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Nitrogen, Ammonia, and the Strait of Hormuz

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Brother laser for the win.

Now that’s showing off!

I’m Canadian, so shipping to the US is currently crazy. I don’t know what the tariffs are from day to day. I may also be out of stock (but that can be fixed with a casting binge).

You can almost see it shivering, seated on that rock.

Replica of a Roman greyhound brooch.

And here is a brooch that I make that is inspired by the one in your post.

Garishly wrapped Tesla cybertruck with roof rack and brightly coloured wheels.

I didn’t know it was possible to have a vehicle uglier than a stock cybertruck. The photo doesn’t do it justice- the wheels are much brighter than the photo shows.

137. Aragorn’s tax policy and other weird shibboleths Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn’s tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my wr…

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Decorative Tinning on Roman Armour – Revealing Ancient Craftsmanship YouTube video by Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno

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Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest This week, continuing in the vein of some of our previous strategy and military theory primers, I wanted to off a basic 101-level survey of the strategic theory behind efforts, in a sense, directed…

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Also no photos from the excavation, just a stock museum photograph.

No citations. No named archaeologists. No excavation dates. A very disappointing link.

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Great photo!

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The Stupidest Trump Move So Far Just kill me now. Or tariff me. Whatever.

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As with mine. I have a breastplate worn over mail, no backplate, late 14C style.

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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I double checked, and I’m wrong. The sharp edge on the khopesh is the long one. It’s still not a scimitar, though:)

Scimitars curve the opposite way to khopesh. Scimitars are sharp on the long edge, khopesh on the short.

Scimitar or khopesh?

Is Trump going to return his FIFA Peace Prize?

Cat looks at camera from between curtains.

Andy is concerned.

I’ve never seen an iron pin that early. They show up on Anglo-Saxon brooches.

I’ve only seen copper alloy Dragonesque brooches.

The pin would have looped around the top neck by the museum hook. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr...

I don’t think there were any Vikings in the UK that early. 400 to 600 sounds a lot more Saxon than Viking.

The status of plaster casts after antique statues. The German exper... Introduction Public museums have contributed to the development of new scientific paradigms over the course of history. Museum displays should not be considered to be mere applications of new model...

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A free download.

Talking With Paul Kedrosky So, about this AI thing ...

This is the best I’ve yet seen on the AI/LLM bubble: open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...?