Platner does refer to having “a lot of Jews in my extended family.” He was talking to media in October about how those relatives had seen his tattoos and not complained. I assumed stepbrother or cousins, not his wife, but whatever.

It doesn’t matter. Jews can have terrible political judgement

Is Packard’s Corner a separate vortex? It’s almost a mile away, and it’s a nightmare

Are you trying to imply that rural Maine does not have a neo-Nazi problem? I hate to break it to you, but they’re everywhere

It's like he's the only human male who understands how to attract a female and the rest of them are all pandas

I want to be clear that this is intended as high praise:

That video reminds me of some Attenborough documentary about an extremely elaborate courtship ritual of some tropical bird, caught on camera for the first time in this film

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it

anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

Is that “right wing” in the sense of agents provocateur? Or as “so far to the right of the socialist ideal that they can collaborate with Schumer sometimes ?”

On the other hand, getting in and out of the tub without falling can be awfully scary for somebody who is frail and mobility-impaired. Options. It’s good to have options.

I regret that I have but one like to give for this suggestion

Does anyone know of a New Orleans restaurant with outdoor seating and vegan food? Not an entirely vegan restaurant! But it must be possible to get a meal without pork, dairy, or shellfish, beer, or wine, and a restaurant with 2+ vegan options is the best way to find that.

Yeah, but if you’re going to be there for 5 minutes, those 5 minutes should be worth something.

Hogan’s Heroes was such a funny show!

I’m counting materials change in technology change, ie steel knives are different than bronze ones. And it’s not “outdated” until an alternative is invented.

I’m not getting rid of
Bound paper books.
Candles.
Silk base layers.

(I like my gas stove but will change to electric one of these days.)

A Prayer Before Doing Community Protection Work, Going To a Protest, Lobbying a Lawmaker, or Actively Bearing Witness The moment before action is the pause before a song. Here I am, ready and willing to see what’s real and speak what’s true. Remind me there’s no shame in fear so long as I don’t let it stop me. Strengthen in me the deep desire to stand up for what I know is right. Let me be like Esther bravely going before the king. May the mitzvot be my true colors. May I live up to who I aspire to be. These are the days we've got: let us rejoice and do good in them. R. Rachel Barenblat art by Steve Silbert - a golem holding a sign that says "hazak," be strong!

New at Velveteen Rabbi: one of my pieces from "In Times Like These," Bayit: Building Jewish's new Purim offering (illustrated by Steve Silbert), and a link to the whole collection so y'all can see every amazing piece that's part of this collaboration.

A tantrum is exhausting, but sometimes you have to throw it anyway. I figured this out when I was 3.

They’re trying to force everyone back into the closet. They also want a surveillance state where hardly anything is private.

Are they using “middle class” to mean “normie?”

The “AI” we’re being peddled is really just the infinite monkey writing Shakespeare theorem, but now we’re forced to ask “how much is it going to cost to feed and clean up after that infinite monkey?”

And in both cases, the amount of shit being flung is truly staggering.

The Gen X urge to come to my window

Maybe liver with gribnes? (High fat is good for wolves and dogs doing hard work in cold, but in off-season they may just want a spoonful.)

I’d expect werewolves to have VERY low alcohol tolerance. Judith suggests serving heavily spiked eggnog w cheesecake, but you may prefer something different

Sled dogs need a lot more fat in their diet because the intense exercise in the cold burns so many calories. (And the baseline diet fora wolf that is not in hard training is pretty low-carb, high-fat.) Offer big bowls of condiments like sour cream,

I’m sure Charles 3 is painfully aware of the precedent of Charles 1.

That looks like an amazingly distracting

I don't think there's any real legal incentive, but it'd be great if Prince Andrew decided to incriminate one of his co-conspirators now.

Possible, but it would be quicker and easier to just hold the fingers out of the way with a plain metal rod and use a branding iron like for animals.

Besides, brands were on base of thumb, not over carpal tunnel. (OMG why am I thinking about this?) Decorations on mitts were centered.

He told the inquest he “fully accepted the consequences of his actions,” and I guess the grand jury considered that acceptance made the shooting not criminal. Argh. That poor woman. And her sisters.

Can’t, I’m saying to mountains “be ye removed,” and saying to lesser floods, “be dry.”

Yeah, pretty much. My followers are mostly people I know personally. Some of us are geeks who care about textual interpretation. You seem unhappy about this? Should I have taken it offline?

Oh! You mean “the story of,” as in “the story of great-grandma’s cast-iron skillet” is the story of what people did with it over the years? Or “the story of the Statue of Liberty” is the story of how it was made, how it was used, what it represented? Not the words written inside