CASTIN SPELLS

Huge shout to my friend from an undergraduate philosophy program who started working out every single day, not for health benefits or to become conventionally attractive or whatever, but because – and this is a direct quote – he was concerned that otherwise he might “become lost in the world of signs and forget the things they signify”. I have thought about this every single time that I’ve worked out since.

It saddens me, makes me feel utterly helpless, and even kills me to see the whole world preparing for Christmas and the New Year while I struggle just to stay warm in this deadly heat. The cold is unbearable.

Please stop traveling, stop playing, stop watching movies and TV, stop laughing, and look at what's happening in Gaza. It's bitterly cold in Gaza right now. Our bodies can't bear it. People are dying in Gaza from bombing, hunger, and the cold.

Please, please look at what is happening in Gaza, which was once one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Look at it now, drowning. There is no infrastructure, no sewage system, no homes, no buildings, no towers. Gaza, which used to celebrate New Year's every year, doesn't do that anymore. For two years now, it hasn't celebrated; instead, people are dying before the eyes of the entire world, and the world remains silent. Please help us buy clothes and blankets. Please help us escape the hell of Gaza. Please.

Every donation matters here. The winter is hitting Gaza especially harshly this year, survival is a matter of securing warm shelter

Herbie Hancock was hitting the Clearly You Don't Own an Air Fryer expression long before any of us were even born.