@shana-c.bsky.social
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It sucks because Direct File was one of the first times a lot of people ever had a positive experience using a government website or service.
IRS Direct File dies a sad, quick death after only a brief time among the living.
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It sucks because Direct File was one of the first times a lot of people ever had a positive experience using a government website or service.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
We ask people to make a sign that expresses what they stand for and whatever compels them. We take our signs & hold them up at a street corner, subway or bus stop, or park in our own neighborhoods.
And when people see others take a stand, they are inspired to join.
And when people see others take a stand, they are inspired to join.
Fight Authoritarianism With This Weekly Ritual of Resistance and Hope
Each Thursday, a growing movement of neighbors marches with signs and solidarity to protect democracy against Trump's authoritarianism.
msmagazine.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We ask people to make a sign that expresses what they stand for and whatever compels them. We take our signs & hold them up at a street corner, subway or bus stop, or park in our own neighborhoods.
And when people see others take a stand, they are inspired to join.
And when people see others take a stand, they are inspired to join.
Join us every Thursday night to Shine the Light: show up in your own community for half an hour. Hold a sign.
beaconfordemocracy.org
beaconfordemocracy.org
this is extremely real and I don't think people totally grasp the scope of it yet. June's No Kings had literally 3x as many protests around the country as the single biggest day of protest in Trump 1.0, and penetration into rural and red areas that we never reached back then
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us every Thursday night to Shine the Light: show up in your own community for half an hour. Hold a sign.
beaconfordemocracy.org
beaconfordemocracy.org
That's one way to act against antisemitism.
(i hope!)
(i hope!)
The pope picks Zelenskyy as the first head of state to receive a private audience.
May 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
That's one way to act against antisemitism.
(i hope!)
(i hope!)
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options:
📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop.
📕 Bookshop.org
📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.
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This statement from my congressman on Mahmoud Khalil is both good on its own merits and much better than I would have expected given Nadler's previous stances on the 2024 Gaza protests.
Good for you, Jerry. Now you, @schumer.senate.gov.
Good for you, Jerry. Now you, @schumer.senate.gov.
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This statement from my congressman on Mahmoud Khalil is both good on its own merits and much better than I would have expected given Nadler's previous stances on the 2024 Gaza protests.
Good for you, Jerry. Now you, @schumer.senate.gov.
Good for you, Jerry. Now you, @schumer.senate.gov.
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One piece of wisdom I am grateful to have absorbed is "If I can think of a solution in three seconds, the person with the problem already tried it"
no, absolutely nothing works for this for me, i have tried literally everything, i get that you're trying to be helpful but please trust me on "nothing cures my seasonal depression except never experiencing winter"
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
One piece of wisdom I am grateful to have absorbed is "If I can think of a solution in three seconds, the person with the problem already tried it"