Thread by @JoshuaCypess

144.01/ Week one-hundred and forty-four, April 15-21, 2023 thread begins here.

Week 143 below.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1644871280548630530

144.02/ I have both allergies & a head-cold (thanks Pesach!) and the amount of caffeine that I would require to make me halfway functional is enough to poleaxe a yak.

144.03/ First rule of media literacy - from listening to storytellers in 3000 BCE to reacting to online posts in 2023 CE - is knowing how you can be baited and then NOT TAKE THE BAIT. This also entails knowing your biases & your appetites.

144.04/ Pictured: the Dodgers pitcher [citation needed]
#LGM

144.05/ My most common interjections uttered during #NYR games:
1. "Shoot!" (usually with many internal o's) - yelled when any of our players cross center ice
2. "Oh come on!" - I'm told I say this loudly & often, but I swear it's involuntary. Yelled at any setback. #NYRvsNJD

144.06/ When a batter comes up and the other team has a full conference on the mound - the whole infield, pitching coach, hot-dog vendor designate, the works - it's gotta be such a confidence boost.

144.07/ What better defines our current era than the latest in a series of fawning articles about this creepy "master-race" eugenics couple arriving on #YomHaShoah

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1648363985157369857?t=NsZoxrcv9qfBuOJkSD6ALg&s=19

144.08/ Please read the following thread & the linked letter and please sign the petition if you're so inclined (especially if you're a YU grad, as I am).

https://twitter.com/pphone/status/1649132455926849536

144.09/ For those of us who work from home, bad wifi bestows all the impotent frustration of bumper to bumper traffic plus the rage inducing benefit of preventing any work getting done all day.

144.10/ (From last week):

We know people are influenced by Crow's money because we're seeing dozens of people who've been to his parties proffer absurd defenses for the guy's N*zi lust. It's QED.

https://twitter.com/golikehellmachi/status/1645141696571686913

144.11/ Some responses to @Simpsons_tweets' "bracket", I guess I had no idea what a juggernaut the Monorail episode was (ironic, really):

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1645092014659174400

&

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1645448667501920260

144.12/ (From last week)

This (thread) is all true.

https://twitter.com/cactusinsurance/status/1645534841402953731

144.13/ For the Simpson's fans, two videos I requested captions for:
1) Amendment to Be

https://twitter.com/HeadlinerClip/status/1645878905763684352

2) Homer's heroics

https://twitter.com/HeadlinerClip/status/1645879610188656642

144.14/ Every accusation is a confession, exhibit number zillion

https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/1648682036784250882

144.15/ "Ambitious goal" = not exploding?

How perfect is it that M*sk's rocket explodes just like the T*slas break down constantly just like Twitter is crashing and burning all around us? He has a touch.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1649046161381273600

144.16/ It's almost breathtaking how incompetent M*sk is. It demonstrates the power of his structural advantages because his aggressive ignorance should not be rewarded so well in a meritocracy.

https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/1649178750482022400

144.17/ This is a good summary of why Scherzer is accepting the suspension. He's a sure-fire HOFer and anyone who has had an unhinged boss should recognize the umpire's questionable behavior. #LGM

https://twitter.com/SteveGelbs/status/1649217204054016000

144.18/ This Kane goal is a 'ting of beauty. Also, it's the first time, as a Ranger fan, I see Kane's HOF level skill for my team. Wow. #NYR

https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1649228321937412098

144.19/ (From last week)

I endorse this tweet.

https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/1645213358033911808

144.20/ (Also from last week). Appomattox Day should be a national holiday. We need to acknowledge the crucial, nation creating, victory over the rebels the same way we celebrate July 4th.

https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1645047480214765571

144.21/ After much sleuthing, I may have discovered why my browsing experience has been getting completely unusable. Still haven't fixed it yet, but I like having a possible answer
contact-supportnumber.com/blog/yahoo-mai…

144.22/ I may end here because, see above for the massive internet trouble I'm having. Also, my wife is in Cleveland for Shabbas (egad) so it's me, the kids, and a pile of catered food (oh, how will I survive?)

Stay safe everyone & #ShabbatShalom!

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