Joseph Kapper

WISCONSIN PEOPLE, CALL TAMMY BALDWIN ASAP AND TELL HER ABSOLUTELY NOT!

And a good morning to bubbe here…

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

I love that this is literally just

we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now

Thank you for sharing this!!

Glad @mspairport.bsky.social is refraining from forcing me to watch more videos of this ghoul at TSA.

This is the way.

On a warm Sunday afternoon in Madison, lots of people were riding their bikes around Monona on the Lake Loop. I tried it another way -- by bus.

If you’re a business owner in Uptown, the mayor will grovel for you. If you’re on the West Bank, tough shit, the mayor’s supporters don’t go there. Anyway, if this story doesn’t win an award we should stop giving them out.

I miss the ubiquity of owl service 🦉

the very hungry caterpillar superimposed on an illustration of gregor samsa from the metamorphosis as a beetle

one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar

HIAS is a Jewish organization that helps refugees. Absolute antisemitism here among all the other hate.

people underestimate dewayne davis. every time i talk to him, i learn new depths to his political savvy thanks to his years in DC where notably, the political press has electeds and those working for them under a much harsher level of scrutiny than we have here in minneapolis

Solved the male loneliness epidemic at today's meeting of the charter commission when Elliott Payne and I locked eyes, eyelids stretched as far apart as possible, as if we were the only two men left alive who remember passage of the 2021 strong mayor ballot question.

Scenes from the APTA Sustainability/Operations Planning Workshop full-day multimodal tour.

Metro Transit is expanding service as other cities cut back “We are in an incredibly fortunate position,” said Metro Transit General Manager Lesley Kandaras. Service will grow by 5% starting Saturday.

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Friend: Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish?

Me: Well, what he did to that bat was no mitzvah I’ll tell you what.

*group chat standing ovation*

I’ve been looking for a Colbert quote to post that did suitable justice to my reference for him. I think this might be it.

As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party.

Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.

The only reason why I am not getting all worked up (yet) is that he has been very clear in his language to say “fast and free” buses and clarifies all the different things that make bus service successful. If he prioritizes things in the order of fast and free, it could be a sight to behold.

Alright, since all of you have mayoral primary fever and everyone on here has figured out RCV, let's shift gear from the Big Apple to the "Mini Apple."

Free transit is appealing because it is easier to explain than better transit service. That's all there is to it, as far as I can tell. But better service is what really expands access to opportunity.

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Full emails below

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

Folks - the June pick is a good one!

A hand holding a toy plastic trash can in front of a toddler playing on the sidewalk

in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled