Art by flaroh illustration. Roma tapestry depicting the shewolf and twins surrounded by eagles, shields, and seven hills
A little late to the party, but happy 2779th birthday Rome! 🏛️🌿🏺 #natalediroma
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
a Norwegian man crying on air while being interviewed, with his biathlon stats besides him
In the interview with NRK, he first started by thanking everyone who has helped him on the path to his first individual Olympic medal. And then – unprompted – he made an admission: – And then there's someone I wanted to share it with who might not be watching today. Six months ago I met the love of my life. The most beautiful and kindest person in the world. Three months ago I made my biggest mistake and cheated on her, and I told her about it a week ago. It's been the worst week of my life, he says tearfully in the interview.
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Truly cannot overstate how thrilled I am to hear you get into your Petrarch hate! I once heard a lecture where the prof proposed Petrarch publicised a fake death date (so he'd died specifically on his 70th birthday and have a ~perfect~ lifespan) and that is the conspiracy theory I believe the most!
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
A snippet of a tapestry showing a very silly-looking red winged lion of San Marco holding his book with a look of 'uh, what's happening' on his face
Today's best lion - from a tapestry in the Museo della Basilica di San Marco
Depends on how much water it is and how involved the rest of the recipe is. Risotto for one, water gets boiled in the kettle, baked mac and cheese, big pot of water on the stove
A very disgruntled light-brown, blue-eyed dachshund wearing a cowboy outfit and hat, sitting on a conference table next to a blue philosophy book.
George, our office's emotional support hot dog (aka our director's dog)
Trolling each other since 1054
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your belief that a bookshelf with a rolling ladder will fix you is a valid one.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
sir with all due respect when I go to bed tonight I have to know if I have a thing on the calendar tomorrow and at exactly what kind, or else I’ll die
The AI push by the elite reminds me a lot of the time Elagabalus brought a meteorite to Rome and was like “we worship this now.”
Crucial update
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y)
[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
You know the Kelloggs founders are looking down at this scandalized that their anti-masturbation wellness corn flakes have been seized by decadent Italian nut butter merchants
People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
cardinals raw dogging? what is this, the renaissance?
No, everything’s fine. Just sobbing with joy on a plane. #YNWA
if you call yourself a star wars fan and you don’t listen to AMCA you are a Fool. nowhere else are you getting almost 4 hours of podcast covering like 90 minutes of cartoon for 9 year olds
I’m sorry I’m not part of your weird old religion and I’m sorry I don’t understand this creepy annual ritual but I just think golf is boring, ok?
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social • 12m SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse." 48 ≥ 121 66 ••• Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social Follow Schumer: "For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option." March 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM 16 reposts 117 quotes 54 likes
Passing the bill he wants passed gives him more power. Not passing the bill he wants takes away from his power. Pls stop insulting everyone’s intelligence.
Portrait of Machiavelli, wearing his little black hat and looking like a sweetie pie (this one is less reproduced than the one where he's in red and looks sinister, since people prefer to remember Machiavelli the schemer not Machiavelli the pancake nerd!
It's Pancake Day! Time to EAT PANCAKES in HONOR OF MACHIAVELLI!
What do pancakes have to do with the founder of modern political science?
Our boy Nick was obsessed with pancakes! & wrote about them at length in his "Art of War." Why pancakes? He'd been studying the ancients of course! 1/?
My last 5 days
Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.
California license plate with text "BUBONIC".
Customer: MY CAR IS ALL BLACK, REFERRING TO THE BLACK PLAGUE
DMV: POOR TASTE/ BUBONIC PLAGUE
Verdict: ACCEPTED
she died as she lived, telling authors that their advance contract is a "real" contract www.chronicle.com/article/when...
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
