krellor

I was going to say, I think voters have long been able to mislead themselves, lol. Eating the onion is/was a real thing.

I got lucky in that regard I guess. My mechanic told me that I got the one model of Subaru that doesn't blow the head gasket. So fingers crossed!

Otherwise, yeah, Subaru's aren't easy to work on at home.

Best of luck!

Hey, hang in there. I hope your week stays ok. I hope you can invest some time in yourself. Have a great week!

Awesome! I've got a 2001 Subaru that I use to get to trails. Same thing; sometimes I have to walk, but at least I'm not beating up my main car for getting the kids around.

You don't deserve to have people who constantly flake out. If they are always cancelling and never initiating activities, invest the time and energy into your own well-being, hobbies, and other friendships. Best of luck with what sounds like some health challenges!

Very fun, thanks for the pictures. For whatever reason the speed of your dogs jogged my memory of skiing with my old dogs. We would skin up backcountry peaks, them with booties and leg wraps in the -20f cold. Then at the summit I'd take the skins off my skis, and the booties off their feet (otherwise they get lost), slather their feet in mushers wax, and race down the mountain. I always had to watch my speed since they maxed out around 20mph, or roughly what your dog's clocked at.

Have a great week!

I don't think articulating a concern for any civilians on any side is taken poorly, and I don't think that the majority of the media has skewed any calls for humanitarian aid and adherance to international warfare rules as anti-semitism. In fact, the new york times has published both investigative and opinion pieces that are very sympathetic to Palestinian civilians, and calling out Israeli disproportionate response.

I think part of the problem in discussing the issue is that the events of today are inextricably woven into the events of the

• 1948 founding of Israel by the UN at the end of the British mandate.
• the invasion of the five armies and the 1949 armistice.
• the six day war, and the loss of the Sinai peninsula.
• the eventual recognition of borders by Egypt and Jordan.
• the results of the shelling of Beirut after the Hezbollah attack in 2006.

But that is a lot of history, but the back and forth of tragedies, including disproportionate response is driven by these events.

When most people online seem to confuse the history of Gaza with that of the West Bank, or conflate Hamas and Hezbollah, it is no wonder that discussion breaks down.

Unfortunately I was in a debate elsewhere on the fediverse where the other person said there is no legitimate response to the Hamas attack for Israel because Israel's existence is the source of the problem.

That sounds like the Hezbollah general who yesterday called this a "war of existence" in that either Israel exists or the Arab alliance exists. So how do you reason with that position, and how many people objecting to Israel's use of force are really all that knowledgeable of the history?

I also think that people underestimate how you reason with allies. If Biden hadn't shown solidarity with Israel, then his visit today wouldn't have resulted in the opening of humanitarian aid. You influence allies by showing solidarity publicly, and having frank conversations on private.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. Have a great evening!