My first thought went to Spike from Cowboy Bebop.

Now I’m wondering: was Spike based on Bugs?

This is true of an enterprise/company union. Industrial unions tip the seesaw to the other side.

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.

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Fred Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month - 1975

Terry Pratchett’s DiscWorld series.

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.

Chili and cinnamon rolls. Are you from Kansas?

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.

It’s always been, “The devil is getting married,” for me.

They still have those buses in Dayton, Ohio.

13 years for me. Deleted my account July 1.

I’ll buy that. Wish they had made it more concrete than that.

I think you’re correct, but how do you get Nine Inch Nails from a board with two nails in it?

Yes. Bidets should be opt-out at this point.