Gail Labovitz
@gailsl.bsky.social
That’s Rabbi Dr. Professor to you! Faculty (Rabbinic Literature and Halakhah) at the AJU/Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and Conservative rabbi. she/her
Let’s just say I’m M*A*S*H years old…
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Let’s just say I’m M*A*S*H years old…
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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“January 6 was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business they did not like.” Mitch McConnell said that—& then he turned around and disgracefully voted for Trump’s acquittal. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Snapshot: Accountability and Telling the Truth
On this fifth anniversary of the J6 Capitol attack, let's resolve that we will hold the criminals accountable when our current dark chapter is over
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“January 6 was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business they did not like.” Mitch McConnell said that—& then he turned around and disgracefully voted for Trump’s acquittal. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
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For might makes right
And till they've seen the light
They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Till somebody we like can be elected
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...
And till they've seen the light
They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Till somebody we like can be elected
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...
Tom Lehrer - Send the Marines
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM
For might makes right
And till they've seen the light
They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Till somebody we like can be elected
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...
And till they've seen the light
They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Till somebody we like can be elected
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...
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Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
January 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
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I think we all know how this ends.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I think we all know how this ends.
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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Random pre-Shabbat thought: Have we considered special rage rooms just for women learning Gemara?
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Random pre-Shabbat thought: Have we considered special rage rooms just for women learning Gemara?
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If I want to hear from average Americans about the news, I'll go to social media. We need journalists to seek and speak the truth to us.
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If I want to hear from average Americans about the news, I'll go to social media. We need journalists to seek and speak the truth to us.
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
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Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
.. the fact that Trump's Jan 6 coup attempt didn't end with him in prison is perhaps America's biggest miscarriage of justice ever
.. the fact that Trump's Jan 6 coup attempt didn't end with him in prison is perhaps America's biggest miscarriage of justice ever
Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
Ex-special counsel testified in front of judiciary committee about aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
.. the fact that Trump's Jan 6 coup attempt didn't end with him in prison is perhaps America's biggest miscarriage of justice ever
.. the fact that Trump's Jan 6 coup attempt didn't end with him in prison is perhaps America's biggest miscarriage of justice ever
FWIW, my practice is trad egal, so I think about this halakhically, and hence found it strange. But Reform is a self-professed non-halakhic mov’t, and if this happens in Reform synagogues, then the author is not being inaccurate.
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
FWIW, my practice is trad egal, so I think about this halakhically, and hence found it strange. But Reform is a self-professed non-halakhic mov’t, and if this happens in Reform synagogues, then the author is not being inaccurate.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
So, in another place where I posted this, folks are saying this does indeed happen in some Reform communities. Live and learn.
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So, in another place where I posted this, folks are saying this does indeed happen in some Reform communities. Live and learn.
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
Absolutely not a Temani character. Raised traditional though I think not Orth., in LA, living in NYC, almost certainly Ashkenazi.
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Absolutely not a Temani character. Raised traditional though I think not Orth., in LA, living in NYC, almost certainly Ashkenazi.