having *feelings* about learning of this on the first night of hanukkah. idk idk just let me be jewish about the miracles of modern medicine

good yontif those you who celebrate hanukkah! though the candles' lights have been out for several hours now, i am listening to yedid nefesh and crying with a combination of yearning and lightness. hope and longing for justice curl around each other in my heart.

Hi Bluesky! I’m Seren Briar and I make TTRPGs!

My newest is Dive Bar in HELL, a solo journaling game that takes you on an existential journey through the life, death, and afterlife of a character you create.

Check out my work at faefatale.itch.io!

Not just another strike authorization vote, another one at NINETY EIGHT PERCENT. Let us freaking go.

Which reminds me of a Bruce Sterling passage I read a long, long time ago which has stayed with me. "Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly, thoroughly weird, and don’t do it halfway. Put every ounce of horsepower you have behind it."

Yom Kippur is a time for reflection and apology. We all have work to do examining ableism. This Al Chet, meaning long apology is enlightening and powerful. You should read it. And If you have a shul, definitely tell them www.covidresilience.org/ableism-al-c...

when you walk into kol nidre tonight, i hope you take a moment to reflect on how you treated yourself this year. often we are more careless with ourselves than anyone else. we hurt ourselves and say cruel things to ourselves. there is only one person who can grant you forgiveness for that: you.

just a psa that 988, while an important resource for mental health care, is a hotline that may route the caller's info to 911 for acute crises where they feel there is imminent danger. police may be dispatched, but it is not an automatic process.

Good morning, friends! Here is a moss- and lichen-covered lantern in a peaceful spot in the Japanese garden.

I love that "A cat sitting on a chair" was deemed important enough to photograph, save, and now it's part of a museum collection to be preserved and enjoyed forever. digitalnz.org/records/4534...

Disabled and chronically ill Jewish friends, if you are not well enough to fast safely, your Yom Kippur mitzvah regarding food and water is to eat and drink.

You do not owe anyone on here or in person an explanation. Your body and health are not up for public debate.

More 🍄📷 from last weekend!

BREAKING: Marvel VFX workers have just won a historic first union in the visual effects industry.

The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with vfxunion.

This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next.

The tropicana #rose #frog hotel is occupied again.

🐸 🌹 🏨 🌱 #PseudacrisRegilla #PacificTreefrog #garden #bloomscrolling #flower

Andromeda. Our closest galactic neighbor, sitting among stars. Taken in the dark skies of Ellis County, KS.

ImgCredit: Chris Schmidt

#Astro #Astrophoto #Andromeda #Astromeka #Galaxy #Space 🔭🪐✨

The most prominent crater on the Moon is named after a guy who brought a drunken moose to a party. 🔭

TOP TEN CAT BREEDS
1. Sleepy Heap
2. Calamity Smith-Jones
3. Scrimblejack
4. Lap Lichen
5. Le Trash Royale
6. Scram Danders (not technically a breed, refers to cats who are lawyers)
7. Potato Bay Couch Puddle
8. Microdoot
9. Guiltless Impwhisker
10. Snooze Wizard

Stop with the edgy apathy and actually care for people

jews were so right about nigguns