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Alexander II holds the unusual title of being the least bad Russian ruler among all of his successors and also at the same time being an absolute monster who absolutely deserved to be bombed

guy who comes and shits on my doorstep: why are you angry. i'm just interacting

I literally can't tell if this is the world's greatest bait reply or a transcendental missing of the point. Well done

I truly don't want to come off as really mean, but it's so bizarre to see the glut of folks on social media with nothing to contribute and the seemingly pervasive idea that every post they see online is directed toward *them* personally

"BETRAYED. First Zelensky, soon us? The radical turning away of the USA from its allies." Today's cover of the German Der Spiegel.

what’s up Election Twitter, check out this map of Francis I’s election in 2013

may 2025. papal bull proclaims the first crusade in hundreds of years, this time towards moscow

For the 110th time: no one will accept this deal.

This take completely validates my priors, because the people I meet who oppose Trump but also think he and Musk are evil geniuses who in any way know what they are doing (as opposed to being the most blatant crooks known to man) tend to be arrogant, male and convinced of their own superiority.

Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

the relevant bit of info here is that Yat-sen used to complain that his country literally doesn't even have a name, just "the Central Lands," and I think he's onto something there about how prior to him the Chinese nation was /just/ a series of polities but not /a country/