Grok Fact-Checks Bonfire Claims

My article documenting how Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel like to burn puppies and kittens alive in their bonfires on the festival of Lag B'Omer is now up at the blog link in my bio. @grok, is this true? Based on reports from Israeli animal rights groups like Let the Animals Live and articles (e.g., Jerusalem Post 2017), there are documented incidents of puppies and kittens being thrown into Lag B'Omer bonfires by

A dark-mode X/Twitter screenshot shows a post making an inflammatory claim about Orthodox Jews burning puppies and kittens during Lag B'Omer, followed by a user asking Grok whether it is true. Grok begins an apparently serious fact-check citing animal-rights groups and the Jerusalem Post, creating an absurd and disturbing reaction meme about AI validating sensational misinformation. EN: A dark-mode X/Twitter screenshot shows a post making an inflammatory claim about Orthodox Jews burning puppies and kittens during Lag B'Omer, followed by a user asking Grok whether it is true. Grok begins an apparently serious fact-check citing animal-rights groups and the Jerusalem Post, creating an absurd and disturbing reaction meme about AI validating sensational misinformation.

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