Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)
@bestonetx.bsky.social
Award-winning community college prof, writer, editor, historian of Texas Jews and the Galveston Movement. Alte kaker in training.
Views expressed here are mine and are protected by the First Amendment.
Books: tinyurl.com/besbks
www.BryanEdwardStone.com
Views expressed here are mine and are protected by the First Amendment.
Books: tinyurl.com/besbks
www.BryanEdwardStone.com
Pinned
The wise man does not break into his fellow's speech. He is not in a rush to reply. He asks what is relevant and replies to the point. Of what he has not heard he says, "I have not heard," and he acknowledges what is true.
-- Talmud (Pirkei Avot)
-- Talmud (Pirkei Avot)
John Cornyn is posting tons of Facebook attacks against @crockett.house.gov, even though she isn't a declared candidate for his seat and he still has a tough primary race ahead of him.
Seems like she's got him preemptively rattled.
Seems like she's got him preemptively rattled.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
John Cornyn is posting tons of Facebook attacks against @crockett.house.gov, even though she isn't a declared candidate for his seat and he still has a tough primary race ahead of him.
Seems like she's got him preemptively rattled.
Seems like she's got him preemptively rattled.
I know this student essay was written by ChatGPT because "suffrage" is used correctly.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I know this student essay was written by ChatGPT because "suffrage" is used correctly.
Remembering that time in 2017 when Trump told a national Scout gathering that “we have a tremendous disadvantage in the Electoral College – popular vote is much easier” and reminisced about “a cocktail party" where "the hottest people in New York were at this party.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Remembering that time in 2017 when Trump told a national Scout gathering that “we have a tremendous disadvantage in the Electoral College – popular vote is much easier” and reminisced about “a cocktail party" where "the hottest people in New York were at this party.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Just learned that my 8th grade English teacher, Mrs. Willie Bell Gibson, has passed away.
She is a huge reason why I became an educator and writer. I had the honor of teaching beside her during the first two years of my career. Sending love and light to her family. May she rest in peace and power!
She is a huge reason why I became an educator and writer. I had the honor of teaching beside her during the first two years of my career. Sending love and light to her family. May she rest in peace and power!
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just learned that my 8th grade English teacher, Mrs. Willie Bell Gibson, has passed away.
She is a huge reason why I became an educator and writer. I had the honor of teaching beside her during the first two years of my career. Sending love and light to her family. May she rest in peace and power!
She is a huge reason why I became an educator and writer. I had the honor of teaching beside her during the first two years of my career. Sending love and light to her family. May she rest in peace and power!
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Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
Let’s talk the real #history of #Thanksgiving & the #LostCause history of the #CivilWar Follow @karencoxhistorian “Forgotten America” is available on @thegreatcourses plus & @Audible
TikTok video by PhDRachel
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
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Having evangelical friends:
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Having evangelical friends:
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Talked with @brittanywong.bsky.social on the conservative/fascist turn in today’s fashion. Fashion can be a tool of control, but it can also be a form of resistance. Don’t buy into the fascist trends.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Trump Era Is Influencing Fashion In Some Pretty Depressing Ways
We asked fashion experts to share all the ways Trump 2.0 is influencing what we wear.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Talked with @brittanywong.bsky.social on the conservative/fascist turn in today’s fashion. Fashion can be a tool of control, but it can also be a form of resistance. Don’t buy into the fascist trends.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New how-to book just dropped.
“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New how-to book just dropped.
The surface of Mercury is no hotter than Republicans' rage would be if a Democrat ever dared to instruct the public on how they should dress on an airplane.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The surface of Mercury is no hotter than Republicans' rage would be if a Democrat ever dared to instruct the public on how they should dress on an airplane.
The lesson of the Holocaust is not Don't Slaughter Jews. The lesson of the Holocaust is Don't Slaughter Anyone.
BLITZER: During WW2, Nazi officers were following the chain of command, obeying illegal orders & slaughtered Jews during the Holocaust
McCLAIN: We're a long way from Nuremberg trials & the slaughtering of Jews. If you want to talk about the slaughtering the Jews we can have that convo another time
McCLAIN: We're a long way from Nuremberg trials & the slaughtering of Jews. If you want to talk about the slaughtering the Jews we can have that convo another time
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The lesson of the Holocaust is not Don't Slaughter Jews. The lesson of the Holocaust is Don't Slaughter Anyone.
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They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
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Houston's food scene is becoming a must-visit destination.
One of New York's top restaurateurs spotted at Houston diner
Houston's food scene is becoming a must-visit destination.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Houston's food scene is becoming a must-visit destination.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Teaching is the profession that lays the foundation for all other professions.
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Teaching is the profession that lays the foundation for all other professions.
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
AI pushers seem to think people want books and movies generated by AI, but I've never heard them offer AI-generated football games.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
AI pushers seem to think people want books and movies generated by AI, but I've never heard them offer AI-generated football games.
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Post a movie where you are from
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
The wealthy will get artisinal education built on human interaction, creativity, and critical thinking. Everyone else will get AI mush and multiple choice.
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The wealthy will get artisinal education built on human interaction, creativity, and critical thinking. Everyone else will get AI mush and multiple choice.
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...