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God forbid women do anything
So being an actual Nazi is fine? But getting pussy out of wedlock is a problem? Oh America the beautiful.
the new dj crazytimes song … now that’s what I call music!
The over-pronunciation of every word is so spot on lol
Yeah you know the more German grammar construction I learn? The more sense this song makes.
Also, listen you at, I exactly thinking the other languages European how this are working.
(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)
(nods parsley)(nodsthymely)
Say are you going to Scarborough Faire?
An Israeli charity that distributes meals to impoverished and isolated Holocaust survivors just came up on my insta. I don’t really have money to throw around, but this is very important. More important than my skin care bullshit.
Also, I don’t really care what you think about Israel. This isn’t about Israel. Actually it is: it’s about Israel abandoning the individuals it purports to exist for, and spending that money on destroying hospitals in Gaza instead. So please, donate if you can: https://mashirimhotam.com/lb-eng-b1/
Days Hours Minutes Seconds תמכו עכשיו Now more than ever, we must not leave them alone Help us reach 150 Holocaust Survivors Who are still w
Happy pride month, if you kick out Jewish people for expressing their religion and culture you are antisemitic!! Jewish people belong at pride and deserve to express their Jewishness at pride just like any culture or religion!!
<3 ✡️🏳️🌈🌈 love yall!!!!
happy pride
I thought y'all might like to see Niagara Falls lit up for Pride.
Hope you had a good one!
For those wondering, yes the US side lit up the falls as well, just as they have done in the past. I just didn't have any good pics of it.
i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges
HATE IN THE AIR: An Israir flight to the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana was forced to circle in the air after Slovenian authorities refused to approve the plane’s landing due to its anti-Israel and antisemitic policies. The plane eventually landed in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
Slovenian According to Israir, the decision was politically motivated. Israir CEO Uri Sirkis told Ynet: “The Israir flight that was scheduled to fly to Ljubljana was forced to land in Zagreb because the Slovenian authorities are not allowing Israelis to land in the country due to their ‘strong opposition to the Israeli government’s political policies.'”
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No citizens of any country are somehow inherently bad or evil because of their government. Full stop. That includes Russian citizens, Israeli citizens, Palestinian citizens, Chinese citizens, Iranian citizens, North Korean citizens, etc.
Everyone in this world is just living their lives, each with their own complex needs and desires and interests and emotions. They all have hobbies and friends and families and favorite foods. They all have their own motivations and varying political opinions and views on their governments. They all weigh the risks of standing out or speaking up and they all make their own decisions about that.
They all fear the same in times of danger. They all feel grief and pain and terror the same. They all love and hate and bleed the same.
They are people. They are no different from anyone else, they are not monsters or caricatures or nameless bodies in videos. Complexity and humanity are not exclusive to your country, to people like you.
Oh my fucking god the politics in this site are fucking atrocious. None of you know how anything works. Anyway fuck Israel, América and any fascist state that includes the citizens too 💖
Yes, that's a very useful attitude and does so much to help people who are suffering. You're a hero for dehumanizing people for the crime of where they were born and especially the people living under fascist states who are, in fact, the first victims of that fascism. Please let me know how many lives your reblog saved.
s3 feels so disconnected from the rest
I keep seeing people claim that this ending was the only one possible, that the whole narration up from s1 (or even the book) was building up to this finale, that a hard reset of the universe was the endgame all along. I don't see how. Good Omens's original charm was being a parody of all religions (and a bunch of deterministic movies like The Omen). The problem of free will was discussed often with a light-hearted, parodic approach. I'm reminded of when Ligur said "I made a priest look at pretty girls in the sun today: he could have become a saint, now he's going to hell." Isn't this literally a parody of how simplistic religious moral beliefs are? The whole point of GO was not just to mock them, but to reflect on how humans are more complex than that, in a universe where, even if Hell and Heaven are literal and operative, humans still managed to successfully exercise their free will AND avoid Armageddon, even if it was advertised as inevitable by Heaven/Hell. The point was to prove both wrong. Az and Crow were there just to say that “who's to say it wasn't God's plan all along, maybe there were some small-font clauses hidden somewhere in the Plan?” It was beautiful, hilarious, humanist, comforting, open-ended. God was never this evil final boss, overarching puppeteer: the point was that she almost didn’t seem to exist at all and it was just a bunch of humans doing things while claiming a bigger entity wanted them to do that.
My takeaway from the book and first season has always been: Azira and Crowley thought they could impact humanity with their work, then quickly realized they didn't need to do much work AND that both their bosses would never understand that, so they just relaxed and enjoyed the ride lol. What I liked the most about the GO's message was: humans are both bad and good, beautifully human anyway, even in a world with Heaven/Hell, which doesn't impact their lives that much. Dumb Corporate thinks they're pulling the strings of the world, when in fact the strings have always been so loose they could as well be nonexistent: still, humanity is doing just fine. The point of avoiding Armageddon was to protect that world, created with free will and humanity being its beautiful, "human incarnate" self. That Specific Humanity was worth saving, just like Job wanted His Specific Kids back. The best thing was that humanity saved itself! No need for celestial beings basically Jesusing themselves for the world, except what they're saving is the abstract concept of a “free humanity”. Where did s1’s love for That Humanity go? They only save the ideal of it with their sacrifice: was that really the only option? It’s a fictional world, so every writing choice reveals a specific intention and message.
That's why the ending of s3 feels really disconnected to me: suddenly we're in a world where God is extremely involved, humans can never have actual free will, they're all "puppets in her own book", all the messages of caring for others and trying to improve the existing world instead of throwing the whole thing in the trash (The Them at Adam during his power trip), trying to find your footing in life despite your past and your nature (Crowley being a failed demon, Aziraphale struggling with his wavering faith, etc.), all blown out the window! I don't want to say it feels like a retcon, but it definitely feels like they flattened a lot of the previous messages and themes just to achieve the tearjerker ending. It doesn't feel earned, it doesn't feel organic, it doesn't feel particularly satisfactory as a way of tying up all the loose ends. It's nothing short of an "it was all a dream" ending.
TLTR: on where the 3 seasons differed to me:
S1 was hope and humanity in all its beautiful, messy glory, making Az and Crow basically useless, giving them a relative freedom from their jobs. Humanity is the main protagonist, it saves itself, who's to say that wasn't the Plan all along? Sure, there’s the "this wasn't the big one, the next one will be Us against all of Them" line, but it doesn't have to be literal: a well-written sequel could have kept the original themes while exploring other interesting moral conundrums in a clever way, instead of going the cheap route of "it's all bleak, let's press reset."
S2 was a wrestling match between different, opposite outlooks on life: do we stay and try making the world better, or do we run away and choose each other? Is there any reason left to hope, or is the world bleak? Can we reform an unjust system, or is it rigged from the start? A more intimiste approach, a slice-of-life approach, if you will.
S3 doesn't even try to do anything except say from the start: everything is ending, there's no point in this life, all is lost, humanity is doomed, free will never existed, I'm tired boss let's just restart the universe because as long as God exists we'll never be free (in a show from a book that was basically saying the opposite and also, a friggin' PARODY of religion, it was never supposed to get that serious*).
*Small footnote under the cut:
The worst thing?
Is that even in the universe “without Heaven and Hell” that Crowley and Aziraphale actually died for?
If we are to believe that Asa and Anthony are Aziraphale and all the others are the angles and demons? Then the GO!God got directly involved in the lives of those living in the Heaven and Hell Free Universe ANYWAY to ensure that they were reincarnated together.
So they didn’t get what they asked for - which was a universe free from divine intervention.
They got a paternalistic copy that decided it knew better that still had its hand on the wheel but didn’t actually respect their decision.
And if that was the case why not let Aziraphale and Crowley keep their personhood?
My bet - telegraphed by the utter waste of Jesus and his unnecessary presence in the narrative at all - is the writing staff is pulling from the Culturally Christian belief that sacrifice is necessary for salvation.
general relativity for babies
babies? Hell, I’m an adult this is the clearest and most understandable explaination I’ve ever seen. This book is for anyone
BOKENADE (c. 1430)
This week has been colder than usual, and what better way to warm up than with a piping hot Tasting History dish: the medieval Bokenade. This meat stew is found in Harleian Manuscript 279, a manuscript of recipes from around 1430 A.D., and is located under the section for "winter potages". When reading the text in this manuscript, it is easy to detect the French influence in the language, and many of the recipes are just the kind of hearty meals that would have been served in medieval taverns. Like me, you may have heard rumours of certain restaurants in the world having perpetual dishes, perhaps a soup, stew, or curry that has been cooking without interruption for hundreds of years. Who's to say whether these dishes have really cooked without interruption, or if that is hyperbolic advertising, but either way, perpetual stews may have been quite common in medieval taverns. As stew was ladled out into the bowls of the hungry patrons, more ingredients would be added in so that the stew kept on stewing. Typically this is good for flavour, consistency of taste across many bowls, and keeping your menu simple and delicious. One rumour of such a stew is one in southern France, where, apparently, a perpetual stew was served from the 15th century (around when this recipe was written) all the way up until WWII, when they couldn’t get the right ingredients. I leave it to you to judge the veracity of these claims. One thing is for certain, the Bokenade I make here will only become a perpetual stew in my house if it tastes absolutely heavenly! See Max’s video on how to make this dish here or see the ingredients and process at the end of this post, sourced from his website.
My experience making it:
According to standard practice at this point, I halved the recipe. For my meat, I found veal shoulder at my local Turkish butcher, bones intact. I opted to use beef broth from bouillon instead of water, since I had heard that veal makes a lighter tasting stew than beef, and I wanted lots of flavour! I bought some dried hyssop online since I couldn't find it in stores, and found verjuice at my local Turkish grocer. One addition I insisted on was to put some chopped carrots in the Bokenade - for the sake of nutrition, and because I could see medieval taverns having done the same with whichever vegetable was in season.
I poured about 1 litre of water into a large pot, heated it, and dissolved the beef bouillon. I then added the entire veal shoulder whole, adding just a tiny bit more water afterwards to cover the top of it. I simmered it for an hour, skimming the scum off the top as it cooked. Meanwhile, I chopped and measured out all the herbs and spices, and promptly made my first mistake, which was adding all of them together into a bowl (except the saffron and salt). Little did I realize, the ginger was supposed to be added in an entirely different and later step, and the mace and clove were meant to be added after the herbs. However, once in a bowl, I couldn't take those powdered elements out, so I had to take it in stride and continue. After an hour of the meat cooking, it still wasn't "falling off the bone", so I cooked it about 15 minutes longer. It still was firmly attached to the bone. I became impatient and removed the meat anyways, figuring I could just chop it off the bone. For some reason the veal smelled kind of bad when I took it out and diced it. I wasn't sure if this was the normal smell of veal being boiled, or if something was actually off about it, since I had never cooked with veal before. Regardless, I continued on, disposing of the bones and dicing the meat into bite size pieces. I strained the broth, then added the veal back into the broth to continue its long simmer, this time for two hours.
I added my bowl of herbs and spices, stirred, then let it simmer with the lid on. I checked on it periodically and about halfway through the simmer added a cup of water, since the liquid was getting low. About 1 hour in, I added the chopped carrots to the pot. After 2 hours, I tried a piece of veal, and it was indeed very tender - ready! So, for the last step, I took a half cup of broth out, let it cool for a few minutes while I whisked the egg yolks, then slowly added the broth to the egg yolks, stirring all the while. I then added the salt and saffron, whisking it in (the ginger I had already mistakenly added to the broth earlier), then poured this mixture into the main pot, also stirring as I went. Lastly, I stirred in the verjuice, and left the pot on the stove for another minute or two before ladling the stew out into our bowls. I quickly toasted a baguette to serve alongside the stew, put a bit of sea salt butter from Brittany (my all-time favourite) alongside, and served the Bokenade forth! Although it looked more like a soup than a stew, it did look and smell quite warm and hearty.
My experience tasting it:
The initial spoonful, laden with broth, herbs, and veal, was warm and hearty indeed! The taste was overall well-balanced; I could not pick out any one spice or herb, they just seemed to all work together to create a nice medley of savoury goodness. However, there was one other ingredient that did make itself quite known (and surprisingly, it wasn't the veal, despite my worries): the verjuice! I had never had verjuice before, and I was quite worried it would take over the dish, as vinegar has known to have done in past medieval and Roman Tasting History dishes I've made. This time, I wouldn't say it took over, but that its acidity or sourness did make itself known, and sourness is not a flavour profile I expect often in a stew or soup. And I call it a soup here, because the consistency was most definitely that of soup. I realize that the egg yolks were meant to be added as a way to thicken the Bokenade, but I just don't think they were successful in doing this. This could also be because I added extra water as the broth was simmering, however. Mine and Max's finished dishes looked quite different as a result. Luckily, this recipe tastes good both ways, according to each of us respectively. My favourite part of the Bokenade was actually the veal, despite my earlier doubts. It was perfectly tender and had just a light beef-like taste. It held the flavours of the broth very well, also. Similarly, the baguette held the flavours of the Bokenade well when dipped into the broth. My husband and I happily finished our bowls. While we agreed the Bokenade had a little too much sourness for our liking, this could be easily fixed by adding a little less verjuice. Despite enjoying the dish, I don't think I'll make it again, as it is not so delicious that it makes it worth the long cook time, in my opinion. I suppose for a medieval tavern, the long cook time is the whole point, and not a drawback, if they want their Bokenade to be a perpetual stew. If you end up making this dish, if you liked it, or if you changed anything from the original recipe, do let me know!
Bokenade original recipe (c. 1430)
Sourced from Harleian Manuscript 279 (c. 1430).
Vele, Kede, or Henne in bokenade Take Vele, Kyde, or Henne, an boyle hem in fayre Water, or ellys in freysshe brothe, and smyte hem in pecys, and pyke hem clene; an than draw the same brothe thorwe a straynoure, an caste there-to Percely, Swag, Ysope, Maces, Clowys, an let boyle tyl the flesshe be y-now; than sette it from the fyre, and alye it up with raw yolkys of eyroun, and caste ther-to pouder Gyngere, Veriows, Safroun, and Salt, and thanne serve it forth for a gode mete.
Modern Recipe
Based on the recipe from Harleian Manuscript 279 (c. 1430) and Max Miller’s version in his Tasting History video.
Ingredients:
3 to 4 lbs (1.5 kg) beef, goat, or chicken, with bones
Water or broth (or a combination), enough to cover the meat
Small handful of fresh parsley
A few leaves of fresh sage
A few sprigs of fresh hyssop, or about 1 teaspoon dried
1/2 teaspoon mace
1/8 teaspoon cloves
4 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon ginger
A pinch of saffron, ground
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (120 ml) verjuice*
*Verjuice is made from unripened grapes and has a vinegary, acidic taste mixed with some sweetness. If you can't find it, try using a mixture of equal parts grape juice and red wine vinegar.
Method:
Place the meat in a large pot and pour in enough water and/or broth to cover it. Bring it to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Skim off any scum or foam that rises to the surface. Simmer for about 1 hour, or until the meat easily comes away from the bone.
Take the pot off the heat, remove the meat, and cut it into bite-sized pieces. Strain the broth.
Return the cut up meat and the broth to the pot.
Chop the parsley, sage, and hyssop very fine, then add them to the pot. Add the mace and cloves, and give it a stir. Bring the stew to a simmer. Cover the pot with the lid and let it simmer for anywhere from 1 to 2 hours depending on how tender you want the meat to get. Check the pot a few times and add more broth and/or water if it starts to get low.
After the meat is as tender as you like, take the pot off the heat. Let the broth cool for a few minutes while you whisk the eggs in a bowl, just enough so that they’re smooth. Take about 1/2 cup (120 ml) of the broth and add it to the yolks in a slow stream, whisking constantly. After the 1/2 cup of broth has been added, whisk in the ginger, saffron, and salt. Pour this mixture into the pot, then stir in the verjuice. (Add the yolks right before you want to serve it. If you reheat the stew, they’re likely to scramble a bit.)
Serve it forth. If you need to reheat your stew after adding the egg yolks, they may scramble a bit. The stew is still delicious, it’s just the texture that changes a little and it won’t be quite as thick.
if i had three wishes they would all be to make web 2.0 utterly illegal and go back to normal html
how do we explain to children that all our tech briefly worked perfectly and over time we threw it all away for sleek menus and corporate opacity
"we could give you a link to this mp3 OR we could run it in a proprietary player app that must connect to the internet every time you hit the resume button"
when i upgraded from a flip phone to an iphone and realized i could no longer record and set a custom ringtone because apple wanted me to buy radio pop ringtones, i realized, oh cool new tech isnt made for us it's made to exploit us and we are going to let it happen
ouch
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“We let it happen”
Who is this mysterious we you speak of?
I only remember the decision being made without is that the things we were using were not valuable and them being taken away or turned off while literally millions of people were using them.
they used to let kids have real fun
There's an xkcd for that :3
Side note: polonium-210 is a very dangerous isotope, however it "does not pose a radiation hazard when kept outside the body", as the alpha particle it emits have very little penetration power and cannot pierce even the outer layers of dead skin. It has still killed countless people, though, not because of children's rings, but because of tobacco. Polonium latches onto and concentrates in tobacco leaves, leading to heavy smokers being exposed to more radiation than survivors of the Chernobyl disaster.
It's always wild to me seeing comments about different toxins like this on information about random things in the past, but it's never discussed when it comes to cigarettes.
adam's staple double denim look a la baby leo is something that can actually be so personal... he carries the look of that boy with himself everywhere, his look from the day he lost his innocence and did something violent for the first time and it wasn't even his fault but it was because of him... maybe it's a punishment, maybe it's a comfort, but it's definitely a reminder
Extra points if it’s because he’s lonely. Extra points if it’s because 15 years wandering around the world without the boy who loved him enough to kill for him is just too long to go without thinking about how he earned his love and that he is in fact loved by at least one person in the whole world