איזה כיף להיות micromanaged על ידי מישהי בישראל דרך זום

The optimist in me hopes that the Trump-enabled collapse of commercial aviation will get people riding the train again

For the past couple of years the fall has been this gauntlet of High Holidays/rape crisis counselor training/an event I work and this year they were more spread out than usual (some years they literally overlapped, which was…. challenging), but today’s the final event and I am so excited to be done

היום אעבוד בכנס של קרן שנותנת מענקים לארגונים בישראל ואני מקווה ש אף אחד לא יגיד כלום על ממדאני. האנשים שיהיו שם בעיקר שמאלנים אבל אי אפשר לדעת מה הם מרגישים לגבי זהרן 🙃

Hello friends, I honestly need your help. Whoever can offer assistance, please do so. I support 13 people. I'm appealing to your conscience and humanity. I'm not okay. I feel suffocated, a feeling I've never experienced before. bit.ly/help-mohamed

I really dislike when people act as though the only correct way to respond to injustice is with anger, because in my personal life anger has been a pretty exclusively destructive force

Honestly this makes me like him more

Btw I have watched this film in the past decade and with the exception of a few moments and the fact that it doesn’t really know what a drag queen is it largely holds up as a film about the power of femme joy and beauty in the face of hate

My most nuclear take is that Zohran is actually a centrist on Israel-Palestine, in that he doesn’t want anyone on either side to die

Forgot to post my swim earlier because I was took busy eating a burrito. Apple added an extra lap that was just me walking to the locker room but I’ll take it. Speed was way down because there were a bunch of kick only sets.

Today one of my swim buddies told me that when you swim freestyle you’re supposed to alternate breathing on the left and the right so that you don’t mess up a shoulder and anyway guess who never learned to breathe on her left side

Just as an FYI when I post something like this it’s not a request for basic info about the waterproof status of a gadget I’ve had for over four years and have swum with many times. While I appreciated getting advice on a potential repair I am mostly just venting

שלחתי הודעה לאמא כדי להגיד לה שאבוא אצלך אחרי שאתקלח אבל בהתחלה כתבתי אתגלח כי תמיד מתבלבלת בין השניים

My Apple Watch didn’t die after today’s swim so now I’m gonna hold off on buying a new one until at least Monday 😁

They finally made a Red Bull that I, a delicate female, can drink

Every time I go to Columbus Circle for a weekend swim there is a massive line outside of Broad Nosh Bagels and I truly cannot understand how any bagel place in NYC could have a line that long. It’s NYC! Throw a rock and you’ll hit a quality bagel!

On a long enough timeline everyone outs themselves

I don’t think you should be allowed to use the phrase “big naturals” unless you have a pair attached to your body

Bonus to this response is that it highlights that plenty of sex workers post content that is a) interesting and b) not related to their jobs

He doesn’t even go here

It would be nice if people from groups that have experienced historic (and modern) oppression by Muslim governments and colonial forces could talk about that without leaning into full-on rabid Islamophobia but apparently that's too much to ask for 🙃

IDK guys, I give a shit about why super paranoid and even right wing Jews are the way that they are *partly* because I don't think the phenomenon is limited to Jews and like to understand it better to help stem the tide of oppression turning people into unhinged assholes, but *asshole* because...

I'm rewatching Steven Universe because why not and I think one of the most underrated aspects of this show is that it let us all know that Tom Scharpling can sing

Every day I edge a little closer to just turning quotes off on all my posts by default

Also, for the dummies: "improve matters" is not "improve your relationship with the person" it's "make the world you exist in better." IDK, I don't get my jollies from making right wing nutters even worse, but maybe you do.

It is deeply disturbing to me that saying "it is worth noting that one of the reasons why this person is totally detached from reality is because they grew up in severe oppression that warped their brain" is being interpreted as "he did nothing wrong"

I do think it is worth noting that this dude in particular was born in the USSR and that Soviet Jews are often — though certainly not always! — very paranoid re: antisemitism because of what they directly experienced in the USSR. Experiencing oppression can definitely fuck up your brain, guys!

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

'70s, it turns out.

Please give me one solid reason for why any photo ID card needs to list my gender

Many reasons why I am glad I grew up in the 80s/90s, but a big one is that it is burned into my brain that a peanut is neither a pea nor a nut

As someone who remembers, and lost loved ones during, the bad old days of AIDS, this piece made me tear up. 🎁 🔗

I was at a party last night and I let the host’s poodle sit in my lap and he started trying to hump me, which was whatever until the host was like, “Oh that’s weird, he usually only does that to twinks and the occasional dignified older woman.” AM I IN MY GRAND DAME ERA???

Life is horrific in Gaza for the civilians who are starving and under constant attack. They rely on our donations to survive and obtain food and medical services. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her family and raise funds to escape. And give to others. 🙏💕 tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

Roller derby girl, 2005

My Apple Watch is now doing this fun thing where after I swim it shuts down and won’t come back on for like 2 hours and it sucks but I am still trying to hold off as long as possible before I buy a new one

Having a day when I know I should rest, especially because I did an intense synchro practice and I have a stressful event I’m working on Sunday, but I also… feel weird guilt about resting

My mom, when told just now about James Watson’s death, described him as a “nasty man”

I spend a lot of time feeling like a dumb loser so it's very fun to have a phone call that reminds me that a lot of people think I'm impressive

IDK how many niche Jewish opinions I have but sure, let’s go

Someone on here pointed out that when people are dealing with dementia they are advised to clearly label everything in their vicinity to help with day to day tasks and that’s the best explanation I’ve seen for what’s happening here

Is now the time to reveal that kid me was obsessed with Maple Town and specifically Patty Rabbit?

The thing about Eric Adams is that he’s very weird but he’s also weird in a way that’s kind of familiar if you spend enough time around NYC. It’s just like… we don’t usually elect the conspiracy theory uncles to the position of mayor.

בשחייה הצורנית (וגם בכדור מים, אבל אני לא עושה את זה) רוב הזמן השחיינים עושים eggbeaters, תנועת שחייה ממש קשה. כבר שבועות התאמנתי, ואתמול באימון הרגשתי שהצלחתי לעשות!!

I get that platforming the world’s worst people is part of Ziwe’s whole deal but I personally don’t feel compelled to watch her getting sexually harassed for 20 straight minutes

We’ve finally discovered what’s wrong with Mamdani

Omg is there… hope… for Amy Schumer?

Someone get Sunny and Annie’s on this, stat