Thread by @JoshuaCypess

78.01/ Week seventy-eight, January 8-14, 2022, thread here.

Week 77 below.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1477445546503815171

78.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight, John Woo's "Paycheck"
Why? (1) Underrated sci-fi action mystery, (2) we saw Mission:Impossible 2 wks ago and it's sequel is by Jon Woo... but it's terrible while this movie is great and almost the same genre
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_…

78.03/ Only silver lining to a Cowboys win: a scorigami!

https://twitter.com/NFL_Scorigami/status/1480031911191977987?t=xoDBrhg3BJNXtBsbiIp4ZQ&s=19

78.04/ During this late stage of the #TrumpCrisis I repeat to myself, as a social scientist, that I must remember to recognize the affects of (1) race & (2) religion (for ease of use: white supremacy)

https://twitter.com/dukekwondc/status/1479303622697500678?t=hBWsZ9Vvy4aOYJaxshPr7g&s=03

78.05/ I'm just now starting to calm down and comprehend that the #Steelers are one step away from the playoffs after starting 1-3. What a ride!

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1480296597045096456?t=-dRqRw-uC9vEwe8fY3YBTA&s=19

78.06/ This thread articulates a lot of how I'm seeing things too, especially this point:

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1479104564481564680?t=ahdiGEGxF8gme3Pg7tccUA&s=03

78.07/ I feel this sentiment and resonate with this thread (and there's serendipity that her grandparents and mine come from the same part of the old country).

https://twitter.com/LuxAlptraum/status/1480188239482916868?s=20

78.08/ BE"H I'll make a separate list for my reactions/thoughts about Sunday's #NFL drama (why clog up my main feed?) but to kick it off (har) attached is the chart my son & I finished for all the games of the 2021 season. See below for 2020's version.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1304173863350214656?s=20

78.09/ Never have I respected a US Senator more than after seeing this short clip of a gorilla loose in a space station.

https://twitter.com/Todd_Spence/status/1480256216618049537?s=20

78.10/ Hard agree.

https://twitter.com/isabelleboemeke/status/1480258877195100163?s=20

78.11/ Like the Onion, this account will often predict the future behavior of the reprobate RedHats but until then, the satiric clarity it offers is refreshing:

https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1480363871386980355?s=20

78.12/ My thread about the #NFL madness from Sunday, especially as it relates to my ancestral team (I was born in Pittsburgh), the #Steelers

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1481321940354838528

78.13/ This thread is a useful key to help navigate the health care system. To me, it's not as much a "cheat sheet" as a way to translate what you're enduring into language that is practical for HCP, which is a neglected modern skill.

https://twitter.com/maiab/status/1481735686487101440

78.14/ The assault on the Democrats from both sides is maddening; the rhetoric is nearly identical. I agree with much of this short thread and this in particular: the idea that Ds don't fight.

https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/1480935488034951182?t=GtRJhG1kCscEvg5uy9JVrA&s=03

78.15/ Another short thread that reflects my view about the need to defend the successes of the Democrats - to not let perfect be the enemy of the good - and avoid depressive doomerism that undermines our chance for improving our future.

https://twitter.com/mtsw/status/1480953330054533123

78.16/ This is a great starting point for a soc-sci investigation because Netanel's hypothesis is likely to be true: those that erase women are those who protect predators. It's the patriarchy, which is a toxic self-indulgent "interpretation" of halakhah.

https://twitter.com/wordpaley/status/1478016611458195457?t=urdP2s5R8mpFs0TIQfZ3Ww&s=03

78.17/ Politics is a subtle art and many of the #Literalists can't understand the rhetoric or actions (which is why they are duped by the all-talk, no action grifters). Oliver is correct, Mitch has an ouchie and this is what a successful hit looks like.

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1481326967186202626?t=F8y86tvfZPcgWaKjcas57w&s=03

78.18/ I don't know how @Pittsburgh_Dad is able to see into my brain during the games, but he evidently can.

Everyone was asleep during SNF so I had to suffer, and cheer, in total silence. Which I deserve (grumble). #HereWeGo

https://twitter.com/Pittsburgh_Dad/status/1481703492137984003?s=20

78.18b/ Welp, here's his response. I'm not surprised he's Prof. X. Or at least, Mentok.

https://twitter.com/Pittsburgh_Dad/status/1482015492281884680

78.19/ The OLP/Chochmat Nashim divrei Torah are great except it's hard to find the entries by #parsha. Here are the 4 I've found so far for #Beshalach:
5782 blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-a-tree-tur…
5781 blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-pharaoh-s…
5780 blogs.timesofisrael.com/tree-tips/
5779 blogs.timesofisrael.com/torat-miriam-h…

78.20/ There's also a new essay by the always great Dean Rachel Friedman of Lamdeinu about the Song of the Sea via Rabbi Angel's site. #Parsha #Beshalach

jewishideas.org/article/search…

78.21/ While I'm on a #parsha kick, here are two of my Divrei Torah/threads on #Beshalach from last year, and a teaser for a third. #ReshetKeshet

1)

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1356791159616585728

2)

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1357102646717464583

3)

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1374357973187891200

78.22/ #NFL All-Pro votes are out: TJ Watt is a unanimous 1st Team! He's got to get DPOY, now.

#Steelers:
Edge: Watt, 50
IDL: Heyward, 19
S: Fitzpatrick, 1
ST: Killebrew, 3 & D. Watt, 1

Snubbed: Boswell (PK)

apnews.com/article/nfl-sp…

78.23/ My technical problems are continuing so it's getting harder to stay online. And Shabbas is also very soon. Stay safe everyone and #ShabbatShalom

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