Ruth Adar
@rruth.bsky.social
Rabbi, Granny, Teacher, Queer. Proud Californian still rocking my Tennessee accent in English and Hebrew.
Lots of poodle and sunset photos. Make room for laughter and wonder, if we are to survive!
Lots of poodle and sunset photos. Make room for laughter and wonder, if we are to survive!
What the absolute HECK?
For years Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing the notion that germ theory is overrated. Now other HHS officials are picking up that argument. @katherinejwu reports.
👀 The NIH debuted a new plan to help us weather the next pandemic: eat better and exercise.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
👀 The NIH debuted a new plan to help us weather the next pandemic: eat better and exercise.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What the absolute HECK?
I wish I had not used up all my gift links. This opinion piece is right on target. If you know your 20th century history, the headline is expressive. If you don't, google "Neville Chamberlain" and learn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I wish I had not used up all my gift links. This opinion piece is right on target. If you know your 20th century history, the headline is expressive. If you don't, google "Neville Chamberlain" and learn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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New York Times Just reviewed Troublemaker. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/b...
Reintroducing Jessica Mitford, the Activist With a ‘Concrete Upper Lip’
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New York Times Just reviewed Troublemaker. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/b...
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Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46025942)
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
Archive
emilysneddon.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46025942)
I just discovered @marthawells.com 's _Murderbot Diaries_ and I am enchanted.
#sciencefiction #ai #escapistfun #brilliant
#sciencefiction #ai #escapistfun #brilliant
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I just discovered @marthawells.com 's _Murderbot Diaries_ and I am enchanted.
#sciencefiction #ai #escapistfun #brilliant
#sciencefiction #ai #escapistfun #brilliant
I love photos and stories about poodles and rescues in whom the #PoodleForce is strong. I'm making an effort only to ❤️ pix that include ALT text.
Jack sez, "Please include those of us who don't see so well!"
Jack sez, "Please include those of us who don't see so well!"
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I love photos and stories about poodles and rescues in whom the #PoodleForce is strong. I'm making an effort only to ❤️ pix that include ALT text.
Jack sez, "Please include those of us who don't see so well!"
Jack sez, "Please include those of us who don't see so well!"
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On this day in 1963, the BBC began airing the adventures of the mercurial Timelord, Dr. Who. Ever since this auspicious debut, the Doctor has been flitting through time and space with his ever-changing series of companions, protecting the galaxy from Daleks, Cybermen, and the Timelords themselves.
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
On this day in 1963, the BBC began airing the adventures of the mercurial Timelord, Dr. Who. Ever since this auspicious debut, the Doctor has been flitting through time and space with his ever-changing series of companions, protecting the galaxy from Daleks, Cybermen, and the Timelords themselves.
Sunset over SF Bay, 11.
21.25.
21.25.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Sunset over SF Bay, 11.
21.25.
21.25.
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This is a torture technique used in the military, to keep people cold and keep the lights on 24 hours a day to make them persistently and very uncomfortable.
Republicans are doing this to little children in your name .
Are you OK with that?
Republicans are doing this to little children in your name .
Are you OK with that?
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is a torture technique used in the military, to keep people cold and keep the lights on 24 hours a day to make them persistently and very uncomfortable.
Republicans are doing this to little children in your name .
Are you OK with that?
Republicans are doing this to little children in your name .
Are you OK with that?
History is replete with evidence illustrating this point.
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
History is replete with evidence illustrating this point.
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"The speech Trump is criticizing simply states the law: soldiers are not to follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. The accusation is unfounded and unnecessarily chills criticism of the President’s actions," Dean Chemerinsky told @usatoday.com https://bit.ly/4psY2aE #BerkeleyLaw
'Punishable by death': Trump decries Dems as seditionists. What does he mean?
The president accused a group of Democrats of "seditious behavior, punishable by death."
www.usatoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The speech Trump is criticizing simply states the law: soldiers are not to follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. The accusation is unfounded and unnecessarily chills criticism of the President’s actions," Dean Chemerinsky told @usatoday.com https://bit.ly/4psY2aE #BerkeleyLaw
It may seem counterintuitive but many of the world's great spiritual traditions agree: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
To Get Happier, Make Yourself Smaller
Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It may seem counterintuitive but many of the world's great spiritual traditions agree: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Rocky 🐕
Young male Standard Poodle
Adoptable from Saving Our Companion Animals - Fort Bend County (Rosenberg, TX)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rocky-79545389/tx/rosenberg/saving-our-companion-animals-fort-bend-county-tx2137/
Young male Standard Poodle
Adoptable from Saving Our Companion Animals - Fort Bend County (Rosenberg, TX)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rocky-79545389/tx/rosenberg/saving-our-companion-animals-fort-bend-county-tx2137/
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Rocky 🐕
Young male Standard Poodle
Adoptable from Saving Our Companion Animals - Fort Bend County (Rosenberg, TX)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rocky-79545389/tx/rosenberg/saving-our-companion-animals-fort-bend-county-tx2137/
Young male Standard Poodle
Adoptable from Saving Our Companion Animals - Fort Bend County (Rosenberg, TX)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rocky-79545389/tx/rosenberg/saving-our-companion-animals-fort-bend-county-tx2137/
Remembering Gabi. I was so lucky to have as many years as I did with her — over 10 years! — but I shall miss her forever.
Check out the rescues and shelters in your area if you want a dog. Your soul mate may be out there waiting for you.
Check out the rescues and shelters in your area if you want a dog. Your soul mate may be out there waiting for you.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Remembering Gabi. I was so lucky to have as many years as I did with her — over 10 years! — but I shall miss her forever.
Check out the rescues and shelters in your area if you want a dog. Your soul mate may be out there waiting for you.
Check out the rescues and shelters in your area if you want a dog. Your soul mate may be out there waiting for you.
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By his threats that 6 Democratic members of Congress should be charged with sedition & executed is contrary to the adopted Uniform Code of Military Justice...
The only one in violation of federal law IS HE!
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) | Military.com share.google/MlVARhmJxKCI...
The only one in violation of federal law IS HE!
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) | Military.com share.google/MlVARhmJxKCI...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
By his threats that 6 Democratic members of Congress should be charged with sedition & executed is contrary to the adopted Uniform Code of Military Justice...
The only one in violation of federal law IS HE!
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) | Military.com share.google/MlVARhmJxKCI...
The only one in violation of federal law IS HE!
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) | Military.com share.google/MlVARhmJxKCI...
Miss Reesie is quite sure it is dinner time, despite what the stupid clock says. (The end of Daylight Saving is hard on a little dog's tummy.)
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Miss Reesie is quite sure it is dinner time, despite what the stupid clock says. (The end of Daylight Saving is hard on a little dog's tummy.)
Practical advice, but not one-size-fits-all.
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/w...
How to Strengthen Your Happiness Muscle (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Practical advice, but not one-size-fits-all.
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/w...
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The MAGA GOP is a 3-legged stool: "One of those legs is the nativist extremism of Stephen Miller. The second is the anti-government extremism of Russell Vought. And the last is the open, flamboyant corruption of Donald Trump."
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The MAGA GOP is a 3-legged stool: "One of those legs is the nativist extremism of Stephen Miller. The second is the anti-government extremism of Russell Vought. And the last is the open, flamboyant corruption of Donald Trump."
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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I went to a zoom training tonight for doing school patrols to protect parents & kids from ICE who are showing up at local schools.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I went to a zoom training tonight for doing school patrols to protect parents & kids from ICE who are showing up at local schools.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
Jesse Welles writes and sings protest songs for the present moment.
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Jesse Welles writes and sings protest songs for the present moment.
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A question for #JewSky: my small congregation is considering a community list-serv. I am seeking examples of good guidelines for a spiritual community's list-serv. If you know of some, please point me toward them? Todah rabah!
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A question for #JewSky: my small congregation is considering a community list-serv. I am seeking examples of good guidelines for a spiritual community's list-serv. If you know of some, please point me toward them? Todah rabah!
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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🚫 There is no "Semitic people." Just as there is no Hamitic people, or Japhetite people.
Those groups were made up by white race "scientists" coopting biblical stories to explain why some people, in their worldview, were fit to be colonized and enslaved.
STOP USING THIS LANGUAGE.
Those groups were made up by white race "scientists" coopting biblical stories to explain why some people, in their worldview, were fit to be colonized and enslaved.
STOP USING THIS LANGUAGE.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🚫 There is no "Semitic people." Just as there is no Hamitic people, or Japhetite people.
Those groups were made up by white race "scientists" coopting biblical stories to explain why some people, in their worldview, were fit to be colonized and enslaved.
STOP USING THIS LANGUAGE.
Those groups were made up by white race "scientists" coopting biblical stories to explain why some people, in their worldview, were fit to be colonized and enslaved.
STOP USING THIS LANGUAGE.
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So great.
If everyone could, like, stop trying to explain antisemitism to Jewish people, that would be great.
a man in a suit and tie says that would be great while pointing at something
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says that would be great while pointing at something
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So great.
San Francisco skyline at sunset.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
San Francisco skyline at sunset.