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Milky Way over Shipwreck 

What happened to this ship? It was carried aground by a giant storm that struck the coast of Argentina in 2002. The pictured abandoned boat, dubbed Naufragio del Chubasco, wrecked near the nearly abandoned town of Cabo Raso (population: 1). The rusting ship provides a picturesque but perhaps creepy foreground for the beautiful sky above. This sky is crowned by the grand arch of our Milky Way and features galaxies including the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, stars including Canopus and Altair, planets including Mars and Neptune, and nebulas including the Lagoon, Carina, and the Coal Sack. The mosaic was composed from over 80 images taken in early September. The adventurous astrophotographer reports that the creepiest part of taking this picture was not the abandoned ship, but the unusual prevalence of black and hairy caterpillars.

Credit: Sergio Montúfar

Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death!

Why does Heaven hold everything to ransom?

In the Job intervention we see that Heaven actively allows Hell to commit evil acts against a loyal man of God. The cruelty of these acts are obvious to Crowley and Aziraphale and presumably Hell too. Yet the institution of Heaven is completely out of touch with why destroying a person's children might be wrong, even if you give them new children afterwards. Still worse, Heaven only sees fit to reward Job with new children if he continues to love God after seeing his own children crushed under a building. We know that this does not track with the idea of the side that's supposed to represent goodness, truth and light.

It is the same with Armageddon, Heaven promises everlasting peace but at the cost of all creation. Hell certainly has its part to play, of course , but you'd generally chalk the destruction of all creation up to being an evil thing, so Hell's really just doing their job. Heaven on the other hand holds the world ransom for the sake of testing it.

With Heaven operating in this way surely Hell becomes a default state with anything that Heaven offers as an alternative qualifying as the greatest good despite just being a bit better than eternal torment. As Metatron points out to Maggie, given the choice between coffee and death, people will choose coffee every time. It seems that Heaven uses good as a means to control humans (and Angels) rather than as ends to itself which many humans understand it to be.

Of course it's all ineffable, but I don't think that Aziraphale was wrong to want to go and make things better in Heaven (and presumably down here too), rather than abandon creation to its whims. But that doesn't make his euphoria about being invited back any less spooky. I hope he's okay up there, he is my fave.

https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/SFTerms.html

Just a reminder that Dan Harmon himself, Co-Creator of Rick and Morty, is, in fact, Autistic and has spoken before about how its influenced his characters, the importance of accurately representing Autism in said characters, and being aware of which of his characters have been “claimed,” so to speak, by the Autistic community and how he consciously makes a concentrated effort to not misrepresent or disappoint us.

Just, you know, for those of you who feel angry or uncomfortable at the thought of your faves (hint: Rick and Morty, but especially Morty) being perceived as Autistic. Just some Food For Thought™. Just—just a Memo Note on your dash. He isn’t Bigfoot, folks, that link is in high quality and Right Up There ↑ . All the proof you need. And I’m just handin’ it out for free. Free of charge, no payment necessary, no shipping and handling fees. Watch it.

Be safe, people.

Hey kids, wanna learn what signs of botulism look like?

Art by Jo Rioux

I know this probably can't be answered for reasons legal and whatnot, but I have to take a shot: is there anything happening on the Storyteller front? Or was it all just a dream, too terrible and wonderful to be grasped by my waking mind?

Things Are Happening.

Ooooh!

Cable #100, February 2002, cover by Igor Kordey