I am trying to think of any other instance in the history of war where a whole series of civilian hospitals were completely destroyed and medical staff repeatedly tortured to death.
I cannot. Not even the Nazis. Genghis Khan treated captured medical personnel with respect.
Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/
It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.
And they’re right.
The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov, fully armed by the Biden admin while food aid is blocked and patients are bombed in hospitals.
This is a genocide of Palestinians. The US must stop enabling it. Arms embargo now.
You can recognize that European Jews have been persecuted for centuries, while also recognizing that this does not give them a license to colonize, steal land, and kill Arabs who have literally nothing to do with aforementioned persecution.
Really not that complicated.
Why are the views of dozens of American doctors and healthcare workers back from the horrors in Gaza not considered newsworthy by the @washingtonpost, @nytimes, @WSJ and @AP? With U.S. journalists banned by Netanyahu from entering Gaza for years, how can the detailed descriptions and urgings of these valiant medical specialists be ignored? It’s one thing for Joe Biden to turn his back on their letter addressed to him, but the mainstream media? Shame. -R
This is an open letter to @POTUS and @VP signed by 99 American healthcare workers who have volunteered in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The letter addresses what we saw, and how American policy in #Gaza should change. Please see https://t.co/FWqRI1Nix2 to read the letter.
On the website you can email the White House and ask that President Biden and VP Harris meet with us to discuss what we saw and why American policy towards Gaza must change immediately.
“There just needs to be a general rule: no bullshit allowed” — Steve Kerr on need to bring some defensive balance to the NBA. Says it starts with refs not enabling offensive players manipulating calls. “Some of this stuff … if you tried it in a pick up game you’d start a fight.”
FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀
Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!
Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑🚀
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Maybe while people are trapped at Burning Man is a good time to share some of the disturbingly capitalist hellscape stuff I witness each year from the supposedly non-consumption-based event.
Short 🧵 from a Tahoe local/Reno shopper who has seen some things…