I wonder, too. But, the flavors of nature are ever changing, and also I think the ancient Israelites kind of inadvertently set their religion up in such a way that eventual division was kind of inevitable. Prophets can be born or inspired to deliver a message at any time at all, and a concept of the destruction and renewal of the world was noteworthy at least as far back as the Book of Daniel at ~200BCE. Check out Jewish Apocalypticism for a little more about that. But the transition from pantheon to monotheism that took place in the ancient Near East is a really interesting time period not only because of the really cool diversity of myths it produced but also because it took place at a time where history was just starting to be recorded, so there's just so much cool interactions going on between cultures, a rapidly evolving and diversifying larger civilization, lots of languages with overlapping and phonetically-similar words but varying means of recording their language, religious leaders and their students often being among the very few who could read anything being documented (imagine the power imbalance that created).
Nice! Look for content about the Enuma Elish (which is basically like the Babylonian creation story) to hear all about Tiamat and their counterpart, Apsu (embodiment of fresh waters amongst the void) and their relationship followed by an eventual battle that ensues between descendants of Apsu and Tiamat, leading to a god named Marduk becoming the head of their pantheon (and also the god that raised Babylon from sand into a great city). From there, check out the wiki for tehom and if you're looking for videos, peruse the online video warehouse of your pleasure for links between Babylonian Tiamat and Hebrew tehom and you will not be disappointed. I'm pretty sure Richard Elliot Friedman covers it in one of his lectures about the Hebrew Bible/OT, although I can't recall exactly which one offhand.
Ancient Mesopotamia, hands down. You've got the Sumerians, the Babylonian empire, the Akkadian empire. There's creation myths, flood myths, myths about great battles between the elder gods. Gilgamesh, Sargon, Hammurabi. Such cool artwork and artifacts were left behind for us to find. Friggin ziggurats. And they figured out writing, which has proven useful. Also they had cultural overlap with other notable societies like the ancient Israelites/Canaanites and Egyptians, which allowed for borrowing and retelling of stories, myths, and legends among the people of the time. Pieces of the story of Moses are apparent in Sargon's personal account of his history. You can see lots of the Noah story in Gilgamesh, and also in Atrahasis. An elder, primordial god named Tiamat is an embodiment of sea water and its associated chaotic nature that existed in the void before creation, and is probably cognate with the Hebrew word "tehom" meaning "the abyss".
The self-driving cab, however, didn’t get dinged like you or us. Since there was no one operating the vehicle, the cops couldn’t issue a citation. But they did reach out to Waymo’s parent company Google to let them know about the glitch.
“Our citation books don’t have a box for ‘robot,'” the department said.
It frustrates me that Google doesn't get a citation for this. It's just another example of how laws don't apply to the people pulling all the strings. They need to be just as accountable as anyone else, even if it's robots doing the driving. Whoever is ultimately responsible for the unacceptable behavior needs to be held accountable, or they'll learn they can keep doing unacceptable shit in new and creative ways without any real legal or financial risk for engaging in the bad behavior. If corporations are people, and corporate robots are doing things people get in trouble with the cops for, corporations need to be in trouble with the cops and the courts and feel the same heat.
The theme song from Mighty Mouse gives the description of a hero that I subscribe to. A hero is someone who is there to save the day when someone really needs saving. Anyone can be a hero if they answer the call when fate provides them the need for one.
Mister Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this Mighty sound.
"Here I come to save the day"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
He gets the situation well in hand
So though we are in danger, we never despair
Cause we know that where there's danger he is there!
(He is there, on the land, on the sea, in the air!)
We're not worrying at all
We're just listening for his call
“Here I come, to save the day!”
That means that Mighty Mouse
Is on the way!
We're not worrying at all
We're just listening for his call
“Here I come, to save the day!”
That means that Mighty Mouse
Is on the way!
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mightymouselyrics.html
Just read the article and it was more that Bad Bunny has been avoiding playing a lot of shows in the US due to the possibility of ICE targeting his audience, and this seems to be ICE confirming that's their jam and they will do it.
Edit: but also, yes, the govt doesn't know and they are 100% just going after people that "look Mexican" in places where ICE is concentrated.
I'm worried they're gonna find a way to extract all the real-time customer data they can find a way to grab and leverage it to sustain profits in our new Palantir-inspired dystopian world.
"I do think that again, we are in the midst of a massive shift in dynamics in the media ecosystem for lots of reasons, again, including the permission structure that President Trump's election has provided," the FCC chief said.
The fascists with the real power have abandoned their masks. The fascists with ambitions for power still wear them. For now.
The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last. (RIP Gene Wilder)
This feels like a Mitch Hedberg quote, I think he'd appreciate it