Laura Duhan-Kaplan
@onsophiastreet.bsky.social
Rabbi Professor Dean. Recovering philosopher. Reluctant singer. Cat & crow fan. Recent Book: Biblical Animals http://amzn.to/3j1ftQD. Blog: www.sophiastreet.com
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A warm late November afternoon
raking leaves, watching squirrels torment the small dog
who is convinced that someday
he will rid his kingdom of the intruders.
The news reports the Border Patrol
has taken 85 South away from Charlotte.
The small dog and I know
to remain vigilant.
raking leaves, watching squirrels torment the small dog
who is convinced that someday
he will rid his kingdom of the intruders.
The news reports the Border Patrol
has taken 85 South away from Charlotte.
The small dog and I know
to remain vigilant.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A warm late November afternoon
raking leaves, watching squirrels torment the small dog
who is convinced that someday
he will rid his kingdom of the intruders.
The news reports the Border Patrol
has taken 85 South away from Charlotte.
The small dog and I know
to remain vigilant.
raking leaves, watching squirrels torment the small dog
who is convinced that someday
he will rid his kingdom of the intruders.
The news reports the Border Patrol
has taken 85 South away from Charlotte.
The small dog and I know
to remain vigilant.
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
Why is an image of an elated US President Harry Truman holding up a mistaken headline saying “Dewey [the other leading presidential candidate] defeats Truman” a good choice for a World Press Freedom Day poster? Thoughts, please!
![Poster that says World Press Freedom Day with an image of Harry Truman holding a newspaper with the [completely wrong] headline “Dewey Defeats Truman”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k3g6wuruuubswxm54eixneew/bafkreida5yudyj6bghzvrzqlqsiptocwjoeoo6hedfjjg5rgo2hzdtrxoy@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Why is an image of an elated US President Harry Truman holding up a mistaken headline saying “Dewey [the other leading presidential candidate] defeats Truman” a good choice for a World Press Freedom Day poster? Thoughts, please!
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this you can't believe your eyes timeline cleanse.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this you can't believe your eyes timeline cleanse.
#DoomscrollingBreak
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Toad found a lantern in the attic. “Frog will see this light. I will show him the way out of the woods,” said Toad.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Toad found a lantern in the attic. “Frog will see this light. I will show him the way out of the woods,” said Toad.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
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we’re starving kids AND canceling Thanksgiving because we really, really need to double the cost of your healthcare, and other winning messages
The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic at many busy airports to maintain safety during the government shutdown, which has led to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers. n.pr/4oN8zwM
FAA will reduce air traffic by 10% at many airports to maintain safety
The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic at many busy airports to maintain safety during the government shutdown, which has led to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
we’re starving kids AND canceling Thanksgiving because we really, really need to double the cost of your healthcare, and other winning messages
So well said about this World Series!
An all time classic World Series. It’s a shame someone had to lose.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So well said about this World Series!
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Over 40 million people will lose their food assistance because the wealthy require fascism to further line their pockets.
We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
A War Against the People: Fascism will Steal Everything From Us
42 million Americans will lose food assistance this week. This is a crime against the people.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Over 40 million people will lose their food assistance because the wealthy require fascism to further line their pockets.
We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
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World Series games don’t even let you go to sleep anymore. Because of woke.
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
World Series games don’t even let you go to sleep anymore. Because of woke.
10:28 pm Pacific time and bottom of the 14th inning!!! Is there no rule of compassion so the players can rest?
Will we be celebrating or drowning our sorrows?
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
10:28 pm Pacific time and bottom of the 14th inning!!! Is there no rule of compassion so the players can rest?
Wow two great teams! Pretty exciting 10.5 innings so far
Will we be celebrating or drowning our sorrows?
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Wow two great teams! Pretty exciting 10.5 innings so far
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Give to your local food bank. Build mutual aid wherever and however you can. If we’re going to make something better it’s going to depend on reinvigorating a sense of interconnectedness.
We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.
We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Give to your local food bank. Build mutual aid wherever and however you can. If we’re going to make something better it’s going to depend on reinvigorating a sense of interconnectedness.
We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.
We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.
Will we be celebrating or drowning our sorrows?
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Will we be celebrating or drowning our sorrows?
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My favorite part of this is where he figures out how to block the telemetry and a few days later the vacuum gets "updated" with a command to stop working.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My favorite part of this is where he figures out how to block the telemetry and a few days later the vacuum gets "updated" with a command to stop working.
So lovely to see these two young people together with a great public profile! Bukola is a local and a delightful person in every way. Keep on reading, everyone!!
POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So lovely to see these two young people together with a great public profile! Bukola is a local and a delightful person in every way. Keep on reading, everyone!!
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I listened to this on the commute today. Highly recommend. Brannen and Wyman both influenced my chapter in Future of Denial on the history of Earth told through CO₂ levels
Had tons of fun talking to @patrickwyman.bsky.social about the past few hundred million years or so for his great Tides of History podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Tides of History
History Podcast · Updated Weekly · Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we s...
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I listened to this on the commute today. Highly recommend. Brannen and Wyman both influenced my chapter in Future of Denial on the history of Earth told through CO₂ levels
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From Nat Bailey Stadium to baseball’s biggest stage: The Blue Jays who played for the Vancouver Canadians
From Nat Bailey Stadium to baseball’s biggest stage: The Blue Jays who played for the Vancouver Canadians
Five months before Trey Yesavage helped propel the Blue Jays to the World Series, he was pitching at Nat Bailey stadium for the Vancouver Canadians, the club’s single-A affiliate.
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
From Nat Bailey Stadium to baseball’s biggest stage: The Blue Jays who played for the Vancouver Canadians
Goat sheltering from the rain, Vancouver Island.
My photo, lightly edited to look a bit more like a drawing
My photo, lightly edited to look a bit more like a drawing
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Goat sheltering from the rain, Vancouver Island.
My photo, lightly edited to look a bit more like a drawing
My photo, lightly edited to look a bit more like a drawing
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Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
May it be so
Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza. https://to.pbs.org/4nHBlyR
Israel and Hamas have agreed to 'first phase' of Gaza peace plan, Trump announces
Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza.
www.pbs.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
May it be so