Morning Belz, May 14
Trevor Noah on Israel-Palestine — Daily Show
Bari Weiss on Israel-Palestine — Bari Weiss
Matti Friedman on Israel-Palestine — Tablet
Cat jumping 5 stories from a burning building — ABC Chicago
Worth bookmarking this COVID data — Github*
*The infection fatality rate for kids under 10 is 0.00003, or 3 deaths for every 100,000 infections, as best we can tell right now. This is perhaps slightly higher than the infection fatality rate for the flu for that age group.
CBD shop video is coming together slowly. Basically I’m trying to decide how cute to be with it. I’ll post something on Patreon before too long. Headed back to the Waffle House in Ringgold this afternoon to ask people if they’ve been vaccinated. Should be fun. Here’s the original, from December. If I can muster that same energy in every video I produce, I’ll make a success out of this.
Have a great weekend.
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“The idea of a complex place is anathema to the current mood in America and the West, where many people seem to be regressing to a world of childhood, of heroes and monsters.” — Matti Friedman
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