Noam and Jen take on the topic of Trump’s uninvited Thanksgiving guest Nick Fuentes, Ben Collins’ weird Twitter meltdown, the new definition of non-binary, the COVID protests in China, the impossibility of Zero Covid, and Taylor Lorenz beclowning herself again.

And as always, join us on Callin Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern where we’ll cover everything else that happened on Thanksgiving week that didn’t fit into the show 

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

Senpai Elon notices Noam:

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1596862596627730434

Trump tries to explain how Nick Fuentes came to be at his Thanksgiving table:

https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1596276030649815041

Trump explains, part two:

https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1596663697631457280

Filipkowski claims that Fuentes endorsed DeSantis using an edited video, Fuentes claims that is borderline defamation:

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1596522190408929286

Here’s a picture of Musk and Maxwell together, which proves absolutely nothing because parasites gonna parasite:

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1279408842867118080

DeSantis decides to not comment on Fuentesgate, places info in back pocket for later (we think):

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1596690250025562113

Jesse Singal’s Substack piece on Ben Collins’ putting words into the mouths of dead people:

https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1595529978816389136

Non-binary means being able to pass as both male and female now I guess:

https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1595583840764022784

Nate Silver is not here for Ben Collins trying to dunk on FiveThirtyEight’s midterm predictions (also Ben doesn’t know how to read a chart) :

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1594758323936841728

Over in China, citizens have had it with the attempt at Zero Covid, especially since it’s not working:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1596858921750351872

Thread from William Hurst, professor of Chinese development for Cambridge, on how these protests are different from past protests in China :

https://twitter.com/wjhurst/status/1596722048717709312

Taylor Lorenz wants Zero Covid, doesn’t care that those living under such a regime are literally protesting in the streets:

https://twitter.com/dannybarefoot/status/1596878113019162624

HBO will be launching a series based on the mega-blockbuster video game The Last Of Us in January:

https://twitter.com/TheLastofUsHBO/status/1595447079416918016