I don't think the ADL has really reckoned with how trying to support a small group of conservative donors in the short term has really destroyed their long term credibility, especially with newer organizations coming up and providing an expertise on antisemitism.

I also made vanillla cupcakes and poppy seed rugelach today.

This week's challah is done and ready. Nate asked for sesame/poppy this week. I think he has some french toast planned for this weekend! Shabbat shalom

I mean MA is already pretty blue but this is a way to seriously drive out any MAHA in the state. You do not come for Dunks, especially their iced coffee.

One of the reasons I was holding off on commenting about the scouting america thing is bc the US Govt has sadly become an unreliable source. They often say things bc they hope by announcing it, it will become true.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

My six-strand challah for shabbat tonight. Shabbat shalom everyone!

This is why people are so upset when people say Democrats need to stop focusing on trans issues because it's too woke and people aren't ready for it: we're not talking minor inconvenience here. We're not talking microaggressions We're talking: they are stripping IDs from trans people

This is a fantastic thread. One thing to add: Lots of people have trouble understanding Judaism (& zionism) bc they view religion in a Christian or Muslim way. Judaism is a cultural group, people, etc and our relationship with religion/Gd is different. Our philosophies are different.

אנחנו הכנו אוזניים המן. שימון אהב "לסיע". הם אפרסק-מנגו ופרג. We made hamentaschen. Simon loved "to help". They are peach-mango and poppy seed.

Everything bagel challah ready. Now time to make a kosher chicken paprikash (so no sour cream). Shabbat shalom everyone.

The last day to comment is today! Put in your comments about how these two proposed regulations will harm transgender youth and inject politics into healthcare.

The comment period 2 proposed regulations from CMS attacking care for transgender youth closes on 17 Feb. CMS-2451-P would prohibit Medicaid or CHIP from being used for gender affirming care. Comment against this rule here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Saw somw everything bagel mix at BJs and wanted to use it for my challah. Shabbat shalom everyone.

When I teach research, one of the things I emphasize is that how you ask a question impacts how people answer it. You have to think about how you phrase a question & how that impacts the way that people are primed and respond. Using ideology around trans rights makes a statement & primes people.

Judd Apatow, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal... My school had some interesting alum.

New CfP: Reimagining Public Administration Praxis: Queer[ing] Theoretical and Empirical Approaches. Great opportunity to build up our work on queer theory from an interdisciplinary perspective. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

We had a superbowl themed party for the Bad Bunny concert. So much fun to eat superbowl themed food like wings.We did have the superbowl on in the background but most importantly was Bad Bunny's amazing concert.I made a dried/fresh fruit & nut plate and some dips (& caneles & wings not pictured).

For MAGA, this form of cross-racial solidarity and anti-authoritarian “neighborism” is acutely dangerous. Trumpism as a political project stipulates that whiteness would override other forms of solidarity. If not, then what do they have to offer with their vastly destructive policies?

Fun fact: I learned that the cast of the Seattle football team were performing in the Superbowl by seeing this video yesterday!

Not sure why this wasn't/isn't in every newspaper when discussing RFK Jr.

6 braid challah for shabbat tonight. I am tinkering with my recipe and happy with the new way it looks. Shabbat shalom everyone.

Who the fuck wants Penn Station named after them. It is a lot nicer than it used to be but... It's still Penn Station. Like... It's Penn Station! Like its a place I need to go to or I am stuck at bc of train issues.

This is the part a lot of people I feel don't want to acknowledge.

Tapir timeline cleanse!!! Happy first birthday Ume!

Crap... My son is asking about football & the superbowl. I don't know which casts are fighting in the superbowl or which performer won the most goals. I know Bad Bunny will be doing the halftime show.

My baking from yesterday & today. Dark & Stormy cookies from the NY Times christmas cookie collection. They were yummy and had a nice lime flavor (& I usually don't like lime).

This morning we learned that my son can get onto the top shelf of the pantry where we put food we don't want him to get into and my daughter can crawl into the rooms we don't want her in so yeah... It's been a morning of discovery.

Shabbat shalom everyone. My 6-strand challah is baked. My chicken is marinating and keeping it simple (for me) tonight. I hope everyone has a restful shabbat as we explore how we can practice tikkun olam.

Gave blood today and the nurse asked me if I could try to be more straight (meaning my arms). I responded "A bunch of people asked me that in High School" and that led to a fun awkward silence.

Reupping because I am really proud of how far I have come in making macarons!

A friend of ours is doing us a big favor and helping us with pickup so I made them some macarons with a chocolate ganache filling. Their last name starts with C so I painted a little C on them.

Last night we got another 2 or 3", on top of the 16" we already had. I need the snow to stop for the rest of the winter. I have no place to put it anymore. We literally have a snow pile outside the house as tall as me!

Just south of Boston we got 10" today with the possibility of another 8" tomorrow. By the time Nate & Sy shoveled our and our neighbors driveways, it was covered again!

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky? Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices? NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN... Press release: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

This week, in my free newsletter The Queer Friendly Nonprofit, I look at 4 journal articles that came out in the past couple of years: 1) how intimate partner violence might look different for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/research-r...

So happy to be at the MLK breakfast with my BSU Martin Richards Institute for Social Justice colleagues to hear Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about being honest about our history & thinking about how we will be remembered in this pivotal moment in US History. How will we act & stand up!

Morning in Massachusetts.

It also pisses me off because naturalized citizens had to go through a process. They had to *do stuff* to become citizens. I didn't have to do anything. If anything, they ought to be *more* citizen than me, not less. Never met anyone who loved America more than immigrants love America.

A 6 strand challah for shabbat.

Things suck so get some girl scout cookies!!!

Dems always let the Republicans control the narrative. Dems make great changes and Republicans complain and Dems let that be the focus instead of saying "these fuckers are lying".

It's "interesting" that the voice missing from the discussion on Greenland are... Greenlanders. The media talks about the US or the Danish but rarely about the people who actually live on the island that is being discussed.

This looks like a fantastic and important article on how to provide healthcare for transgender youth. To no surprise, there is so much importance to affirming care.

Hosted some friends over for dinner: Coq au vin (Julia Child's recipe never disappoints, even without the bacon), egg noodles, spicy sauteed green beans, Ina Gartens brownie pudding that I guess I overcooked or something (?) & a homemade Philadelphia style Ice cream. So fun to be in the kitchen.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

Amazing anti-ICE protest in Mansfield today. Over 200 people. Thanks @rnavarre.bsky.social for inviting me!