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jewishreader

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Nerd. Teacher. Religious Studies PhD. San Francisco. This bio is raising many questions that can be answered by my username ;)

Permanent #ceasefire now. End the occupation. Bring the hostages home.

Profile pic: a woman with short brown hair holding a tuxedo cat. Header pic: the Spa #F1 track.

Born #Hoosier. #HotSauce aficionado. #politics, #food, #popculture, trans allyship, #sports, #photography, many RTs. Maintains a 12k link #Pinboard archive.

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It's the last day of school and I must get up and go to work, but the kitty is settled on my stomach, and federal law states that....

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Please don't let your off-leash in areas where it's not allowed. It's incredibly unsafe for your dog and also very, very triggering for people who are afraid of dogs and constrains their ability to be out in public.

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Let us all celebrate the death anniversary of Christopher Columbus, a man who was such an asshole he was jailed for mistreating Native Americans in the 15th century.

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One day I am going to sort out my dry goods shelves and get rid of all the half-used obscure processed grains and such that "don't go off”, and it's going to be great.

No more half-braised sugar-free organic tapioca maize packets taking up space!

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@vampiress Relatable content.

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Name a single sport that isn't better live.

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@philip_cardella I have never seen golf live so I cannot judge, but I see your point.

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A social media principle I try really hard to abide by even, if don't always succeed, is that if someone didn't ask a question, don't respond with an answer. If you think their comment contains a misunderstanding about something, ask them what they meant or just don't say anything. This post is dedicated to my latest Bluesky mansplainer.

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Dear City of Burlingame: CLOSE THE DOWNTOWN TO CARS ON SUNDAYS. As a driver, I don't want to be on streets the size of postage stamps that are filled with pedestrians acting like the cars aren't there.

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Today in Labor History February 27, 1902: John Steinbeck was born on this date in Salinas, California. He wrote numerous novels from the perspective of farmers and working-class people, including “The Grapes of Wrath,” “Tortilla Flats” “Of Mice and Men,” “Cannery Row,” and “East of Eden.” In 1935, he joined the communist League of American Writers. He faced contempt charges for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. The FBI and the IRS harassed him throughout his career. Yet he wrote glowingly about U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962 and the Pulitzer in 1939.

@bookstadon

jewishreader ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor He expressed that re: Vietnam because he was worried about his son, who was in combat. He recanted before he died.

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Gaza food crisis: I miss bread, says girl
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-68358053



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@ariadne @Miro_Collas @pvonhellermannn Biden is absolutely failing to use his influence and I don't think it's fatalism. Unfortunately I think he genuinely supports the Israeli government, and also is afraid of political backlash in the election. BUT we also can't underestimate how much the Israeli right thrives on their persecution complex, and the fact that Netanyahu knows this war is keeping him out of jail. So I really question whether Biden could stop this with a phone call. But FFS he should still try.

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@ariadne @Miro_Collas @pvonhellermannn My guess is he has the Leon Uris view of Israel from way back in the day, in which the Irish liberation struggle and early Zionism were linked. Ironic because of course Irish nationalists have long identified the Palestinian cause as their own. Also that he sees Israel as an important democratic [sic] ally in the Middle East. I don't think it's mercenary for him. He just happens to be wrong.

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    @philip_cardella I would argue it can be, and was, both that most of the justices were trying to preempt the USSR and that they actually believed these rulings were correct and just Constitutional law.

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    @philip_cardella Right, I'm not saying that A. all the justices were good people or B. only talking about Brown among their transformative cases. Motivations are very rarely one thing. And Brennan was on the Warren court starting in the mid '50s.

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    @philip_cardella Agreed that it's very much not clear it's their job. The Warren years appear to have been a massive anomaly in the way the Court functioned vis-a-vis the legislature and the public. Absolutely we should be able to count on our elected representatives (sigh) more than a nondemocratic body. I am also in favor of major changes to the way SCOTUS is chosen and runs.

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    @philip_cardella 💯 to all of that, including the Senate.

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    @philip_cardella I did watch it. There were elements I enjoyed also.

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    This is a disgrace. The Trader Joe's CEO will be hearing from me. And I will try not to shop there for the foreseeable future (which sucks, because I love Trader Joe's).

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/trader-joe-s-follows-spacex-in-arguing-nlrb-is-unconstitutional

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    @soaproot I tend to assume that all large businesses are anti-union unless they have a proven track record otherwise.

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    @philip_cardella I'm going with work and bored, because that's why I'm here and hopefully not trolling people.

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    🎵 Dear Non-Jews: You can fight against the oppressiveness of the Israeli state, and work toward the liberation of the Palestinian people, or even think that Israel shouldn't exist as currently constituted, and still acknowledge that Palestine was the historic homeland of the Jews as well as the historic and current homeland of Palestinians. That is just a fact of history and does not commit you to believe anything about the current state of Israel. And it makes many Jews, including many non-Zionist Jews, feel respected around you. Thank you.🎵

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