Daily Roman History: In his youth Julius Caesar was taken prisoner by pirates while traveling around Greece. Far from being concerned for his current situation, Caesar treated it like any other vacation, composing songs about his captors, hosting poetry nights, and generally getting along quite well with them. When he heard they were requesting 20 gold talents for his ransom he was insulted and demanded they ask for at least 50. All the while he would say that when he was free he'd come back and kill them all, which the pirates naturally thought was a joke. But after being freed that is just what Caesar did, killing or selling his ex-captors into slavery. #history #rome

GOOD MORNING ☀️ #NOSTR Bird of the day: Ruby-throated hummingbird Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species are not social, other than during courtship (which lasts a few minutes); the female also cares for her offspring. Both males and females of any age are aggressive toward other hummingbirds. They may defend territories, such as a feeding territory, attacking and chasing other hummingbirds that enter. #birdstr #GM

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The state of Canadian media #memes #canada

First training run. Completely blew up 🤣. Was supposed to do 10-12 sets only managed 5 ☠️ #running

Daily Roman History: An interesting celebration of the Romans was the Secular or Saecular games. This were held every 100 or 110 years. The concept was that due to the length of time between games there was no longer a living soul that saw that previous celebration. They typically lasted days and included sacrifices to either underworld deities, or the gods of fate, childbirth, and 'Mother Earth' followed by theatrical performances. During the reign of Philip the Arab the Ludi Saeculares were held, which were also celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome. These games are described as being truly magnificent, with over 1000 gladiators participating and numerous exotic animals killed includomg hippos, lions, and one rhinoceros. With the emergence of Christian Emperors the games eventually fell into obscurity. #history #roman

GOOD MORNING ☀️ #NOSTR Bird of the day: Eurasian hobby Adults are slate-grey above with a dark crown and two short black moustachial stripes. The throat is unstreaked white, thighs and undertail coverts are unstreaked rufous and rest of the underparts are whitish with black streaks. Close views enable the red "trousers" and vent to be seen. Sexes are similar. Juveniles are generally much browner, with scaled upper parts and streaked buffy thighs and undertail coverts. The hobby has a distinct first-summer plumage. This falcon is 29–36 cm (11–14 in) in length with a wingspan of 74–84 cm (29–33 in) and a weight of 175–285 g (6.2–10.1 oz). #birdstr

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Bird of the day: Australasian shoveler Courtship in New Zealand starts around August which involves vocalisations from the drake (male) accompanied with head-bobbing whilst swimming toward the duck (female). The most heard vocalisations are from the drakes in the form of a "Sock, sock-sock, sock, sock-sock". Often several drakes will pursue an already paired duck: Generally the mated males are aggressive and will not tolerate this behavior from the bachelors, and fighting may ensue. Courtship flights are common in the morning and evenings mostly, where the duck is followed in a short rapid flight by one or more (usually two) drakes. This tests the speed and agility of the drakes. The duck may be biased in picking the 'winner' in these tests however, especially if she has paired with one of the competitors. She will even sometimes excrete mid-flight on a pursuing male if he is especially not to her fancy. There is a clear and unexplained sex ratio difference with a lot more males to females. This difference is not present in broods of ducklings however. Males with a lot of white breast feathers are not usually paired. These white feathers are often a sign of an older shoveler as first year males almost never have them. Mating will occur as early as August, though nesting rarely happens until at least October. #birdstr

Daily Roman History: During the First Punic War Rome did not have a navy to speak of. A major issue for fighting a war over an island against a maritime trade empire such as Carthage. To rectify this Rome managed to get their hands on a beached Carthaginian vessel, and moved it inland. From here they reverse engineered it to build a craft of their own and set them in a lake to train the new sailors how to operate it. Even with the new ships they still lacked the experience in naval warfare, so to compensate for this they designed a device called a Corvus, basically a boarding ramp attached to their ship which was deployed when close enough to an enemy vessel. Once in place the Roman troops would move over and turn the sea battle into an infantry skirmish, which the Romans far excelled at. #history #rome

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Daily Roman History: Fluctuating between ignored but accepted cult, and actively persecuted faction depending on the attitude of the ruler Christianity began its journey to official state religion of the Roman Empire under the Emperor Constantine the Great. After the collapse of the Tetrarchy several claimants began a civil war for sole rule, among which was Constantine. According to legend one night he had a dream which said "In this sign thou shalt conquer", the sign in question was the Chi Rho, an early Christian symbol. Shortly after this vision he had his army mark their shields with the symbol and adopted it as a standard. 'Under this sign' the battle of Milvian Bridge was fought which won Constantine his Imperial title. One interesting note is though Constantine was a practicing Christian he was not baptized until his final days, perhaps a way to absolve himself of all sin before death. #history

Went to my parent’s house for Easter breakfast and found out my mother has been refilling this bottle since they were discontinued.

GOOD MORNING #NOSTR ☀️ AND HAPPY EASTER! Bird of the day: Columbidae Since ancient times, many Columbidae species have developed intricate cultural and practical relations with humans. Doves were important symbols of the goddesses Innana, Asherah, and Aphrodite, and revered by the early Christian, Islamic and Jewish religions. Domestication of pigeons led to significant use of homing pigeons for communication, including war pigeons, such as the 32 pigeons who were awarded the Dickin Medal for "brave service" to their country, in World War II. #birdstr

Bird of the day: American bittern It is a well-camouflaged, solitary brown bird that unobtrusively inhabits marshes and the coarse vegetation at the edge of lakes and ponds. In the breeding season it is chiefly noticeable by the loud, booming call of the male. The nest is built just above the water, usually among bulrushes and cattails, where the female incubates the clutch of olive-colored eggs for about four weeks. The young leave the nest after two weeks and are fully fledged at six or seven weeks. #birdstr