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Fully inclusive feminist, old, mean, businessmum. Educated, voracious reader, partner to OH and cats.
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Legal counsel representing federal employees is now being targeted by the Trump administration. Law firms are receiving a clear message that retaliation is possible for those advocating on behalf of individuals or groups opposing the administration’s agenda.
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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INBOX: A group of Jewish organizations — including the Union for Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish denomination in the U.S. — are quitting Twitter/X, saying it "has become a platform that promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division."

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Statement on Ending Engagement on X/Twitter In Jewish tradition, the prohibition on "lashon hara," or "evil speech," reminds us of words' power to harm. The great sage Maimonides taught that even when true, speaking disparagingly of others is "the evil tongue." (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Deot 7:2.) Speech, whether spoken or written, can cause pain, shame, and instigate action to devastating effect. Words can also uplift and heal. They must always be chosen with care, designed to call in rather than call out, to lift up rather than tear down. That is why, after careful consideration, we are choosing to stop actively posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, which has become rife with toxic speech. We will transition away from active engagement on X in the first quarter of 2025. As Jewish groups committed to healing what is broken in our world, we aim to do our work through means that similarly foster repair. In study after study, as well as our lived experiences, X has become a platform that promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division. Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy theories. Musk himself has re-posted content that is antisemitic and xenophobic, promoting it to his millions of followers. The hateful posts on X are harmful to Jews and people of all faiths and no faiths. In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, elected officials and disaster response officials who happen to be Jewish were attacked in posts on X that used virulent antisemitic terms and tropes, undermining efforts to help all individuals impacted by the hurricane and diminishing trust in civic institutions. In addition, X has become the largest purveyor of antisemitic content among the major social media platforms post-October 7. No social media site is free of challenges, and social media's impact on individuals and society overall requires greater study and effective responses. Some of us…
January 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The richest man in the world, instead of asking "how can I help," is blaming the ethnicity of our firefighters. This is because he's a fucking racist.
January 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Ignoring doesn't work. Fighting to stop them often does.
November 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM