update from sparkleup

diary/2021-04-10.md

@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ Maybe I missed @benitocereno mentioning this, because I was making dinner an not
 **benitocereno — Yesterday at 6:04 PM**  
 I’m sure someone theorizes that the frame sequence is a later addition but basically everything I’ve read says the frame is the oldest part and the poem was the addition
 
-**Future's so bright... — Yesterday at 6:07 PM**  
+**Future's so bright... — [Yesterday](Yesterday) at 6:07 PM**  
 The poem, yeah. Its so out of place I expect to see it in a different font with slightly different formating from the rest of the document.
 
 **Jon M — Yesterday at 6:08 PM**  

diary/2022-04-06.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 ## Workshops
 
-* [ ] ["It is/was" story starters](../writing/workshops/it-was)
-* [ ] Writing voice for characters/types out of your wheelhouse
+* [X] ["It is/was" story starters](../writing/workshops/it-was)
+* [X] Writing voice for characters/types out of your wheelhouse
     * I have no clue about detectives, haven't liked those kinds of stories
     * Write one
 * [ ] Expanding your genres

writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ And now we skip all the way to the last chapter of the book for the conclusion o
 
 Of all of the book of Job, it is this framing device which seems to cause the most controversy. Even the Apocrypals podcast, whose tagline is "Where two non-believers read the bible and try not to be jerks about it", drops the 'and try not to be jerks about it' for this episode, host Chris Sims explaining, "Unfortunately, this week we are reading the book of Job." \parencite{apocrypals}
 
+Sims's argument boils down to the fact that this framing device leads to Job being a narrative, moral, and commercial failure: a narrative failure for not resolving any of its plot points, a moral failure because it fails to explain why bad things happen to good people, and a commercial failure because "it is the most cogent argument against religion that I have ever heard."
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+It's a compelling argument, too. He goes on to explain that it is almost the inverse of Pascal's wager, in that it "presents a world where it is impossible to distinguish between God's wrath and God's indifference." Whereas Pascal would have it that there is no downside to believing in God as there is the possibility of infinite salvation if you do and you're right and infinite damnation if you don't and you're wrong. Here, we are presented with the fact that, whether or not you believe in God, you're equally liable to suffer.
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 [^1revelation]: I don't care about the book itself, I should add. There is much that falls out of its existence that I care very much about. I care about the way it is used, and while I care about the way that Job is used, I also care about the text, which is not something I can say about Revelation.
 
 [^1works]: A simplification, of course, but perhaps a good starting point.

writing/post-self/neviim/local/codrin/008.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ True Name glanced to Codrin, ensuring that ey was taking notes. "Thank you. Woul
 
 She nodded. "Correct."
 
-"We saw...*lu...*" They chattered their teeth for a moment, then looked to Iska. "*Baenå' puta' 'esbrohakadåt'?*"
+"We saw...*lu...*" They chattered their teeth for a moment, then looked to Iska. "*Baenå' luta' 'esbrohakadåt'?*"
 
 "Space-constructs," they said, filling in. "We saw constructs of various size at your planet-moon and planet-star Lagrange points."
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ True Name stiffened, but any response she might have had was preempted by Tycho.
 
 "Tycho, hold up," Sarah said, laughing. "There will be time."
 
-Stolon, meanwhile, was clacking claw-tipped fingers against the table and bobbing their head. "*Za putatier! Za, za,*" they said quickly. "Will say, will say. Excited also, scientist Tycho."
+Stolon, meanwhile, was clacking claw-tipped fingers against the table and bobbing their head. "*Za lutatier! Za, za,*" they said quickly. "Will say, will say. Excited also, scientist Tycho."
 
 Codrin grinned, scribbling further notes on in eir notebook. Ey was pleased to see that there was also excitement around the table, rather than simply anxiety.