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I love this, Rebecca. I've often used Amos Oz's famous Order of the Teaspoon parable in such a context, but a concrete example like this is so valuable, and so vivid to those familiar with the tragedy that was the government's lack of response to Katrina. (And, similarly, to Hurricane Sandy.)
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I love this, Rebecca. I've often used Amos Oz's famous Order of the Teaspoon parable in such a context, but a concrete example like this is so valuable, and so vivid to those familiar with the tragedy that was the government's lack of response to Katrina. (And, similarly, to Hurricane Sandy.)
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“You are not obligated to finish the work, nor are you free to abandon it” - Talmud ☺️
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You are not obligated to finish the work, nor are you free to abandon it” - Talmud ☺️
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It's what happens over and over again when it does. Wrote a book about that:
December 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's what happens over and over again when it does. Wrote a book about that:
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Read @alexbozikovic.bsky.social on the absurd shrinking of the Science Centre. I swear Doug Ford's government wants the next generation to know nothing at all
December 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Read @alexbozikovic.bsky.social on the absurd shrinking of the Science Centre. I swear Doug Ford's government wants the next generation to know nothing at all
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Write your MPs and MLAs to demand this clause be removed so we can continue having great libraries in Canada.
They have never been more important than now.
They have never been more important than now.
Not good. Not good! (via @parismarx.com)
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Write your MPs and MLAs to demand this clause be removed so we can continue having great libraries in Canada.
They have never been more important than now.
They have never been more important than now.
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On Saturday, CBS hosted a televised townhall with Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, who was murdered in September.
All of which raises the question: Where’s the network townhall for Melissa Hortman?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
All of which raises the question: Where’s the network townhall for Melissa Hortman?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Where's Melissa's Network Townhall?
Plus: DJT's fine whine.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
On Saturday, CBS hosted a televised townhall with Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, who was murdered in September.
All of which raises the question: Where’s the network townhall for Melissa Hortman?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
All of which raises the question: Where’s the network townhall for Melissa Hortman?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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I was devastated to hear about the loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer. Rob is a generational talent that used his voice to advocate for a better world. We live in a better country because of them. They will be missed.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I was devastated to hear about the loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer. Rob is a generational talent that used his voice to advocate for a better world. We live in a better country because of them. They will be missed.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Now we're talking. Prepping a whole salad crossed the line from lazy into easy
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Now we're talking. Prepping a whole salad crossed the line from lazy into easy
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I had the chance to have dinner with Rob and Michele twice. What I noticed about them is how they noticed people like me - staff. They were kind and funny and wonderful to talk to and full of exactly the kinds of stories you would hope they’d have - which they shared generously and unpretentiously.
MK and I cherish the time that we got to spend with Rob and Michele Reiner — we were devastated to learn of their passing.
Titans of the industry in every sense, the Reiners' legacy is secured through works of art that impacted generations.
May their memories be a blessing.
Titans of the industry in every sense, the Reiners' legacy is secured through works of art that impacted generations.
May their memories be a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I had the chance to have dinner with Rob and Michele twice. What I noticed about them is how they noticed people like me - staff. They were kind and funny and wonderful to talk to and full of exactly the kinds of stories you would hope they’d have - which they shared generously and unpretentiously.
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Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
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On Rob Reiner's incredible legacy, by @sonnybunch.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
Rob Reiner, 1947–2025
One of the best and most versatile directors of his era.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
On Rob Reiner's incredible legacy, by @sonnybunch.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
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#GVerse Rob Reiner spent decades defending democracy and fighting for equality - even when it wasn’t easy or popular. At a moment when silence is safer, his willingness to speak out is a reminder that protecting democracy requires courage.
#Repost to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️
#Repost to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️
December 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
True words. A courageous man. Monumental bravery and talent in one generous human. It’s to cry.
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
True words. A courageous man. Monumental bravery and talent in one generous human. It’s to cry.
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I happen to think that Rob Reiner had a much bigger cultural impact than Charlie Kirk did.
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I happen to think that Rob Reiner had a much bigger cultural impact than Charlie Kirk did.
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Rob will be remembered for his remarkable filmography and for his extraordinary contribution to humanity.
December 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Rob will be remembered for his remarkable filmography and for his extraordinary contribution to humanity.
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Statement from the Lear Family on the death of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
Rob Reiner described Norman Lear as his second father.
Rob Reiner described Norman Lear as his second father.
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Statement from the Lear Family on the death of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
Rob Reiner described Norman Lear as his second father.
Rob Reiner described Norman Lear as his second father.
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Gen Hayden worked closely with Rob Reiner on pro-democracy and anti-Russian influence campaigns in the past decade. We send our condolences to the Reiner family and offer our prayers the repose of Rob and wife Michele.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Gen Hayden worked closely with Rob Reiner on pro-democracy and anti-Russian influence campaigns in the past decade. We send our condolences to the Reiner family and offer our prayers the repose of Rob and wife Michele.
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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When my son was born in California in 2001, we got a Kit for New Parents, a bunch of videos and guides. A manual for using your newborn. It was the brainchild of Rob Reiner, who wanted to take make parents' lives easier and better
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When my son was born in California in 2001, we got a Kit for New Parents, a bunch of videos and guides. A manual for using your newborn. It was the brainchild of Rob Reiner, who wanted to take make parents' lives easier and better