Mark Gilman

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Multi-Faith Jew. Spiritual Organizer. Sci-fi nerd. Urban planning aficionado. Unapologetic believer in hope & optimism.
My theology: You are what you worship.

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Any other Jews out there who recently turned 40 and thus ineligible for "20's-30's" programming? It definitely adds to the lonliness, there are lots of social shabbats and experiences I'm suddenly ineligible for. There's a smidge "20's-40's" programming in NYC.

I have a friend who teaches at two colleges, one whose calendar focus on Christian holidays another whose calendar focuses on Jewish holidays. Because Passover and Holy Week are totally unaligned this year thanks to a second month of Adar, each school has spring break when the other one doesn't.

The fanfic we need.

The john wick world vibes are pretty impeccable but it's very funny to imagine a normal person stumbling into one of the assassin hotels and trying to buy a drink with their visa

Where's the AI app that can take a photo of your bookshelf, and show you how to organize it by color, height, genre, theme, etc. You can search the app for where the book is on the shelf. If the bookshelf gets messy take a new pic and it'll tell you how to reorder it. I would pay for this.

When I see this gossip mag page from the 90's I am strangely comforted in knowing that the stupidity of Social Media discourse was never novel. In fact, once upon a time, people used to pay for it gladly.

I would like to take a moment to publicly apologize for all the times I dumped on the following bands as a teen: Hanson, The Backstreet Boys, N'SYNC, Britney Spears. Y'all are great.

Just a friendly reminder:

It's funny how we learned that we don't have to be good looking, or good at math to love ourselves, but we''ll be damned if we're bad at social media.

Now I just want to remake Cheers with the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

lots of discourse on whether there should be a True Detective S5 but only one right answer: hire Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny at their current ages, name their characters Mulder and Scully, make them longtime (work) partners, do not otherwise acknowledge the existence of X-Files in the show

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Rabbi Abbahu teaches us that the place where the people fixing their own brokenness stand, even the righteous and saintly do not stand. (Babylonian Talmud, Berachos 34b). Fixing your brokenness, in Judaism, is more sacred than righteousness.

Just a friendly reminder that feelings aren't facts. You can pause, breathe, face the scary thing and then refocus yourself.

If someone from the JewSky community made a Talmud Bingo, that would be amazing...

I made a Classical Chinese Poetry Bingo to help people recognize the common tropes/motifs. These show up frequently in the modern poetry I translate as well. Do you recognize anything from your readings or from pop culture? Tag yourself. I'm "feeling sad on a boat" lol #poetry #translation #cdrama

I love the Pope's call for Jewish-Catholic solidarity, but it is not enough. Pope Benedict says that as “Jews and Catholics, we must commit ourselves to this path of friendship." Then The Vatican must work with Jewish orgs to more real community between Jews and Catholics. This needs resources.

Pope reaffirms Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism, Gaza war

Pope reaffirms Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism, Gaza warapnews.com Pope Francis has reaffirmed Christians' special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism since the outbreak of the Gaza war in a letter to the Jews of Israel.

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WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds or at goodfeeds.co

goodfeedsgoodfeeds.co Custom feeds on Bluesky

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DOCTOR: You have a fatty liver. Do you know what that means? ME: Yes, you're saying it would make a scrumptious foie gras. DOCTOR: No. I mean yes, probably, but that's not the point.

I am concerned about the rise of antisemitism. There is a lot of excellent work done describing it, but we need concrete steps to slow, halt, and reverse it. I'm Jewish (a multifaith Jew), and I have interfaith organizing experience. Here is what I have learned. 🧵 1/x

It's funny how if you post a math problem to the Internet that's ambiguously written so it has multiple possible solutions, everyone yells about it. But if you post a bit of text that's ambiguously written so it has multiple meanings, everyone has a laugh.

Workplace mental health awareness schemes:

Please more of this fanfic.

COLUMBO: Y’know, Doc, I think you got the wrong idea about me. HANNIBAL: To the contrary, Detective. Jung posited that we all of us wear masks. False identities, or true ones. Yours is the mask of the Fool. But what of the face beneath it? COLUMBO: Well, sir, my wife likes my face well enough

Someone at my job doesn't know who Don Knott's is and I'm dead.

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The Pope brunches with trans sex workers, incredible world we live in

important to note that it was not a one-time photo op type of thing, this is a group of trans sex workers he hangs with repeatedly

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TELLING THE TRUTH IS A NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITY

This thread is perfect, no notes.

“I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze

I just found out that river otters do a little dance after they poop, and that's big Asher Yatzar energy.

This 🧵 is 💯.

1: non Jewish Americans need to understand what our Jewish neighbors deal with DAILY as the norm. And 2: Christians (yes, all of us) need to recon with the fact that *this is on us* we created the bullshit that drives modern antisemitism and *we must address it head on.* Yes I have suggestions 1/x

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this is just to say i have blocked the man who was self-victimizing and who was probably unaware he was centering himself forgive me my desire to block is so sweet and so cold

I have found that not being anxious and believing in myself does not come easy, it is a practice. Self understanding is not enough, I have to do things. So I created a a ritual to teach me to believe in myself and worry less. Maybe this helps you. 🧵

This article so beautifully and hauntingly explores child gender transition through of the mutability of identity, regret, and how we judge our life choices. I'm so grateful to have read this.

For a long time I’ve been thinking about why we are so terrified a child will regret a gender transition. This essay ended up being not just about gender but about all of our identities, how they shape us and, crucially, how we shape ourselves. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/o...

Opinion | There Is No Way to Live a Life Without Regretwww.nytimes.com The panic over transgender children is driven by the fear that they’ll regret transitioning. But freedom to make mistakes is core to being human.

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If life gives you lemons

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SHABBOS IS COMING! WE'RE SO HAPPY! WE'RE GONNA SING AND SHOUT OUT LOUD. SIX DAYS A WEEK WE WAIT FOR SHABBOS A GIFT FROM HASHEM AND WE'RE SO PROUD. SING IT TOGETHER: SHABBOS. whisper it together: shabbos. SHOUT IT TOGETHER: SHABBOS. TELL IT TO THE WORLD: SHABBOS KOYDESH!

tell us a perfect album that came out when you were 16 <3