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I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.

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Chiedo a Giuseppe Conte: se un aggressore entrasse in casa sua, gli portasse via le cose più care, ammazzasse i suoi familiari; se lui avesse la possibilità di usare un'arma per difendersi e mettere in fuga l'aggressore, che effetto gli farebbe uno che gli proponesse invece di avviare un negoziato?

Martyrdom of Saint Matthew https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/martyrdom-of-saint-matthew-1600

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

This needs to be said, loud, and often.

Lunedì mattina. Dopo mezz’ora di brutte notizie dai media prendiamo fiato con un po’ di bellezza #monviso #montagne

Since he's not on this site, I'll post this here. Younis Tirawi found that the IDF has turned north Gaza's only water desalination plant into a military base. It's located just north of Gaza City, and satellite imagery confirms the presence of military vehicles.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-water...

Twitter has deleted the >200k followers of noted Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi and hit him with one of those mysterious shadow bans that when you click "follow" on his account it doesn't actually stick, when you hit reload you're not following him