Man who evaluates Roman emperors by their ability to aura farm.

Just saw a sign at Philly No Kings with a guillotine on it and the text "Say their names: Charles I, Louis XVI, Nikolai II, Tiberius III, Donald Trump." Tiberous III??

A word to mod projects out there that have long-term teams: get a community manager, and let them take point when talking with fans when they're pissed for some reason. Don't let devs act like condescending pricks on Reddit and fuel the drama.

Hmm. Am I "unc?"

Me after my one class on campus on a Friday.

Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate

Without downloading anything, where are you at mentally right now?

It's well written, but also *really* wrong. It's true that Russia had not undergone a famine *as a whole* but it's equally well established that, by early 1917, Russia had undergone the same disconnection of the rural and urban economies as had been seen in AH and Germany, leading to urban hunger.

And this doesn't even get into the equally well established collapse of Russian internal transportation due to the strains of the war effort, which further heightened the rural-urban economic disconnect and internal transportation of grain.

"But Doctor, I *am* Obama."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

OK, idea for a blog post: fandom reception to the Empire of Cyrodiil and how it is a bad example of a continental empire.

This is also what pisses me off about the souring on democracy I see here. Ordinary American voters fucked up in 2024, and I do not think I will ever forgive them, nor will the world likely forgive us. But what the fuck about our elites, our institutions?

Me hearing about GAFCON

In a way I kind of boned myself by making this account a bit of everything. Partly professional/academic as I interact with scholars. Partly personal as I post "I can fix them" threads, but it means I am never fully comfortable going too far in either direction.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks. This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

(deleted and reworded because I accidentally said "I released" when I absolutely did not, it's by @markharris.bsky.social) The film is no longer on Criterion, but I found this essay they released about one of my favorite movies I watched this year: "Night Movies." www.criterion.com/current/post...

I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

Writing briefly in history is a very interesting challenge, but refreshing. I've already proven I can write a lot with my thesis, so it's nice that I get to prove I can edit things down.

Finally watching

It is a personal affront to my dignity that I have to take these weird jerkoffs seriously because the government is run for their appeasement. Oh you're a big tough crusader, are you? Yeah, sure you are *makes masturbatory gesture*

Check this out, from @nancreighton.bsky.social

It is absolutely, completely, unequivocally abominable that we now have "liberals" suggesting a literacy test or minimum educational requirement to participate in government. You are reactionaries. You are all reactionaries. You belong on the ashpan of history like the rest of your cohorts.

I'm re-reading Ilarion's sermon for a class on medieval Russian history and it's telling that the first half of this is basically just an anti-Semitic screed.

The thing about Blind Guardian albums is that they are all superb but they're the kind of albums one has to listen to a few times every few months. It has to be savored to be fully appreciated, like a good steak.

OK, tinfoil pitch: Darklands II, set during the Thirty Years War, where the goal is to stop the BBEG Albrecht von Wallenstein. The score is done by Blind Guardian and partly includes their "Legacy of the Dark Lands" concept album.

I think it's time to put away the "unhinged literary opinions" trend. I just saw one "unhinged" opinion that "Ready Player One" is a terribly written book that appeals to the egos of nerds. How is that unhinged? That's been a pretty mainstream opinion for years.

So would people recommend "Mussolini: Son of the Century?"

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

So uh, what happens to the economy when the AI bubble bursts?

*to the tune of "Blood of the Lamb"* "I am goated I am goated I am goated with the sauce Yes I'm a quirked up white boy Who busts it down sexual style And I am goated with the sauce"

Basically my entire politics. I am interested in your liberalism if it's liberalism that takes liberalism seriously but I can't consider it to be such a thing if there is some racial exemptions made simply for the benefit of your preferred group in MENA. This is what liberalism in the US does.

Interestingly, one of the earliest pagan critiques of Constantine was that he converted specifically because the Christian God was the only deity who would offer forgiveness to someone who had committed the dreadful crimes which Constantine had. (He executed his son and wife)

Oh boy, it's time for me to get angry at how The Mandalorian went from one of my favorite shows to one of my most hated. Season 1 of the Mandalorian is just under Andor, Season 3 is well below even Obi-Wan.

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 How genocide happened

For some people on here, back on the old site, it was "we should support Israel to the hilt" even when it was clear that Israel was about to go beyond "freeing the hostages." Then they said we had to back Biden because under Trump it would be worse. Now it's "Biden couldn't have done anything."

Another example

Most diagnoses of “academia” (and many subfields) are actually just English PhDs yelling at each other about stuff in English departments

How am I just not finding out about a TW: Attila mod that's about a catastrophic eternal winter featuring a "demonic invasion" by the forces of the "Undergod?" Ah fuck I know what I'm doing today.

Huh. So Lee Pace is going to be Thragg. I guess I can see it.

My friend decided on a lark to play the Warhammer mod for CK2 but she doesn't know the lore. So I am about to explain High Elf lore because she doesn't know what Ulthuan is. We, uh, might be here a while.

It's all stupid Bonapartism.

Translation is fun. I'm not perfect at it, my skills are definitely rusty, but I can practicing at it and get it in shape for when I do pursue my doctorate. I was lucky to find a version of an inscription in French, which I translated to English, and now I am making my way through the Greek.

Me when someone on Reddit points out that "The Boondocks" is "Shaft" for Irish Catholic altar boys.

Following the advice of @mikesenters.bsky.social . Ignorance is bliss.

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous. This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

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The Franz Josephstache is making a comeback. Many are saying it.

It's always fun coming up with a creative translation for phrases that don't make sense at first glance.