zach retweeted
I’d be a little more sympathetic to these cloying rejections of “violence” from liberals if they dropped comparable 300 word statements decrying it every time an Israeli murders two Palestinians.
But they don’t, of course. That would mean 10 statements a day. And there’s the rub
I’m grieving the deaths of the two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron today, and praying for the full & speedy recovery of those who were injured.
I’ve spoken out loudly this week against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, which imposes violence on a daily basis, and I will continue to do so. But violence is not the path to ending it — or to achieving safety, freedom, and peace for both Palestinians and Israelis.
And neither is collective punishment or ethnic cleansing of an entire neighborhood, or punishing millions of people for the criminal act of two, which Netanyahu has promised to enact in response.
I’ve seen a lot this week and I’ll have more to say about in the coming days (I’m on my way home shortly). There is a path to ending this excruciating cycle of violence. It starts by insisting that every life is sacred, that everyone is created in God’s image.
For now: Shabbat Shalom, to everyone who believes in the hard work of making peace & justice a reality, for everyone.
zach retweeted
the two thoughts that you must hold in your head:
1. i am not better than anyone else. i am a product of the random life circumstances that have accumulated and made me who i am today.
2. i am objectively better than the person talking to gpt about airport cava.
zach retweeted
If you’re protesting and blaming *checks notes* Zohran Mamdani for the Gaza genocide you may, you just may, need to check yourself into a mental health facility.
A fear of mine is that I get too famous and don’t have enough swag for the Jennifer Hudson spirit tunnel and embarrass myself
zach retweeted
“Wait til you see how creative the Cubs use the staff against the Padres”
1. Start LHP
2. LHP is bad on road
3. Leave him in too long
4. Bring in your AAA taxi driver
5. Same guy you banished 4 times to IowA
6. He gets the ball
7. Take the ball from him immediately
8. Burn your #1 lefty reliever down 4 in the 5th inning
9. tbd
zach retweeted
If the Cubs were a serious franchise, they'd fire Jed Hoyer. Exhausted their entire minor league system for a team with no pitching. His prized acquisition couldn't even make the postseason roster.
But they're not serious, just making the playoffs is their bar now.
Straight liberals loooove to be insanely homophobic when a conservative gets outed. It’s their favorite thing in the world.
zach retweeted
I'm baffled that socialists drop materialist analysis when analyzing socialists in power. Liberals think the mayor can direct the police. Socialists should recognize the police as a militarized, influential, reactionary class that can destroy his administration.
But dogs absolutely get respiratory illnesses, usually in boarding facilities or shelters where the population density is high enough for an outbreak.
Airborne respiratory illnesses are well suited to spreading in dense human environments. Dogs are more likely to get things spread by feces, insects, carcasses, etc
Not enough exposure to other dogs, esp indoors. Think about how often you’re near hundreds of other people vs how often your dog is around hundreds of other dogs.
zach retweeted
the reason this lesbian bar story went so viral is that basically every left wing person in America has personally experienced some version of this story in their life over the course of the last decade and is really goddam sick of it
zach retweeted
Everything shared in this movie you already knew because Palestinians on the ground in Gaza told you. But it wasn't considered credible until the perpetrators themselves repeated it.
It's disgusting actually
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘Naza’ is one of the most important films of our time. 24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic Israeli war crimes in Gaza. vulture.com/article/review-n…
zach retweeted
This is really just how everything is now. Footnote of the year. nplusonemag.com/issue-54/rev…
