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Are you ready for a cosmic shift of epic proportions? You’d better be, because such a shift is approaching, courtesy of our moon! This Friday, September 30th, the moon will be new but ‘black.’ During a black moon, the side of Earth’s natural satellite lit by the sun faces away from our planet. As a result, …
Also at Space.com which clarifies that when there are two New Moons in a single calendar month, the second one is called a Black Moon. This is analogous to a "Blue Moon" which is the second Full Moon occurring in a single calendar month.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:15AM
"Astrologists credit the black moon with awakening one’s anima." Pshaw!
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Saturday October 01 2016, @04:29AM
That settles it!
This weekends backfround anime will be Macross 7.
That is my use for pseudo-science, I do scan it for keywords and use those to scan through the plot outlines of all series, movies and music I have at hand and generate a playlist for it.
On a related note: Do anyone know how to exclude +Anima from a google search (without going verbatim)? (Search: [anime anima -"+anima"] yielded only +Anima results)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @06:30AM
I am going to get my +anima on with some Harry Potter fanfics
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:24AM
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-black-moon-is-set-to-rise-this-friday-night [sciencealert.com]
For something closer to actual astronomy (and reality).
(Score: 4, Informative) by butthurt on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:27AM
Thank you. Here are some more.
https://gizmodo.com/you-really-don-t-need-to-watch-the-black-moon-tonight-1787253745 [gizmodo.com]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/30/black-moon-set-to-rise-tonight-in-rare-lunar-event---but-what-is/ [telegraph.co.uk]
http://qz.com/796773/black-moon-september-30/ [qz.com]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/30/black-moon-rising-no-its-not-the-apocalypse/ [washingtonpost.com]
http://www.space.com/34258-rare-black-moon-rises-today.html [space.com]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/30/rare-black-moon-rises-over-western-hemisphere-friday-night.html [foxnews.com] (alternate link for those who are banned from Fox News:https://web.archive.org/web/20161001012632/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/30/rare-black-moon-rises-over-western-hemisphere-friday-night.html [archive.org])
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Snotnose on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:29AM
I live 3 miles from the El Cajon shooting, in the initial footage my fricken dentist was in the background. Kinda weird, watching riots on TV that are a 10 minute bike ride from home.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 1) by justinb_76 on Saturday October 01 2016, @03:08AM
stay safe...
that bombing at the Elizabeth station in Jersey a few weeks ago was a 5 minute walk from my brother in law's apartment, it's scary when it gets close like that
(Score: 3, Informative) by Snotnose on Saturday October 01 2016, @03:54AM
I love the moderation system here. I was shooting for funny. Couple hours ago I was, offtopic I think but maybe flamebait. Now I'm insightful. It's almost bedtime, interesting to see what I'll be in the morning.
Seriously, I make a joke about the cops shooting at the moon and I'm modified anything but funny? Dafuq?
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @05:24AM
Closest mod to "funny but sad"?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:48PM
I got a +3 Troll for one the other day. It seems the last modifier is the one that sticks, so if you get 4 Interesting mods and the last one is Flamebait, you could be +5 Flamebait (or is it +3 Flamebait?)
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:51PM
Before I left slashdot, I used to get +5 flamebait fairly regularly with like a dozen moderations to do it.
I've never cared about moderation, but I thought it was hilarious that people had so little to do with their time that they'd keep modding posts that were sometimes days old.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 01 2016, @06:07PM
I don't think that is true. I think it is only the latest one if there is a tie, except for Underrated/Overrated. So if you got an Interesting/Informative/Insightful/Disagree/Flamebait with your +1 karma, you would have +4 Flamebait. Throw in an Overrated, and it's +3 Flamebait. I might be wrong, but I guess I could have it tested on dev.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 01 2016, @11:33PM
I'm not concerned. Thought it was quirky, is all.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 01 2016, @11:52PM
And in my example, throw in another +1 Insightful and it should be... +4 Insightful.
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(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday October 04 2016, @03:40AM
And I end up insightful, no idea why, when all I really wanted was a funny.
sigh.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 3, Informative) by fubari on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:02AM
TFA is a steaming pile of click bait excrement.
It lists things you "can expect".
The following is just copy & paste (... for omitted text).
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Rare Black Moon On Friday, September 30th!
Are you ready for a cosmic shift of epic proportions? You’d better be, because such a shift is approaching, courtesy of our moon!
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#1 – Expect The Darker Side Of Humanity To Appear.
...
Feelings such as hatred and envy will be quite prominent on Friday the 30th.
#2 – Expect Your Gender Identity To Shift.
...
In fact, it has nothing to do with sexual orientation at all.
#3 – Expect An Increase In Creativity.
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This Friday the 30th, you can expect a major boost in creative drive and ambition.
Copyright text 2016 by DavidWolfe.com.
Additional "valuable" information on the TFA page, for a given level of value...
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Things Men Do When They’re Truly In Love
Spicy Cauliflower Poppers
THIS Deadly Superbug Is Now Found In Store-Bought Chicken!
Cast Iron Skillet Cooking Is Hip—And Healthy!
Do You Know What Can Happen if You Drink Coconut Water for 14 Days?
So yeah, if any of the above looks interesting to you, by all means check out the fine article.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @06:50AM
You don't have article blockers and a hosts file?
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Saturday October 01 2016, @07:11AM
BeauHD, is that you?
Tips for better submissions to help our site grow. [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 4, Funny) by Jesus_666 on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:53AM
Do You Know What Can Happen if You Drink Coconut Water for 14 Days?
Micturation?
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:05AM
coconut pee ? ? ?
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:15AM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 3, Informative) by jdavidb on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:17AM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday October 01 2016, @03:33AM
You're thinking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah [wikipedia.org] which is about now.
Rosh ~ Head
Ha ~ The [prefix] (definite article)
Chodesh ~ Month
HaChodesh ~ The month
Shanah ~ Year
HaShanah ~ The year
But since Hebrew has cases, the Ha prefix can drop in some (dative?) sentence structures so you'd find either form being used.
Anyhow, the season is coming to an end so hopefully all this Jewish mumbo-jumbo will be over and done with now.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @08:37AM
Following the links, you're both right. One is a new month, the other a new year. Just like Jan 1, all new years are also new months.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:19AM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:20PM
Hmm, Google says new moons are under the Blessings of Sights category so they're fairly meaningless in Judaism by themselves. An extra prayer here... A day off there... About as significant as a lightning and nothing close to a holiday worth conspiring about ;)
Their significance seems to be in reference to major holidays that need to coincide with both season and lunar state. That leaves the yearly calendar with 12 lunar months and an extra leap month every 2-3 years...
Maybe they had some significance when the temple was up and running? Probably just an extra goat on the celestial BBQ. Possibly a day off?! No clue. If it's not directly related to Hellenic history curriculum or was mention as part of Latin \ Hebrew class, I wouldn't know ;)
Either-way, if there's a more-then-coincidental rise in Jewish stories lately, it's the new year. Not the new month.
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(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Sunday October 02 2016, @01:02PM
First off, in case you didn't realize, I was trying to be funny. I don't believe in Jewish conspiracies.
Part of my intended humor was to mock the whole "black moon" thing as being something that's essentially a coincidental quirk of our calendar system rather than being anything newsworthy. (Calendar quirks are interesting to me, but the media sometimes gives them coverage disproportionate to their true significance.)
Finally, yeah, the new moon does have a lot of significance to at least some Jews, although you are right it was a bigger deal back when the temple was around. Supposedly the new moons for the next few thousand years were all quickly "pre-blessed" when it became obvious that the Sanhedrin was going to be disbanded.
http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/chodesh/newmoon.html [beingjewish.com]
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:20PM
Oh... Yeah sure.
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.
.
[puts aside hoods, nooses, pitchforks and torches]
Lynch canceled boys! It was all just a joke.
[A mob of rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists begrudgingly throws their arms as they head back to the buses voicing their disappointment with great sorrow and mild G rated profanities.]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @05:02AM
Given your moniker, I'd always assumed you had an uncircumcised penis. No problem, either way though.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @05:06AM
It seems to be working for him.
(Score: 4, Informative) by jdavidb on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:19AM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:52PM
There's no conspiracy as far as SN submissions go. I sent in the cave one because it showed up in the RSS feed, because I like archaeology, and because it seemed odd that such an obvious set of caves next to a populated area could only now have been "discovered."
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Sunday October 02 2016, @12:56PM
There's no conspiracy as far as SN submissions go.
I know - I was trying to be silly. Instead I got modded informative, but I guess that's sometimes happened before. :) I don't believe in Jewish conspiracies!
It was a neat article! I forwarded it onto my wife, who is interested in Biblical archaeology.
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:44AM
Fucking useless site has fucking useless pop advertising. Please don't put links to abusive websites in your submissions.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:56AM
You don't have ad blockers? All the time I hear about popups, advertising, etc ad nauseum. Guy at work complaining about that shit - I showed him the MVPS HOSTS file. Held his hand, showed him the site, and told him to FUCKING READ THE INSTRUCTIONS before downloading the file. I didn't bother showing him HOSTESS, but maybe I'll suggest that tonight.
FFS, people, stop whining, and fix your own damned internet. The predators aren't going to fix it for you.
I have no opinion on the site itself - I've not clicked on it.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:57PM
Well said.
I don't know how anybody can use the Internet at all any more without ad blockers. 3-party ad networks and trackers unacceptably degrade the performance of any given page. Sometimes even the overwrought page designs irritate me so much I switch to browsing with Lynx for a while to cleanse the palate; with vi keys enabled it's pretty seamless between it and Firefox/Chrome/etc with the vimperator/virome plugins.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @04:36PM
I don't know how anybody can use the Internet at all any more without ad blockers.
There are alternative ways to cope: Haldol for one, or Thorazine.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 01 2016, @03:22AM
My bad. Had no idea it had ads of any kind. It honestly never occurred to me to even check. I just assumed everyone with any sense ran at the very least an ad blocker, if not noscript or even something more effective as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday October 01 2016, @04:00AM
I run adblock, noscript, and have a custom hosts file (which microsoft ignores, but as this isn't a microsoft site that's fine). Had no issue with reading the article.
What gets me is some sites say there is no moon (which I interpret to mean it's over Asia tonight (I live in California)), or it's a new moon (which I think is correct). The MSM says there is no moon, the tech sites like /. and ars say it's a new moon. I think it's a new moon, although it's cloudy out so I have no way to be sure.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday October 01 2016, @08:44AM
I run adblock, noscript, and have a custom hosts file (which microsoft ignores, but as this isn't a microsoft site that's fine).
And still the astrologers and Frontier Proctologists can get to you? I would consider taking up another line of work, since being an internet user is beyond your talents.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday October 01 2016, @08:09AM
Dude, you don't ever open TFA. You just give a brief look at TFS and head right away into spewing comments. [battery] Life is short.
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