Hilary Tamar
@hilarytamar.bsky.social
dyke. Jew. lapsed academic philosopher. far, far too fond of epistolary novels.
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Big news for library users! 📚🖨️
Starting Jan. 5, Montgomery County Public Libraries will offer free daily printing and copying at most branches, making it easier and more convenient to take care of school, work, and everyday needs.
https://ow.ly/iEA750XNR51
Starting Jan. 5, Montgomery County Public Libraries will offer free daily printing and copying at most branches, making it easier and more convenient to take care of school, work, and everyday needs.
https://ow.ly/iEA750XNR51
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Big news for library users! 📚🖨️
Starting Jan. 5, Montgomery County Public Libraries will offer free daily printing and copying at most branches, making it easier and more convenient to take care of school, work, and everyday needs.
https://ow.ly/iEA750XNR51
Starting Jan. 5, Montgomery County Public Libraries will offer free daily printing and copying at most branches, making it easier and more convenient to take care of school, work, and everyday needs.
https://ow.ly/iEA750XNR51
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@aliascelli.bsky.social, @sarahquaint.bsky.social, or anyone else that does needlework: I'm looking for 11ct PLASTIC cross stich fabric. I can find 14ct plastic and 11ct cloth but not 11ct plastic. Do you have any sources that you can think of that might have it? Does it even exist? TYK!!
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@aliascelli.bsky.social, @sarahquaint.bsky.social, or anyone else that does needlework: I'm looking for 11ct PLASTIC cross stich fabric. I can find 14ct plastic and 11ct cloth but not 11ct plastic. Do you have any sources that you can think of that might have it? Does it even exist? TYK!!
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YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
OK, I have picked myself up from the doldrums, organized my floss stash, and started a new project. (It's the classic Cirque des Cercles on 40ct dark green linen with variegated tan/cream silk floss that I'm hoping will look more exciting than it sounds.)
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
OK, I have picked myself up from the doldrums, organized my floss stash, and started a new project. (It's the classic Cirque des Cercles on 40ct dark green linen with variegated tan/cream silk floss that I'm hoping will look more exciting than it sounds.)
inkcircles.com/products/cir...
inkcircles.com/products/cir...
This time last year I carefully put away a cross-stitch project to return to after conversion. I picked it up again just now and it turns out all my caution was still insufficient, and it's faded badly in the sun. I've lost a hundred hours of work & 6 sq feet of linen and the tears are starting.
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This time last year I carefully put away a cross-stitch project to return to after conversion. I picked it up again just now and it turns out all my caution was still insufficient, and it's faded badly in the sun. I've lost a hundred hours of work & 6 sq feet of linen and the tears are starting.
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People always conveniently "forget" when it's a disability issue.
I get this mistake but this is being misreported because everyone is dropping the A from DEIA. Calibri is 100% a more accessible font than times Roman. It's the reason the state department adopted it, and the reason Rubio dropped it. This isn't confusion; it's a specific attack on disability rights.
Most of the time when "woke/DEI" get thrown around they're just fig leaves for being annoyed that someone might ask you not to be racist but calling Calibri a "diversity" font is just tipping your hand to the fact that you lack the vocabulary to explain yourself
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
People always conveniently "forget" when it's a disability issue.
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Seasonal reminder that raisins are extremely toxic to dogs and cats, just a few of them will kill your pet.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seasonal reminder that raisins are extremely toxic to dogs and cats, just a few of them will kill your pet.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
My mikveh was yesterday afternoon and I start today as Rina Yehudit, or “a joyful Jew”.
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My mikveh was yesterday afternoon and I start today as Rina Yehudit, or “a joyful Jew”.
I am being completely normal about this.
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I am being completely normal about this.
I've finished my conversion essays for my beit din!!!!
19 pages/7500 words/5 footnotes, but it's all in labeled sections so they can pick out just a few pages to ask about.
That was the last work before The Day! For the first time in a year I am free of academic-adjacent responsibilities.
19 pages/7500 words/5 footnotes, but it's all in labeled sections so they can pick out just a few pages to ask about.
That was the last work before The Day! For the first time in a year I am free of academic-adjacent responsibilities.
kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain on a stage .
Alt: Kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain flailing his arms wildly.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've finished my conversion essays for my beit din!!!!
19 pages/7500 words/5 footnotes, but it's all in labeled sections so they can pick out just a few pages to ask about.
That was the last work before The Day! For the first time in a year I am free of academic-adjacent responsibilities.
19 pages/7500 words/5 footnotes, but it's all in labeled sections so they can pick out just a few pages to ask about.
That was the last work before The Day! For the first time in a year I am free of academic-adjacent responsibilities.
A millennia-old tradition of textual transmission and I am Contributing My Piece.
Achievement unlocked: reported a typo to Sefaria.
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
Book of Judith 1:8
And Nebuchadnezzar the King of Assyria sent emmisaries to call the inhabitants of Persia, and to all those who dwell in the west, which consisted of: Cilicia,...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A millennia-old tradition of textual transmission and I am Contributing My Piece.
Achievement unlocked: reported a typo to Sefaria.
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
Book of Judith 1:8
And Nebuchadnezzar the King of Assyria sent emmisaries to call the inhabitants of Persia, and to all those who dwell in the west, which consisted of: Cilicia,...
www.sefaria.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Achievement unlocked: reported a typo to Sefaria.
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
(Sefaria is the primary online library of Torah-related texts and commentaries, and there’s a tiny typo in the English translation of the apocryphal Book of Judith.) www.sefaria.org/Book_of_Judith.1.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=eng
I’ve been waved off “Shalhevet” by two trusted rabbis and I’m now into “Final-RevisedFinal-ReallyFinal.doc” territory here as far as names go. Current thought is Rina Yehudit but also I’m >thisclose< to picking out of a hat labeled “All The Names Kate Can Pronounce”.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ve been waved off “Shalhevet” by two trusted rabbis and I’m now into “Final-RevisedFinal-ReallyFinal.doc” territory here as far as names go. Current thought is Rina Yehudit but also I’m >thisclose< to picking out of a hat labeled “All The Names Kate Can Pronounce”.
Met with the rabbi today and among other things I committed to the conversion name Shalhevet Rina, meaning ‘flame’ and ‘joy’. Woo hoo!
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Met with the rabbi today and among other things I committed to the conversion name Shalhevet Rina, meaning ‘flame’ and ‘joy’. Woo hoo!
I’m suddenly host to incredibly chaotic pre-conversion emotions, and friends, it is A Lot. I’m ricocheting from glee to overwhelmed sobbing to feeling irreparably unworthy to contentment, and I’m going to burn out my brain if this keeps up for another month.
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m suddenly host to incredibly chaotic pre-conversion emotions, and friends, it is A Lot. I’m ricocheting from glee to overwhelmed sobbing to feeling irreparably unworthy to contentment, and I’m going to burn out my brain if this keeps up for another month.
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Want to make sure this letter arrives at the right place.
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Want to make sure this letter arrives at the right place.
Hooray, I’m well enough to go to morning minyan again!
Which I get to by walking, and it’s supposed to pour tomorrow morning.
Seriously contemplating trying to uber there. I’m sure I can find a driver willing to take me <1 mile down the road at 7am. I foresee no possible issue here. 🤦🏻♀️
Which I get to by walking, and it’s supposed to pour tomorrow morning.
Seriously contemplating trying to uber there. I’m sure I can find a driver willing to take me <1 mile down the road at 7am. I foresee no possible issue here. 🤦🏻♀️
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hooray, I’m well enough to go to morning minyan again!
Which I get to by walking, and it’s supposed to pour tomorrow morning.
Seriously contemplating trying to uber there. I’m sure I can find a driver willing to take me <1 mile down the road at 7am. I foresee no possible issue here. 🤦🏻♀️
Which I get to by walking, and it’s supposed to pour tomorrow morning.
Seriously contemplating trying to uber there. I’m sure I can find a driver willing to take me <1 mile down the road at 7am. I foresee no possible issue here. 🤦🏻♀️
New conversion name stress-testing:
Rina
Means “joy”. Any red flags pop-culture wise? Does it sound dated? Unfortunate in another language? Generally unpleasant? Anything worse than “meh, why not”?
Rina
Means “joy”. Any red flags pop-culture wise? Does it sound dated? Unfortunate in another language? Generally unpleasant? Anything worse than “meh, why not”?
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New conversion name stress-testing:
Rina
Means “joy”. Any red flags pop-culture wise? Does it sound dated? Unfortunate in another language? Generally unpleasant? Anything worse than “meh, why not”?
Rina
Means “joy”. Any red flags pop-culture wise? Does it sound dated? Unfortunate in another language? Generally unpleasant? Anything worse than “meh, why not”?
Aargh I am ready for this cold to be over but I expect to be symptomatic/contagious until at least Thursday. Do not forget to wear masks in even small classes, is the lesson I’m getting here, especially since that’ll make you miss the next two classes.
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Aargh I am ready for this cold to be over but I expect to be symptomatic/contagious until at least Thursday. Do not forget to wear masks in even small classes, is the lesson I’m getting here, especially since that’ll make you miss the next two classes.
Another, more insistent, sore throat. I’m thinking maybe sitting next to a lit candle for a few hours over the past day and a half was probably involved? Aargh.
Why does nobody around me get maybe!COVID at my rate? Stupid fickle immune system.
Why does nobody around me get maybe!COVID at my rate? Stupid fickle immune system.
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Another, more insistent, sore throat. I’m thinking maybe sitting next to a lit candle for a few hours over the past day and a half was probably involved? Aargh.
Why does nobody around me get maybe!COVID at my rate? Stupid fickle immune system.
Why does nobody around me get maybe!COVID at my rate? Stupid fickle immune system.
The rabbi says we should schedule my conversion for early December! Yaaaaaay!!
Ok brain, we are NOT doing this. We are not ruining a perfectly fine evening with groundless worries about tomorrow’s meeting with the rabbi. Instead we’re going to pet the cat and find a comfort read. Yes? Yes.
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The rabbi says we should schedule my conversion for early December! Yaaaaaay!!
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To exist until my benefits are transferred — I.e., buy food and afford gas to get to medical appointments 2 hours away — I need to raise at least $1000 more. I’m sorry. Please share?
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October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
To exist until my benefits are transferred — I.e., buy food and afford gas to get to medical appointments 2 hours away — I need to raise at least $1000 more. I’m sorry. Please share?
gofund.me/72b6e44c8
gofund.me/72b6e44c8
Ok brain, we are NOT doing this. We are not ruining a perfectly fine evening with groundless worries about tomorrow’s meeting with the rabbi. Instead we’re going to pet the cat and find a comfort read. Yes? Yes.
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ok brain, we are NOT doing this. We are not ruining a perfectly fine evening with groundless worries about tomorrow’s meeting with the rabbi. Instead we’re going to pet the cat and find a comfort read. Yes? Yes.
Have I just picked a conversion name because the corresponding gmail address was still available? Maaaaaybe.
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Have I just picked a conversion name because the corresponding gmail address was still available? Maaaaaybe.
I finished the last of my conversion essays* yesterday and I’ve mostly been sleeping since. I think the past few months were a lot more stressful than I’d realized.
*still have to discuss with the rabbi then wrestle them into a short statement for the beit din but the hard thinking is done
*still have to discuss with the rabbi then wrestle them into a short statement for the beit din but the hard thinking is done
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I finished the last of my conversion essays* yesterday and I’ve mostly been sleeping since. I think the past few months were a lot more stressful than I’d realized.
*still have to discuss with the rabbi then wrestle them into a short statement for the beit din but the hard thinking is done
*still have to discuss with the rabbi then wrestle them into a short statement for the beit din but the hard thinking is done