Thread by @JoshuaCypess

43.01/ Week Forty-three, May 8-14 2021, begins here.

Week 42, May 1-7 2021, below:

43.02/ Sunday was wonderful but exhausting. It was my daughter's Bat Mitzvah and we turned it into a celebration for her two grandmothers on #MothersDay as well. It was socially distanced, highly zoomed, and amazing. But I'm wrung out like a sponge.

43.03/ Top notch:

43.04/ Trying to find an accurate term to describe what I believe is the necessary balance as a compassionate person between changing the status-quo to help (more) people while maintaining the social stability which a thriving & peaceful society requires.

43.05/ Nothing like the Arab-Israeli conflict to bring out the worst in folks.

Many self-described people for "justice" that I read and know are clear that they're OK with dehumanization & death as long as it's against the "correct" people.

I see you. And I beg: choose life!

43.06/ Agree with this whole mini-thread by @QueenMab87.

For my experience, I haven't seen such overt, public antisemitic laden anti-Israel statements since 2006, and it's a little scary.

43.07/ This is good: "So who do you have here with you?"

43.08/ Well, and starkly, stated:

43.09/ I muted the Br*enigs long ago because they struck me as religious zealots who treat other people with contempt & disdain. The #TrumpCrisis years have taught me to yeet anyone who belittles and dehumanizes. Hasn't failed yet.

43.10/ The reason we say the Arab-Israeli conflict is "complicated" is b/c:

(1) there are 10+ belligerent factions & w/o complexity you end up supporting some terrible people & actions

(2) rejecting complexity makes you sound like Jared Kushner. Never sound like Jared Kushner.

43.11/ Handy list. Checks out.

43.12/ Fully agree

43.13/ These numbers just feel off to me, gotta see the sample methodology & questions

43.14/ Even though this is 4e (I think) the basic structure makes sense even for we 1e/3e/5e types (D&D works on a reverse Star Trek system IMO)

43.15/ I appreciate this attitude

43.16/ Yes! Glad this is not just my experience. Three's Company? C'mon now. Even MASH.

43.17/ I just heard a great line from Rabbi Zach Trubboff via my mutual @DavidWolkenfeld:

"When moral superiority is your drug of choice, the only way to keep getting high is to root for the worst in others."

43.18/ I hope this is a step in the right direction.

(I had suggested that the commission be chaired jointly by VP Al Gore & George W. Bush - in order to give it national gravity.)

43.19/ My sister-in-law, Leah Cypess @LeahCypess, has a short story in this week's @The_Lehrhaus!

Check it out:
thelehrhaus.com/culture/across…

43.20/ I try to affix alt-text to every picture & gif I post, so this thread is very helpful.

I put alt-text out a commitment to accessibility & justice, but I welcome feedback on my technique so far. I aim to please!

43.21/ I'd suggest there's a high correlation between those of us wary about the CDC's mask-off directive and those of us who are surrounded by RedHat wackaloons (and/or in high density populations)

I know too many scofflaws (scoffscience?) to let my guard down.

43.21b/ Cogent follow-up:

43.22/ Agreed. Liberals (like me) need to understand why antisemitism is not a normal bigotry -- it's becomes an encompassing conspiracy-thinking worldview of hate

43.23/ Getting close to Shabbos, so #ShabbatShalom everyone. Praying for peace in the Middle East.

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