1/ I’m an Israeli historian. My community is still too silent about the horrible war in Gaza. Over 8 months I’ve closely followed the war, reading >1000 articles and viewing >1000 videos/images of the war from all sides. My summary conclusions & full report are in the 🧵:
Honestly - a few of the replies to this little tribute to engineering excellence exhibit a level of stupidity that suggests to me that it won’t be long before our spacecraft are the only thing that remains of our increasingly dim-witted civilisation. Until recently my guess has been that the answer to the Fermi Paradox might be found in biology - complex biological systems are rare. I’m increasingly of the view that the reason for The Great Silence is that civilisations are inevitably crushed by the weight of nobheads shortly after inventing the internet.
We all should just stop supporting companies that are affiliated or support hateful statements. @bostonpizza, you just made the list. Independent franchisees wear your colours.
@ihatetheleafs1@Sid_Seixeiro They won't. Z missed, plain and simple. I'm OK with the 2 for an unfortunate result. Reilly was intentional and deserves 5. He won't get it.