Radical right wing wacko flees warrant for his arrest? Good standing 😇 Demure gay Mormon enters a relationship with another man? Church discipline (unless you're Charlie Bird lol) 👹

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if you want to read one thing for Yom haShoah, please read this piece by Rabbi Philip Graubart from 2017. Ever since I first read it, I've thought about it at least once a week. It might be the single greatest bit of writing I've seen about the Shoah in the past several decades.

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I’m saying this in my capacity as an author and once and future library worker: Read whatever the hell you want. I cannot impress enough on you that the “important” books aren’t important if you don’t jive with them. The popular books, the canon, the whatever. Read what you want.

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Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor. Insider trading, securities fraud and market manipulation are felonies. Why are we spending billions prosecuting misdemeanors while actively ignoring felonies?

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If MAHA truly wanted to tackle the chronic illness epidemic, they would provide the following: Free respirators, Covid/flu tests and vaccines Clean air in public spaces Paid time off & paid childcare Mandatory masking in healthcare Universal healthcare & basic income

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