Dr. Jennifer "More Women More Witchcraft" Thompson
@profjenthompson.bsky.social
Scholar of US Judaism, intermarriage, applied ethics, secular Jews. Admirer of unions, democracy. Student of sewing. Former Alaskan. New book: Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition.
TFW you hear a band that is (roughly) equal parts MC5, Primus, Dead Kennedys, Revolting Cocks, and Elecrtic Six, but the members predate them all. 🤯 Mike Watt sets the standard for what 67 should look like.
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
TFW you hear a band that is (roughly) equal parts MC5, Primus, Dead Kennedys, Revolting Cocks, and Elecrtic Six, but the members predate them all. 🤯 Mike Watt sets the standard for what 67 should look like.
Gotta get back to Juneau; I’m almost out of time.
Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Gotta get back to Juneau; I’m almost out of time.
My son came home from his first trimester at college, and the dogs are so ecstatic. I feel like they're going to need regular FaceTime sessions once he goes back to school.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My son came home from his first trimester at college, and the dogs are so ecstatic. I feel like they're going to need regular FaceTime sessions once he goes back to school.
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer "More Women More Witchcraft" Thompson
For all of the good arguments for expanding public utilities please read this excellent piece by @sevier.io because the only answer to “how can we afford it” is to bring our energy systems back into the public commons and away from the realm of shareholder and investor greed.
We Need Public Power for Energy Equity
With more than one-quarter of all U.S. households experiencing energy insecurity, the requirement of private utilities to produce competitive profits is fundamentally opposed to the equally urgent tas...
www.isaacsevier.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For all of the good arguments for expanding public utilities please read this excellent piece by @sevier.io because the only answer to “how can we afford it” is to bring our energy systems back into the public commons and away from the realm of shareholder and investor greed.
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer "More Women More Witchcraft" Thompson
🧪 ADHD isn’t just a childhood condition. Our major review pulls together genetics, neuroimaging, comorbidities, and treatment data to map what adult ADHD actually looks like : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults: evidence base, uncertainties and controversies
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🧪 ADHD isn’t just a childhood condition. Our major review pulls together genetics, neuroimaging, comorbidities, and treatment data to map what adult ADHD actually looks like : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
I finished watching Nobody Wants This. It was boring.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I finished watching Nobody Wants This. It was boring.
I’m feeling like booking a flight to DC for a conference is 50% pointless. Is this the time to find out how wretched cross-country train travel is? 😬😂
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m feeling like booking a flight to DC for a conference is 50% pointless. Is this the time to find out how wretched cross-country train travel is? 😬😂
Very fireworks rn.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Very fireworks rn.
The Blue Jays are playing so much better than the Dodgers that I think I may have to switch sides.
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The Blue Jays are playing so much better than the Dodgers that I think I may have to switch sides.
Dodgers are getting outplayed tonight. Dodge harder, guys.
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Dodgers are getting outplayed tonight. Dodge harder, guys.
I kept hoping Freddie Freeman would save us/put us out of our misery. I don’t know if I can watch again tomorrow. 🫠
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I kept hoping Freddie Freeman would save us/put us out of our misery. I don’t know if I can watch again tomorrow. 🫠
The people who paid $28k on Stubhub for their Dodgers tickets are getting their money’s worth tonight. I guess.
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The people who paid $28k on Stubhub for their Dodgers tickets are getting their money’s worth tonight. I guess.
Dog wants baseball to be over and bedtime to start now.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Dog wants baseball to be over and bedtime to start now.
All 20. Because I’m a coastal midwestern southern Alaskan elite.
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
All 20. Because I’m a coastal midwestern southern Alaskan elite.
There's a headline in the W. Post: "Why the demolition is so shocking."
Is it shocking? I'm not shocked at all.
Is it shocking? I'm not shocked at all.
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There's a headline in the W. Post: "Why the demolition is so shocking."
Is it shocking? I'm not shocked at all.
Is it shocking? I'm not shocked at all.
"The renowned rabbi and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, addressing several hundred members at a plenary session of the AJC annual meeting in 1960, gently criticized the organization when he reminded them of the famous George Bernard Shaw quip:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The renowned rabbi and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, addressing several hundred members at a plenary session of the AJC annual meeting in 1960, gently criticized the organization when he reminded them of the famous George Bernard Shaw quip:
California has a law against taking away recess as punishment for K-12 students. My kid’s school is still doing it anyway, despite marketing itself as progressive or whatever. Come on.
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
California has a law against taking away recess as punishment for K-12 students. My kid’s school is still doing it anyway, despite marketing itself as progressive or whatever. Come on.
I was going to have swiss chard for dinner, but it was already in use.
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I was going to have swiss chard for dinner, but it was already in use.
Nevada, Iowa, but I'm not from there and I can't imagine there are any tourists who go there. Also Buena Vista University in Iowa.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nevada, Iowa, but I'm not from there and I can't imagine there are any tourists who go there. Also Buena Vista University in Iowa.
Because I am disorganized and tired, I'm going to make a "local lulav" instead of scrambling to buy the real thing before the holiday starts.
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Because I am disorganized and tired, I'm going to make a "local lulav" instead of scrambling to buy the real thing before the holiday starts.
I had not heard about this and am surprised California can't get it done.
Survivors of domestic violence who went to prison for crimes related to their abuse have for years asked California lawmakers to make courts take that abuse into consideration. For the third year, California killed such a reform.
For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors
Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.
boltsmag.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I had not heard about this and am surprised California can't get it done.
Spending RH catching up on abandoned sewing projects and quickly remembering why they were abandoned.
September 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Spending RH catching up on abandoned sewing projects and quickly remembering why they were abandoned.
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer "More Women More Witchcraft" Thompson
They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
This post reminded me to email my neighborhood's senior lead officer to ask why the police felt it necessary to treat my 5th grader as a human trafficking victim when they saw her taking a walk by herself on our block.
They do not want racist cops or bullies or sociopaths or cops who view themselves as operators.
They want cops who solve crimes, who arrest criminals and who keep their neighborhoods safe. They don't want fewer cops. They want better cops. And they generally feel the police department falls short.
They want cops who solve crimes, who arrest criminals and who keep their neighborhoods safe. They don't want fewer cops. They want better cops. And they generally feel the police department falls short.
September 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This post reminded me to email my neighborhood's senior lead officer to ask why the police felt it necessary to treat my 5th grader as a human trafficking victim when they saw her taking a walk by herself on our block.
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer "More Women More Witchcraft" Thompson
Just a few days left to comment on the proposed changes to the Roadless Areas (i.e., rescinding protections and allowing roads & exploitation).
Comment period ends Sept 19.
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
🌱 #wilderness #protection #usa
Comment period ends Sept 19.
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
🌱 #wilderness #protection #usa
You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.
The Trump administration just opened a three-week comment period for revoking the Roadless Rule, which keeps wilderness intact.
www.outdoorlife.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just a few days left to comment on the proposed changes to the Roadless Areas (i.e., rescinding protections and allowing roads & exploitation).
Comment period ends Sept 19.
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
🌱 #wilderness #protection #usa
Comment period ends Sept 19.
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
🌱 #wilderness #protection #usa