Episode 195: A Morbid Tale Involving Bari Weiss, Destiny, The IDF, And A Very Angry Squirrel

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Episode 195: A Morbid Tale Involving Bari Weiss, Destiny, The IDF, And A Very Angry Squirrel

Never go Full Squirrel.

Dec 16, 2023

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss allegations of Literal Murder against perpetual Twitter villain Bari Weiss. Plus, the Zei Squirrel vs Destiny origin story.

Refaat Alareer: “My Child Asks, ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building if the Power Is Out?’”

NYT: “In Gaza, a Contentious Palestinian Professor Calmly Teaches Israeli Poetry”

EuroMed: “Israeli Strike on Refaat al-Areer Apparently Deliberate”

Drew Pavlou on Alareer’s tweets: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1733107027013210553.html

Singal-Minded

Why So Many People Told Me To Kill Myself This Weekend

It’s been a while since I last burdened this newsletter with a Twitter story. Alas, this is significantly darker than my last one, from February. During the final section, I go into some detail about online suicide-baiting — I’ll clearly mark that section and if you don’t want to see this sort of thing, you should simply skip it…

2 years ago · 307 likes · 200 comments · Jesse Singal

Haaretz on false claims undermining true claims: https://archive.is/nqIHM#selection-5725.0-5733.396

Jesse on Monica Foy: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/victim-of-a-scary-web-shaming-speaks-out.html

BBC on Alareer’s death: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67656787

Ryan Grim on progressive infighting: https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/

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