"You will observe that slaves walk faster than free men, and women faster than men, and sick men faster than those in health..." Plutarch Moralia, 514c https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7c6f56bc002938979e0afc18ec7b6084607d6900c68f484c9fee81f9d55c8e35.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a540361c4cce2652489fdc197003c1720252e56adb647fe23f1602f2bead480d.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/62b0b70792f31a11339f660fce0ce69e753742c3695b16d5b24d6ad51d51ec06.file

Same logic that goes with chasing innovation. You can innovate to worse situations. Once you have something that works, innovation only makes it worse. https://nitter.poast.org/Delicious_Tacos/status/1928654695838404692#m

For the first time in Roman History, Caligula decided to enact a tax on sex-worker’s fees. A high number, between 17-70 percent, when other taxes were very low. It became the most profitable revenue generator in the Roman Empire https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cce84b8ae78a9c88a4b575a4c2df11429ad13fa0152d0095933131353a4447fe.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/01ab7fdee98435ef2cb93c42f560d4b3cb2c6b21da65247ea5b0e27167b0afd1.file

RT @jasonc_nc@twitter.com: The original starter home was a shotgun house. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8c1bddc2906b4ef614c7ae1db6b4c78b5582ff0045b362913a15f8ed52477fc9.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/318721c3ffead499467b96dd4e85b2a0b9d9cf1cbc625665432690f0f6eac0c1.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8ec8c39b27987d10d55d758312afdabc8587ba4748c32b67ea318d8e72a7c193.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/20c4853776e86c5b9af0c39bec22148b15cd1077b70b165bc9aa2dde45f48950.file

Some cities never bothered to switch to LEDs, like Lisbon. Which makes the city look great night https://nitter.poast.org/PaulSkallas/status/1827438186827530317#m

Even if re-industralization happens, it doesn't mean that cities will come back. Most Americans prefer yards and accumulating things in a big house. I don't know if they will go back to apartments in Montgomery Alabama or Toledo Ohio. Americans are a suburban people, for the most part. Other people around the world tend to be city people. comfortable with density. https://nitter.poast.org/TheChiefNerd/status/1911087035609137228#m

RT @turk4201@twitter.com: Steak mushroom leek pie and Lindyman’s cherry beer https://hell.twtr.plus/media/358e8284ff8d1656f2862fcf96042b45b4676ad141e6825d4072cd729bfcae90.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/93dce3fa081d5f7a23f74182a56dc1b00b3bb6b0322650c9eda373cc27182f00.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ec482f2a1a726643271be69aeab4b66727d9e68d4d079be6e108c49f9b177130.file

Vince beat the feds again. https://nitter.poast.org/nypost/status/1889646098056179733#m

The youth abstaining from alcohol is not just a US thing. It's happening everywhere https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ae8366aed919ddb4aad735de0d6ce97c5b185cf613b8b0451a05ab86c3269cb7.file

Kamala was probably the weakest presidential candidate I've ever seen. She isn't a great speaker. Has no charisma. Isn't clever with policy. Doesn't represent an ideal. For the Dems to do this well with a candidate like this makes me think this election was good news for them.

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Gizmodo

Google Has Officially Killed Cache Links

As Google borks on one of its oldest features, the book closes on an era of the web.

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"why does Tesla have such a big presence in Berlin?" "Musk likes techno and drugs" "Oh. That makes sense".