A fire at a synagogue in southwest Florida days before Rosh Hashanah is being investigated as a hate crime, police say.

Welp.

That coat feels like a hate crime.

I get the rapture jokes and I’m enjoying them as much as the next guy and also I hope everyone is keeping in the back of their minds the fact that these folks are literally praying that all the Jews in the entire world drop dead tonight so they can climb over our dead bodies to reach heaven

On the National Mall this morning, a new satirical statue is up celebrating Jeffrey Epstein and Trump's "friendship" in honor of National Friendship Month.

Shul is full. How will I know the rapture happened?

Getting a garlic bagel with egg and cheese before services. Because nothing says “happy new year” like garlic breath.

Breaking character: Ken White has a fantastic post about how "free speech culture" undermines free speech. It's something I've thought about a lot before, but Ken knows way more about it than I do and explains it really well. www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...

I'm not the first to notice the reinvention of @wired.com from mouthpiece of tech ideology to showing everyone else how to do journalism today, but this cover is something else. The inclusion of their own hagiographic covers in the back is a nod to that shift, which is beautiful. Also…

one of the bigger shifts in republican party messaging over the last decade has been the complete abandonment of talk about family values in anything but a very shallow way

New Atheism is literally a core component of the alt-right pipeline. Let's not pretend that religion is the actual issue or that not being religious prevents someone from being a core part of the issue.

No. People need to get a lot less assholeish.

Opinion | The woke left violated Disney’s right to free speech by forcing the company to put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air

Christian atheists *really* don't like being told that they're susceptible to antisemitism and other religion-related bigotry.

Trump’s inability to pronounce “acetaminophen” raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.

yet again (and unfortunately, always) relevant

I could be nice about all this but at this point all i’ve got to say is just do some fucking reading (or use google, such as it is) and spare us all your bullshit.

There's a very good reason why it's a very bad idea to let anyone own 38 stations on the same network.

Also yes we’ve been talking about Kimmel, a rich white dude who’d be fine without the job, but his show employs 200 people who have struggled through five incredibly hard years. We saved 200 jobs by standing together for the guy who used to make women jump on trampolines, and that’s a win.

"Form the dough. Knead until it’s as elastic as the truth."

Currently killing time in the shul’s parking lot. Got here early for parking.

My professional assessment is that Ezra Klein is a moron @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

Shaun King pivoting right because the left got tired of his grift is hilarious.

Happy Rosh Hashanah y'all.

New update for the “how couples meet” chart that’s been floating around

AppleOne should have an annual subscription option.

Bookmark this for the next time some up-their-own-ass, terminally-online, reddit-flavored internet atheist starts vomiting up bullshit about the "big 3" or "the 3 Abrahamic religions"

Honestly surprised I haven’t cried while listening to Incense and Sensibility like I did with the previous 2 books.

Some folks saying “these weren’t as bad as I thought they’d be” and let’s be clear: the return of Jesus means the massacre of all Jews. And they know that. They know that being forced to bend the knee means convert or die. Even if the language isn’t explicit as you expected these are death threats.

l'shana tova shitbirds!

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

The date Saturday was with a perfectly nice guy, but I’m not attracted to him. Nor was there any spark. I feel like dating is pointless at this point. Like, I’m fine with being single. But at the same time, I wouldn’t mind having what my parents had.

I had to unfollow a few Oregon and UO meme pages because they were eulogizing Kirk. Fuck that shit, I’m out.

“Kindness is punk rock” - Superman (2025)

Evergreen

I need to stop trusting farts.

TLDR: Normalize and expand adult sex education programs that discuss full consent, full equality, all the intricacies your high school gym teacher couldn't really explain

Spreading blood libel is happening today, if you can believe it. Tucker Carlson fueled the antisemitic conspiracy yesterday at Charlie Kirk’s memorial – the lie that fueled pogroms, massacres & centuries of persecution. Repackaging it for today’s politics is just as dangerous.

It’s Dog’s adoption anniversary.

Silicon Valley spent years replacing real world human communities and interactions with poor digital facsimiles of them. Now, they are marketing AI friends to alleviate the loneliness epidemic that their products continue to cause. I wrote about why this is destined to fail. Gift link:

I’m 10 minutes early to a date that was set up by a local matchmaker. I’m not even sure if he RSVPed yes to her. I’m going to wait until 3:15 and then bounce. I optimistically put the parking meter on for 2 hours. If I don’t use it, I figure it’s payment for all those times I didn’t pay for parking.

Lemme be absolutely clear *every* H-1B visa employee at my (large cap) US firm was summoned back to the office from wherever they were in the world today for this crap. For some, it was utter panic. Appalling.

People acting like Disney being fascist is new should go back and read the company’s history. Disney himself was a Nazi-sympathizer and only got into the US propaganda film game because he was also a staunch Nationalist. Before that he literally hosted dinner parties for Nazis.

Taylor Lorenz loves to go on the attack when someone says anything she doesn’t agree with. But she can’t seem to take it when people push back on her bullshit.

I just called Disney+ to cancel my account and had the most joyful interaction with an operator who was laughing the entire time about how many people had canceled today. I can only imagine how it feels to spend an entire day witnessing how many people want to stop fascism.

Just want to note that the directions for these weapons state that they are specifically not to be aimed at the face or head.