ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 4hThis is in reference to Jews wanting the right to practice our religion as we see fit, which is apparently offensive to people who (checks notes) are extremely uneducated and quite possibly basement dwellers 071
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 21hA single wickedly simplistic thread connects the individuals who believe that leftists cannot be antisemitic with those who believe that Christians are good by definition, those who believe that Zionism is racism, and those who believe that Muslims are stealthily taking over Europe 1135
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comJewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagoguesThe Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism 915687
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 793546890
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Eligible voters, time's running out for registering to vote or updating your registration for the midterms. Fri, 10/2 — SOUTH CAROLINA — in-person (10/4 online, 10/5 mail) Sat, 10/3 — U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — in-person (10/4 online) Sun, 10/4 — ALASKA Sun, 10/4 — RHODE ISLAND More at npr.org/votenpr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. 25235
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As someone who breaks my life into a series of tasks more than most people (e.g. walking is a practiced series of conscious muscle activations and cooking is a more complex series of planned physical and cognitive activities), I think we often downplay the role of flexibility in human systems 151
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hazards of teaching children how to build a campfire: I'll return from this trip with slightly less hair than before One ill-timed poke of the fire and whoosh - crackle - singe Kiddo learned his lesson tho 😶 150
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Journal impact factor: 2.4 Me: I wonder why it was published here Them: Admittedly not a great study 020
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Maybe if the goal of human existence was effortless survival, this would be fine. I prefer humans to find beauty and joy in our lives. There is beauty and creative joy in math - and humor - as in all human pursuits We should be loathe to cede human pursuits; the best parts of life involve struggle 120
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is the hill I'll die on: it is fine to mask. It is not fine to falsely accuse people who don't mask of murdering or otherwise harming disabled and immunocompromised people. I detest the people who do so - often far more abled than I am - because their actions alienate potential allies 140
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I feel like a good chunk of Bluesky (specifically, the non experts focused on AI and consciousness) haven't moved past freshman undergrad, when we all discovered that navel gazing with other academically inclined students was fun and we hoped it would be productive You know, before we knew better 130
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Whereas conflating Zionists with Jews is antisemitic, pointing out another person's conflation is not antisemitic (see, e.g., the below post and the post that this person excuses with the "Zionists!=Jews" objection) 121
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He blamed COVID-19 on the Jews. Then he took his shotgun to a synagogue on Kol Nidre. Conspiracy theories kill. (In this case it only killed the gunman, B''H.)globalnews.caBelleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.caThe Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022. 314047
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will absolutely die on this hill. Have fun with your urban legends, pop-cultural speculation, cryptid myths, and folklore, but conspiracy theories - where there are Hidden Enemies trying to hide the truth - are always harmful. 211420
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026not wrong 2142
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Listening to a podcast on Civil War tunes with Jewish kids is wild. "Do you know what this tune was originally?" "No" "O Christmas Tree, it's quite popular" "We have better tunes. Kol Nidre is an earworm" 😂 1100
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If only there were a field in which real philosophers and scientists studied what constitutes thought and consciousness. We could call it philosophy of mind or perhaps consider it a branch of cognitive science Ah, but I dream. At least we have each other, on whose wisdom we can undoubtedly rely 050
Reposted by ZL (she/her)AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It feels like certain activists badly need to understand the concept of עת לעשות להשם הפרו תורתיך 49313
Reposted by ZL (she/her)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028 26490921476
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In the 1940s a little girl lived with her parents in a New York hotel. "I was a real-life Heloise," she would later tell her neighbors The girl's father was a porter. He brought her mother abandoned treasures from luggage left behind. Rings, lighters. A star of David necklace, her mother's favorite 151
Reposted by ZL (she/her)StatsJew @statsjew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Far too many people think that if they sit out elections, they can't be blamed for the outcomes. A vote is not a moral confession! And, unless you are running for office, you are not going to ever be able to vote for someone you agree with 100%. 76014
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Nicholdav @nicholdav.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Doing an undergrad honors thesis in a STEM discipline is the science version of ROTC, prove me wrong 122
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I feel like this is God laughing at us for every time we pile on certain Dems or claim we can't vote for them because of a comparatively minor failing Is all corruption bad? Yes. Is GOP corruption overwhelmingly worse? Also yes. 130
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Spouse's comment: "none of these things were founded by a group of people who put fascists in office, so I don't understand the comparison" (I won the husband lottery) 091
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Yidden! YIDDEN!! The gentiles have gifted us a beautiful number derived from circles to mark the beginning of our annual cycle on Friday! 🎉 160
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Hunter Biden is an evil junkie" is Libertarian for "I blame individuals for societal ills and take my cues from all the wrong podcasts" 010
Reposted by ZL (she/her)George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s 232746736
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In case anyone is wondering how we got here: Gematria is a Jewish numerology system in which Hebrew letters are assigned numerical value. Spiritual meaning is then derived by calculating words' and phrases' values This is solely a Jewish religious pursuit + 2132
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026R Elazar ben Shimon in full-fledged teen angst, fighting with his dad: 180
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hey teachers? Instead of answering a question with, "We know you're smart, you don't need to show off all the time," try, "Good question. We'll get to that later this year, but let's stay focused on today's topic" Because my kid will conclude that you're an insecure asshole and go from there. 260
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I have an incredibly stupid problem. Our synagogue updated its education program to be even more fun and inclusive, and strongly encourages everyone to participate; multiple people have approached me about it and I love the idea. But my kids hate fun learning. They're educational curmudgeons 2100
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026(logs onto Bluesky while at the pediatric dermatologist for my kid's semiannual mole check) We're debating sunscreen? Sunscreen for children?!?static.klipy.comGrandpa Abe's Confused Exit in The SimpsonsAlt: Grandpa Abe from The Simpsons enters and exits a bar 050
Reposted by ZL (she/her)The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 07/08/2026When is criticizing AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobbying groups legitimate, and when does it slide into antisemitism? @dovwaxman.bsky.social, Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Scholar-In-Residence at the Nexus Project, explains. 1174
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It would be great if the person setting a legal precedent in the UK that anti-Zionist beliefs are protected were not someone whose anti-Zionism is ragingly antisemitic. But that’s not the timeline we’re living in. David Miller called Mamdani a “Zionist” for condemning a swastika on an NYC synagogue. 414741
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Same kid: I tried to explain Christianity (again) to my kid and he goes, "Really? God just said to forget about the mitzvot? Nah. Moses did *one thing* with a tzur and he was kept out of Israel." I mean. Facts. 040
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Worst 20 minutes of my life" - actual words that left my child's mouth after I cut his hair yesterday I wish I owned a barber shop so he could leave a review for real for real 😂 050
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Climate Defiance's *only* mailing address appears to be a private mailbox (PMB): 111 Town Square Pl, PMB 550, Suite 1238, Jersey City, NJ 07310. They have no physical address Glass houses, bricks, etc (Haley Stevens, of course, has offices as well as a PMB at UPS.) 081
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The high that conservatives get from watching Senators nonsensically bully leaders like Fauci on TV is not dissimilar from the high that liberals get from reading posters nonsensically bully people like Stancil on here. It's all in-group dynamics and love of hatred 260
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I didn't enjoy this book, it was unrealistic and relied too heavily on pop culture gimmicks 031
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Put down your keyboards and listen to yourselves claim that this individual is a rapist or a stalker - an individual who has taken no action that justifies your claim, who has merely expressed a wish that he had a better relationship with an unnamed and unharmed individual What is wrong with you 3181
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Me: Your friend invited you to a birthday party next Saturday My kid: Who's leading Torah study next week Me: I promise you can skip a week. Friends are important My kid: Yes, friends are important. Is my friend leading Torah study [the friend is 80 years old] 🥹 1100
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I think many ppl don't realize the truly scammy nature of tax-free investment growth in Roths and 529s Are these folks going to use all that 529 money for their kids' college? No. But they can convert $35k into Baby's First Roth, and the extra 529 funds can be reassigned to grandchildren tax-free 041
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Poked my head onto Mastodon. Read linguist Emily Bender claiming that replying to a post in the middle of a thread, rather than at the end, is the equivalent of interruption. Logged off immediately. Stodgy AF. 050
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026There's a whole dysfunctional educational philosophy built around "I didn't like it when I was a student and therefore it was bad." This is why we don't require students to memorize times tables anymore and why gamification of education is so popular, to the detriment of actual education 2101
ZL (she/her) @jcw1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Incredibly offensive when people mimic disability like this. Falling due to seizure or fainting is extremely dangerous; I have broken bones, lost teeth, and gotten concussions from it. It's traumatic for my children, who have found me unconscious. These people have no shame 282
Reposted by ZL (she/her)Jadon Nisly-Goretzki @jnisly-goretzki.bsky.social · 19/07/2026As bad as AI is in any kind of historical museum work, indeed truly grotesque to use it in Holocaust remembrance. 1398
