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Feb 27 • 22 tweets • 10 min read
85.01/ Week eighty-five, February 26-March 4, 2022 thread begins here.

Week 84 below.

Praying for the people of Ukraine.

#StandWithUkraine
85.02/ What a tragedy for innocent civilians.
85.03/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues. Tonight "Galaxy Quest." By Grabthar's Hammer, what a movie.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Qu…
85.04/ Off the cuff, I described an obscurantist scholar who has stymied me in the past as having the intellect of a stack of Lego bricks that's one brick wide and 20 tall.

You know the type: very good at one specific yet desirable skill yet thinks he's brilliant at everything.
85.05/ Thank God the Biden admin. is trying to protect trans kids and their families in TX. This plus UKR has been weighing heavily on me for days.

See:

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85.06/ This seems like a good sign. (And, hey, whattayaknow, the "Dems" are actually doing something. Again.)
nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/…
&
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
85.07/ This is from earlier this week. White collar crime is insidious to society and needs to be seen with the gravity of the damage it causes. Violent vs financial crime reminds me of individual vs systemic forces, it's that impactful.
85.08/ Proud to say that this message below validates my decision to use my meager allowance to buy Twisted Sister album back in the 80s
85.09/ Simple answer: the messengers from the Sanhedrin obviously didn't reach Texas in time and they don't know it's a leap year.
85.10/ Update: they are plural because, like Pringles, you can't eat just one.
85.11/ This also seems like good news for fans of justice.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…
85.12/ I'm seeing weird takes about how nuclear war is "survivable." Cut that nonsense out. They always think they'll be the guy in the bunker with canned food.

I guarantee those hot-takers are the same people complaining about wearing masks right now.
85.13/ Behold: the mercenary grubbiness of bothsidesism in its reflexive, petty form.
NYT: "It's wrong because research is hard, why bother?"

These guys: "What Biden said is true but what he didn't say is false. So it's half true."
85.14/ Zelensky, dude, I assure you every one of us paid immediate attention.

(Of course, with this speech he established his credentials but making us feel guilty. Well played)
85.15/ I'm seeing now that the "pivot to video" madness has become "pivot to podcast" for making, ugh, cOnTeNt. It's like how sports channels are now two dudes yelling at each other. It's cheap, easy to make, and requires no editing. It betrays a subtle contempt; please stop.
85.16/ This is my kind of sports story. Does it have aggressive moose? Yes. Yes it does.
espn.com/espn/story/_/i…
85.17/ Arriving last night from @Eichlers, a megillah case so my son can run around town reading for people on Purim. Look at the size of the box and bubble wrap compared to the case! Better safe than sorry, eh?

We chose Eichlers because of this:
A black megillah case - 3 i...
85.18/ On one hand, RUS launching an imperial war of conquest against a democratic neighbor does feel like a different category from other recent wars, OTOH I want to distance myself from the bigots as seen in this thread. The price of a polarized time.
85.19/ Yup. Anyone calling for a "NFZ" is revealing themselves to be unfit to comment, not only about this issue but any issue (until they show they've repented). NFZ = war; and anyone who casually wants war is either evil or a negligent ignoramus.
85.20/ I have observed vanity under the sun; people who use social justice and/or academic phrases like they were a magical incantation in a vain attempt to allow their selfish and cruel goals to triumph over those who want charity and compassion.
chabad.org/library/bible_…
85.21/ #ChochmatNashim for #Pekudei

5779 Shira Hecht-Koller blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-mishkan-la…
5782 Meirav Kravetz blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-does-god-…

No JOFA

Mizrachi Pekudei 5782 drive.google.com/file/d/10m-YE4…
Pgs 5, 7, 8, 17, 21, 25

Sivan Rahav Meir 5782
jewishlink.news/divrei-torah/4…
85.22/ I'm having extraordinarily bad internet and computer trouble right now (things were inoperable for a bit) so I'm ending this thread now. #PrayForUkraine and stay safe everyone. #ShabbatShalom

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84.01/ Week eighty-four, February 19-25, 2022 thread begins here.

Week 83 below.
84.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight put off a night because of social obligations. Monday is a legal holiday so we will hopefully have movie night tomorrow night.
84.03/ Couldn't be happier, or prouder, as a #Steelers fan to see they hired Brian Flores to be a senior coach. The team gets top notch talent and they take an anti-racist stand. And, as seen below, it earns respect from players:

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Feb 13
83.01/ Week eighty-three, February 12-18, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 82 below.
83.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues. Tonight, Police Squad! In color! @policeincolor

Specifically, 3 of the 6 episodes, my favorites:
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butle…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvou…
[Video below is part of the show intro, that of Alan North]
83.03/ For #PurimKatan I've introduced a new custom: I give out mini ("fun size") candy bars for half-mishloach manot. This year I tested it out with my kids and wouldn't you know it, they approved. Next year, the world!
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Feb 6
58a/ This is part 2 of my thread of threads. Weeks 001 to 0057 is here.


Week 58, Aug. 21-27, 2021, 36 posts:
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58a.2/ It's been so long, that I forgot my methodology. In addition to the thread, I need to post the first Tweet in the thread (especially if the threaders go kaput)

Week 58, Aug. 21-27, 2021, 36 posts:
58b/ From Aug 22, a travelogue of our family's Summer Trip to the Hudson River Valley.

32 Posts.

Starts here:

Thread:
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Feb 6
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…
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Jan 30
81.01/ Week eighty-one, January 29-February 4, 2022, thread here.

Week 80 below.
81.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues. Another all-time favorite: "Big Trouble in Little China"
81.03/ For #CINvsKC, naturally I would like the Bengals to lose and - if it's not too much to ask - by more than 21 so the Steelers playoff loss doesn't look quite as terrible as it did (at least on paper)
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Jan 23
1/ Yesterday's #NFL games, where two 1 seeds fell to a 4 & 6 seed, were revenge for all the whiny pundits saying Wild Card weekend was a bust because of all the blowouts. In three games the 49ers beat the Rams, Cowboys and Packers. This is why sports is fun!
2/ And while the Cowboys & Patriots getting blown out in the first round is fun, toppling 1 seeds is even better. Here's a thread with some of my favorite reactions to yesterday's games, especially all the epic dunks on Aaron "Meth Hobo" Rogers.
3/ The Bengals are a division rival & on principle I want them to lose but if they win, it will confirm why div. winners are significant. My #NYM NL East div. was mocked for being soft but our rival ATL won the World Series. My #Steelers rival doing the same would be poetic.
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