Jessica
@jewishreader.bsky.social
Educator, Ph.D. in Religious Studies. Politics, pop culture, sports. Hoosier by birth, living in the SF Bay Area. Formerly RosenJ415/FirstLineHockey on The Bad Place.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
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Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
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I know it’s been said a million times but it’s pretty funny how many short king steroid comedians with corny ass manchild tattoos called themselves free speech warriors right up until the moment free speech was actually under attack.
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I know it’s been said a million times but it’s pretty funny how many short king steroid comedians with corny ass manchild tattoos called themselves free speech warriors right up until the moment free speech was actually under attack.
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Good to see --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman just introduced their bill stripping ICE agents of qualified immunity. We broke the news that this was coming on our podcast (see thread below for more info and context).
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Good to see --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman just introduced their bill stripping ICE agents of qualified immunity. We broke the news that this was coming on our podcast (see thread below for more info and context).
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All these CEOs stompinge around graspinge for moneye and biohacks and powere but the best way to lyve forevir ys to make people laugh and be part of unforgettable storyes that make them feel less alone. Love and art and comedye are cosmic and eternal. The worlde will remembir the true stars.
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
All these CEOs stompinge around graspinge for moneye and biohacks and powere but the best way to lyve forevir ys to make people laugh and be part of unforgettable storyes that make them feel less alone. Love and art and comedye are cosmic and eternal. The worlde will remembir the true stars.
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They also do not even have the institutional backing to successfully prosecute their chosen examples. Remember that Sandwich guy was acquitted.
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
They also do not even have the institutional backing to successfully prosecute their chosen examples. Remember that Sandwich guy was acquitted.
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
WHOA. That Harper's Letter Signatory labeller I signed up for five minutes ago is unfortunately bearing fruit already in upsetting ways. I may need to turn it off.
January 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
WHOA. That Harper's Letter Signatory labeller I signed up for five minutes ago is unfortunately bearing fruit already in upsetting ways. I may need to turn it off.
For the universe to take Moira Rose from us today. Man.
January 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
For the universe to take Moira Rose from us today. Man.
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Lew, like McGurk, Sullivan, Blinken: more than complicit. Meaningfully responsible.
"But the U.S. ambassador to Jerusalem, Jack Lew, and his deputy, Stephanie Hallett, blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government because they believed it lacked balance, according to interviews with four former officials and documents seen by Reuters."
Exclusive: Early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza blocked by US envoys to Israel
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Lew, like McGurk, Sullivan, Blinken: more than complicit. Meaningfully responsible.
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The space heater is named Rob.
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The space heater is named Rob.
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D friendly news media has to be by, for, and from the base. And the base is not the online left. It is the tens of millions of ppl who actually identify w the party and do not spend all their time online saying "god I fucking hate Democrats"
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
D friendly news media has to be by, for, and from the base. And the base is not the online left. It is the tens of millions of ppl who actually identify w the party and do not spend all their time online saying "god I fucking hate Democrats"
The worst excesses of the revolving door. We need (but will not get) legal protections against government officials moving in and out of industry. (Also: biometric etc etc sure sounds like eugenics, yes?)
'Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus Briefs Officials in Israel Overseeing "New Gaza". A proponent of biometric gated communities in counterinsurgency, Petraeus now works for KKR whose portfolio includes companies that have technology and defense interests in Gaza.'
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus Briefs Officials in Israel Overseeing "New Gaza"
Petraeus, who was a major proponent of biometric gated communities in counterinsurgency, now works for KKR whose portfolio includes companies that have technology and defense interests in Gaza.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The worst excesses of the revolving door. We need (but will not get) legal protections against government officials moving in and out of industry. (Also: biometric etc etc sure sounds like eugenics, yes?)
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Seen from space: an outbreak of aurorae over Eart's north polar region, apparently during February 2014. (6/n)
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Seen from space: an outbreak of aurorae over Eart's north polar region, apparently during February 2014. (6/n)
I am either Directing My Course To Port or I Have Something To Communicate
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I am either Directing My Course To Port or I Have Something To Communicate
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very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
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At the end of the day doesn’t matter if we like/admire folks they decide to test out full blown authoritarian violations of the constitution on. It matters that we fight for everyone to be protected by the constitution. Solidarity is not the same as fandom or friendship, solidarity is what wins.
I thought this was fake, but apparently, they've arrested Don Lemon for reporting from Minneapolis.
I'm not a huge Don Lemon fan, but this is totalitarian nonsense meant to threaten anyone who reports on the regime's horrors.
I'm not a huge Don Lemon fan, but this is totalitarian nonsense meant to threaten anyone who reports on the regime's horrors.
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
At the end of the day doesn’t matter if we like/admire folks they decide to test out full blown authoritarian violations of the constitution on. It matters that we fight for everyone to be protected by the constitution. Solidarity is not the same as fandom or friendship, solidarity is what wins.
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Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.
This was a disturbing assault on @repilhan.bsky.social, who is frequently the target of vilifying language by fellow elected officials and members of the public.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.
Our country is being run by the villains in every sci-fi movie.
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Our country is being run by the villains in every sci-fi movie.
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Emergency kitten
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Emergency kitten
AND it's Fred Korematsu day. Damn, America, it's really time to revisit our best and worst moments.
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
AND it's Fred Korematsu day. Damn, America, it's really time to revisit our best and worst moments.
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I wish I believed in hell because there is no eternal fire hot enough.
The administration story is that Liam Ramos mother refused to take her son.
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Habla la madre de Liam Conejo Ramos: "Yo presencié la escena desde la ventana, tenía miedo de que también me detuvieran"
"Mi hijo Liam me decía: 'Mami, ábreme la puerta', estaba aterrorizada. Mi esposo me gritaba 'no abras la puerta' y no lo hice por miedo a que mí también me arrestaran y dejara solo a mi otro hijo. Al ...
www.telemundo.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I wish I believed in hell because there is no eternal fire hot enough.
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Right, a few hours with the SOLAR Network website has convinced me that most religion & lit people work in so much isolation from each other that we have lost the ability to fill out a research profile with useful information, so: who's doing interesting current work on religion and American lit?
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Right, a few hours with the SOLAR Network website has convinced me that most religion & lit people work in so much isolation from each other that we have lost the ability to fill out a research profile with useful information, so: who's doing interesting current work on religion and American lit?
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"Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication."
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported in 2025
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication.
www.cartercenter.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication."
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
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“Who faces arbitrary death for not behaving perfectly submissively at all times” has obviously never been an empty category in the US but the expansion to include “anyone, from any armed and unidentifiable agent of the state” is incredibly bad
The President of the United States is essentially saying state agents were justified performing an extrajudicial execution because he kicked a government vehicle.
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“Who faces arbitrary death for not behaving perfectly submissively at all times” has obviously never been an empty category in the US but the expansion to include “anyone, from any armed and unidentifiable agent of the state” is incredibly bad
Happy birthday, Vanessa Redgrave!!!
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Happy birthday, Vanessa Redgrave!!!