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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 4h

It's apparently not real... yet

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 7h

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 19h

If you saw what’s happening in my quiet suburb—what my kids & I are witnessing—you’d be horrified. Innocent people who’ve done everything right. No criminal record. Here legally. US citizens. None of it matters to 🧊. I’ve never been so afraid just to exist.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 5h

Sure is good to have Justice Haynes back, though

Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 5h

Team, I need us to quit running into our own guys

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Brian Cook, the mgoblog guy @mgoblog.bsky.social · 6h

hope you're prepared for me to talk about Max Bredeson whenever a fullback is mentioned for the next 30 years

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 6h

...like that

Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 6h

The thing about this game in particular is anything happen. The guys are young. Feelings are running high. There's History. Mistakes happen. Outbursts happen. There's just no knowing.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 11h

Why not just play them TED-ed videos all day? That's gotta be cheaper and equally as effective

Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 11h

"fortified by prayers with the Pope" is such a fascinating inclusion in a lede about two heads of the Church of England failing to deal with their child rapist relative

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11h

Andrew was the Queen’s weak spot. King Charles is paying the price.

Fortified by prayers with the Pope, the King is braced to deal with the ‘unexploded bomb’ left by his mother’s reluctance to deal with the Andrew problem ⬇️

Andrew was the Queen’s weak spot. King Charles is paying the price

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 11h

So, like, if, God forbid, we were to have a national security emergency... does POTUS currently have a shelter/command center/bunker?

I mean I can't imagine the Secret Service would let him not have a safe place, but is he planning on hunkering down with Congress, or...?

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acieb.bsky.social @acieb.bsky.social · 12h

“Imagine you step into your vehicle, you push a button, and it drives you to the office. You catch up on work, send emails, or watch an episode of your favorite show,” said GM CEO Mary Barra.

This exists, it's called a bus

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...

GM will introduce eyes-off driving in 2028 | CNN Business

General Motors, the 100-year-old car company, plans to offer Americans hands-free driving and the freedom to watch a movie on the go.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 11h

What do you mean, "final"? I rebuke it. There will be more Knives Out than Land Before Time. There will be Knives Out until we run out of celebrities. There will be Knives Out until we run out of Thanksgivings.

M3GAN 2.0 (she/her) @americanmegalo.bsky.social · 1d

Got to see Wake Up Dead Man, the final Knives Out.

It got big laughs and an ovation. Can’t wait for y’all to see it.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 13h

The new White House is like

Hellboy, with one hand massively larger than the other

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 12h

Obligatory video share. I never tire of these games.
www.youtube.com/shorts/gJ23f...

The Door 😅 #cat #challenge #pets #cats #funnycats #catchallenge

YouTube video by Sydneychat

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 12h

Why do we put ourselves through the hassle of grading when the points are all lies?

Why put this lipstick of scientific precision on a very muddy but eventually delicious pig?

Can I get an excuse note from the estate of Dewey to exempt me from this stupid, stupid process?

a man in a robe is holding a pile of papers in his hand .

Alt: That one nerdy guy from the sitcom throws a stack of papers in the air and stands staring coldly while they fall around him

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 13h

Why does Past Me keep giving these kids assignments that she expects Present Me to grade?: a memoir

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting question I never thought to ask!

For context: in signed languages, facial expressions are part of the language, related to grammar or the meaning, not just expression.

Karen Emmorey @kemmorey.bsky.social · 15h

New case study of a Deaf autistic signer finds autism affects both linguistic and affective facial expressions, supporting accounts grounded in motor and maybe prosodic difficulties. Also supports effective languaging strategies beyond the neurotypical norm. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 14h

Today's mood:

strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 14h

i have things to do but unfortunately i don’t want to do them

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 14h

Start with a pinhole, gradually widen?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

Whoaaaaa

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 16h

I just counted these by 1s, but pausing to make groups of 3s and 2s to approximate my usual counting by 5s rhythm

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 17h

TIL about polar bear jail

Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 1d

It's polar bear season in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and I'm a guide. My polar bear photos always engender a lot of questions, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer some of the most common ones so you can better understand these amazing animals and our relationship with them in Churchill. 🐻‍❄️ 1/

A group of 19 people standing in front of a large, white tundra buggy after a fun day out looking for polar bears. The buggy is marked as number 9 and stands 9 feet tall at the bottom of the 11 windows along the side.

A woman in a green parka and teal coloured toque smiles as a grey (Canada) jay lands on her head. She has a large camera strapped to her and is standing in the snowy woods.

A large polar bear stares ahead at the photographer as it comes of a rise on a rocky seashore.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 17h

*screams*

Txus Sanchester @noveasestapeli.bsky.social · 1d

El COBD felicitando el día de las bibliotecarias con una foto con IA.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 17h

The French are never beating the allegations

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

In 2023, I moved to Paris at 36 wks pregnant in a heatwave. The day after we arrived, jet lagged and I bit overwhelmed, I met my doctor & toured the hospital.

“How are you,” she asked me in English.

“Je suis fatigué,” I replied.

“No,” she said. “Tu es épuisé.* Remember that.”

*You are exhausted

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