Liora Halperin

My interview on KUOW’s Soundside about the anniversary of 10/7 www.kuow.org/stories/how-...

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

Oy… “The man said he was hunting rats on Wednesday with a pellet gun…
Ordinarily, that would have been that, a minor criminal justice matter. But these are not ordinary times. The man is a visiting professor at Harvard, and he fired the pellet gun near a synagogue during a Yom Kippur service.”

Turtle with blue winter hat on its head

Except Antarctica, Todd Sturgell (2021) www.sourcebooks.com/978172823326...

A Loud Winter’s Nap, Katy Hudson (2017) shop.capstonepub.com/Shop/s/produ...

Jewel tone drawing of an insect on a red flower on green background

If Only, Mies Van Hout (2021) pajamapress.ca/book/if-only/

The Littlest Yak, Lu Fraser / Kate Hensley (2021) www.peachtreebooks.com/book/the-lit...

White duck walking under dark cloud against blue background

Grumpy Duck, Joyce Dunbar /Petr Horáček (2019) www.candlewick.com/978153620424...

Child holding microscope within which are visible cute watercolor microbes with eyes

A Garden in Your Belly, Masha D’Yans (2024) lernerbooks.com/shop/show/20...

Owl in knight armor against full moon

Knight Owl, Christopher Denise (2022) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...

Whimsical creature with large teeth riding a bike

The Creature of Habit Tries His Best, Jennifer E. Smith /Leo Espinosa (2024) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/689882...

Cover with angry looking turtle looking at angry looking tortoise

Turtle and Tortoise are NOT friends, Mike Reiss / Ashley Spires (2019) www.harpercollins.com/products/tur...

Cover of King Lion, yellow lion roaring atop a clock tower

Emma Yarlett, King Lion (2024) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743309...

More beautiful children’s picture books: a thread of some recent favorites

Flyer “Seattle public library is here for you” viewed from the back which makes YOU look like JOY

@spl.org Seattle Public Library: Here for JOY

Call this maybe-happening, maybe not Gaza agreement what you want, ceasefire, deal, agreement, whatever, but stop using the word “peace.” It’s not.

Of course now there’s bike repair

Brought some shoes to the cobbler and realized that I’ve been spending much less on shoe repair since I started biking rather than walking everywhere

But seriously, try as people might, social democracy doesn’t work well on the scale of a city. It needs to be embedded in state and federal systems oriented to the social good. The limits should show us that we need more, not less, of these policies.

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

Rich people hate utopia. Only dystopia for them. “If you start trying to create a socialist utopia in Portland, I don’t see how you can avoid the fact that people with money are not going to be attracted to it,” said Frank Dixon, the former chair of the OR Dem. Party. “Isn’t that common sense?”

Ad for funbibi.com showing shirt with image of a cat shooting a bow and arrow

Strange ad to see on…Al Jazeera app

I just had my second dream that I went to high school with Taylor Swift and we share the same birthday (neither is true).

Once a year, and only once a year, on erev Yom Kippur, I remember that I own no white clothing at all

What is a “multiuse bathroom”? #1 and #2?

“Fall is here, so is our Cappy(tm) lineup.” Baskin Robbin’s ad

Um, that word you decided to trademark looks a lot like an adjective that you prob don’t want associated with your product

The Rain Has Begun (welcome back to my regular Seattle 9mo a year wardrobe)

Just realized that Vance (as in JD) in its standard transliteration into Hebrew is identical to the word that means “and he raped”

Figures by state feel super meaningless. Much more interesting are comparisons between metro areas of similar population.

Please, cropped pants, never go out of style. Us short-legged, alteration-avoidant people need you.

Screen shot from etymonline page for sermocination https://www.etymonline.com/word/sermocination

I hereby declare myself a sermocinatrix

Cover image and title of The Bacteria Book written by Steve Mould

He was on one destined life trajectory and then took a surprise turn