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Via Scott Long. I've uploaded my entire library of books on Palestine/Israel to the cloud, in digital form so you can access them. It's a little over 1700 books, a lot of them good and important, some of them historical or political curiosities. Nearly all are in English, I'm afraid. You can download any that interest you individually, or the whole library (about 13 GB). feel free to share https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/18u9KYo3MvRpyI0SDqD2AzseTvuSn3S8T?

"This is where you wind up when you view this conflict in monochrome, as a clash of right v wrong. Israeli novelist and peace activist Amos Oz was never wiser than when he described the Israel/Palestine conflict as something infinitely more tragic: a clash of right v right. Two peoples with deep wounds, howling with grief, fated to share the same small piece of land.

So, this is not a football game. There are no winners – only never-ending loss."

Jonathan Freedland

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/27/tragedy-israel-palestine-conflict-horror

My whole political position right now is, don't kill innocents. Don't kill children.

Don't kill them!! not with assault rifles, not in retaliation, not with bombs, not with lousy public health policy.

Do not kill them, just do not do it! Can we all just get behind this one thing.

New paper on Masks:

Some claim scientific studies show masks don’t work, or that surgical masks are as good as N95s. Just released paper shows this claim is false. Masks work, and N95 respirators give a much higher benefit than surgical masks.

The controversy about N95 respirator and mask efficacy is based on claims that studies (RCTs and meta-analyses) have no observed effect. Our paper shows these claims result from the use of incorrect mathematical equations.

#covid @whn

“It just blossomed into way more than I ever could have expected.”

What started small has become a national movement: free food at sites throughout U.S. cities., including several in #Texas. But these 'Love Fridges' could also cut down on waste and emissions. From our friends at @grist: https://www.texasobserver.org/community-fridge-free-food-environment/

#news #environment #pollution #poverty #inequality #COVID19 #food #ClimateChange