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One of the emperor Augustus's best tricks for legitimizing his authoritarian rule: he made a point of losing at games, joking about his bad luck, and paying his forfeits cheerfully. It made his reign look less arbitrary and terrifying to fellow members of the Roman elite.

submitted 18 days ago • 131 comments

Even when MAGA finds out Trump's entire cabal got heavily leveraged short the market last month, they'll only love him more, despite having to do it from a Hooverville.

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

We won’t be able to forget 12/02/2025 - much though we might like to Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine will haunt us. (Piece from me. Free to read) nickcohen.substack.com/p/trump-puti...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

It's weird how time works. It's already 2025 in Polynesia, in the USA it's still 2024 but in Russia it's 1951. #HappyNewYear

submitted 113 days ago • 116 comments

Despite pretending to be a man of the people, Nigel Farage makes £97,000 PER MONTH making him the highest paid MP. (At that's not for his MP job!) Despite never being in his constituency and still chasing his own fame, career and profit. Nigel farage is a grifter. Repost of you agree

submitted 117 days ago • 11 comments

This is why we cant just give up and freeze the war

submitted 139 days ago • 5 comments

Ahn Gwi-ryeong makes quite the contrast to Josh Hawley.

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

submitted 141 days ago • 209 comments

Syrian rebels are trolling me that they re-captured Aleppo in 3 days and I can't get Kiev after more than a 1000. I remain a master strategist.

submitted 145 days ago • 54 comments

"No city is doomed to be haunted forever. We break the spell not when we banish the ghosts, but when we invite them to breakfast. A true home is a place where you have neighbors you know by name. This includes those who were killed and those who helped kill them. . ."--Victoria Amelina

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

submitted 155 days ago • 1381 comments

Italy just sent an Italian Navy officer, who tried to spy for russia to prison for 29 years. If he had murdered someone, he would have gotten 20 years. But he took €5,000 from the russians for bringing them 57 secret NATO files... got caught on the way and will die in prison.

submitted 154 days ago • 19 comments