Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
@JoshuaCypess
Feb 6, 2022 • 34 tweets • 14 min read • Read on X
82.01/ Week eighty-two, February 5-11, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 81 below.
82.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues, an all-timer, a cornerstone of the nerd canon, one of the greatest cultural touchstones of comedy, "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
82.03/ OLP links for #Terumah (sorry it's late; technical difficulties):
5779 Sally Mayer blogs.timesofisrael.com/always-there/
5780 Tikva Blaukopf blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-tabernacle…
5781 Peta Jones Pellach blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-is-so-emot…
5782 (none; so here's JOFA's) Amy Newman blogs.timesofisrael.com/imaging-a-diff…
82.04/ As a shul person I perceive the tenor of time through the parsha and the holidays. Just going through my files I'm reliving how Terumah 5780 was the last normal Shabbas before the pandemic and by Tetzaveh-Zachor 5780 things had already started to break down.
82.05/ Happy "I'm not a cat" Day for all who celebrate.

(BTW, it's a perfect complement to the iconic "On the internet nobody knows you're a dog" New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner on July 5, 1993)
Dog One on a chair sitting ...
82.06/ Reposting some of my #Tetzaveh entries and adding one comment: please stop titling your Dvar Torah some variation of "clothes make the man." It's ironically pedestrian and lacking in splendor.


82.07/ When you live with disability, you theorize that the people who criticize your incapacity and call you "lazy" would collapse in tatters were they to have to live with what you endure every day.

The collective gibbering freak-out by anti-maskers has confirmed this theory.
82.08/ Licorice is cilantro's Wario. Send tweet.
82.09/ It's been years since anyone has been able present me with this particular exposure. This thread took skill.
82.10/ It's a time of reckoning.
82.11/ I have so much to say about the Harvard Predator Coalition Letter that it hard to know how to start. So, before that, here's an absolutely beautiful top-of-the-turnbuckle body slam:
82.12/ Welp, his math checks out.
82.13/ We're finishing #MoedKatan in #DafYomi which means we're confronted, in the darkness of night in the solitude of our soul, with a cold realization that we're one more masechet away from Yevamot. [Shudder]
82.14/ Endorse.
82.15/ Same
82.16/ Amazing metaphor alert:
82.17/ Someone reached into my brain and made this image!

[We just started a Columbo binge (it's on Prime with a duckton of commercials) & despite the copaganda, it's mainly about class - all the killers are rich & are undone by underestimating the poor]
82.18/ Many of American culture's problems stem from the lack of stigma in being a bully or in cheating to win. The latter is expected - "just don't get caught" - and the former is even glorified.

"Triggering the libs" is a sick ideology of bullying & they're proud about it.
82.19/ Borges is incredible & I'd believe any fact about him, too.

"Borges is a time traveler from the year 21,999"
OK, sure, that checks out.

"He is three self-aware racoons in a trench coat"
They coordinated & collaborated well, an example for us all.
82.20/ I taught my kids that the real hero of the entire Star Wars Skywalker Saga is R2D2 and every new story shows how true that is.


(Also, Darths & Droids had the definitive "take" on R2 being a min-maxed PC)
darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0046.…
82.21/ A good ethnographic tool is to see who the culture allows to get publicly angry - and at whom. A white male having a temper tantrum is one of two pillars of the political platform of the GOP, destroying anyone else who gets angry is the other.
82.22/ Devastating but brilliant observation.
82.23/ It feels like fascism is popular in the US because (a) it's the goal of our 2nd biggest political party, the GOP and (b) it's the cash-cow for the MSM whose members may not "like" it, but they prop it up at every opportunity because it pays 'em well
82.24/ #NFL 2022 HOF:

Honors:


And for those fans who want to tank to get a high draft pick:

MVP: 24th pick
DPOY: 30th
OPOY: 69th

(OK, so the OROY was 5, DROY 12, CPOY 1st. But my point stands)
82.25/ This is a pretty good 2 min discussion from @Baddiel re: how to think about the racism behind antisemitism.
82.26/ See 82.23 above about the MSM normalizing fascism (& misogyny; key context for their anti-HRC coverage).

Like professors (cough: Harvard), reporters can be "liberal" but enable fascism. The impact of their behavior is fact, their words are opinion.
82.27/ OLP & JOFA divrei Torah for #Tetzaveh
5782 Meirav Kravetz blogs.timesofisrael.com/true-colors/
5782 Nomi Kaltmann blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-beauty-is-…
5781 Anne Gordon blogs.timesofisrael.com/clothes-make-t…
5781 Elizabeth Shayne blogs.timesofisrael.com/knowledge-of-t…
5780, n/a
5779 Tikva Blaukopf blogs.timesofisrael.com/tetzaveh-folde…
82.28/ Thanks to Rabbi Weisinger I know about this terrible case and have been watching for action and teshuva from YU. I'm glad he's not letting it rest and it's a terrible sign that victims & their supporters are met with silence.
82.29/ Yup. It's good to know that shaming these selfish clods (M*unk et. al.) works yet it's instructive that their response is to attack their condemners not change their behavior. While I'd rather they do teshuva, until then it's good to see them squirm
82.30/ Agreed.

Performative compassion - like other forms of aggressive egotism - should be named and shamed. These people make all Leftist causes look hypocritical and virtue requires us to clean house. Moral leadership requires high standards.
82.31/ I sympathize with Dr. Brett's familiar story.

Academia - despite being Enlightened - is rife with every level of predators/abusers & since success depends on reputation, it's easy to destroy the weak while making "rep. protecting" life or death.
82.32/ As usual, cryptomoola only makes sense when they're seen as a money-laundering tool that doubles as a pyramid scheme. It's a depressing milestone in the history of crime.
82.33/ As I said above, it looks like fasiscm is popular because the gatekeepers of culture - the MSM - and the law - the police - are passively (MSM) or actively (GOP/PD) in favor of it at this point.
82.34/ Sunset is nigh and I've got to be movin' on. Stay safe everyone and have a great Shabbos. #ShabbatShalom

@threadreaderapp please unroll.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Joshua Cypess

Joshua Cypess Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @JoshuaCypess

Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Dec 8
230.01/ Week two-hundred and thirty, December 7-13, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 229 below
230.02/ The Assad regime collapsing over Shabbas #Vayetze seems especially appropriate. I had long compared Lavan to Assad, the urbane facade hiding real cruelty and depravity. I celebrate the toppling of a murderous regime and the liberation of Saydnaya prison.
230.03/ Mets Twitter is having a party right now. This is fun. #LGM

Read 6 tweets
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Dec 1
229.01/ Week two-hundred and twenty-nine, November 30-December 6, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 228 below.
229.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues with Argo (2012), the rare winner of a best picture Oscar that's also re-watchable.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(201…
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.…
imdb.com/title/tt102464…
229.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Vayetze #Vayetzei #Vayeitzei 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR). @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah from Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. 20 pages.
drive.google.com/file/d/1JqU6Lt…
Read 5 tweets
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Nov 23
228.01/ Week two-hundred and twenty-eight, November 23-29, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 227 below.
228.02/ Fundamentally, a plurality want a minority to do all the work but get no reward while they do very little work & get all the reward. The only system that will get close to that - liberal Democracy - gives too much to people the plurality hates, so they vote for fantasies.
228.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Toldot #Toledot 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR). @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. 20 Pages.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dpJe7R…
Read 7 tweets
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Nov 16
227.01/ Week two-hundred and twenty-seven, November 16-22, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 226 below.
227.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #ChayeiSara 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR) @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars. 19 pages. #ChayaSara #ChayeiSarah

drive.google.com/file/d/1FKX-z_…
227.03/ The first time through the cruel & stupid Trump (ym'sh) circus I read the news with trepidation because I didn't know what terrible thing he'd do next. This time, I read the news with contempt & anger because the MSM helped elect him and wants him to succeed.
Read 9 tweets
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Nov 9
226.01/ Week two-hundred and twenty-six, November 9-15, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 225 below.
226.02/ Yup. Still here on Twitter. Gonna keep the fight and keep the faith. And also... no regrets. #HarrisWalz2024 Picture of 2 items: on the right is the volunteer badge my family wore when canvassing in PA. On the left is the door-knob flier we would put on unresponsive houses.
226.03/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues. What movie? What else to start a new season, and in such a shockingly bad time? #Casablanca.
Read 22 tweets
Joshua Cypess Profile picture
Nov 3
225.01/ Week two-hundred and twenty-five, November 2-8, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 224 below.
225.02/ Finally dropped off our ballots this morning & took a selfie. A fun thing then happened: a young dad carrying a baby arrived after us & he said that it was his first time voting after becoming a citizen! So I insisted on taking a photo of him (with his camera). USA! USA!
225.03/ Yes, I'm the one who waited all Shabbas for the poll, taught my kids how polls work (social science PhD, baby) & what I hoped would happen (GOP leading by only 5). And they got to see my stunned elation in real time when I read the news.
Read 44 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(