Miscellaneous excerpts from a fellowship application I put together this morning. Starting to put some of my thoughts about recent AI shenanigans into words
I still can't get over the fact that the psychopath behind the "protests" blocking aid to Gaza is an American who fled to Israel to escape charges for his suspected role in the murder of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian in the US. @JoeBiden could literally extradite him and stop this.
It is impossible for me to see this and not immediately think of the photographs of starving children and teens liberated from the death camp with my grandfather at the end of the Holocaust. Enough denial, enough excuses, we must stop this. Even one starving child is too many
Fadi Zant, 9, suffering from malnutrition, is treated after being evacuated from northern Gaza to the IMC field hospital in Rafah. The Gaza Strip faces famine as Israeli attacks continue into the sixth month. - @alijadallah66
I saw this without any context and thought they were detained by the university without water for 21 hours. But rather they chose to do a sit-in for 21 hours, were unprepared without water and food, and are upset at the university for it? I am wildly confused
"We were deprived of medical attention, we were deprived of sleep, we were deprived of food, water, resources."
"In jail I experienced better conditions than at Vanderbilt University."
A Vanderbilt protestor who was arrested talks about his experiences:
H/t @lawyergonerogue
Christopher Nolan: hey can we have a short Gรถdel cameo
Writing team: wait why
Christopher Nolan: movie would be incomplete without him
Writing team: Chris
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"Whatโs happening in Americaโs college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty.
I'm reading about the history of Jews in Morocco and holy shit. Jews in Fez weren't allowed to wear shoes until the Sultan said they could, but that made people get mad and kill Jews, so Jews tried to get the Sultan to outlaw Jews wearing shoes again. Like I'm sorry what
Israeli leftists: "my parents were murdered yesterday, but still we must push on for a better future, which means full recognition of both peoples who are sharing this land"
American leftists: "let us cheer the liberation fighters for decolonizing the peace music festival"