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May 8 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
95.01/ Week ninety-five, May 7-13, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 94 below.
95.02/ Them: "What will I tell my kids?!"

Me: "Talk to them, teach them, it's part of the role of parent. I do it all the time."

My kids: "Yes! He does! Please make him stop!"

Me, distributing handouts: "OK, on page 3, we have fieldnotes I took in '95..."

Kids: "Nooooo!"
95.03/ Hey, I think I got the @HowieRose trivia question for the first time today (Q: which Rolling Stones song mentions the Kentucky Derby. A: "Dead Flowers"). But I refuse to believe this is one of Howie's favorite songs. It's purposefully terrible, man. It's just awful.
95.04/ OK, so @HowieRose has called my bluff.

So judge for yourselves:

And compare it to another track from the same album which could be my favorite song of theirs:
95.05/ #HappyMothersDay to the very excellent Prof. @CypessSM, my mother, and to Prof. Rebecca Cypess, my wife, (who, in her wisdom, is not on twitter) both of whom raised kids while being working, publishing, wonderful mothers.
95.06/ PSA, block and report these
95.07/ My wife joined in a letter about support for Israel by Rutgers despite the efforts by anti-Israel activists:
jewishlink.news/letters/51207-…
95.08/ I lived in Memphis for a few yrs, graduated high school there, & we were fortunate to have two incredible talmudei chachaimim to lead us: the Greenblatts, uncle Nota z'l who just passed & his famous nephew, the Rivevot Ephraim. Barukh Dayan haEmet.
jewishlink.news/features/51172…
95.09/ #ChochmatNashim for #Emor
Gordon 2021 blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-blasphemer…
Jackson, 2018 blogs.timesofisrael.com/double-the-tor…
Anisfeld 2017 blogs.timesofisrael.com/parashat-emor-…
Hefter 2016
blogs.timesofisrael.com/faith-in-the-f…

Derachecha
deracheha.org/sefirat-ha-ome…

Hamizrachi
drive.google.com/file/d/1jrd2M_…
Pp. 5 7 8 16 22 23
95.10/ This is some good fire from a senior Democrat
95.11/ Art
95.12/ I live in a "Blue" state but until recently, our governor was the execrable Kris K. Kristie and this type of leadership from Murphy can't be taken for granted.
95.13/ Like above, I don't take this type of action for granted. This is what we mean when we say "this is being taken seriously by the highest level of government."
95.14/ Higher turnout is correlated with owning an Apple. Who knew. Anyway, yes, I watch the Crown & GBBO and nothing else on the list.
95.15/ Of all the Gen-X tech struggles, this could be top of the list, especially before VCRs. Other candidates: rotary phone dials, playground equipment made of steel resting on concrete, and being made to ride in the hatchback trunk with no seatbelt...
95.16/ "Voting rights secure all other rights." 100%

95.17/ Great way to put it
95.18/ Very astute observation
95.19/ Add "stack of New Yorkers that slowly fill my house like a fifth state of matter" and this describes me well
95.20/ The thing with the GOP is that they are the exact stereotype you imagine them to be. Collins called the POLICE on this sidewalk art and that's exactly the person I assumed she was
95.21/ Exactly right
95.22/ Thank you @SAYwhatQ_ for your service:
95.23/ Read this earlier in the week and it has stayed with me. It's very true.
95.24/ I think I need to end the thread now. Happy #FridayThe13th for those who celebrate. Stay safe everyone, and #ShabbatShalom!

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94.01/ Week ninety-four, April 30-May 6, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 93 below.
94.02/ Health update: still no symptoms from my bout with COVID except for general irritability but it's impossible to know if it's different from my normal state. Isolation is lonely (big, if true) but my overall emotion is fear of making someone else sick. Dread is the worst.
94.03/ I see the #Mets won (this is a fun season so far, especially since I'm not the one getting hit by fastballs in the head) and the #NYR won and are ready for the playoffs. Best of all is post-#NFLDraft Sat. night when I get to see all the gifts my team gave me as a fan. #LGM
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93.01/ Week ninety-three, April 23-29, 2022, thread begins here. #ShavuahTov & Isru Chag Sameach

Week 92 below.
93.02/ Happy chametz-fressing for all who celebrate. Personally, I need to wait until 11pm for reasons passing all understanding. A box of donuts
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92.01/ Week ninety-two, April 16-22 (17-21), 2022, thread begins here. #MoadimLiSimcha Happy #Passover #CholHaMoedLife

Week 91 below.
92.02/ This has been one of the busiest #CholHaMoed periods I've had in years. Many things are opening up again while I recognize the window may be closing again so we're doing errands (like getting drivers licenses, passports etc). I'm actually looking forward to yuntif to rest!
92.03/ This is very nice! #Disability accommodations are always a good thing. #LGM

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Apr 14
1/ Last night @frumfollies responded to my thread and his comments are very important about the decay & unreliability of the current communal governance systems.

What follows is a thread about our give & take and then my more lengthy response.
2/ @frumfollies writes:

My initial reply:
3/ After my first response, he continued with requests for refinement:


My replies to that:


And then my reply thread in full:
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Apr 14
1/ First, I really appreciate hearing from you about what I wrote. You're much more of an expert, and have more experience, than I have and you're also much more in the trenches, so that means I take what you say very seriously.
2/ I am worried that I was unclear with my thoughts because now a few people have come to conclusions I did not intend. Such is the price of social media writing. (I'm writing this on my phone too, but I want to clear this up ASAP)
3/ But this is a deadly serious subject and I do not want to hurt people by saying things unartfully. I will try first to restate my basic principles and if it still doesn't make sense I will be happy to talk with you over the phone.
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1/ #ReshetKeshet #Passover2022
I was asked a question about autistic food sensitivities and #Pesach and I've been able to present the issue to one of my poskim and I want to detail the answer, in basic terms, for public consumption (no pun intended)
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3/ I am not a posek, I am operating as a "halakhist" - basically a legal scholar with an expertise in medical issues (among others) - and IMO while invisible disabilities lack overt signs, they can be "translated" by seeing the behavior surrounding them.
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