I think a lot of people have trouble facing the fundamental reality that defeating Trumpism is hard.

"minority leader gets all the anti trans language removed from budget bill despite it being a loud major public objective of the majority party" is a thing that happened and is more impressive than anyone on this site gives credit for

a lot of the chuck schumer discourse on this website reminds me of the non basketball people who thought they could totally beat that one basketball guy just because he was low ranked for pro ball

he is probably not the greatest to ever ball but he knows ball well enough Republicans have been very limited on how much they have been successful in passing, despite having a majority

tbh i think a generation of Democrats In Disarray articles convinced a lot of people that chuck schumer is a lot worse at operating in Senate than he actually is

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A4: I think that a lot of Exodus and most of Leviticus can be read as a reminder that most sacred things require infrastructure and ongoing unexciting work. Sometimes you've got to clean up ashes. #ParshaChat

Q4: What's going on here? Why mention utensils for cleaning up the ashes? #ParshaChat www.sefaria.org/Exodus.27.3?...

A3: I'm thinking, in part, about how important it can be to be treated as the kind of person with a legitimate claim on fancy things. Eg: Is gold only for kings and rich people treated like kings? Or is it for communal undertakings? #ParshaChat

Q3: How might using gold (and other fancy materials) in the Mishkan/sanctuary be an expression of caring about people or support caring about people? #ParshaChat www.sefaria.org/Exodus.25.11...

A2: Another thought I have about this is that there's a *really* different vibe in communities where everyone is seen as a contributor than in communities in which most people are seen as recipients of a donor's generosity. #ParshaChat

A2: I'm thinking about how a flexible and open-ended call to donate materials is inclusive in some ways and complicated in others. #ParshaChat

Q2: Reading with the assumption that we're supposed to care about people, what could we learn from Exodus 25:2 about how to approach communal projects? #ParshaChat www.sefaria.org/Exodus.25.2?...

Q1: Doing a format experiment: We’ll look at Exodus 25:1-27:19. It’s a bit too long to thread, so I’ll just link to Sefaria. Looking through the verses, what are your impressions? Does anything raise questions or stand out as particularly important? #ParshaChat www.sefaria.org/Exodus.25.1-...

A0: Shabbat Shalom #ParshaChat! I'm Rabbi Ruti Regan, here to moderate and looking forward to the conversation! I've been trying to teach my kids some Hebrew, which has been an interesting experiment. We're expecting snow again tomorrow.

Q0: Introduce yourself! Anything about you, your week, or your interest in #ParshaChat that you'd like to share.

Our current theme for #ParshaChat text study is reading the text with the assumption that we are supposed to care about people. If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!

Welcome to #ParshaChat, a Jewish space for discussion of the weekly Torah reading (and sometimes other things!) This week we are studying: Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 www.hebcal.com/sedrot/terum...

I will rarely speak this directly about an individual candidate. But as a Jew and as someone baffled this is even up for debate I feel like speaking up. We are living in the upside down. How is this even an argument?

I'm a reporter! I am not a Mainer! I don't have a candidate! I am simply making the point Nazi tattoos are bad, disqualifying, and his explanations for this are implausible.

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A2: It's really interesting to me that the same section that names circumstances in which someone wouldn't be criminally liable for killing a burglar *also* refuses to frame burglary as a capital offense. #ParshaChat

A2: One thing that's interesting to me about this is the broader contexts in which a *lot* of things are treated as capital offenses. #ParshaChat

Q2: Looking at the parts of 22:1-2 that address violence towards a burglar, what do you make of the distinction between different circumstances? Is there something to be learned about caring about people? #ParshaChat

It's kind of surprising to me that the section on liability for fires focuses so much on crop damage given that fires are *also* extremely dangerous to people and animals. #ParshaChat

Trying a new version of the opening question; let me know what you think of this approach. #ParshaChat

Q1: Today, we'll focus on Exodus 21:28-22:14. Looking through the verses, what are your impressions? If we read with the assumption that we're supposed to care about people, which verses are most straightforward? Which are more difficult? What do you make of this? #ParshaChat

Shabbat shalom #ParshaChat! I'm Rabbi Ruti Regan, here to moderate and looking forward to the conversation.

Having some technical difficulties with Bluesky today, but am here for #ParshaChat

Exodus 21:28-22:14, for #ParshaChat study of Mishpatim: Sefaria: www.sefaria.org/Exodus.21.28... Verses also threaded below:

Q0: Introduce yourself! Anything about you, your week, or your interest in #ParshaChat that you'd like to share.

Q0: Introduce yourself! Anything about you, your week, or your interest in #ParshaChat that you'd like to share.

Our current theme for #ParshaChat text study is reading the text with the assumption that we are supposed to care about people. If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!

Welcome to #ParshaChat, a Jewish space for discussion of the weekly Torah reading (and sometimes other things!) This week we are studying: Mishpatim Exodus 21:1-24:18 www.hebcal.com/sedrot/mishp...

Does anyone know an insurance company that can deliver a quote for business general liability coverage without several rounds of "Thanks for answering our questionnaire for the 8th time, we'll call you back" and then they don't? At this point it's literally "whoever can deliver a quote first wins"

PASSED: the House just passed the resolution to end Trump's tariffs on Canada. Not many crosses from Republicans, a lot of vulnerable incumbents took a dumb vote here to stick with Trump and GOP leadership. Goes to the Senate, which is likely to pass it. Will share the vote sheet when I have it!

Jamie Raskin uses his introductory statement to introduce a bunch of the survivors, sitting right behind Pam Bondi.

There is no home health care industry without immigrants. Objectively

Teachers: You're weird. Stop sounding like that, stop moving like that, stop looking like that. Peers: You're weird. Stop sounding like that, stop moving like that, stop looking like that. Therapists: Here, let me teach you how to stop moving like that, sounding like that, and looking like that.

I still love my country. And I'm still horrified that a majority of American voters signed up for another four years of this.

Looking for fiction recommendations (especially middle grades but any age including adults too) with these plot elements:

One rule I try to follow is that if I care about something enough to form and express opinions about it, I need to care enough to make sure I know what I’m talking about.

I do not think “we hate neurodiversity so much we’d rather be represented by guys who sell fake cures that have killed children” is a widely held or representative parent sentiment, actually!

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Some behavior is shameful and should be treated as such.

All people had to do to prevent this is vote for Kamala Harris.

It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.

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A4: One possibility: If Moses was trying to be responsible for more than it was actually possible for him to manage, a lot of balls would inevitably get dropped. That could be really exhausting for others to deal with. Leaning on something unstable can end really badly. #ParshaChat

Q4: In addition to warning Moses that he would wear himself out trying to be the sole judge, Yitro warned Moses that he would wear the people out as well. How so? What was the risk to others of Moses taking on too much leadership? #ParshaChat