except Noah; wtf was that
I'm going to hazard a response to what you found wtf:
Aronofsky's Noah is told with a Jewish perspective on the story. In Jewish tradition, Noah is a notable person, but he is not admirable. In Genesis it states that Noah was righteous in his generation. Rashi, a leading rabbi in the Middle Ages, said in regards to that statement: "Others, however, explain it to his discredit: in comparison with his own generation he was accounted righteous, but had he lived in the generation of Abraham he would have been accounted as of no importance." (https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.6.9?lang=bi&aliyot=0&p2=Rashi_on_Genesis.6.9.2&lang2=bi)
Jewish sages, too, have long criticized Noah for accepting God's dictate that he will destroy all life on earth without argument. That's in contrast to Abraham who, when God said he would destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, argued with God and got him to agree not to destroy the cities if there existed ten righteous people in the cities.
So Aronofsky shows Noah as a religious extremist who does what God says without question. It's a sometimes ugly portrayal, but it fits with an interpretation of Noah that sees him as the best the world had on hand, but not the best that mankind can be.
I’ve been using Instapaper for years. It does the job.
I did not expect to see a Dane Cook reference today.
I’m partial to Christ Chex myself.
Huzzah! Everyone move to Northside so we can support more bodegas!
I thought Inc-El was a play on inconel and that this meme was about how extremely cool the Cybertruck is.
I was confused.
Then I thought about it.
Went with the Ioniq 5. 5k miles in and I love it.
I bought my first electric car in December 2023. I ruled Tesla out because of Elon Musk.
Checking for my own knowledge: pulp it, then strain it, then thicken it. Is that the correct sequence?
I’d go fierce on it with an immersion blender to get it smooth. What was your process for blending it?
Chili and cinnamon rolls. Are you from Kansas?
Makes me think of the Rat-thing from Snow Crash. Is that sucker nuclear?
See Deuteronomy 22:5. From what I can tell, Dennis Prager treats the bible as a foundational document in his life. The thought process probably comes from that verse.
The article is about direction, not position.
The report is even already way off regarding Slovakia, who just elected an authoritarian with sympathies towards Russia. Romania is a bit shaky too, they have very little trust in the democratic government, and could probably easily be swayed by a populist who says what they want to hear.
The article uses the report to show that Slovakia and Romania have improved relative to their prior measurement. It is silent on their positions relative to other democracies.
I have a friend named Dave who wore so much patchouli that, if I went by his house within twenty minutes after he left, I could follow his trail through the open neighborhood and find him on scent alone.
It’s always been, “The devil is getting married,” for me.
Ender’s Game is great. Orson Scott Card is a disappointing human. Buy it used. I recommend not reading the sequels.
The neighborhood on the left side of the photo was part of the West End. The city government referred to it as Kenyon-Barr. They destroyed it and displaced its residents. It makes me angry to think about.
https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/citywiseblog/lost-city-kenyon-barr-queensgate/
Capitalization and spell-check in login
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Disable capitalization and spell-check in the login form fields.
Nomenclature in login
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The term link refers to text that can be interacted with, usually in a web page and usually to take a user to somewhere else. Better to use a term like domain in place of website link.
Creating posts
I’d like to see you add post creation. I’m having to post to this community using apps other than Avelon.
Subscriptions view
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A few things in the Subscriptions view:
- It appears to sort in descending order by community name; be nice if I could control this
- No way to refresh; I have to restart the app if I subscribe to a new community
Panorama of the sky in Grinnell
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From one end of the street to the other. Nothing like the Western Kansas sky.