there is unfortunately no spiritual inoculation against cruelty. the holocaust was not a “teachable moment.” a population can experience unimaginable and senseless inhumanity and still inflict it on others. there is nothing morally cleansing about hardship

Finally posting this now to distract myself from the wretched world. I live in the Bunker, my best friend is the Rat King, I am an immortal wizard/owner of the Curiosity Shop, and I will die of spontaneous combustion.

Massive support for Palestine and against genocide in the streets of San Francisco right now...

“It’s one of the most deliberate cruelties inflicted on a ppl that I can remember that my own gov’t has supported. Even in Vietnam, they didn’t quite admit they were just slaughtering the innocent” Actor Wallace Shawn with other Jews in DC protesting #GazaGenocide #IsraelGazaWar

I'm also fully off this hellscape, but I figured that I should recommend Impersonal Foul before I go: impersonalfoul.substack.com/?r=48f5t

Pasek and Paul peaked with Dogfight, in this essay I will

"Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an Occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people."

Q: Has Israel reached out to you to assure that the weapons used to kill the World Central Kitchen aid workers were not provided by the US? PENTAGON: I don't have more to share for you on the weapons that were used.

Q: Did Israel notify anyone in the Pentagon before its strike in Damascus? PENTAGON: We were not notified. Q: Shouldn't they have notified you, given the implication for safety of US personnel in the region? PENTAGON: All I can tell you is that we were not notified about the

Q: Do you think the Israelis have been listening [to the concerns you've raised about civilian casualties]? PENTAGON: We do believe that the Israelis have listened to us...we saw at the very beginning of the war more paired back, targeted operations.

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One of my favorite recent movies. A radical exercise in empathy. It's not going where you think it is. maddiegaw.substack.com/p/his-type

We are the Golden State Valkyries Narrated by Kehlani

RIP, Shannen Doherty, who guest-starred on Riverdale's Luke Perry tribute episode 💔

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All love to ShanDo maddiegaw.substack.com/p/to-be-a-bitc…