If folks want to donate. The synagogue is historic - it was bombed by the KKK in 1967 for its civil rights activism. It is the only synagogue in Jackson and is in a majority Black community. Two of its torahs were destroyed along with its whole library. checkout.square.site/merchant/P9T...

If this person who burned a synagogue had cited the Quran in defending their antisemitic attack, we'd be reading dozens of news stories about Islamic extremism. Since he cited the Book of Revelation, the media really needs to connect this to extremist forms of white Christianity.

That Faulkner quote about 1pm on July 3, 1863 comes to mind too.

After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

I watched Ken Burns’s The Civil War last weekend and bad guy Mary Chestnut’s words keep ringing in my ears: “We are divorced…because we hate each other so.”

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

I still watch the last ten minutes of the Six Feet Under finale if I need a good cry.

See also: a “gummy smile” fixed by putting Botox in the upper lip so it doesn’t move (this doesn’t look nice on anyone)

Look, this is how I know 1/6 was exactly what most of us thought it was (a violent insurrection and attempted coup): one of the dumbest people I’ve ever met was there with his phone live-streaming. When they turned to go to the Capitol genius yelled—on FB—“we’re storming the Capitol!”

The Pitt S3 is going to straight up be 12 episodes of people coming in with worse and worse symptoms from VPD.

Yeeeesssss since you know that man doesn’t believe in hand washing

I know an adult who developed gastroparesis after having the flu. Any Gen Xer or elder millennial should remember that Hillary Whitney in Beaches died of viral cardiomyopathy, which is caused by a whole slew of diseases—some of which can be prevented through…vaccination.

The ad writes itself, truly

Freestanding birth centers can address maternal health inequities, but many are facing mounting financial and regulatory pressures. via @stateline.org

One thing I know it does is plant seeds of skepticism in the minds of people who otherwise would have been inclined to fully vaccinate their kids. My 18 year old’s first pediatrician didn’t like giving the MMR at 12 months and you better believe that freaked me out about it.

👇👇👇 👇 My 72-year old mother gets every single bug my toddler niece and nephew bring home because she’s with them all the time. Kids who are vaccinated are germ factories—imagine what it’ll be like when they’re not vaccinated against RSV, flu, or rotavirus at all.

A good place to start: www.planahealth.org Primary care in the MS Delta—including evidence based vaccines for everyone—is 100% free for all patients regardless of insurance status.

Jesus, they got rid of rotavirus, flu, and RSV. When I read this I think back to how many anti-vax arguments are centered around how a baby who has a stay at home mother who breastfeeds will “be fine” if they’re infected with these illnesses. And it’s not breast milk—it’s BREASTFED—

The same way “I work with a person of color; therefore, they must have gotten this job over a white person who deserved it more” is DEI.

I have Covid, so I’m convalescing like a 75 year old granddad (yes, that means watching Ken Burns documentaries). Currently watching The War and I can’t get over what was asked of teenagers—my grandfather lost his arm when he was fucking 22—only to end up with this shit we’re dealing with now.

Has anyone who’s had Covid recently gotten a really bad runny nose? If so, did you take anything that worked? No congestion; I can breathe through my nose ok.

No me not can like this

We went to the Sugar Bowl in 2019 and left before the stupid game was even over (which is typically anathema to my “we can’t leave while the game is on” while it was sleeting during the 2000 Ole Miss game” husband).

Ugh why am I still awake for this

I just watched San Andreas with The Rock (because why not) and I cannot describe the incandescent rage I feel about Trump supporters after watching a movie that ends on a hopeful, patriotic note about the competency and goodness of the American government.

We have an 85 lb LGD and a 25 lb doodle. The doodle came from a puppy mill, so the LGD has taught him everything about being a family dog (he is basically what she guards). Their dynamic is hilarious—he, for instance, is often tasked with altering us to things like the water bowl being empty.

I’m watching Deep Impact and can 100% see a scenario where a democratic president makes an executive order prohibiting price gouging in the face of an impending ELE and the current SCOTUS declares it unconstitutional.

So this with the caveat that I read this book over the course of two days (The Stand is one of my favorite books) and my sleep was deeply affected by that decision, but this story—MONTHS later—still keeps me up at night.

Sat next to Michelle Kwan at my 10 year HS reunion almost 20 years ago (she was dating a friend of mine—my senior prom date, actually!). Funnily enough, I had a six week old and a toddler and we discussed pregnancy and now she has a newborn and a toddler.

Watched La Bamba—at *daycare*—when I was 7.

We talk about how so many of these tech billionaires and Republican operatives desperately want to be seen as cool but we also need to talk about how a lot of the so-called thought leaders of the left have the same need.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains.

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This is a perfect story

Why does Meredith go all day in clothes covered in dried egg

I’ve been listening to podcasts about the fall of Nazi Germany but I’m sure it’s just coincidental that there’s where my head is now

I haven’t seen Alabama come out flat like this since THE LAST GAME THEY PLAYED WHICH FOR SOME REASON THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF COMMITTEE PRETENDED DID NOT HAPPEN

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

Love how they’re putting dialogue over the overtly sexual lines in I’m So Excited

Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do. Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball

We haven’t watched either this year, but The Family Man with Nic Cage and Tea Leoni is a Christmas must watch b/c my husband and I went to see it on our first NYE together. The Hallmark gender swap version with Lacey Chabert that came out a few years ago hits a little…different.

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Thinking of those plaques in the White House, the destruction of the Rose Garden, etc, if a Democrat wins in 2028, they should do a live feed of everything being jack hammered.

“It’s the landed aristocracy exploiting all your enmity. All your daddies died in vain, leave you with the mark of Cain.” Indigo Girls, Become You (2002)

I know complaining about weather predictions is the most cliche thing ever, but the app that accurately predicted the inch or so of snow we got last week assured me this would be a half inch of rain. Anyway, at least Murray enjoyed the 5 or so inches of snow we got instead.

Today is the 13th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, which resulted in 26 deaths, 20 of them 6 and 7-year-olds. That we did not limit access to guns after Sandy Hook, once and for all, makes the deaths at Brown University all the more heartbreaking. We must end this now.

Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.

Happy 30th anniversary to Sense and Sensibility! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #senseandsensibility #senseandsensibility1995