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Jan 14 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
131.01/ Week one-hundred and thirty-one, January 14-20, 2023, thread begins here.

Week 130 below.
131.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues. Tonight, part of the superhero theme, the second best of the Batman movies, Tim Burton's first (the best is the sequel).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1…
131.03/ This is Asante Samuel's dream and we're all living in it.

(Also, question: does Al Michaels automatically make games into TNF games now?)

131.04/ Death, Taxes, and the Chargers imploding in the playoffs like a 2 buck roman candle.
131.05/ This game is tough to watch because I want both teams to lose but this is a special kind of sweet. Big man TDs are great.


https://t.co/1WMoQf810P
131.05b/ As seen here:
theonion.com/study-links-ad…
131.06/ When the Dallas kicker missed the FOURTH straight extra point, we cheered in our house louder than we have all weekend. Such an exquisite Cowboys experience. They come up with such creative implosion possibilities.
131.06b/ We all know how this will end though: DAL won't score again, Brady will have 4 minutes left in the game, 1 time out, and score 3 TDs with 3 2pt conversions, force OT, and then TB will win with a FG after DAL misses their own in OT. Predictable, really.
131.07/ After Tampa actually recovered the onside kick, I actually thought they could 28-3 the Cowboys, but Tom "I broke up my marriage for this?!" Brady doesn't have much reality warping mojo left, I guess.
131.08/ This was the best set of games for #WildCardWeekend in my recent memory. That's even with my team out of the playoffs (reminder: never make your fate contingent on the Jets. #HereWeGo). My daughter, and tonight my wife, joined in watching, which made it even more fun!
131.09/ Wow. This gives me chills.
131.10/ Barukh Dayan ha-Emet!

What sad news: Rav Moshe Kahn z'l passed away this morning. He was a pillar of high level Torah learning for women, with thousands of students over decades at @DrishaInstitute and @YUNews, and his loss will be great.
131.11/ #NachasAlert: my son has just completed his @Mdais Magen David Adom training! He's now an official first responder. We're so proud of him! Picture of my son in his MD...
131.12/ Scholarship alert: Prof. Wendy Cadge @CadgeWendy my SOC mentor at Brandeis has a good piece in the recent Atlantic:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
131.13/ Aw man, #DavidCrosby passed away. Amazing he made it to 81.
nytimes.com/2023/01/19/art…
Here's my favorite CSNY song: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite:_Ju…
131.14/ I don't reflexively reject change but @Wikipedia's "update" had made printing the page as a PDF - which I do daily for many areas of research/archiving - almost impossible. Why actively make the best thing on the internet worse?
131.15/ #TuBiShvat #TalmudJoke
Shot:

Chaser:
131.16/ #ChochmatNashim for #Vaera 5783
@ChochmatNashim

Collection of Orthodox women scholars on the parsha. Downloadable PDF with working links.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Zsmi5e…
131.17/ This is absolutely true and it was something I indulged in frequently. E.g. I've never been more chutzpadik than when I sat in a two different precept for weeks until the prof. (Robert Alter) finally allowed me in.
131.18/ Stay safe everyone and #ShabbatShalom!

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128.14/ Some of my #Chanukah hot-takes now that this Bird Site is on rails towards a trainwreck:

1) Dreidel is a boring game
2) Latkes are about as tasty as flat potato kugel
3) Sufganiyot are bad donuts
4) The Hasmonean kings were pretty terrible.
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5) Dairy "gelt" aren't worth it (but pareve is always useful)
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My response

& @DanSchwarcz's reply


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Week 127 below.
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Week 126 below.
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127.03/ Watching the #WorldCup - because the championship game in any sport is worth watching - and choosing to support ARG because I have cousins there. Whenever I see a header I think of this C&H:
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126.01/ Week one-hundred and twenty-six, December 10-16, 2022, thread begins here.

Week 125 below.
126.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight continues with Superman (1978) the trend-setter for all modern superhero movies. Also IMO has the best theme music and I *love* movie/TV themes. Brilliant art direction, amazing cast.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_…
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