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Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will
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Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will - The Historian's Hut
Domitius Tullus was an incredibly wealthy Roman who possessed great quantities of land, money, and valuable artworks around the time of the 1st and 2nd centuries. During his lifetime, he had a monstro...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will
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Great approach. Stick it to the slimygarchs.
Good piece on how countries will run rings round Trump’s tariffs.
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great approach. Stick it to the slimygarchs.
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At least 15 deaths can be attributed to Tesla's door handles, according to a new analysis. So what is Tesla doing about it?
insideevs.com/news/782579/...
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The Dark Side Of Tesla's Sleek Door Handle Tech
Today on Critical Materials: Tesla's door handles, Nissan dealers beg for more hybrids and Tesla Cybertruck values continue to fall on the used market.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
At least 15 deaths can be attributed to Tesla's door handles, according to a new analysis. So what is Tesla doing about it?
insideevs.com/news/782579/...
insideevs.com/news/782579/...
Some pre-Xmas stompin' blues:
youtu.be/LPDk28SAeQE?...
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Rory Gallagher - Going To My Home Town - Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1977
YouTube video by Rockin' BluesTakis
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December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some pre-Xmas stompin' blues:
youtu.be/LPDk28SAeQE?...
youtu.be/LPDk28SAeQE?...
Thinking of Chris Rea. Such a warm tone.
youtu.be/DDt3u2Ev1cI?...
youtu.be/DDt3u2Ev1cI?...
Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas (1986)
YouTube video by TheOldrecordclub
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December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Thinking of Chris Rea. Such a warm tone.
youtu.be/DDt3u2Ev1cI?...
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Scarily Orwellian.
What’s happening with American media, American education, and America’s approach to places like Greenland & Honduras harmonizes with the “network state” movement (backed by Thiel, Lonsdale, Andreessen, etc), which calls for the construction of “parallel institutions” and “parallel societies”. 1/
IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Scarily Orwellian.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ
UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ
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California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/c...
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot
An administrative law judge in California ruled Tesla's license to sell or manufacture cars in the state should be suspended for 30 days.
www.cnbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/c...
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
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'Here We Come a-Wassailing' linocut print combining the Christmastide Wassail and the Orchard Wassail. The latter folkloric practice is done to awaken the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in autumn.
I regret not including Ian McShane.
I regret not including Ian McShane.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
'Here We Come a-Wassailing' linocut print combining the Christmastide Wassail and the Orchard Wassail. The latter folkloric practice is done to awaken the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in autumn.
I regret not including Ian McShane.
I regret not including Ian McShane.
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Some areas in the San Joaquin Valley in California have subsided more than 30 feet due to overpumping of the underlying aquifer.
This photo of USGS scientist Joseph Poland, taken in 1977, shows where the ground level would have been in 1925 and 1955.
This photo of USGS scientist Joseph Poland, taken in 1977, shows where the ground level would have been in 1925 and 1955.
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Some areas in the San Joaquin Valley in California have subsided more than 30 feet due to overpumping of the underlying aquifer.
This photo of USGS scientist Joseph Poland, taken in 1977, shows where the ground level would have been in 1925 and 1955.
This photo of USGS scientist Joseph Poland, taken in 1977, shows where the ground level would have been in 1925 and 1955.
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The Voith-Schneider Propeller is a vertical-axis marine drive whose spinning blades change pitch continuously, letting a ship generate instant thrust in any direction, like a helicopter rotor underwater. Super-maneuverable, perfect for tugs and ferries.
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Voith-Schneider Propeller is a vertical-axis marine drive whose spinning blades change pitch continuously, letting a ship generate instant thrust in any direction, like a helicopter rotor underwater. Super-maneuverable, perfect for tugs and ferries.
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See the chilling list of information required from visitors to the US includes:
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
See the chilling list of information required from visitors to the US includes:
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
20 years on. Both shocking and unsurprising in ostrich Britain that not 1 of the 18 land-use planning recommendations from the Board of Inquiry have been implemented.
May be of interest @chrishinchliff.bsky.social
20 years on. Both shocking and unsurprising in ostrich Britain that not 1 of the 18 land-use planning recommendations from the Board of Inquiry have been implemented.
May be of interest @chrishinchliff.bsky.social
Could the Buncefield disaster happen again, 20 years on?
Two decades on from the UK’s biggest peacetime blast, experts analyse the risks of a repeat.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
20 years on. Both shocking and unsurprising in ostrich Britain that not 1 of the 18 land-use planning recommendations from the Board of Inquiry have been implemented.
May be of interest @chrishinchliff.bsky.social
20 years on. Both shocking and unsurprising in ostrich Britain that not 1 of the 18 land-use planning recommendations from the Board of Inquiry have been implemented.
May be of interest @chrishinchliff.bsky.social
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The use of chemical flame retardants in UK furniture and building construction materials increases fire smoke toxicity and threatens firefighters’ safety and long-term health, without increasing #firesafety🔥🧪
Learn more in our latest blog➡️ www.fidra.org.uk/news/use-of-...
Learn more in our latest blog➡️ www.fidra.org.uk/news/use-of-...
Use of flame retardants and the dangers of increased fire smoke toxicity to UK firefighters’ health - Fidra
‘The use of certain chemical flame retardants in UK consumer products, including furniture, mattresses, textiles, electronics and building construction materials, increases fire smoke toxicity, posing...
www.fidra.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The use of chemical flame retardants in UK furniture and building construction materials increases fire smoke toxicity and threatens firefighters’ safety and long-term health, without increasing #firesafety🔥🧪
Learn more in our latest blog➡️ www.fidra.org.uk/news/use-of-...
Learn more in our latest blog➡️ www.fidra.org.uk/news/use-of-...
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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Yeah, they do that and can't even be given a ticket for it in California because of a robots only loophole.
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There's impatient and there's robot (~10-30 ms) impatient:
Stockton turning onto Jackson, Chinatown, San Francisco
Prob didn't make eye contact first.
<2 blocks from where a Waymo robot was burned on Jackson during New Years celebration.
Did Waymo crank their aggro to 11?
OP: tiktok.krw6107
Stockton turning onto Jackson, Chinatown, San Francisco
Prob didn't make eye contact first.
<2 blocks from where a Waymo robot was burned on Jackson during New Years celebration.
Did Waymo crank their aggro to 11?
OP: tiktok.krw6107
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yeah, they do that and can't even be given a ticket for it in California because of a robots only loophole.
bsky.app/profile/anic...
bsky.app/profile/anic...
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Today on Critical Materials: the auto industry faces a reckoning over electric door handles. Plus, are Americans fed up with big trucks?
insideevs.com/news/780472/...
insideevs.com/news/780472/...
Tesla Reimagined How Door Handles Work. Now It's Everybody's Problem
Today on Critical Materials: the auto industry faces a reckoning over electric door handles. Plus, are Americans fed up with big trucks?
insideevs.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today on Critical Materials: the auto industry faces a reckoning over electric door handles. Plus, are Americans fed up with big trucks?
insideevs.com/news/780472/...
insideevs.com/news/780472/...
Beware the Deacon!
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Beware the Deacon!
youtube.com/watch?v=cSQH...
Morning shanty "wakener".
Morning shanty "wakener".
10,000 Miles
YouTube video by The Sheringham Shantymen - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Morning shanty "wakener".
Morning shanty "wakener".
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Local rules adopted at a British golf course during WWII.
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Local rules adopted at a British golf course during WWII.
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in the emergency room for a snake bite and they rush in a camel to watch The Notebook
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
in the emergency room for a snake bite and they rush in a camel to watch The Notebook
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In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
Sweden is re-evaluating 38 PFAS pesticides over links to TFA
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
PFAS agents in Swedish agriculture are being re-examined | Sweden Herald
The use of plant protection products containing PFAS is now to be re-examined
swedenherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?