every few days the estimated death toll in gaza gets rounded up to a new number of thousands and we’re expected to just make the rhetorical adjustment and accept it.

the level of killing is unprecedented in modern times, even with our plethora of conflicts and arsenal of killing machines

"In less than two months, more than twice as many women and children have been reported killed in Gaza than in Ukraine after two years of war." The New York Times

How sure are we about these estimates? Who vets these numbers? I think these are questions we must ask.

It's just like the Pandemic deaths running total or the election day counts. These aren't the brightest people and the 'How To' class was only two weeks long.

i’m not happy about saying this, but we did it with covid. it’s amazing how quickly the bulk of americans downshift into not giving a fuck and i’m worried as hell that covid proved to the powers that be that most of us will get used to anything and none of them will ever be held to account.