looking at you, folks who scoff at wearing masks in, at the very least, indoor public spaces even as we watch the wanton destruction of our public health system & collapse of healthcare infrastructure.

Palestinians in the West Bank are living under a regime of settler violence that can and does explode at any moment. In Gaza they are living in unbearable conditions created by a US backed war. For our country to respond by closing our borders to them is a failure.

This is the administration's new Muslim (and others) Ban. It includes "full restrictions and entry limitations on individuals holding Palestinian-Authority-issued travel documents." It is racist, it is immoral, and it is wrong. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

But will they also do something about the tolerance and acceptance of antisemitism?

Ah, my 2nd favorite part of seeing a doctor is when another patient checks in with an appointment scheduled at the exact same time as mine. My favorite part is being the only person wearing a mask at a cancer treatment center when research is starting to show a link between covid & aggresive cancer.

Fuuuuuuuck this weekend, I mean it. Anybody want a peanut? (In honor of Rob Reiner. May his memory be a blessing.)

TV news having trouble triaging an antisemitic mass murder on Chanukah, a mass shooting at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, and the apparent murder of one of America’s most beloved movie directors

“So bow down to her if you want, bow to her. Bow to the queen of slime, the queen of filth, the queen of putrescence! Boo! Boo! Rubbish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo! Boo! - The Ancient Booer

Tonight's candle is in honor of my bubbe and grandpa. This is their hanukia. Chag sameach. Am Yisroel Chai. Mir veln zey iberlebn.

Judaism is not a religion. It’s something western languages don’t have a single word for. We are, to paraphrase Dara Horn, a joinable tribal group with closed ritual practices. To reduce us to religion is colonial thinking and minimizes the richness of our culture and peoplehood.

Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.

No suffering in Palestine will be relieved because some Jews trying to celebrate Chanukah were murdered in front of their children for being visibly Jewish. This was not retributive justice, just bigoted murder.

Palestinians are on here every day until safety deletes them for asking for money to survive a genocide and not one of them has ever asked anyone to carry out an act of terror in a random country against random Jews because that doesn't stop their suffering. A Muslim disarmed the killer. Stop it.

Are you pro-Palestinian or antisemetic? 1. Do you support organizations working for peace and human rights for all (eg - Realign for Palestine, Standing Together, or A Land for All), or do you think a fundamentalist organization that oppresses Palestinians will free Palestine through violence?

Chicagoland's Canfield's Diet Cherry Chocolate Fudge

My Muslim sister was the only one of us who wasn’t blown away. “He acted exactly as a Muslim should in a situation like that.” What a light in this tragedy.

If you oppose holding all Muslims responsible for 9/11, or for what the Saudi government does now, you understand this principle. 2/2

I’ll never forgive the rabid Jew-haters for making a world where rabbis and Jewish educators have to conjure up some explanation that’s somehow appropriate for Jewish children to explain why Jews get killed. Zecher tzaddik livrachah. “The memory of the righteous is for a blessing.” (Proverbs 10:7)

No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.

Wise words from the Rebetzin of Chabad of Pocono Pines, PA: “Chanukah is not about denying darkness. It is about lighting a candle in spite of it.”

the world is sustained by the Lamedvavniks

The FUCKING IRONY of it all is that when these mass killings remind Jews that we are not safe anywhere and we react like any human being would and dream of a homeland, we are then blamed for wanting a homeland where we don't have to live with people who hate us. We can never be humans. Ever.

V’ahavta by Aurora Levins Morales www.auroralevinsmorales.com/blog/vahavta

This is how the vast majority of Jews and Muslims live - we want peace, security, and human decency. All the rhetoric of extremists on all sides obscures this, but it's true everywhere in the world. Everywhere.

11 people in Australia were killed today by gunmen while they celebrated the first night of Chanukah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Targeted because they were Jews. As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.

Stop fucking killing us. Stop celebrating when our people are massacred, when our synagogues are set on fire, when our schools are shot at, when our children and elderly are violently attacked. Stop saying we deserve it because you don’t like Jewish people. Just fucking stop! #BondiBeach #Chanukah ✡️

It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.

Remember there is no reason for alarm. You can easily protect yourself with a well-fitted respirator. Back it up with air filtration and vaccination.

Do people know that we can now test for flu and Covid? So that you do not need to guess what you have from the symptoms? Why are we even doing scans to see whether a breast lump is cancer? www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

It's a wrap for #BathChildrensNovelAward 2025! Thank you to all entrants. We can't wait to read your work and discover this year's longlist. Longlist news emails will go out 18 December. Good luck everyone!

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

I am so fucking tired of mediocre white men thinking they are gods.

BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers! gothamist.com/news/starbuc...

Oh Hanukkah oh Hanukkah Come light the menorah What is this holiday? It’s not in the Torah…

Shit I do for work:* - purchase box of rat finger puppets - email Demi Lovato's representatives to follow up on her TripAdvisor promo - research how long it takes to die if a person is poisoned with rodenticide - ask if hepa filters are allowed for police interviews *writing a novel counts as work

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 Tell me again that Cövid doesn't effect children 🤬‼️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.

I love my job so much.

Want to attend the Garbage & Rats in NYC history walking tour for $1? Great news! TripAdvisor has a promotion now - if you download their app, you get $50 in credit to use toward any Thing to Do, which includes my tour. Book today! We'll have a great time!

Perfect day: I ran a 4 mile race and hit a personal best time in my post-illness running; attended an online Jewish writer's conference (thanks @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social !), edited my WIP, and read "The Payback" by @kashana.blacksky.app

I will never understand why we stopped calling people who move to another country immigrants.

I transcribed a diary of an Alexandria woman who had nothing positive to say about the Rev War generation of men. The context was how they’d denied her the education she wanted. Her words are harsh. I wonder how many other women felt the same, but we only ever hear Abigail’s voice.

How is my google storage full when I haven't added anything to it in over 18 months????

I saw W Kamau Bell say on Subway Takes that every New Yorker should have to spent two weeks every year in the South, and honestly, no. Rural Southerners should spent two weeks in NYC. If they’re nice, they can do a week here and a week in some Ben and Jerry’s ass part of Vermont in the summer

Yeah, I was thinking this yesterday. There was so much emphasis on ensuring that non-urban people didn't feel looked down upon that there wasn't a defense of cities as a place to live. One in 27 Americans lives in the LA metro area! Nearly twice as many as Indiana!

Dear Hollywood, PLEASE make a movie in which Jason Statham fights ICE. Thanks, Suzanne

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

turns out Larry Summers really was a raging sub-literate misogynist creep this entire time, who could have known

Did the forecast show rain? No. Did I bring an unbrelka? No. Is it raining? Of course it fucking is.