People forget (or frankly never bothered to learn) that many, many Jews don’t have generational wealth. The Nazis *very literally stole* all Jewish assets. And before that we are a people who spent thousands of years on the run. If only we had a dollar for all our generational trauma!

Dear TV writers. I am BEGGING you. PLEADING WITH YOU. Absolutely desperately BESEECHING YOU. *For the love of god* stop having your characters tell the fucking scorpion and frog story.

CNN has reported that Hizbullah agreed to a 21-day ceasefire, as did Israel, before Israel reneged, assassinated Nasrallah, & continued bombing Lebanon. You don't "misunderstand" agreeing to a ceasefire with Hizbullah. (Reporting is part of yesterday's feed, linked below)

October 2, 2024 Israel strikes central Beirut for the first time since 2006 | CNN

Israel’s war cabinet is weighing its response after Iran launched its largest-ever attack on the country.

And yes, it's the same 5 steps each time. Name and own the harm Start to change Amends Apology Make different choices. Same with interpersonal harm. Institutional harm. National harm. Crimes against humanity. Whether or not you can ever fully repair. Whether or not you can ever be forgiven.

On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World a book by Danya Ruttenberg

Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & PracticeMyra H. Kraft Memorial Award A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal ...

this is why I ignore people who say "just protest the right way!" the issue isn't the method of protest; it's that they're protesting at all.

Conservatives made up the quote “government is just the name we give to the things we choose to do together” to attack it but honestly it goes hard

Beyond this- What if I told you that mutual aid scaled up to the size that we actually need it to confront disasters is in fact a government response! I would hope that most socialists get this.

There was an episode of THE X-FILES about a monster in a community that killed people who violated HOA rules, one of the rare more comedic episodes

The fossil fuel companies and the billionaires created by their accumulation are responsible for climate change and for the far right rise to power in the U.S. Climate strategy that assumes decarbonization is an issue we can solve with more clever financial incentives and instruments is incomplete.

Every plot summary I read for an upcoming film makes me feel like there’s a gas leak in my house