Rebecca Hytowitz
@witzitor.bsky.social
Peer Review Support Specialist at IEEE, Shiba Inu Owner, and Part-Time Time Traveler. (All opinions my own)
I have the most adorable co-workers.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I have the most adorable co-workers.
My backlog is now under 100 papers!
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My backlog is now under 100 papers!
IROS 2025 was great! See y’all at ICRA 2026.
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
IROS 2025 was great! See y’all at ICRA 2026.
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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I love Tokin’ Jew so much
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love Tokin’ Jew so much
THIS
Protip: if your coworker works entirely remotely, and you schedule a meeting with them, you need to *explicitly specific* if it's in person.
October 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
THIS
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I attempted an infographic.
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I attempted an infographic.
I hope I get my Chinese visa before I have to fly out to Hangzhou for IROS.
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I hope I get my Chinese visa before I have to fly out to Hangzhou for IROS.
I still need an invitation letter for my visa application.
September 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I still need an invitation letter for my visa application.
Heading to the airport and on my way to LA for CASE 2025!
August 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Heading to the airport and on my way to LA for CASE 2025!
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we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid
Current feeling
a cartoon of a man smoking a cigarette with a speech bubble saying but i am let
ALT: a cartoon of a man smoking a cigarette with a speech bubble saying but i am let
media.tenor.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Current feeling
I have the best coworkers.
August 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have the best coworkers.
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There is real antisemitism on American college campuses, but I do not remotely trust this project to evaluate it in a way that is fair-minded or helpful: www.menorahindex.org
The Menorah Index
The Menorah Index is an effort to evaluate American colleges and universities in a way that serves Jewish families, students, and donors.
www.menorahindex.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There is real antisemitism on American college campuses, but I do not remotely trust this project to evaluate it in a way that is fair-minded or helpful: www.menorahindex.org
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My first act as president will be to ban LinkedIn Voice and send anyone afflicted with it to taxpayer-funded reeducation camps
August 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My first act as president will be to ban LinkedIn Voice and send anyone afflicted with it to taxpayer-funded reeducation camps
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The only way to square the circle of simultaneously insisting antisemitism is eternal but *not* finding it in the obvious place, namely, Christian anti-Judaism which would undermine the ahistorical construction of a "Judeo-Christian" synthesis, is to lean hard into Islamophobia. And so they do.
August 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The only way to square the circle of simultaneously insisting antisemitism is eternal but *not* finding it in the obvious place, namely, Christian anti-Judaism which would undermine the ahistorical construction of a "Judeo-Christian" synthesis, is to lean hard into Islamophobia. And so they do.
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Not only is this construction of "Judeo-Christianity" completely ahistorical, but it also conflicts with their Judeopessimism, their attempt to say that antisemitism is eternal and ontological, such that criticism of the state of Israel can be homologized onto medieval blood libels.
August 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not only is this construction of "Judeo-Christianity" completely ahistorical, but it also conflicts with their Judeopessimism, their attempt to say that antisemitism is eternal and ontological, such that criticism of the state of Israel can be homologized onto medieval blood libels.
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People who refuse to give up using Pharisee as a pejorative remind me of the French folks who refused to give up the term for ghost writer that literally translates to n-work work. There are non-offensive, older alternate, but why switch when it’s been the Done Thing for ages?
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
People who refuse to give up using Pharisee as a pejorative remind me of the French folks who refused to give up the term for ghost writer that literally translates to n-work work. There are non-offensive, older alternate, but why switch when it’s been the Done Thing for ages?
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The problem is that even tho there’s an alternate, you’ll still find the offensive version in dictionaries as a translation option. This includes Google Translate. Similarly, if you look up Pharisee you’ll still see “hypocrite” as a synonym. Dictionaries aren’t arbiters of social acceptability.
August 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The problem is that even tho there’s an alternate, you’ll still find the offensive version in dictionaries as a translation option. This includes Google Translate. Similarly, if you look up Pharisee you’ll still see “hypocrite” as a synonym. Dictionaries aren’t arbiters of social acceptability.
Well, at least my study space is sorta organized.
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Well, at least my study space is sorta organized.
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I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating.
I spoke with 40+ sources for a look inside the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s some of what I found.
ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)
nymag.com/intelligence...
ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)
nymag.com/intelligence...
August 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating.
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I don’t think gentiles will be able to comprehend how fucking devastating the devolution of the ADL has been for the American Jewish community. Greenblatt and his ilk are actively harming us via their choices related to Israel.
August 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I don’t think gentiles will be able to comprehend how fucking devastating the devolution of the ADL has been for the American Jewish community. Greenblatt and his ilk are actively harming us via their choices related to Israel.