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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 23h

#OnThisDay - 29 October - in AD 437 Valentinian III, the Western Roman Emperor, married Licinia Eudoxia. Eudoxia was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor, Theodosius II. #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2023; ANS 1970.201.1. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 1d

#nowplaying on #musicsky

I’m listening to Talking Heads - ‘Psycho Killer’

by WOMR Live on my #WOMR #CommunityRadio app!

womr.org

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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 1d

Watch @thebeths.bsky.social make their US late night TV debut on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

Watch The Beths Make Their US Late Night TV Debut On 'Kimmel'

The Beths, one of New Zealand’s national treasures, just made their US late-night TV debut. The power-pop/indie-pop greats previously performed on American television in the morning, promoting 2022’s ...

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay - 28 October - in AD 97 the Roman emperor Nerva adopted Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) as his heir, likely as a means of appeasing the army with whom Nerva was unpopular. #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 88277); Type = RIC II Trajan 726. Link - khm.at/objektdb/det...

Obverse of a Roman aureus: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Reverse of a Roman aureus: Bust of Nerva, laureate, draped, right, on left facing bust of Trajan Senior, bare-headed, draped, left, on right.

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️crypto “asset” = line of code

Meanwhile, best-run gold miners w/ tier-one economics in favorable jurisdictions are experiencing record free cash flow + pristine balance sheets- even @ the spot price 6 mo. ago. Silver may yet go parabolic. Copper supply is flashing red. I haven’t even mentioned AI.

p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 2d

⚡(Anne Applebaum) "Tell jokes, lies, and amusing stories or publish sinister AI-made videos, not in order to get Americans to believe government statements but in order to make them distrustful of all statements. If they aren’t sure what the U.S. military is really doing, then they won’t object."⚡

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

At a time of multiple international crises, the Pentagon’s official positions will be relayed by Timcast, The Epoch Times, LindellTV and the Gateway Pundit, which means that many people simply won’t believe Pentagon statements at all. Which might be the point
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.  

www.theatlantic.com

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 2d

Overall, unless you need a specific timetable (that was my situation here), the NE Regional is actually more comfortable and obviously WAY cheaper.

I support rail travel. I was excited to see the new offering. Fire everyone involved, they failed the public big time. /FIN

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 2d

#wemissyoucharlie

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · Nov 22

#nowplaying on #musicsky
Richard & Linda Thompson,
‘Shoot Out The Lights, 1982

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 2d

Ford Class ships may have been a costly malinvestment. We cannot maintain our existing submarines and catch up on backlog… but we have these massive platforms for the Chinese to overwhelm with hypersonic and drone anvil attacks in the western pacific. Caribbean is at least a stable threat landscape.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d

Stop me if I am off base, here, but: Not sure that we want to learn how to manage our business rivals from *checks notes to make sure* a man assassinated by his rivals? www.management-issues.com/opinion/7761...

What leaders can learn from how Julius Caesar won followers and managed rivals

One of the secrets to Julius Caesar's success was the way that he developed and marketed a personal brand based on values and delivering on these values.

www.management-issues.com

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

⚡️FT’s @katie0martin.ft.com (not behind paywall) on our fundamental interest in what Buffett famously described thusly: gold is dug up, melted down, and reburied, serving no practical purpose (no dividend), which he suggested would appear baffling to an observer from Mars.

www.ft.com/content/5605...

The investor gold rush is an outbreak of huge overthinking

Usefulness of the yellow metal as a hedge against inflation is flaky

www.ft.com

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

Amy Rigby

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

#nowspinning on #vinylsky

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, ‘Live From The Ryman Vol. 2,’ 2024, Southeastern Records

#vinyl #records #vinylcommunity #recordcommunity #nowplaying #musicsky

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

Yes I’m seven years old dammit.

p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

💡It’s a thought💡

He is fixated on 20th c. ships. Let’s give him a “project” to focus on, like recommission of the battle line: 4x Iowas, 2x South Dakotas, 1x North Carolina, USS Texas

5”38 as drone swarm defense?

#WhatWouldAdmiralWillisLeeDo #battlecruiser #battleship #cruiser #thirtyoneknotburke

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

#nowspinning on #vinylsky

The Replacements, ‘Tim,’ 1985, Sire Records, #RecordStoreDay Limited-Edition Swingin Purple #Vinyl, (Ed Stasium Mix).

The ‘Mats:
Paul Westerberg, 🎤🎸🎹
Bob Stinson, 🎸
Chris Mars, 🥁, backing 🎤
Tommy Stinson, bass 🎸

Alex Chilton, backing 🎤 on ‘Left of The Dial’

#musicsky

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 3d

#nowspinning on #musicsky

Bob Mould, ‘Here We Go Crazy,’ 2025, Granary Music

Bob Mould: guitar, vocals, keyboards, drums
Jason Narducy: bass
John Wurster: drums, percussion

🎸🎤🎹🎸🥁

produced by Bob Mould
all songs written by Bob Mould

#nowplaying #vinyl #records #recordcommunity #vinylcommunity

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 4d

On 9 September 1349 a devastating #earthquake shook #Rome. The façades of the eastern buildings of #TrajansMarkets fell into the street below, and the last house had to be completely rebuilt in what I would call opus incertissimum, including a #cipollino column for #SpoliaSunday. #AncientBluesky 🏺

This photo shows the end of the series of Trajanic buildings rising over Trajan's Markets, with an ancient paved road beside it and the colossal Torre delle Milizie (c. 1200) visible at the end. The 1349 earthquake tilted the tower, and the tilt is still visible: the tremor also brought down the upper third of the tower. The side of the house we see here is built on the foundations of its Trajanic predecessor, and further along, other rooms still have their ancient brick interiors but have needed rebuilt medieval façades. Two spolia columns are embedded in this wall on the upper level, one at the front (to the right) and the other, of green Carystian cipollino, toward the street façade.

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 4d

Bad news for Western Europe.

Strategically, Russia aims to sit astride the strategic ‘sea line of communication’ (SLOC), and for the first time be in a position to press its finger on pulse of world trade.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Climate change clears northern route for first container ...

The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with it

observer.co.uk

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 4d

Why do we need historical literacy and critical thinking? Let’s just take one example: people thinking this is a picture of Obama’s White House.

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Picture of White House renovation for Obama's basketball Court! By the way, we the taxpayers, paid for it!!! Think about it!
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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · 5d

I particular like the colours of Vesuvius looking as though someone has fashioned it out of a lump of smooshed-together-different-coloured Play-Doh.

View from up high looking down into Pompeii with the via Nocera gently winding its way up the slope under the arch of the Nocera Gate. Beyond Vesuvius looms with its peak in shadow and its foothills are speckled greens and browns.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 5d

One million trees: Rome mayor hails “unprecedented” forestation campaign for the "greenest city in Europe".

One million trees: Rome unveils major forestation plan

Mayor underlines Rome's credentials as greenest city in Europe. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Friday launched an \unprecedented\ forestation campaign, with the goal of one million new trees througho...

www.wantedinrome.com

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p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 5d

We are in a dishonest default.

p e t e s m i t h @petesmithtoday.bsky.social · 5d

“Some people would say that’s old technology. I don’t think it’s old technology when you look at those guns, but it’s actually something we’re considering, the concept of battleship.”

@salisbot.bsky.social
@covertshores.bsky.social
@dreadships.bsky.social

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Exclusive | Trump Pushes for New Classes of Navy Warships

The president is personally involved in discussions for what the Navy is calling the “Golden Fleet.” The new warships would be better suited to counter China and other potential future threats.

www.wsj.com

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