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Community Planner, AICP. Shammes for the @opensiddur Project. Concerned w/ shared systems/spaces/structures for recreation/re-creation and kind practices that encourage the maturation of emotional intelligence through curiosity, compassion, and creativity

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What Tom Hollandโ€™s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i donโ€™t make the rules.

19.11.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4266    ๐Ÿ” 1527    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 175

Sorry I am only just finding your post. I too wish the dagesh แธฅazaq had its own code-point. Looping you into this separate Unicode application for recognizing the shษ™va na -- provisionallly accepted as of 27 January 2025, afaik! www.facebook.com/groups/10792...

16.11.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My group of rabbis was helping Palestinian farmers. Israelis pointed guns at us. (RNS) โ€” If our group had not consisted of American and Israeli rabbis and activists, it is likely that day could have ended with serious injuries or fatalities.

A powerful call to confront settler violence by @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social of @truahrabbis.bsky.social

religionnews.com/2025/11/12/m...

13.11.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Frame from the 2006 movie "Children of Men." Under gray city skies, illegal immigrants are held in open-air cages while riot police hold off protesters.

Frame from the 2006 movie "Children of Men." Under gray city skies, illegal immigrants are held in open-air cages while riot police hold off protesters.

Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.

"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."

The movie takes place in 2027.

11.11.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 649    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

oh! I just found one more! (this is usually how the work goes)

09.11.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elsie Davis (translation) โ€ข the Open Siddur Project โœ ืคึผึฐืจื•ึบื™ึถืงึฐื˜ ื”ึทืกึผึดื“ึผื•ึผืจ ื”ึทืคึผึธืชื•ึผื—ึท Prayers and other works by Elsie Davis (translation) shared through the Open Siddur Project.

The task I set before myself, now complete, was to transcribe all the piyyutim known to have been translated by Elsie Schryver (nรฉe Davis, 1876-1933). This is part of a larger project illuminating the work of pioneering Jewish women translators and prayer authors opensiddur.org/profile/elsi...

09.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yooooooo.

09.11.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Antisemitism exposed in the ranks of the right โ€” the GOP-Israeli honeymoon is over For decades, the Israeli, American Jewish and Christian Right forged what seemed like an ironclad alliance. If conservatives truly wanted to fight this battle, they would turn first to their own caโ€ฆ

โ€œIsraelโ€™s right-wing defenders are flailingโ€ฆlong accustomed to looking only left for the next threat, their necks have painfully swiveledโ€ฆWith their dreams increasingly discredited, we must work to awaken from the nightmare they have helped create.โ€ thehill.com/opinion/whit...

02.11.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

As folks keep pointing out, Musk has likely never read/understood SciFi or fantasy, and continues to show his 'knowledge' of them at lolzy levels.

So the only thing you need to know is the closest thing Musk is to SciFi is he is reality's version of the character: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.

29.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

28.10.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26995    ๐Ÿ” 8564    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 587    ๐Ÿ“Œ 349

pretty sure this is the original quote

The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some act as if they are exempt from giving charity to 100 beggars in the event that one might be a fraud. โ€”Rabbi Chaim Halberstam

27.10.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Should That Be In A Museum? On Access and Private Collectors of Judaica. The Nuremberg Mahzor: History, Codicology, Liturgy and Art, edited by Elisabeth Hollender, Magnes Press, 2025

On the need to digitize rare manuscripts whether they are privately held or in a museum of library collection seforimchatter.substack.com/p/should-tha... โ€” an essay by Michelle Margolis (mmargolis.bsky.social)

27.10.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Severance is the retelling of the myth of Orpheus that I think it may be, then I can't help but wonder what the Furies might do to Mark S. in season three

26.10.2025 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An illustration of a representation of the noรถsphere superimposed over a view of Planet Earth from orbit (attribution unknown)

An illustration of a representation of the noรถsphere superimposed over a view of Planet Earth from orbit (attribution unknown)

Pledges of Allegiance to the Earth (1965-1994): opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...

24.10.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ื•ึฐื”ึธื™ึธื” ืึดื ืฉืึธืžึนืขึท | V'haya Im Shamo'a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow โ€ข the Open Siddur Project โœ ืคึผึฐืจื•ึบื™ึถืงึฐื˜ ื”ึทืกึผึดื“ึผื•ึผืจ ื”ึทืคึผึธืชื•ึผื—ึท A midrashic translation/ interpretation of the second paragraph of the Shโ€™ma. . . .

ื•ึฐื”ึธื™ึธื” ืึดื ืฉืึธืžึนืขึท | V’haya Im Shamo’a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow opensiddur.org?p=5424

21.10.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) โ€ข the Open Siddur Project โœ ืคึผึฐืจื•ึบื™ึถืงึฐื˜ ื”ึทืกึผึดื“ึผื•ึผืจ ื”ึทืคึผึธืชื•ึผื—ึท This earth pledge can be found in the Church of All Worlds's newsletter, Green Egg, vol. 5, issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28. The quote, appearing after a line break of asterisks, appears to conclude an ...

Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) opensiddur.org?p=64075

20.10.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bbc news screenshot 'police focus on ladder placed against side of the Louvre'

Bbc news screenshot 'police focus on ladder placed against side of the Louvre'

> GO UP LADDER

I do not understand 'go up'

> USE LADDER

Use ladder with what?

> CLIMB LADDER

You climb the ladder

> LOOK

You are in a museum gallery. It is dark, but a display case glints in the dim light.

> EXAMINE DISPLAY CASE

It's full of jewels!

> PICK UP JEWELS

You take the jewels.

20.10.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1136    ๐Ÿ” 181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

yet another attack on DEI by powerful white men ๐Ÿ˜

17.10.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a bald man says " make it so " in front of a blurred background ALT: a bald man says " make it so " in front of a blurred background
16.10.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny how the press + white politicians just about never refer to unarmed Black teenagers who get murdered --

like Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Ma'Khia Bryant, & younger, like Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones-

as "kids," even though they call 30something racists "kids". ๐Ÿค”

16.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

For Rebbe Naแธฅman, a generation or more younger than the Vilna Gaon, one can only speculate. (Who knows?) But for the Alter Rebbe, I think we have a better idea

16.10.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The deportation order is based on Vedamโ€™s conviction for murderโ€”a crime he did not actually commit and for which heโ€™s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

12.10.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4850    ๐Ÿ” 1732    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

12.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3790    ๐Ÿ” 1022    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says heโ€™ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

โ€œAs of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control.โ€

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

10.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's time again for one of my favorite prayers. Translated excerpt: "May we not take their (non-human animal's) energy to ourselves, Heaven forbid (แธฅas v'shalom), so that we will not cause the premature deaths of domesticated-animals and wild creatures, แธฅas v'shalom."

06.10.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jacqueline Wilson - Wikipedia

Jacqueline Wilson wrote a YA novel inspired by Anne Fank: Secrets (2002) and I'm betting the publisher lifted some promo line from the hype for it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets...

05.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Busy, busy in DC and Lester the Jester in Riyadh

๐Ÿ“ฃ THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW THIS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS

๐Ÿป๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿถ๐ŸฆŠ The animals are busy in our nation's capital
5๏ธโƒฃ A Strike Force 5 update
๐Ÿฆ† Lucky Loopholes
๐Ÿคฃ Lester the Jester in Riyadh
๐Ÿ˜ The Elephant in the Room
๐Ÿ’ฆ Plewds
&MORE!
GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE๐Ÿ‘‡
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/busy-busy-...

03.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

โ€œIt actually doesnโ€™t take much to be considered a difficult woman. Thatโ€™s why there are so many of us.โ€
โ€• Jane Goodall

๐Ÿ’™ RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

02.10.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32735    ๐Ÿ” 6893    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 483    ๐Ÿ“Œ 320

There aren't too many two lane highways left within Cincinnati's city limits guarded by giant crabs. The abandoned subway system though is a completely different story

26.09.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Superb

21.09.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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