Ruven Schwartz
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forward.com/opinion/7914... Forward Association #TodaysReading — silence is complicity because it CAN happen here
The Israel news we don’t hear – and the forces that silence us
There are layers of truth that we can unearth if we acknowledge them, but silence makes pain invisible and threatens us.
forward.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
forward.com/opinion/7914... Forward Association #TodaysReading — silence is complicity because it CAN happen here
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
Trump is not that deep. He demands loyalty and unthinking obedience. Anyone interfering with that loyalty and unthinking obedience in any way is a traitor. That is all.
Reminder: If Trump believed even for one minute his orders to the military were always going to be lawful, he would’ve endorsed the PSA from democratic lawmakers, not threatened to have them arrested and executed.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump is not that deep. He demands loyalty and unthinking obedience. Anyone interfering with that loyalty and unthinking obedience in any way is a traitor. That is all.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by Ruven Schwartz
This quote below is from Tom Murton, who was hired in the 1960s to reform Arkansas' worst prison. The governor fired him less than a year later after he started excavating unmarked graves of murdered inmates and inviting national media to write about it. Ended up running a duck farm.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This quote below is from Tom Murton, who was hired in the 1960s to reform Arkansas' worst prison. The governor fired him less than a year later after he started excavating unmarked graves of murdered inmates and inviting national media to write about it. Ended up running a duck farm.
#TodaysReading is from The Atlantic, President Piggy, by Sophie Gilbert, an excerpt:
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
#TodaysReading is from The Atlantic, President Piggy, by Sophie Gilbert, an excerpt:
Reposted by Ruven Schwartz
Check out Piggy’s “hot” economy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Check out Piggy’s “hot” economy.
#TodaysReading is from A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman. Survival of the fittest operates at the most sensitive levels.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#TodaysReading is from A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman. Survival of the fittest operates at the most sensitive levels.
Wordle 1,612 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That third at bat worked out well
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That third at bat worked out well
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wordle 1,612 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That third at bat worked out well
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That third at bat worked out well
#TodaysReading is from p.93 of the Granta paperback The Torch in my Ear, by Elias Canetti, 1981 Nobel Laureate, talking with a man famous for being a great public speaker
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#TodaysReading is from p.93 of the Granta paperback The Torch in my Ear, by Elias Canetti, 1981 Nobel Laureate, talking with a man famous for being a great public speaker
#TodaysReading, page 32 of A Natural History of the Senses, by Diane Ackerman. Turns out ACHOO is an acronym for a syndrome that results in a sneeze. Gotta respect a solid acronym.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#TodaysReading, page 32 of A Natural History of the Senses, by Diane Ackerman. Turns out ACHOO is an acronym for a syndrome that results in a sneeze. Gotta respect a solid acronym.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@thenewrepublic.bsky.social channels @theonion.com
Wordle 1,597 3/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
a wealth of riches that second guess
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
a wealth of riches that second guess
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Wordle 1,597 3/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
a wealth of riches that second guess
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
a wealth of riches that second guess
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#TodaysReading: Krakatoa, by Simon Winchester, p85, celebrates scientific evidence that the earth moves, a theory in dispute before this data was gathered. Magnetized basalt rocks “frozen” in Tertiary times, some thirty million years earlier, were used to prove tectonic plates exist.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#TodaysReading: Krakatoa, by Simon Winchester, p85, celebrates scientific evidence that the earth moves, a theory in dispute before this data was gathered. Magnetized basalt rocks “frozen” in Tertiary times, some thirty million years earlier, were used to prove tectonic plates exist.
Wordle 1,571 3/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
full moon rising over a cityscape
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
full moon rising over a cityscape
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Wordle 1,571 3/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
full moon rising over a cityscape
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
full moon rising over a cityscape
Wordle 1,570 3/6
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
always exciting when the first letter flips over a green tile
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
always exciting when the first letter flips over a green tile
October 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wordle 1,570 3/6
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
always exciting when the first letter flips over a green tile
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
always exciting when the first letter flips over a green tile
October 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wordle 1,565 3/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
not hard to figure out l2
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
not hard to figure out l2
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Wordle 1,565 3/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
not hard to figure out l2
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
not hard to figure out l2
#TodaysReading, from Krakatoa, by Simon Winchester, a memorable assessment of an otherwise obscure work:
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#TodaysReading, from Krakatoa, by Simon Winchester, a memorable assessment of an otherwise obscure work:
Wordle 1,553 5/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
so frustrating
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
so frustrating
September 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Wordle 1,553 5/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
so frustrating
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
so frustrating
the book that just came up in my new addiction, listening to books on Libby
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
the book that just came up in my new addiction, listening to books on Libby
Wordle 1,539 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
fewer hits than misses
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
fewer hits than misses
September 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Wordle 1,539 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
fewer hits than misses
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
fewer hits than misses
Wordle 1,536 5/6
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
today is one of those kinds of words
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
today is one of those kinds of words
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wordle 1,536 5/6
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
today is one of those kinds of words
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
today is one of those kinds of words
Wordle 1,535 3/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
never had an all-yellow row before
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
never had an all-yellow row before
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Wordle 1,535 3/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
never had an all-yellow row before
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
never had an all-yellow row before