DaveTLV @Surasanji@social.cleverlibre.org

@RolandDeschaine I'm not religious, however, when I was I didn't fast for the same reasons. I take medications that don't really do well without food involved.

It would be dishonest, however, to say that I do not fast because of the meds these days, since even if I didn't take them I would not fast these days. ;p

@commandelicious Less trees and less food, too. :P

@RolandDeschaine Yes. I am Jewish.

@commandelicious When I say the city and country shut down, I mean that people go and play football on the highway. That's how shutdown the country is.

We're coming in to Yom Kippur here in Israel- and even in Tel Aviv, the bastion of secularism shuts down. The whole city shuts down- it's a little crazy, to be honest.

Major cities shut down because of a holiday. I'm not into the holiday part of it, but I love the cultural aspect of it.

@aaroncolichia After a quick WikiDive, I agree. I need to check that out.

@freemo @arteteco I couldn't say for other countries, but those of us on the Med are pretty similar regardless of where you end up. At least near the coastline.

@arteteco @freemo I'm going to be honest with you, it's usually beautiful and bright here. We're talking 300 or so sunny days a year.

And from here on out it gets comfortable and cool.

@peterdrake Of course they did. Anyone who expected otherwise is a very silly person.

@aaroncolichia Yeah, the Police Academy movies are pretty weird.

@RolandDeschaine Doing really quite well, thanks. How about yourself?

Fantastic ownage of a Racist.

Apologies for the birdsite link.

https://twitter.com/RobertMaguire_/status/1040057737999253504

@skulljudenfreund Bassem Eid is a cool dude. He is a true human rights activist. I will be one of the first people to say that Israel is not perfect, and has certainly made mistakes. At the same time, it is all the more disgusting how the Palestinian people are used so cynically by their leaders and the rest of the world.

BDS shut down the Sodastream factory in the West Bank that hired a whole load of Palestinians. It was a show of how our peoples could work together to economic and social benefit.

It didn't help any Palestinian who was working there. They're all out of jobs.

Bassem Eid, though, tells it like it is to both sides and that's what we need- that kind of honesty is a must.