troops to Baltimore, New York, New Orleans, Oakland, San Francisco, and St. Louis. The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the National Guard from being deployed in a law enforcement capacity.
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no dem running in 2026 without a promise to abolish ICE and a to hold all involved (especially elected officials) accountable is a viable candidate.
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
no dem running in 2026 without a promise to abolish ICE and a to hold all involved (especially elected officials) accountable is a viable candidate.
How a President Should Act, 101.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Watch Obama show how a real president should act
Veterans, along with their families, received a pleasant surprise when former President Barack Obama boarded their Honor Flight to personally greet them upon their arrival in Washington, D.C., ahead ....
www.dailykos.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
How a President Should Act, 101.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Road rage is real and it is destructive. We have lots of things to be angry about these days, but acting it out on the highway does no one any good -- and it doesn't "teach a lesson" either.
patch.com/california/m...
patch.com/california/m...
Tesla Driver Stabs Cyclist In Marin County During Altercation: Police
A Tesla driver and a cyclist got into a confrontation and at some point a knife was taken out, police said.
patch.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Road rage is real and it is destructive. We have lots of things to be angry about these days, but acting it out on the highway does no one any good -- and it doesn't "teach a lesson" either.
patch.com/california/m...
patch.com/california/m...
Another reason that disguised ICE agents are a bad idea for everyone, including the ICE agents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California police intervene as ICE agent in plain clothes points gun at woman
Agent said woman was following and filming him, but officer said he couldn’t assist if no crime was committed
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Another reason that disguised ICE agents are a bad idea for everyone, including the ICE agents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Government often doesn’t work because the left cares more about procedures than outcomes, and the right opposes the outcomes."
This article is as interesting for its analysis as this guy is for his approach.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
This article is as interesting for its analysis as this guy is for his approach.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | Mamdani Isn’t the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Government often doesn’t work because the left cares more about procedures than outcomes, and the right opposes the outcomes."
This article is as interesting for its analysis as this guy is for his approach.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
This article is as interesting for its analysis as this guy is for his approach.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
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New on Velveteen Rabbi: a new #Torah #poem arising out of #ChayyeiSarah. velveteenrabbi.com/2025/11/11/r...
Rebecca falls
וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִפְנוֹת עָרֶבAnd Isaac went out walking in the field toward evening (Gen.24:63)I see you walking in the fieldas twilight paints the skyand my chest fills with …
velveteenrabbi.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New on Velveteen Rabbi: a new #Torah #poem arising out of #ChayyeiSarah. velveteenrabbi.com/2025/11/11/r...
Provocative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | You Want to Throw Your Phone Into the Sea. Here’s a Better Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Provocative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Timeline sweetener:
Maybe the coolest place in So Cal:
Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Maybe the coolest place in So Cal:
Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College's Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers
One of two collegiate teaching zoos in the U.S. — the other is in Florida — Moorpark College's facility graduates about 45 students per academic year.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Timeline sweetener:
Maybe the coolest place in So Cal:
Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Maybe the coolest place in So Cal:
Tigers, a serval and a tortoise: Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo trains students for animal careers
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by Ruth Adar
Dad with his 1-year-old says they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents in Sam’s Club parking lot
Dad with his 1-year-old says they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents in Sam’s Club parking lot
The Department of Homeland Security disputes the family's account, which was captured on video.
www.1011now.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dad with his 1-year-old says they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents in Sam’s Club parking lot
Because he sues everyone? For anything?
Why does Donald Trump want to sue the BBC for $1bn?
Why does Donald Trump want to sue the BBC for $1bn?
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news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Because he sues everyone? For anything?
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⚡️ SCOTUS will NOT overturn marriage equality 🎉
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⚡️ SCOTUS will NOT overturn marriage equality 🎉
I am so angry I cannot sleep.
Democrats, WHY?
Democrats, WHY?
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am so angry I cannot sleep.
Democrats, WHY?
Democrats, WHY?
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In December 1950, Woody Guthrie moved to an apartment building in Brooklyn. His landlord: Fred Trump, racist father of Donald Trump. Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics in 1951, and 65 years later, the Missin' Cousins from Oakland CA, recorded new lyrics to I Ain't Got No Home in this World Anymore.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In December 1950, Woody Guthrie moved to an apartment building in Brooklyn. His landlord: Fred Trump, racist father of Donald Trump. Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics in 1951, and 65 years later, the Missin' Cousins from Oakland CA, recorded new lyrics to I Ain't Got No Home in this World Anymore.