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One of the things missing in much of the talk about the crises of the Roman Empire and the frontiers of that entity is that there might not have been any crises had those frontiers not encroached on other people. Rome didn't have a Germanic problem. The world had a Roman problem.

23.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"If only Cuba would surrender then they wouldn't have any more power outages."
Puerto Rico stares directly into the camera.

12.02.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a rule whenever in history one group of people refers to another group of people as a β€œquestion” you can be assured that the people asking the β€œquestion” are a bunch of assholes.

30.01.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.zazzle.com/president_ga...

08.01.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...

web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

28.12.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love it!

04.09.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"It's just like a banana republic!"
Whose fruit companies did you think those were?

29.08.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dean Abel was better.

08.08.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deep Blue Sea 3 was better than Deep Blue Sea 2 by far but neither is in the same league as the original. The Jaws, Meg and Sharknado franchises are all more consistent in terms of production values and storytelling comparatively

26.07.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hector and Achilles for a little change of pace today

26.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe I’m an optimist but on my apple juice universe the dad shows up, has a moment of clarity and after a long pause puts his hand on Cameron’s shoulder and says β€œFuck it, let’s go bowling.”

26.07.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve seen the 2nd one and it’s not terrible but nowhere near the brilliance of the first one. I’ll let you know about #3 shortly

11.07.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deep Blue Something

08.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Children of a Lesser Jaws

06.07.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You go in the cage. Shark goes in the water. Cage goes into the cage. Wait...what?

06.07.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe’re really gonna get them in the 1934 midterms”
πŸ™„

05.07.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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cover of Persians: The Age of the Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

cover of Persians: The Age of the Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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β€œThe empire had been around for so long, had weathered so many storms, had reinvigorated itself with such energy, and had imprinted itself so completely into the landscape of the world, that no one dreamed that it would end. Yet end it did.”

04.07.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TV commentators: This bill to suspend all elections indefinitely will surely hurt representatives from swing districts in the midterms.

03.07.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of Martyr by Kaveh Akbar

Cover of Martyr by Kaveh Akbar

Cover of Washing My Mother’s Body by Joy Harjo

Cover of Washing My Mother’s Body by Joy Harjo

Finished these recently and can recommend them

02.07.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's some better optics for you.

11.06.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe it was taken over by Grandma Lee, the Appalachian AI, in which case that sounds about right.

08.06.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fun fact: I like ice when it’s crushed.

20.04.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried a few others before I found it and it’s the best by far.

26.03.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In terms of organization divvied up by form for fiction poetry, novels, short stories, graphic works etc or subject matter for nonfiction, alpha by author within each section

26.03.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BookBuddy app.

25.03.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the word file it’s just author and title except for collections of longer works (those Library of America collected works things for instance) or collections of plays or anthologies (I’m a playwright by training so I need to know quickly if I have a certain play) For more detailed info I use the

25.03.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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