Deborah Achtenberg

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Philosopher and amateur gardener, photographer and derbouka player

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Beware anyone who rushes to declare a new variant mild. Many did this for Omicron and got it badly wrong. Omicron turned out to be one of the most deadly waves for many countries At very least people should wait until a wave is well over before making any assessment. We also need to include the impact of Long COVID.

One of the most important times to wear a mask is after you have attended a large gathering.

Wastewater data suggests there was a 50%+ chance you encountered someone with COVID if you attended an event with 20+ people.

You can transmit COVID before you develop symptoms, so now is a good time to wear a mask.

(Chart: Dr. Mike Hoerger)

Ceasefire now!
Return all the captives ("All for All")!
Stop forced evictions in the West Bank!
There is no military solution--only a joint agreement giving autonomy and equality to both sides.

We’re now so upside down and backwards that actual alleged grown people respond to basic ideas like “ no one should murder babies“ by calling it genocide apologia.

Words no longer have meanings. You can just say whatever shit you want and think it’s fine and no one is allowed to question you. These are apparently the new rules.

I opt out of that game entirely.

Some of you have let this situation strip you of your own humanity. You no longer understand basic right from wrong.

A sobering thought! #statistics #analytics more at timoelliott.com/blog/cartoons

Neo-Nazis across the US are attempting to embed themselves within rallies in support of #Palestine. But fascists aren't 'anti-war' or in 'solidarity' with Palestinians - they're white supremacists attempting to use the movement as a way to mainstream their anti-Semitic and racist conspiracy theories. They don't oppose settler-colonialism or State violence - its at the heart of their entire political project.

https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazi-groups-are-attempting-to-worm-their-way-into-rallies-against-the-war-on-gaza/

Neo-Nazi Groups Are Attempting to Worm Their Way into Rallies Against the War on Gaza

On Saturday, October 28th, neo-Nazis with the "National Justice Party," attempted to rally alongside a pro-Palestinian demonstration in front of the White House in Washington DC. The National Justice Party (NJP), includes white supremacist grifters such as Mike "Enoch" Peinovich, host of the fascist podcast, The Daily Shoah, a reference to the Holocaust, and Joseph...

It's Going Down
Grapevine and trees
As I fill out my mail in ballot, because #voting in local #elections is as important as voting in the “big” ones, I must make my biannual objection: requiring postage on a ballot, particularly when the only in-person drop off location is completely inaccessible and ADA noncompliant, is a poll tax on #disabled voters, and I need somebody to care enough to help me sue over it. #Pittsburgh
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Here's the piece I mentioned as the best recent piece on Israel-Palestine. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n21/adam-shatz/vengeful-pathologies
Adam Shatz · Vengeful Pathologies

The inescapable truth is that Israel cannot extinguish Palestinian resistance by violence, any more than the...

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