The Crusader Project

Photo of a map of the ancient city of Assur with a section in the middle zoomed in on in a separate box in the bottom right corner. The zoomed in part shows the plan of the house for a goldsmith archive

Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.

It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.

Implying that the "cause of our division" is too many care workers, as Mahmood does here, is both absurd and sinister.

What’s the ICC doing about it?

And yeah I tried to find the article on Le Monde, but no luck.

To wit:

European jets to be stationed in Poland. Poland is in NATO and Europe, why does this need to be in the agreement?

US to mediate between NATO and Russia. Come again?

Only the US and Russia to be on the control commission? Uh yeah sure.

Ukraine to get preferential access to EU markets 🙄

Pensions aren’t the only form of wealth.

social-mobility.data.gov.uk/mobility_out...

They forgot Point 29. Free lollies for everyone.

It wouldn’t be the most ludicrous part of this ‘proposal’.

Am writing something on the government’s Article 3 and Article 8 proposals re asylum seekers.

Any interesting links or expert insight welcome.

Have read @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and @profmarkelliott.bsky.social‘s fine pieces.

What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.

Ask yourself, are you as clever and a wizard at 6D electoral chess as McSweeney?

Well obvs not, none of us peasants are, and there’s your answer.

Without the internet these twats wouldn’t be able to be well off outrage merchants, and they would be doing some work better suited to their lack of intellect back here.

Be fair, the racist wankpuffins at Reform don’t get it either.

Panzergruppe Intelligence Assessment 21 November 1941 This was sent at 20.40 hours 21 November 1941 by Major von Mellenthin to Berlin. Enemy Behaviour on 21 November 1941: On Sollum front enemy quiet all day but through air reconnaissance recognised a…

On 21 November the intel assessment was probably written in a bit of a hurry as there are some logical flaws. German intel now had a decent picture of the enemy armoured formations (even though the deception unit 38 R.T.R. did its work admirably), but were still missing the existence of 13 Corps.

The US Administration: ‘we stand with Israel’
Also the US administration: ‘Nazi tatoos are fine’
Also the US administration: ‘what’s a history?’

The most interesting things happen at the boundaries between scientific fields.

Hey chat, what’s the ‘empty internet theorem’?

Asahi newspaper poll, August 1965:

Q. Have you read about or heard of the bombing of North Vietnam by the US military and the South Vietnamese government called “Hokubaku (北爆)”?
A. Yes: 79% No: 21%

Q. Are you for or against “Hokubaku (北爆)”?
A. For: 4% Against: 75% Others: 4% No answer: 17%

Also, from Seneca the Younger

"For example, there was lately in a training-school for wild-beast gladiators a German, who was making ready for the morning exhibition; he withdrew in order to relieve himself,—the only thing which he was allowed to do in secret and without the presence of a guard....

A picture of a twig. On one end (left) a natural sponge has been tied.

Serious question (yes, it can happen):

We all know that a sponge on a stick was used by the Romans for wiping their bums, right? Well, what's the evidence? Seems very impractical to us.

Does anyone know?

Labour are trashing the country because they want to get the vote of Bob the racist wankstain from Hull, which will never happen.

Me: In line for coffee.
2 women in front of me.

W1: It’s been so long, I think I’m a virgin again.

W2: Well, if you put on weight, at least we know you’re not pregnant!

(They notice me…wearing a clergy collar)

Me: Careful…it’s happened before.

W1: Oh my God.

Me: So you know the story?
😂

This Day in Labor History: November 20, 1536. The conquistador Hernán Cortés buys a bunch of Mexican silver mines and acquires between 100 and 200 Native slaves. This moment is an excellent entry point to discuss the labor history of early Spanish colonization of the Americas.

It’s insane.

Well at least the racists will be happy.

Oh, wait, they never actually are, because it’s never enough.

We will probably just set up a shop in Ireland and continue to employ them but route substantial income through that entity instead of the UK. It’s a stupid, nasty move, and counterproductive, making the Uk poorer.

1) if you’re not reaching ten years this side of 2029 there’s no point in hanging around as Reform will just do whatever they want to these rules when they get into power.
2) this will cost us a key staff member, and the UK thousands in taxes and taxable income from our company because of 1).