greenmountaingirl

thepoliticalcat, 9 days ago to random

If you don't have proper N-95 masks, now is the time to pick some up, and build a Corsi-Rosenthal box. It's edging towards summer, which means fire season, and it's already started in Canada. If you don't want to be inhaling smoke and particulate matter, get your protection ASAP. Wear it everywhere, your lungs will thank you.

greenmountaingirl, 16 days ago to random

A 3yo thread I'm reposting from Xitter:

On #YomHaShoah I think about the Jews of Švihov, whose torn Torah my shul was gifted with. We say Kaddish for them even though, for many of them, their first or full names are lost and we only have a last name or, at worst, birth year.

Only their Torah survived, and that was defaced. The shul is currently working to have it restored. But even when we first received it, almost 2 years ago, we gave it pride of place.

With the Torah comes a mandate to continue to remember the Jews who once revered & taught from it. Who were killed while their scrolls were warehoused by Nazis.

And also to continue to teach the world what hate can do & why people of love & solidarity must ALWAYS intervene.

I've been crying through this whole thread. Our Torah represents a whole village killed, whole families. Some of them were only small children.

This is why my shul takes its anti-racism and anti-hate work so seriously.

greenmountaingirl, 25 days ago to random

OMG, yesterday I was just thinking about how I've never fallen at work, and guess what happened today?

In my defense, I am short, and the circ desk chairs are tall, swivelly, and on rollers. It was only a matter of time.

I am mortified, which is why I'm posting about it publicly.