"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
The fate of ordinary Gazans trapped by Israel in a war zone and ordinary Israelis held hostage by Hamas in a war zone will be one and the same.
They are starving.
They are buried beside one another.
They are cast aside by those with power to save them.
For this we weep.
Art by Emily K
this is terrible, and yet sadly so common. we need a standardized system for ownership over our digital IDs so big tech companies can’t just flip an off switch for your whole digital life (working on it, but it’s a long road). google, microsoft, etc doing this everyday too and users have no recourse
When I die, please do not write an AI obituary of me *or* code an AI replica, however well-intentioned, but feel free to build a shockingly realistic rotini sculpture & then eat it at my shiva
Proud to finally share what I've been working on. I'm excited for a future where privacy is normal. encryptedspaces.org
Emily C. Hughes
Rabbi Emily Cohen
Read this in full.
I'm short: The ADL has fully given up on its mission to fight real antisemitism.
Instead, they are focused on unconditional support towards Israel, including justification of antisemitism if it serves that goal. Plus, working with fascists & antisemitic groups and people.
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts”
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
Engineer and Applied Cryptographer working in the ASML at Harvard’s BKC.
Led cryptography R&D at Juicebox and privacy projects at Signal.
Passionate about fostering inclusive communities, mentoring women in tech, and building third spaces for creatives.
