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Progressive Masorti/Conservative Jew. Statistician and US policy wonk. Married aroace with 3 kids.

Lamentations 2:14 in English and Hebrew
Lamentations 1:8 in Hebrew and English
Two shiny challah loaves with seeds
A map of the mid Atlantic showing dangerous air quality in all three cities
A map of the eastern US, showing a clear band of poor quality air. Snapshot from 11:00 on Wednesday
A yellowish green bug with pale lavender wings, about an inch and a half long, holding onto a slightly smaller brown exoskeleton. There is a hand next to it for scale.
A regional map showing mostly yellow and green, but red and orange over Washington DC (updated 8am). Underneath it says primary pollutant is PM2.5 and is at 154 unhealthy in Beltsville
A sign in a window showing broken and fixed smartphones, with a recycling symbol and the word "recycle". Beside the word are goatse hands
A rainbow fan
The backs of 5 humpback whales, just peeking above a calm blue sea.
Kings 12 27-31
Four different seed pots with little sprouts.
A spindle wrapped in fine thread sitting next to a keyboard.
Two skeins of yarn twisted up. They are green and purple, with a bit of light blue.
A post saying that the UK and Israel have universal Healthcare, Israeli Healthcare is paid for by America (sic) and just asking questions about why that could be.
Same gray and white cat on the laptop, but now it is curled up with its head on its paws.
A white and gray cat with its eyes closed and haunches sticking up, paws curled under. Sitting on a laptop on a coffee table.
Big green leaves and one small white flower with a yellow center.
A white pvc niddy-noddy with a skein of yarn stretched on it. The yarn gradually goes from green on one side to purple on the other.
A bun on a plate with a bite taken out. The bun has a dip in the center with onions and poppy seeds.
Two shiny brown challah loaves on tin foil. One is vaguely in the Shae of a key, one is smaller and oval.
2 braided, unbaked loaves of challah on tin foil. One is a normal oval shape with white and black seeds (half and half). The other is in the shape of a key, though it looks more like a fancy letter f.
A tall plant in a pot, maybe 4 feet tall
A picture of a book, reading "The Port-A-Brain computer system was designed to be the ultimate in pocket computers. Its main strength was that it enabled the user to tap into nearly any data base or library in the settled worlds, or place an order with most businesses above a one-store retail level, or communicate directly with or have messages for anyone or any business which utilized any form of computerized telecommunications, all without so much as plugging into a wall outlet or tapping into a phone line. What's more, the unit, complete with folding screen, was no larger than a paperback book.... Each unit cost as much as a small corporation, placing it well out of the financial reach of the individual and all but the most extravagant conglomerate executive officers...
Ten crescent-shaped dumplings in a frying pan on a stove top.
A tree with pink flowers, with a bit of snow on the branches and more on the ground.
A green owl crying and facing away in the rain, with the caption "No more Yiddish? "
Two cookie racks filled with hamantaschen.
A panda and pig bun on a plate.
Glass flanges and plastic grips in a cardboard box.
A gray and white cat curled up with his paw over his face
Three Hannukah menorahs, two unit, one with 9 blue candle stubs. The flames are reflected twice in the windows.
A bunch of brown blobs on a piece of parchment paper
Three menorahs with 6 candles each. The one in front has candles in rainbow order.
A pan of latkes, three dark and two light
Two menorahs with short, lit candles; two menorahs with no candles.
Four menorahs with two lit candles each.
A round loaf of sourdough cut so you can see inside
A round sourdough loaf with a big crack in the top
Three knit squares laid out together. They show: 1. a challah in black on peach background, 2. Two lit candles in candle holders in black on gray background, and 3. A wine bottle and wine glass in black on lavender background.
Patterns of red and yellow light in cup shapes, like you might see at an outdoor pool.
A cookie decorated like a menorah standing up on a plate. It has candy flames. It was clearly decorated by children under 6.
A bunch of very lightly browned pumpkin seeds spread out on a pan.
A set of colorful pictures of dinosaurs with labels, including stegosaurus, sauropod, pterosaur, hadrosaurus, ceratops, Tyrannosaurus, and Dodo.
A BlueSky exchange. A: also, go fuck yourself. Atheism isn't a belief, like Judaism. 🤮🤣 S: lol Judaism isn't a belief A: Tell me more. lol. What's the Torah? Me: Don't do unto others what you don't want done to you. The rest is commentary. If you want to, you can study further.
The outside of a succah decorated with brightly patterned purple and gray cloths. There's a big pile of greenery on top.
A corner of a succah with three colorful cloths. Two ladders sit in the middle of the succah.
A monarch butterfly on a pink cone flower
A gentle green stream in the woods
A plate of apples with a dish of honey in the middle. The honey includes a comb and a spoon in the dish.
A jar labeled "Korean honey citron tea" with a yellow jam inside.
A painting of a man with a faint mustache in traditional Mexican garb. He has a straw hat and a red and white striped cloth draped over his shoulder. His hands are on his lap, and he is gazing at the distance.
A plastic container with green beans on the bottom, red tomatoes in the middle, and yellow tomatoes on top.
From Bava Metzia 59a, 6.
2 bowls full of figs, and a plastic container with green beans and yellow cherry tomatoes on a kitchen counter. Behind them is a large collection of filled jars.
A yellow swallowtail butterfly with four black stripes on each wing, sitting on an orange flower.
A bucket most of the way full of figs
Three braided bits of roving in yellow, red, and orange.
A red, orange, and yellow scarf in subtle variations.
A pile of toasted crackers with stuff embedded in them.