It’s really nice to disappear from our constant abyss for a few days, but…whoooo doggy is it always interesting when checking back into the world.

I’m really glad that I don’t in any way believe in the existence of an anthropomorphic G-d of punishment, because if I did, I would have some questions for the kid.

Lovely holiday and a lovely two days away from the world, minus when (no joke) the 11-year old almost got crushed by the ark door when it fell off its tracks!

One thing I really appreciate when cooking for the holidays is being able to get the chance to try to express the scope of our cultural backgrounds on our table in celebration of getting another year.

This is one of the best Rosh Hashanah statements I have seen from a non-Jewish politician. He seems to genuinely appreciate the holidays and what they mean to Jews.

Menu for the holiday: roasted beet and red cabbage salad with orange, string bean salad with balsamic, cider braised Black-Eyed peas, roasted fennel with lemon and sumac, (faux) meatballs in saffron broth, Dr. Pepper-pomegranate molasses brisket for the meat eaters, shirin polo.

Kid two went a little overboard.

Now it’s a party.

The kitchen when I am breaking down pomegranates and roasted beets…

6:48, getting kids out the door and starting the food prep for the holiday starting before starting to work today.

I like how the Giants send Dart out there to run meaningless plays that also maximize his possibility of getting injured.

There's no more fitting tribute to Charlie Kirk than the one they're giving him right now: nominally Christian survivors on the same grift clambering over one another for more publicity, capped by the shambling, lurching embodiment of everything they long to be. You couldn't write anything meaner

Honestly, it is pretty appropriate how schlock-y our brand of fascism is.

Remember how this nazi was on network news last week?

Challah baking at shul and my roundish challah turned out!

That’s a stunning goal by United.

Wow, what a play to draw that charge…

10-2 foul differential in first quarter of an elimination game is less than optimal.

Heck of a long week and so much to get dispirited about, sometimes the simple things can be so joy-inducing. A bourbon with some rocks and warmed pita with olive oil and za'atar is just perfectly timed right now.

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

"Right now, the most important thing is for us to come together as Americans and stop listening to those voices who would push us apart. That is why asking me to stop beating you with this sock full of quarters will only further divide our nation." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ask...

On food and identity: I got this on the first guess with Peru, but really the U.S. should be an answer here, too.

It is going to be really enjoyable to be totally offline next week for the holiday...

Bald eagle fighting over a carcass feels like a little too thick of a metaphor right now, nature…

This is what infuriates me with the Right's attacks on higher ed: they are profoundly anti-student. They hold young people in contempt. They assume students mindlessly swallow anything they're told, that they cannot think for themselves. They couldn't be more wrong about what we and our students do.

Honestly folks. The bluster & bullying & “how dare they say that?,” & silencing, & censoring? It’s weakness x 10. If you’re really strong, jokes don’t matter. Only if you’re banking on fear to give you power do jokes matter. That’s why authoritarians HATE being poked fun at. No fear=no power.

It is OK to call fascists fascists.

Imagine being told 25 years ago that the co-host of The Man Show was being censored by the POTUS for not being sufficiently right wing enough.

Anyway in other news today is Constitution Day

Meanwhile, Brian Kilmeade, who advocated killing all homeless people, still has a cushy Fox job.

Just talked with my wife, we are cancelling our Disney+ subscription. If you have one, I encourage you to do the same.

genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people

Good crowd at the talk and got a few people to register to vote. Not a bad night’s work (and this view afterwards).

happy constitution day theonion.com/area-man-pas...

American Jews are the single most pro-trans rights religious group in the US. forward.com/fast-forward... Meanwhile, the Tikvah Fund, which is getting millions of dollars to represent Jews on campus on behalf of the state, has an explicitly anti-trans agenda and denies trans identities.

Scranton friends: come mark Constitution Day with me by considering the most important parts of the Constitution (the Reconstruction amendments) and current attempts to weaken their meaning.

The particular image being removed from Fort Pulaski monument and its history--utilized to promote Black soldiers fighting for the US Army to destroy the slave system--is so perfectly apt in its terrible erasure.

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

Scranton: It has been a really difficult stretch. Maybe thinking about how we can re-visit the poisonous narratives of the past and protect the work done to provide accurate accountings of our history could be a bit cathartic.

Wow.

Whats funny is if you played some of Charlie Kirk’s show out loud at various workplaces you would definitely get fired

Scranton: join me Wednesday night as we observe Constitution Day by considering Reconstruction and our culture wars over history. Wednesday night at 7:00 in the Learning Commons!

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

The world is fucking upside down right now.

It has been a long time since I made it to AHA and oh my gosh it is incredible how many panels run simultaneously!

It has been a long time since I made it to AHA and oh my gosh it is incredible how many panels run simultaneously!

This is awesome. I loved Robbie and have so enjoyed watching this hit count accumulate. Thanks, Adam.

Students are going to be reading accounts of violence against Loyalists in the American Revolution class this week and as a result I may break my personal record for number of times I utter the word "dung" in a single class session.

Scranton: join me Wednesday night as we observe Constitution Day by considering Reconstruction and our culture wars over history. Wednesday night at 7:00 in the Learning Commons!