Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)

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Award-winning community college prof, writer, editor, historian of Texas Jews and the Galveston Movement. Edited a memoir about Eagle Pass, coming in October 2024. Alte kaker in training.

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Hurricane Beryl caused major damage to K'nesseth Israel, the 94-year-old synagogue in Baytown, Texas. Baytown's small Jewish community recently completed extensive repairs on the historic building following Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Story: jhvonline.com/beryl-damage...

Before Beryl:

Also reminded of that time when Andy Warhol's diary was published posthumously, and the index was published separately because it was such a riveting read all by itself.

As I begin work on my fourth book index, I'm reminded what a gem this little thing is. A mere 28 pages (including index!), published in 1953 (it recommends using a typewriter and note cards!), it's a concise, elegantly written, and indispensable resource for indexing a book.

The view that Trump is bad but Biden is worse is not liberalism, progressivism, leftism, or socialism. It's insanity or corruption, probably both.

A few months before he was reelected overwhelmingly, it was widely reported that Ronald Reagan napped during cabinet meetings.

President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needed to sleep more and to work less at night, but said he was staying in the race.

Biden Tells Governors He Needs More Sleep and Less Work at Nightwww.nytimes.com The president’s opening remark to a group of key Democratic leaders — that he was in the race to stay — chilled any talk of his withdrawal, participants said.

Here are some happy American workers enjoying the benefits of Project 2025.

"My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." Barbara Jordan during the congressional Watergate hearings, July 24, 1974.

The debate is almost on and I can only panic about one thing at a time, but guys?

For some reason this morning I suddenly remembered this article about Sarajevo I read in 1992. Some stories stick with you. "I plan to burn my own books last."

I asked ChatGPT if Texas should secede. Apparently it's very complicated, and there are pros and cons.

Man, the Alitos are really starting to get out of control.

Captured on audio, the moment when astronaut William Anders looks out his capsule window and sees the Earth. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

I can't unsee it.

Mitch is finally regretting his vote for Alf Landon.

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In 2022, Beto O'Rourke got 44 percent of the popular vote to Abbott's 55 percent. But Beto won only 18 counties, or 7% of the total. The TX GOP wants a scheme in which GOP candidates wouldn't just be guaranteed to win, but would routinely win with more than 90 percent of the vote.

Michael Cohen admits to stealing from Trump Organization as he faces fiery questioning in hush-money trial Follow live from court https://bbc.in/4e1heYf

Presidential Candidate's Brain Poisons Worm.

The City of Eagle Pass is making tremendous progress on the renovation and repurposing of the Riskind Building. There couldn't be a better use for this landmark of the city's business (and Jewish) history.

The background image on my laptop is hitting different lately.

A bit of #border history. h/t Jeff Taylor, "Eagle Pass, Texas, Back in the Day" Facebook page.

So now we're talking about Americans getting arrested at an American university by American police instead of talking about either Palestine or Israel.

Donald Trump, accompanied by Secret Service agents, arrives at a Manhattan court for the opening of his criminal trial.

This is Temple Mt. Sinai in El Paso, Texas. Sidney Eisenshtat, architect, 1962.

Temple Mt. Sinai, El Paso. Sidney Eisenshtat, architect, 1962.

So it seems the handbook for running against an incumbent hasn't changed much. (From the St. Paul Weekly Pioneer and Democrat, November 4, 1864. h/t the student who found this.)

Niche choices for Texans.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains

In the 1950 U.S. Census, Lucille Ball was identified as the head of household. Desi Arnaz was "husband." She was described as an actress, he a musician. 🗃️

So I'm reading about this historic building in New York, and I think to myself, I wonder what it looks like today? Hey, let's check Google Street View! 🗃️ Google Street View: