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106.01/ Week one-hundred and six, July 23-29, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 105 below.
106.02/ A thread I wrote about my early Sunday morning interaction with your (un)friendly neighborhood troll; why I responded and what my goals were.
106.03/ This is an explosive thread about entirely plausible whistleblower backlash at the NewYorker - a mag my family have been subscribers to as long as I can remember - shows what real "cancel culture" looks like.
106.04/ Not sure how @QueenMab87 puts up with disturbed randos writing her long screeds in high dudgeon (the fancy way to say "creepshow rage"), to angrily defend slavery. Gevalt.
106.05/ This video is absolutely extraordinary! A wonderful example of a cutting-edge art form.

Explanation here:
106.06/ [All] Star [Wars]? (Original is evidently from the Tonight Show)

109.10/ In truth, it absolutely is the question. Darned if I know.
109.11/ This is the first time I've heard of "MedBeds" and @oneunderscore__'s point is correct: just enough weak links in the public health chain will undermine it all and this is a bonkers weakness. Magical thinking at its most dangerous
106.12/ I may be wrong, but when the odds of winning are 1:303,000,000 but the payout of a one dollar bet is $1,000,000,000 then it may actually be rational to buy a ticket
106.13/ Thinking again about halakhic terms that would make the best metal band names, I've long been partial to "Go'el Ha-dam" which translates to "Blood Avenger" (from parshat #Masei)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goel#The_…
106.14/ In searching my posts to see if I've mentioned the Go'el Ha-Dam before, I came across some notes from yesteryear.

First a similar 'name' concept:

Then premonitions from 2018:

&
106.15/ I'm not celebrating this bill until it reaches Biden's desk, but this is really good news. Endorsed by VP Gore (just like the gun bill was endorsed by the actual experts as well)

and see
106.16/ This is so true!

The replies are filled with TLJ haters and it shows me how the casino plot reveals the #Literalist litmus test of seeing movies as vehicles for "plot" as opposed to studies in humanity & character. I need to do more on this.
106.17/ The #NineDays have commenced. Chodesh Tov but be careful everyone. Higher level of strict judgment in this time means be generous in how you treat others.
106.18/ I understand using the Shoah to teach about the sadness of the Churban, but it's missing the point. Because, soon, the distance of the Shoah will be long enough that it will be as difficult to imagine as the Churban is now.

See also last year:
106.19/ On that topic, here's a thread from last year about my #17thOfTammuz experience in England.
106.20/ Really good thread from a mutual @blind_scholar; re: accommodations.
106.21/ This is such a great story of activist judo. @0liviajulianna was mocked by the toxic patriarchal GOP & she turns it around to raise money for abortion rights.
106.23/ Monkeypox a serious disease; be careful out there.

But - and I'm not proud of this, I'm a caring & educated dude - I think I would be initially more worried about monkeypox if it didn't sound like a name made up by a random disease generator run by a 5 year old.
106.24/ To show I'm actually serious about #monkeypox, as a sociologist of health and just a normal person, see this thread and it's accompanying links:
106.25/ Placeholder for longer #DisabilityHalakha thread re the #9Days, but for those with depression and/or PTSD it's important to be careful during this time. There's a difference between practices & rituals that make us simulate sadness & actually forcing yourself to feel sad.
106.28/ The cruel & corrupt justices can now act with impunity and worse - they can laugh at their victims.
106.31/ Is 840 a lot? It seems like a lot.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
106.32/ Free K-5 education.

(Flashback to 2000 or so when I tried to convince the Birthright people that their money was better spent on domestic education - free K-5 - than what they eventually did. Sigh)
106.33/ Get 'em Merrick!
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
106.34/ 100% my ideology as well.

And that's a good way to end the thread for the week leading into the first Shabbos of the #NineDays.

106.35/ It's rough out there so be kind, stay safe and have a great Shabbos. #ShabbatShalom

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207.01/ Week two-hundred and seven, June 29-July 5, 2024 begins here.

Week 206 below.
207.02/ I didn't see the debate because I can't stand listening to Trump (ym'sh). The bizarre meltdown by the MSM calling for Biden to drop out is not only disgusting but reignited the normie-Democrats' blazing anger at the MSM goofs that brought us "But Her Emails" in 2016.
207.03/ Ironically, the drumbeat from the MSM about Biden's age for months - probably starting right after the withdrawal from Afghanistan which ruined their gravy train - prepared the public for how he sounded at the debate. The MSM hit-job backfired.
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206.01/ Week two-hundred and six, June 22-28, 2024 begins here.

Week 205 below.
206.02/ Bowman lost AND the Mets beat the Yankees on the same day? Thank you The Bronx for a fun time! #LGM #BringThemHome.
206.03/ May her memory be for a blessing. Gave tzedakah in her name and will dedicate my learning today as well. Offering as much comfort as possible.
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205.01/ Week two-hundred and five, June 15-21, 2024 begins here.

Week 204 below.
205.02/ It's important to know: every pawn can become a queen.
205.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Behaalotecha 5783 (last year) @ChochmatNashim

Downloadable PDF with working links of Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week.
drive.google.com/file/d/14uXvSR…
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204.01/ Week two-hundred and four, June 8-14, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 203 below. 204204
204.02/ What incredible news! Barukh Hashem, 4 hostages rescued from those monsters.
'Operation Arnon’: How 4 hostages were freed from Hamas captivity in central Gaza

timesofisrael.com/operation-arno…
204.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Naso 5783 (last year) @ChochmatNashim.

Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. (I'm not sure I can update this well enough for 5784 today)
drive.google.com/file/d/1b46N_z…
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203.01/ Week two-hundred and three, June 1-7, 2024 thread begins here.

Week 202 below.
203.02/ Redheads, represent!

(and yes, the video is great too)
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May 26
202.01/ Week two-hundred and two, May 25-31, 2024, thread begins here.

Week 201 below.

#LagBeOmer Sameach!
202.02/ The internet is disappearing; I knew this in my bones & now there's data to support it. (h.t. @ParkerMolloy)

I encourage everyone to save pages to the @internetarchive as much as possible. An extension you can add to your browser to make it easy
pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024…
202.03/ As a lifelong #Mets fan, I've experienced extended periods of the team being demoralizing and unwatchable. This is why I told my kids at the time that the DeGrom years were special: every 5 days there'd be a transcendent sports experience & those are rare.
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