Reposted by Miriam JayneMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/01/2026“I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed.”buff.lyWho Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.?1. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.” 2. “Why would Kim Jong ... 311831
Reposted by Miriam Jaynemaimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Wait!! It’s dangerous out there! Take one of these: 1117643
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Post a famous bathroom scenemedia.tenor.coma woman with red hair is standing in a dark room with a netflix logo in the background .ALT: a woman with red hair is standing in a dark room with a netflix logo in the background . 020
Reposted by Miriam JayneJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025White men are 30% of the population. They are also: - 98% of presidents - 90% of CEOs - 90% of billionaires - 80% of Congress Forever oppressed. 28155502033
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 PRINCE ROGERS NELSON CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR BECAUSE OF THE BOOK HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON (this has been verified) which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you (PS that is not a white child, fight me) 24951133
Reposted by Miriam JayneChris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025This entire weekend 215341627194
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Side hustle update! We *finally* have a (live) song on the Yudi and the 50 Gates* website. 🤘🏻🎸🔥 It’s a song called “The Monster” about golems and anxiety and what keeps us safe and it rocks pretty hard. Listen here: 50gates.com/home50gates.comYudi and the 50 GatesHome page of Yudi and the 50 Gates, a solo artist 251
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Everything is burning down but we still need music??? My Rebbe Nachman-inspired punk band is playing a backyard sukkah show next Thursday night, 10/9. DM me for deets. 000
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Tom Clancy’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus 120
Reposted by Miriam Jayneshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch. 26591372697
Reposted by Miriam JayneJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 11/07/2025so you know how I'm frequently like "hey, [THING] is not a binary, it's multivalent and complex and nuanced, please stop treating it as a binary" as it turns out, cognitive rigidity/binary thinking is a primary predictor for extremism: bigthink.com/mini-philoso...bigthink.comThe 4 psychological markers of ideological extremismWhat do Coke bottles, thrill-seeking, and a shrunken prefrontal cortex have in common? They all help explain extremist ideologies. 28123
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House. ❗Call a Republican rep! 6316104
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days. 5641331059
Reposted by Miriam JayneGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/06/2025Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always. 242166123543
Reposted by Miriam JayneChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate. 309141661375
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Come hang out with me and the @judaismunbound.bsky.social crew this year erev Shavuot -- I'll be on midday Sunday talking about what the Book of Ruth can teach us about community care in times of suffering. Join us! bit.ly/2025shavuot 38115
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Happy to welcome Sunlight and Simcha to the family! Thx, PAWS Chicago 😻 120
Reposted by Miriam Jaynetef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god" 660190704553
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Watched the first season of this show on Kumail’s recommendation. Lived up to his assessment exactly. So, so good. 120
Reposted by Miriam JayneWilliam Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Booker beats Thurmond 1576973
Reposted by Miriam JayneThomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.” -John Waters. 1004332743
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I’ve long maintained that the difference between American tv and British tv is that Brits put smart people in a room and let them say whatever they want and Americans put stupid people in a room and script them. After the SOTU tonight, methinks the theory stands. 040
Reposted by Miriam JayneElad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Fascism is unsustainable. It is inherently built to fail, despite what its leaders want you to think. The bigger question is not whether it will stand. It is: can we hurry its demise? Limit its danger to the vulnerable? And just as important: what will we build after? 9743170
Reposted by Miriam Jaynejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2025so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky 24957820114338
Reposted by Miriam JayneJeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism. —Hannah Arendt 829281
Reposted by Miriam JayneSiobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Remembering today that Chaplin self-funded The Great Dictator because the studios were too afraid of taking sides when there were so many Nazi sympathizers in the States that they didn’t want to alienate 171322270
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 04/02/2025“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.” - Dr. Susan Bernstein 110
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I am just looking around today, feeling overwhelmed by the number of extraordinary people I know who have been working very hard for a very long time towards making this flying rock safer and more free for more people. I know these times are scary. They are. But we're not alone. You are not alone. 694641486
Reposted by Miriam JayneTreyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Mr. Rogers was talking to children. If you’re an adult, you’re supposed to be the goddamn helper (as much as is possible). 35414
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 14/01/2025“When in doubt, booty out.” - Endlessly applicable wisdom for the shit show that 2025 promises to be, from the burlesque class @suzissus.bsky.social and I just started 020
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The world is ridiculous but I have fun new glasses. 🤷🏼♀️ 150
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This list makes me want to have a second bat mitzvah. ✨ 020
Reposted by Miriam JayneRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/12/2024You can give the gift of nourishment for the heart, soul and noggin-- for yourself or friends, family, or the folks you wanna have as study buddies-- We're gonna need all the help we can get in the chapter to come, no? Spread the word! www.lifeisasacredtext.com/december-spe... 1225
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 13/12/2024There’s a very particular kind of schadenfreude that comes when you see someone speeding and weaving dangerously through traffic and you not only meet them at the next stop light, but then both get caught waiting for the same endless train. 😏 130
Reposted by Miriam JayneMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024🔆 Good morning! ☕ Having a second cup? Of course, you are and that could be a good thing Study finds regular consumption of moderate doses of coffee attenuates all-cause mortality Impact of coffee intake on human aging: Epidemiology and cellular mechanisms🏺🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 2203
Reposted by Miriam JayneElad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I cannot emphasize enough how much the ability to think flexibly will matter as we enter a completely different era in American society. If you base your predictions, plans, and actions off what you know about the past you’ll be often both wrong and endangered. Think creatively. It’s key. 16778127
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 04/12/2024You know it’s been a good band practice when the drummer breaks the beater for the bass drum. 🤘🏻 (Either that or we’re playing too loud and we need new equipment.) 000
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 03/12/2024“Hey, how about we cancel this meeting since we have no agenda items to discuss?” is a really nice message to be able to send to one’s team. Follow me for more leadership tips. 120
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 29/11/2024At Thanksgiving dinner my kid had a question for the table. “What are you NOT thankful for?” Immediately I joked that this question was high on the list. Then folks offered: hangnails, the DMV, raw tomatoes. Then my kid answered last: homelessness. So, maybe not such a bad question after all. 040
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I think a lot about how Fox has always had right-leaning news and left-leaning entertainment and how it seems like so many of us have just gone along with the idea that conservative = serious and progressive/liberal = fluff and that’s not what this is about but maybe it is. 010
Miriam Jayne @miriamjayne.bsky.social · 29/11/2024We had the whole fam over today. Blew up balloons after dinner. Cracked some glow sticks. Turned off the lights. Turned up the music. Behold, scenes from the traditional post-Thanksgiving meal rave. #blessed 000