Thread by @JoshuaCypess

33.01/ Week thirty-three, Feb. 27-March 5 2021, begins here.

Week thirty-two linked below

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1363276707235561485?s=20

33.02/ #ReshetKeshet for #Tetzaveh: a good resource for understanding the laws of the priestly clothing (bigdei kahuna) is the Rambam. See Hilchot Klei Hamikdash, esp. chapters 8-10, in Rabbi Eliyahu Touger's exemplary translation below:
chabad.org/library/articl…

33.03/ I missed the entire discourse about the horrible National Anthem at CPORK? CPAWK? (whatever) but whoa just heard it. My wife just showed me this great attempt by pianist Brandon Ethridge (@brandonethridge) to accompany the roiling swamp of this song

33.04/ People are trying to defend Cuomo's harassment? Why, b/c he's on "my team"? No, he's not on my team. I'm on team "not harasser" ThankYouVeryMuch

Seriously, this is as easy a moral decision as we have in 2021: abusive people cause incalculable damage. They gotta go.

33.05/ Parshat #KiTisa last year was when everything went insane so I'm having major flashbacks to the chaos, fear and pain of 2020. Also, when my basement flooded a few years ago, 85% of my Ki Tisa files were damaged. The Golden Calf carries its curse even 'til now, eh?

33.06/ Finally remembered to buy my 2021 Almanac; I buy it every two years, & it covers the news of the previous one that's on the cover. Which means this is the collection of facts for 2020.

I'm kinda scared to open it lest it's the actual Necronomicon. Would you be surprised?

33.07/ Reminder: while your soul appreciates the value, nay the necessity, of finishing off all the #hamantaschen before Nisan, your body does not.

33.08a/ We totally didn't learn enough about the 1918 Flu epidemic in high school US History, holy cow! This year has been terrible and when I see pictures of everyone in masks 100 years ago, it looks like now and yet it's barely mentioned. That's sobering
cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…

33.08b/ Along with the attempt now to destroy the post-1865 Constitution & New Deal & Great Society by the MAGA fascists (aka the GOP) I think US History needs to be taught totally differently:

One third for 1619-1865, next third 1865-1932, last third 1932-present.

33.08c/ There are 3 American Histories and Reconstruction and the New Deal make the USA we currently know.

It does worry me that our pandemic year won't get the necessary coverage like 1918's, but maybe they thought "of course everyone knows disease is bad, who'd deny that?!"

33.09a/ My parents gifted us with Disney+ & a few reflections:
1. So much great stuff, which just emphasizes that one company owns too many things
2. It's a terrible app/interface compared to Netflix
3. My squee joy of having every Simpsons has been surpassed by every Muppets!

33.09b/ Seriously, the Muppets TV Show is insane good and I remember the joy of seeing it as a 6 year old (while also not understanding who the heck the hosts were, still don't). It's based in the Variety Show culture we've since lost. Compare it to Lawrence Welk or Hee Haw

33.10/ I alluded to this in 33.04, but to be explicit: I believe Al Franken's accusers; there's not only so many of them with detailed stories, but the depth of the facts are against him. See here for more:

https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1366053942950563844?s=03

33.11/ One way I know I'm not in a "news bubble" is that willy-nilly I'll find out that 2 or more people I enjoy reading on Twitter are actually in a feud with each other. At times, it's useful (the fight exposes bad behavior) but most often it's a personality clash. Still weird

3.12/ #ShabbatShalom everyone. Please stay safe & healthy.

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