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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you 😊 I’m working hard at it! I like ancient languages.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11h

It's notable that the only ones who continue to defend Columbus Day as a holiday in the US are now revanchist right-wingers, because the history of the observance of the holiday is almost the exact opposite - an attempt to construct a more multicultural US historical heritage.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 11h

You can do it!

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 11h

I did it. I re-translated 4 (long) chapters of Torah, & prepared my big presentation for Wednesday.

Now I am allowed to play video games.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 11h

#Autistic people may choose different words to express ourselves than non-autistics, & what we say may likewise be construed very differently than we intended. When an autistic person says “That’s not what I meant,” it’s probably true, & you should take a deep breath before you keep piling on.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 11h

#Autistic people may choose different words to express ourselves than non-autistics, & what we say may likewise be construed very differently than we intended. When an autistic person says “That’s not what I meant,” it’s probably true, & you should take a deep breath before you keep piling on.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 11h

I hate that a few high profile rich jerks used autism as an excuse for abusive behavior, & now any time autistics ask for a little understanding, we’re accused of doing the same thing. Often, #autistic people are just trying to clarify a miscommunication, not make an excuse at all.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 21h

It’s a fundamental difference in how we think & communicate. It creates awkwardness. It’s not an “excuse,” it’s just reality & people need to cut us a break.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: We’ve reached the “protect & hide your persecuted neighbors” phase of fascism. So be prepared to protect & hide your persecuted neighbors.

Never Again is now. Behave in a way you won’t be ashamed to tell your future grandkids about.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Grumblekrax 🗹 @grumblekrax.bsky.social · 1d

To be the most stereotypical autism girl ever but... fuuuuck clothing labels.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The regime fired everyone involved in the funding and administration of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

They’re letting measles and other infectious and disabling diseases run rampant, and then removing disability support.

It’s eugenics and they aren’t even hiding it.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: We’ve reached the “protect & hide your persecuted neighbors” phase of fascism. So be prepared to protect & hide your persecuted neighbors.

Never Again is now. Behave in a way you won’t be ashamed to tell your future grandkids about.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

the reason many jews, including non- and anti-zionists, are upset by this meme is because it relies on an older antisemitic trope about jews being a parasitic race with no culture of our own. but a consequence of diaspora is that our culture has always been enmeshed with the societies we live in.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

She’s already beaten Let’s Go Eevee, & she got her eighth badge in Pokemon Sword yesterday! She is the littlest Pokemon Master :)

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

My 6yo wants me to tell you all that her favorite is Wishiwashi. (It’s tiny, but schools up with other Wishiwashi to make a big, scary form.)

The two forms of the Pokemon Wishiwashi. The Solo form is a tiny blue and silver fish with giant eyes, that always appear to be crying. The School form is a large, angry-looking blue fish made up of hundreds of tiny solo form Wishiwashi.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaah I know, right?? Big squishy cutie 🥰

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Golem does explode a little too often for me. If we’re doing ground types, there is only Garchomp for me. His whole body is a mouth for going “CHOMP!!”

The pokemon Garchomp, a navy blue bipedal dragon with a shark tail and torpedo-like extensions on either side of its head. Its front is yellow and red, and it has horns growing on its arms and legs, which gives the combined impression of a giant mouth with teeth.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Jellicent is in my top 10, for sure :)) Which do you like better, queen or king? I prefer the queen, but the king has a wonderful mustache 😂

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting for flying eevee, personally :)

Wonder what a fighting eevee would even look like lol.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

1. Charizard. No question. Fire-breathing flying dragon big enough to ride on. What more could I want?

2. Vaporeon
3. Garchomp
4. Gengar
5. Alcremie

But also Jellicent, Sir Fetch’d, & Galarian Rapidash. I like Pokemon, ya know?

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Name your fav Pokémon.

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Electric Kool-Aid Bechdel Test @i-rohl.bsky.social · 1d

One of my biggest disappointments, as a linguist in the US, is that we're gonna have a dictator and we're not even on track to get some kind of reasonable orthographic reform out of it.

(Please do not take this skeet too seriously.)

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Lol Jews don’t evangelize. Rather keep to ourselves. This is probably some weird Israeli org using diaspora Jews for labor.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

(I’m pretty sure the original image is a satire, but it’s a satire that reflects ignorance about the foodways of diaspora Jews.)

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

My paternal grandma’s family is from New Orleans, & part of the family is still there. Jews live everywhere. We take part in the cultures of the places we live, & transform them as well. We are part of the cultures where we live, not strangers or outsiders.

🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · 1d

What’s weird about this meme is 1) seeing some of the comments conflate Judaism with Israel but also 2) the ignorance of very long standing Jewish communities in the South who have been making gumbo for a long time.

Here’s one family’s recipe for kosher gumbo: jewishsa.org/kosher-chick...

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