I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.

Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.

Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”

―Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I just texted a dear friend of mine in NYC. He was not aware that Mamdani's wife liked Oct. 7th posts before Israeli response and seemed indifferent to the nail bombs thrown in front of Gracie Mansion and the deceptive language used to report it. This is a man who was there with me during 9/11, volunteered amid the rubble, is Jewish-adjacent. It turns out that he voted for Mamdani. I feel frightened by the cognitive dissonance. This is one of many incidents this week.