Herself

I was reading a book about the late Roman Empire this week that repeatedly said "A hungry populace is a rebellious populace." And we may be about to find out.

I don't live in New York. I will - God willing - never live in New York. I don't even really want to visit New York. Can I please stop being forced to care who is mayor of New York now?

Why? If you're very lucky, they'll share their recipes with you so you can appreciate stir-friend tomatoes and eggs over rice as the ultimate comfort food, and honestly wouldn't that make everyone's life a little bit better? (Unless you have a nightshade allergy; you folks get a pass.)

Which is why Jesus wasn't the Mosiach; since we are evidently not living in an age of peace and plenty.

Only to the extent that something would change if the prophecy was complete. God didn't tell us to follow the law until the Mosiach showed up. If the Mosiach arrived tomorrow or in a million years or never, Jews would still follow the law. Just, in the event of Mosiach, in a more peaceful world.

Given that we at least sort of nominally believe in reincarnation, perhaps both are true?

Yeah, maybe we just don't talk about David at all? Because "God's favorite bisexual fuckboi" just doesn't make good middle school curriculum.

The only Paul Revere I'm interested in is a horse. #beastieboys4eva

Does no one else find a "No Kings" protest in the UK (or, frankly, Sweden) kind of ironic? No? Just me then...?

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

How nice of the trees to match the protesters.

That is the gayest Oberon costume I've ever seen, and I once costumed a Midsummer production done entirely in drag. A+, well done, no notes.

A human born of a Jewish mother, or converted through study, approval by a rabbinical court, and immersion in a mikveh.

A chat bubble with the words "Chuck Tingle is the human embodiment of the phrase "when the going gets weird the weird turn pro", and now I'm going to have to tweet that at him, because he'll enjoy it.

@chucktingle.bsky.social , you're about to get a new fan. Or several. (You're welcome, happy to help.)

Reject modernity, embrace tradition.

To say nothing of how obvious it is that none of these people understand what ACTUALLY makes the US military threatening. It's not because of how "lethal" it is, it's because we have perfected the science of putting a shitload of Stuff anywhere on the planet in like a day and a half.

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

War ravaged Portland

Things that deeply fucking disturb me: Given his social history and my social history the chances I was fucked up at a party with Curtis Yarvin some time in the late 90s-early 2000s are so close to one as to be indistinguishable, and seriously... can you give your soul a shower? Is that a thing?

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?

YES WE ARE

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

...unless by 'the gulag' you mean a fuzzy foot stool that we can hide in and stick our heads out of and then go hide some more, in which case, yes please.

The first album I bought for myself was the Pretty Woman soundtrack. On vinyl.

However much you hate your annual gyno appointment, you don’t hate it enough because literally EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT IT could be less painful, less humiliating, and less poorly designed if any of it had been developed based on actual science and not Man Science.

With this administration it could literally be anything from "We have discovered a source of unlimited clean energy!" to "I saw the worlds cutest guinea pig video, and I need to share!" so how confident can you be that it's a wrong answer?

Someone needs to park under her window with a boom box playing Boney M's "Rasputin" at high volume until she gets a clue.

Just in case anyone else is wondering - because Spotify clearly is - the Kalevala and the Kabbalah? TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

Rabbi: There is one consistent theme that runs through the Talmud.

Me: Demons also study Jewish law.

Rabbi: Well, yes, but that’s not what I’m referring to.

Me: Palm trees are scary.

Rabbi: Please let me finish.

As my grandfather would say "Well, worse things have happened at sea..."

I JUST WANT TO EDIT THE DOCUMENT I WAS EDITING TWENTY MINUTES AGO, STOP TRYING TO HELP ME.