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Classics by day; sword-and-sorcery by night. The other way 'round sometimes.
https://jamesenge.com
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Joel
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“He knows many things, but he knows all of them badly.” πόλλ’ ἠπίστατο ἔργα, κακῶς δ’ ἠπίστατο πάντα.
#Homer
#Margites
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Jonathan Burdick
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Here’s my latest. It’s on President James Garfield and Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio homestead.
#history
#skystorians
#ohio
www.eriereader.com/article/the-...
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The Improbable and Tragically Short Presidency of James Garfield
Nation's 20th president pushed back against Gilded Age corruption
https://www.eriereader.com/article/the-improbable-and-tragically-short-presidency-of-james-garfield
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Nina Willburger
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For
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a section of the 'Via delle Gallie' in Donnas, Val d’Aosta, Italy. The wheel ruts are still visible. The arch was carved into the rock. The road that was built under Augustus. It began at Mediolanum, present-day Milan, and passed through...🧵1/2 📷 🏺#archaeology
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Tim Onion
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The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.
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Ed Zitron
about 11 hours ago
Any time anyone ever tells you that the biggest companies in the world wouldn’t waste hundreds of billions of dollars on AI, show them this. This is the core profit center of one of the largest tech companies in the world, and it’s run like a sloppy pre seed startup in the web3 era
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But the fighter still remains.
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I haven't been posting much here lately but I haven't been completely idle. I've been as idle as I possibly could. Any more idle & I'd have to change my name to Eric. (That's Eric not Elric, Conan.) But I read some things & watched some things & wrote about 2 of them.
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Ed Zitron
1 day ago
Tomorrow's Premium: Part 2 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" Series, from what would happen if venture capital stops funding AI, what if inference isn't profitable, and how LLMs might kill multiple VC funds. Here's $10 off annual.
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David Slack
1 day ago
Thalidomide is here to stay. We need to stop fearmongering about Thalidomide and start finding the ways that Thalidomide can be used ethically and to support our causes. Naysayers need to realize that this technology is inevitable.
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Princeton University Press
3 days ago
Venice and the Mongols by Nicola Di Cosmo and Lorenzo Pubblici is now available worldwide! Discover a global history of commercial and cultural exchange between two great powers of the medieval age. Learn more:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
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Chaucer Doth Tweet
1 day ago
But have you asked yourselfe about the creatyve possibilityes of the homogenizing grotesque death robot that doth make the planet a waste lande? Have you thoughte harde enough about how you mighte be able to use it yn your owne creative art?
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mtsw
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the contention of Trumpism is that the Trump supporters must be allowed to dominate and enslave the Trump opposers who outnumber them 2:1. Something's got to give, in one direction or the other
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🏰𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🏰
2 days ago
Art by • Stephen Fabian
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Preeti Chhibber
3 days ago
The Woz said I will not be booed lol I also love the lull of the crowd as they’re trying to figure out where he’s going hahaha (Via:
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Nina Willburger
3 days ago
Fascinating world of ancient
#glass
: unique
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flasks in the shape of a pair of sandals. They were used to hold oil or perfume. Found in a woman's burial in Cologne, dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD. 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺
#archaeology
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
3 days ago
The Longest Year in History Lasted 445 Days Because Rome’s Calendar Had Completely Fallen Apart
www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
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The Longest Year in History Lasted 445 Days Because Rome’s Calendar Had Completely Fallen Apart
They call it the
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/the-longest-year-in-history-lasted-445-days-because-romes-calendar-had-completely-fallen-apart/#:~:text=Julius%20Caesar%2C%20the%20ruler%20of,control%20on%20the%20Roman%20Empire
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Ed Zitron
4 days ago
Today’s newsletter reveals the unrestrained and wasteful token burn inside one publicly-traded company (Zillow) and breaks down the cold, hard truth that AI is - for hyperscalers, for AI labs, and for customers - simply too expensive to ever pay off.
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/
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AI Is Too Expensive
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/
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Mother Jones
3 days ago
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/memphis-safe-task-force-still-operating-aclu-lawsuit-cameras-filming-ice-harassment-homeland-security-tennessee-highway-patrol/
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David Niall Wilson
4 days ago
So an author got their 20 copies of a book in 20 separate Amazon packages. I sent them a note about it, saying it seemed any profit they made had been wilped out and mentioned that since they adopted more AI this happens. They said they would check the shipping. If I have AI Chat bot questions 1/2
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Minnesota Star Tribune
4 days ago
The Star Tribune is working on a story and photo essay centered on subjects from photos and videos during Operation Metro Surge. We have several photos in which the subject is unidentified. If you are pictured in these photos and would like to participate, please contact us.
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Charles Ornstein
4 days ago
NEW: With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers
@samanthamelamed.bsky.social
@dylancpurcell.bsky.social
@inquirer.com
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With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers
Pennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clients’ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed based on issues lawyers ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law
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BB "Juniper" Abaddon
4 days ago
horse - Modern English hors - Old English *hross - Proto-West Germanic *hrussą - Proto-Germanic *ḱr̥sós - PIE ⬆️ *ḱers- - Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root *ḱr̥s-é-ti - PIE ⬇️ *korzō - Proto-Italian currō - Latin discurrō - Latin discursus - Latin discours - Middle French discourse - Modern English
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧
over 2 years ago
It's depressing how easily my fellow white liberals slide into embracing fascism as soon as they have to look at an unhoused person. Like... they see one poor person on the street and they are suddenly pro-jackboots and anti-civil liberties. It's nauseating.
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Claire Willett
4 days ago
a lot of us learned the hard way that BLUESKY DOES NOT REMOVE YOU FROM THEIR FOLLOWERS IF YOU BLOCK SOMEONE YOU WERE FOLLOWING, it's a two-step process and if you're used to Twitter's soft-block you may not always remember
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NPR
4 days ago
NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.
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NPR trims jobs in newsroom overhaul as it confronts era without public funding
NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.
https://n.pr/4nHd2Cc
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Dr Robert Bohan
4 days ago
Irish president Catherine Connolly to attend launch of ‘floating classroom’ named after explorer. I think this is a great development. Despite being an island, connection with the sea is restricted. During the 1840s famine*, fishermen sold their boats to buy food** & Western areas saw depopulation.
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Catherine Connolly to attend launch of ‘floating classroom’ named after explorer | BreakingNews
The president is to officiate the launch of a yacht transformed into a ‘floating classroom’ for young people to explore the ocean.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/catherine-connolly-to-attend-launch-of-floating-classroom-named-after-explorer-1900297.html
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As is pointed out by a couple people on this thread, this looks like a case of AI-enabled plagiarism.
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Ryan Enos
4 days ago
I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.
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tenuretracker.info
5 days ago
University of Chicago is hiring:
Part-time Lecturer in Latin
#lecturer
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Airship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS
5 days ago
This is Twain on the 1st French Revolution, but tbh you can apply the same to Russia and Haiti. All 3 Revolutions did awful things, but it can't be said that the regimes they happened to were innocent in any way shape or form. Indeed their very destruction was a good.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates
5 days ago
University President: Good afternoon Class of 2026! Please put your hands together for this year’s graduation speaker, MOLOCH!!
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Metropolis Silent Film: Moloch Scene
Alt: Metropolis Silent Film: Moloch Scene
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Rajiv Moté
5 days ago
Today I learned that Roger Penrose sent M.C. Escher his impossible triangle sketch, and in response, Escher created Ascending and Descending, exploring the same concept.
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Robert Reich
6 days ago
This gave me chills. Watch.
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
checking in for a brief moment on the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest and yep, it's beyond parody
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Ed Zitron
7 days ago
Today’s premium newsletter is part 1 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" series, covering the scenarios that could burst the bubble - starting with token-based billing's destruction of most AI products, and the slow collapse of data center construction.
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what...
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Premium: What If...We're In An AI Bubble? (Part 1)
Every day I read some sort of wrongheaded extrapolation about the future of AI — that today’s models are somehow indicative of AGI creating a “permanent underclass” of people that stops people from bu...
https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what-if-were-in-an-ai-bubble-part-1/
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Stephen Caruso
8 days ago
Inbox: The 5,000 strong faculty of Penn State, including faculty members across all departments, full-time and part-time, and at the main and satellite campuses, have unionized with SEIU Local 668. The union says its the largest public sector win in 50 years.
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Brandon Friedman
7 days ago
On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.
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NPR
8 days ago
The tight and powerful group breathes fire into a Grateful Dead classic and smolders on a Hank Williams song.
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Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble: Tiny Desk Concert
The tight and powerful group breathes fire into a Grateful Dead classic and smolders on a Hank Williams song.
https://n.pr/4nyr88K
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Bellingcat
7 days ago
Aircraft tracking has become a powerful tool for journalism. In our Stage Talks podcast,
@gillianbrockell.com
demonstrates how flight data and open tools can be used to trace government flights, identify ICE aircraft, and verify aviation activity. Listen:
rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/2829188
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"Tracing Deportation Flights" with Gillian Brockell | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This week we dove head first into the world of flight tracking. How can you identify an ICE flight? What can tracking tools actually tell us? And what kinds of conditions are those being deported faci...
https://rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/2829188
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My lazy eyes first read this as "super math", which conjured up a much more interesting story: homeless people using advanced mathematics to revenge themselves on a society that literally shut them out.
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Adam Roberts
8 days ago
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
profadamroberts.substack.com/p/hopkins-go...
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Hopkins, ‘God's Grandeur’ (1877)
Foil and Oil
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/p/hopkins-gods-grandeur-1877
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anil oza
8 days ago
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
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June Orchid Parker | Bread Sonja
9 days ago
🧵 Let’s talk a little more about Astartha: who is she, and what are her stories about to date? “How Many Deaths Till Vengeance?” introduces her as the wandering survivor of trans genocide in her home city-state of Epiphor. She has been medically transitioning using an herb called mare’s grace.
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Great art on Bluesky
9 days ago
Woods near Oele, 1908 #postimpressionism #pietmondrian
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10 days ago
@kvjohansen.bsky.social
's Breath and Bone comes out May 18! (Link is Amazon, but it's up for preorder on most sites.)
www.amazon.com/Breath-Bone-...
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Breath and Bone
Amazon.com: Breath and Bone eBook : Johansen, K. V. : Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Bone-K-V-Johansen-ebook/dp/B0GR49FY6T
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Minnesota Star Tribune
10 days ago
Instead of organizations offering some of the same services, such as drop-in spaces, each site will specialize in helping people at different stages of homelessness.
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In Duluth, homelessness charities have come up with an unusual plan to work together
The three main nonprofits that serve the city’s unhoused population will specialize and streamline their services.
https://bit.ly/4uQcNqO
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Maybe It Will Happen Today
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Ed Zitron
11 days ago
Free newsletter: Despite stories about gigawatts of capacity coming online, I've found that the vast majority of announced data centers have yet to be built, with many running far behind schedule. I now believe NVIDIA is warehousing at least a million GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-are-al...
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Where Are All The Data Centers?
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Typo of the day: _presonal_ (for _personal_). Presonal must refer to the world before the existence of sounds A reliable historical text (Tolkien's _Ainulindalë_), mentions Eru the One speaking to the Ainur via music. This was the beginning of the sonal era. (Artist's conception attached.)
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