Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
@theradr.bsky.social
Rabbi/award-winning author.
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💥Collective liberation or bust.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
You are made of Holiness and Stardust is a shirt I am putting on my Christmas list!
And! I have a shiny! new! updated! improved! better! cooler!
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
Life is a Sacred Text | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.bonfire.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You are made of Holiness and Stardust is a shirt I am putting on my Christmas list!
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Most of us come from immigrants, and stand on the shoulders of those who took a chance on America. Here's some more on that from @theradr.bsky.social:
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Life is a Sacred Text
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Most of us come from immigrants, and stand on the shoulders of those who took a chance on America. Here's some more on that from @theradr.bsky.social:
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Absolutely, thank you so much. ♥️
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Absolutely, thank you so much. ♥️
You can always kick in to help subsidize the subscriptions that we give away (to anyone, no questions asked, because there should be no barrier to learning!) over here: givebutter.com/TextEd
(AND an annual subscription is a key way to help keep us running!)
You can always kick in to help subsidize the subscriptions that we give away (to anyone, no questions asked, because there should be no barrier to learning!) over here: givebutter.com/TextEd
(AND an annual subscription is a key way to help keep us running!)
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Ruttenberg's store features the first "slogan" shirts I've seen in a LONG time that make me want to wear words on my body.
And! I have a shiny! new! updated! improved! better! cooler!
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
Life is a Sacred Text | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.bonfire.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Rabbi Ruttenberg's store features the first "slogan" shirts I've seen in a LONG time that make me want to wear words on my body.
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Just bought the solidarity shirt. I mean, it's becoming increasingly clear that folks are either looking out only for themselves or for everyone around them, too.
I don't trust the former.
Fear is a lousy driver.
Anyway...check out the Rabbi's collection...
I don't trust the former.
Fear is a lousy driver.
Anyway...check out the Rabbi's collection...
And! I have a shiny! new! updated! improved! better! cooler!
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
Life is a Sacred Text | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.bonfire.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just bought the solidarity shirt. I mean, it's becoming increasingly clear that folks are either looking out only for themselves or for everyone around them, too.
I don't trust the former.
Fear is a lousy driver.
Anyway...check out the Rabbi's collection...
I don't trust the former.
Fear is a lousy driver.
Anyway...check out the Rabbi's collection...
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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Life is a Sacred Text
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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@theradr.bsky.social
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
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Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/r/079a08cd?m...
My favorite #Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social
has a newsletter worth reading.
My favorite #Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social
has a newsletter worth reading.
Bluesky
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/r/079a08cd?m...
My favorite #Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social
has a newsletter worth reading.
My favorite #Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social
has a newsletter worth reading.
And! I have a shiny! new! updated! improved! better! cooler!
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
Life is a Sacred Text | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.bonfire.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And! I have a shiny! new! updated! improved! better! cooler!
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
💥 swag store 💥 featuring
⚔️two⚔️ designs of Judith reminding you to take your tote / lunch bag (for the heads of your enemies or anything else),
prayer for revival of the dead coffee mug,
shirts and more--
with more to come...
two days ago we could walk around in tshirts
now it is snowmageddon
hmph
(I know as a midwesterner the answer is "too bad" and "this happens every year" and YET)
now it is snowmageddon
hmph
(I know as a midwesterner the answer is "too bad" and "this happens every year" and YET)
a girl says " i 'm not ready " in front of a hbo logo
Alt: a girl says " i 'm not ready "
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
two days ago we could walk around in tshirts
now it is snowmageddon
hmph
(I know as a midwesterner the answer is "too bad" and "this happens every year" and YET)
now it is snowmageddon
hmph
(I know as a midwesterner the answer is "too bad" and "this happens every year" and YET)
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November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey, you can get gift subscriptions to the
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✨Weekly liberation-forward food for heart, soul & noggin!✨
✨ Monthly Zoom Salons! ✨
✨ 4 years of archives!✨
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For folks of any, or no, spiritual bent -
lifeisasacredtext.com/gift-subscription/
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✨Weekly liberation-forward food for heart, soul & noggin!✨
✨ Monthly Zoom Salons! ✨
✨ 4 years of archives!✨
✨ Much more!!✨
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Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Where is the rest of the Democratic Party?
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Where is the rest of the Democratic Party?
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Pressure him.
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pressure him.
Absolute queen shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolute queen shit
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
@theradr.bsky.social explains the sin of Sodom, which sounds a lot like what is happening right now: refusing to feed and help the poor.
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
On the sin of Sodom
Hint: It's not sodomy
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@theradr.bsky.social explains the sin of Sodom, which sounds a lot like what is happening right now: refusing to feed and help the poor.
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
Sodom "had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas...
Chicago never doesn't rep
Today at Broadview ICE, an excellent outfit and protest sign combination (photo taken with permission) 👊🏻🕶️
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Chicago never doesn't rep
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Not over the fact that they called their shot, followed through, and people I'm supposed to believe are "objective" and "trustworthy" still joined in the fun of attacking a Black woman
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Not over the fact that they called their shot, followed through, and people I'm supposed to believe are "objective" and "trustworthy" still joined in the fun of attacking a Black woman
This is HUGE
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is HUGE
"I can't wait until January 1st, when all the memes will finally reboot."
My tween
My tween
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"I can't wait until January 1st, when all the memes will finally reboot."
My tween
My tween
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
See On Repentance and Repair by @theradr.bsky.social if you want to do the work. Then come back to me. Saying oopsie when you're caught isn't enough
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
See On Repentance and Repair by @theradr.bsky.social if you want to do the work. Then come back to me. Saying oopsie when you're caught isn't enough
Pale of Settlemutt:
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Pale of Settlemutt:
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
My latest is full of stuff that's not easy, but is really important --
and, you know, the Talmud-- stuff that dates to 300 CE, in what's now Iraq-- is in a number of ways more progressive than USA laws ca. 1993, or even ca. today.
So. Uh.
and, you know, the Talmud-- stuff that dates to 300 CE, in what's now Iraq-- is in a number of ways more progressive than USA laws ca. 1993, or even ca. today.
So. Uh.
Sexual Assault in Torah and Talmud
complexities, some surprising insights + all the trigger warnings
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My latest is full of stuff that's not easy, but is really important --
and, you know, the Talmud-- stuff that dates to 300 CE, in what's now Iraq-- is in a number of ways more progressive than USA laws ca. 1993, or even ca. today.
So. Uh.
and, you know, the Talmud-- stuff that dates to 300 CE, in what's now Iraq-- is in a number of ways more progressive than USA laws ca. 1993, or even ca. today.
So. Uh.
I saw a fellow aging Xer wearing a Naked Raygun sweatshirt out in the wild this evening and it made me unreasonably happy
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I saw a fellow aging Xer wearing a Naked Raygun sweatshirt out in the wild this evening and it made me unreasonably happy