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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · Jun 19

The good news is that the German government has decided to replicate PubMed/MEDLINE because of a lack of confidence in it's current infrastructure www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... #medlibs

Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed

In the wake of a brief PubMed outage, team launches project to ensure uninterrupted access

www.medpagetoday.com

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2d

This just happened again and it really drives home the extent to which scholarly orgs could build great bridges with museums/historical sites by figuring out how to help them get access to scholarly materials. Those places might, in turn, help support those orgs with people and money.

Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 9d

Working at a museum without access to a university library means spending 6 years thinking about/reading Mark Twain & his reception and then every time I think I had an original thought it turns out @mattseybold.bsky.social tweeted it out in the form of a peer-reviewed article a decade ago.

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Uhhhhhhh

PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

Although, now that I'm *watching* instead of just listening, I'm noticing that some of the liturgical quotations that highlight the rather uninspiring artwork are ... from the New Testament, so I may have been mistaken in thinking was Jewish. I was mislead by "Hebraic" & "Elohim" #ParshaChat

PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

FYI for my #ParshaChat peeps, I just found this album, and am really enjoying it. Shabbat en Adoración by Jehú J. Pinares. Mostly instrumental flute, harp, strings > Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAAM... Amazon www.amazon.com/Shabbat-en-A...

🎶 Shabbat en Adoración | Sonidos Hebreos para Entrar en el Descanso de Dios

YouTube video by Jehú J. Pinares

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

It's kind of interesting to me how Kohelet meant this as "there is a season for everything, therefore everything is ultimately futile" but then it got turned into "there is a time for everything, therefore it's *not* hopeless". #ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

I love seeing someone say that a writer from the Tanakh had personality flaws. Of course, that's a very Jewish perspective, but it still tickles me. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A3: I'm thinking about how many times I've been expected to laugh at deeply misogynistic jokes, and how empowering it has been to realize that my response can be vexation instead.

And that...
#ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A3: Through another lens: The world is wide and diverse and full of people who know things I don't know, and it's amazing that there is so much to learn. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A3: Through one lens: I think it matters that we create communities in which "I find woman more bitter than death" is considered a completely socially unacceptable sentiment. #ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing value in other people is a wonderful spiritual practice, one of the most essential parts of seeing beauty in the world around us as a spiritual practice. It is foundational to shifting away from the "-isms" that harm so many. Thank you for this. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A3: I think seeing value in other people is something we have to intentionally cultivate as a spiritual practice. I also think that cultural norms make a big difference. #ParshaChat

Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

Q3 (3/3): Why was it so hard for Kohelet to see value in other people, and especially difficult for him to see value in women?

How can we make it easier for ourselves and for our communities to see the value in people?
#ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry #ParshaChat folk. My body is unhappy with me. I must go lay down for a while. Glad I could make it for part of this! Will catch up later.

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S Hydrae @shydrae.bsky.social · 4d

A2 Kohelet is contradicting himself since earlier he is saying there's a time for wailing and time for dancing. That is, it's not universally better to go to a house of mourning than a house of revelry. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A2: The capacity for grief is closely connected to the capacity for love. #ParshaChat

Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

Q2 (1/2): Eccl. 7:2 ¶ It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting; for that is the end of every man, and a living one should take it to heart.
Eccl. 7:3 ¶ Vexation is better than revelry;c for though the face be sad, the heart may be glad.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A2: I've been re-reading Dave Hingsburger's blog and now I'm thinking of this post about the right of disabled people to grief: davehingsburger.blogspot.com/2006/11/let-...
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Let It Be

"What are some things that make you sad?" This is a question that I ask in my abuse prevention class for people with disabilities. They brin...

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

One of the souls we lost last week collected beautiful things. I took this photo through the eyepiece of one of his kaleidoscopes, & thought how mourning is like a kaleidoscope — the memories keep moving and shifting in relation to each other, making something different and beautiful. #ParshaChat

A geometric pattern formed in a kaleidoscope of pink, purple, white and transparent beads.

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Doctor Science ❌👑#NoKings2 Oct18 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 4d

Good point, it can be impossible to have a conversation in a house of revelry (think of ones on/near college campuses especially), while a house of mourning can hold some of the most important ones.
#ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I attended a funeral and a shiva one day last week for different families, and both were so so lovely. I had these in mind, and forgot for a bit the funerals of my youth where people could be so bitter and blaming. House of mourning is like parents — it's depends on what trauma you carry #ParshaChat

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Dennis Fischman @dennisfischman.bsky.social · 4d

A2 When there are mourners to comfort. #ParshaChat

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Doctor Science ❌👑#NoKings2 Oct18 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly! they're not just counters, play with them! change their wrappings! feed them mush and clean it off your clothes! teach them Torah, teach them how to wash their hands, hold them when they cry, listen to their stories!
You'd never think he was talking about *people*
#ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

This is my neurodivergence speaking, a house of revelry is so loud and chaotic, while a house of mourning is full of love and care and community and respect #ParshaChat

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Doctor Science ❌👑#NoKings2 Oct18 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 4d

oooo, *burn*. but fair!
I read something abt Narcissists, & one problem they have as they get older is *crushing* boredom--bcuz they're not interested in *other people*, an infinitely renewable interest. Koholet sounds like one that ...
#ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

The pendulum swings ... and swings back ... and swings again #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

And the ways in which we're losing ground on that don't make it any less valuable!

Every minute of respect and equality mattered and can't be taken away.

And what can be won once, can be won again.
#ParshaChat

Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

A1: I grew up with legal rights that my mother didn't. I grew up in a world that, while still sexist and misogynistic, contained a lot more respect for women than was available in that generation.

I don't take that for granted, either.
#ParshaChat

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