The Bible wasn't encouraging it, just saying that it happened.

Genesis 19:30-38:

Lot and His Daughters

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a]; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[b]; he is the father of the Ammonites[c] of today.

EDIT: I'd also add that it looks like the Ammonites and the Moabites were enemies of the Israelites. Probably research material out there on this, but I imagine that this is sort of politically badmouthing the enemy.

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You don't sail directly upwind; sailboats can't do that. You sail at an angle to the wind.

EDIT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacking_(sailing)

Sails are limited in how close to the direction of the wind they can power a sailing craft. The area towards the wind defining those limits is called the "no-sail zone". To travel towards a destination that is within the no-sail zone, a craft must perform a series of zig-zag maneuvers in that direction, maintaining a course to the right or the left that allows the sail(s) to generate power. Each such course is a "tack". The act of transitioning from one tack to the other is called "tacking" or "coming about". Sailing on a series of courses that are close to the craft's windward limitation (close-hauled) is called "beating to windward".

The Link device is designed to be a compact, fanless, and easy-to-use cloud PC for your local monitors and peripherals. It’s meant to be the ideal companion to Microsoft’s Windows 365 service, which lets businesses transition employees over to virtual machines that exist in the cloud and can be streamed securely to multiple devices.

It sounds like it's part of a broader strategy to have companies outsource their IT to Microsoft.

What I can't figure out is who is giving all these guys a shit-ton of ERA.

I guess maybe they're stripping knocked-out tanks of any remaining ERA.

Throughout our topic analysis, we find that tankies are particularly vocal about major geopolitical events (Fig. 4 and 5). They are especially focused on issues such as Chinese and North Korean politics, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. They also show a keen interest in topics related to communism, fascism, and Stalin. However, when it comes to everyday societal challenges that are usually points of interest for the left wing—like policing, climate change, healthcare, housing, and workers’ rights—tankies seem less engaged.

This pattern reveals a striking insight: tankies appear to be deeply invested in state-driven political events, often at the expense of grassroots societal issues. This underscores a distinct divergence in the priorities and discourse of left-wing extremists and the wider far-left community.

Now do an analysis of comment times to see which timezone they are likely living in and which country's holidays they sync up with.

This statement from police also kinda sounds like suicide:

https://globalnews.ca/news/10871561/halifax-walmart-death-no-foul-play/

In a Monday update, Halifax Regional Police (HRP) said investigators had met with the family to share the findings, and that the family has asked for privacy.

A police spokesperson declined an on-camera interview on Monday but in a video statement, Const. Martin Cromwell said while the department understands the public’s interest in the case, “there are questions that may never have answers.”

Cromwell also reminded people to be “mindful of the damage public speculation can cause.”

“This woman’s loved ones are grieving,” he said.

Maybe if you intentionally ODed on enough drugs to keep yourself completely out, regardless of pain, and were just using the oven to ensure that the job gets done. Even so.

That seems like a horrendous way to commit suicide.

The guy was apparently a legislator before going to Fox, five terms in the House, and four terms as a district attorney prior to that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Duffy

Not really a transportation guy, but he's put in his time in the government.

Let's see who Trump had as Secretary of Transportation in his first term.

Hmm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao

She did have a transportation background in two prior administrations. So he's certainly had less experience with transportation than she has but I don't think I'd just call him a TV star, either.

Be interesting to see some statistics on backgrounds of cabinet secretaries in the past, see how common tapping someone with just a legislative background is.

EDIT: The current Secretary of Transportation is Buttigieg. He doesn't really have a transportation background either, worked in Navy intelligence and was a mayor and apparently is the youngest guy to ever hold the office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg

I think you need Steam for X4. At least, that's the only link they have on their website under "Buy".

https://www.egosoft.com/games/x4/info_en.php

"There will essentially be nothing left of America, which is trying to drag us into escalation. There will be no Biden or Trump. America is being inflicted with 95 percent total damage," said Andrei Gurulev, a State Duma deputy, speaking on Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov, broadcast by state-owned station Russia-1.

95% sounds like a lot. Not sure how he's measuring, though.

"Today, we are quite ready to destroy the entire nuclear potential of England and France with a single strike. This will be one of the options for deterring the United States from striking Russia," the former tank commander added.

Firstly, I'm skeptical that Russia has the ability to reliably locate both the British and French subs at sea.

Secondly, I'd say that as plans to get the US to not escalate with Russia go, a preemptive nuclear strike against the UK and France probably is going to be pretty counterproductive.

I assume that early access games are in the running when they exit EA. Presumably, that's when they're at their strongest. Doesn't seem to me like it'd be fair to treat them as being entered when they enter EA, as they aren't fully developed yet.

So you don't object to the curriculum stating that he was an effective military leader, which is what I was quoting and responding to?

What do you think the point is?

Robert E. Lee’s “excellent abilities” as general of the Confederate Army

Lee did do very well. Civil War history isn't specifically my area of interest, but I don't think that there's another high-ranking commander who one could reasonably say used his forces more effectively in the war. He had a heavily-winning record while fighting larger forces that were better-equipped.

He was also highly-regarded in his time; he was offered command of the Union Army, and commanded the most-important Confederate military formation for much of the war.

I assume that the 999 is just off-scale.

https://animanswers.com/hedgehog-nests/

Do Hedgehogs Dig Dens to Live In?

When hedgehogs burrow, they aim to create a shelter where they can nest and sleep easily. As our spikey friends sleep for long periods, sometimes as much as 18 hours a day, they need somewhere safe to sleep without fear of predators.

However, while it will serve as their home, it will be a temporary home. Most hedgehogs only stay in their burrows for a short time before leaving. Usually, they’ll only stay in that specific burrow for a few nights before moving to find another one.

If they're removable, could just put actual floppy drives in.

EDIT: Oh, they're flip-down drawer covers rather than fixed panels. Well, still might be removable.

any tips

If I wanted to whiten teeth at home -- I don't, but if I did -- I'd probably use those whitening strips, which it looks like use hydrogen peroxide.

Coconut oil is what movie theaters use on popcorn and IMHO is the best use for it if you've got some. I used to keep a jar of it along with some Flavacol to get the movie-theater experience.

EDIT: I later switched to a mix of chili oil and olive oil for popcorn, which is not as authentic but can be misted with a mister without congealing in the mister and is also pretty good.