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Daniel Dvorkin · @medigoth
174 followers · 346 posts · Server qoto.org

Allegedly, ’s march on has ended in a deal brokered by , in which Group forces will head to and … become Lukashenko’s Guard, or something? Assuming of course doesn’t wait for them to get strung out on the road and bomb them all to bits.

I can’t help but be struck by how antiquated all this feels. The Varangian Guard reference above is deliberate—the whole thing is in both the original and modern senses of that word. Shades of and . Yes, I know I’m mixing up periods, and the analogy is inexact in all kinds of ways: history doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.

and and shifting personal loyalties, not cold-blooded calculation of national interests. It’s not the way states make —even though may well be the first modern war of the twenty-first century, through future eyes. Something older, more visceral, rising from ancient slumber.

Hell of a time to be alive. I suppose that’s always true.

#Prighozhin #moscow #lukashenko #wagner #belarus #varangian #putin #byzantine #belisarius #Justinian #kings #emperors #modern #war #ukraine

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
258 followers · 8395 posts · Server masto.ai

#jesus #roman #emperors #gospels #bible #christianity #myths #legend #nt #apologetics #history

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CineversityTV · @CineversityTV
193 followers · 520 posts · Server climatejustice.social
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#putinism #corrupt #netanyahu #israel #corruption #modi #India #china #xijinping #dictator #Kings #emperors #counts #dukes #politicians #dictators #dictatorships #democracy #LetzteGeneration #un #HumanRights #myanmar #russia #belarus #Ukraine

Last updated 2 years ago
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Dr Robert N. Winter · @robert
545 followers · 1395 posts · Server social.winter.ink
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#history #Romans #emperors #humour

Last updated 2 years ago
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Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
394 followers · 270 posts · Server mindly.social
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(gardener's version)

Cantwell said bigger dreams than & that is . There's a lot of in .

I once went to a w/ a friend who is a therapist.

We saw a garden w/a fairy in the middle of a stream. I moved the fairy to the riverbank. My friend laughed.

"That fairy is a self-object. The that put her there can't make a decision. Until then, she'll put the fairy back in the .

are the gardener.

#vss365 #gardeners #dream #emperors #true #ego #gardens #fairy #garden #workshop #gardener #river

Last updated 2 years ago
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Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
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Went to in at the peak season of changing leaves in fair weather on November 19, 2022. The crowds of tourists to are back, although not like 2019 yet. I got there by midday and quickly headed for the famous bridge and bamboo forest, then two , Jojakkoji 常寂光寺 (better for buildings blended with foliage like in these photos) and Nison-In (better for beautiful and stone monuments to and aristocrats).
Our house is near Kyoto, so I do photo shoots like this often. On Facebook as @waoesteve I show and explain much more.
@japodon

#emperors #trees #二尊院 #temple #temples #buddhist #japanese #渡月橋 #japan #紅葉 #kyoto #嵐山 #arashiyama

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Suryo☀️ · @suryo
292 followers · 578 posts · Server fediscience.org

IIRC, this was a lesson from my 6th grade history class.

Though we learned of a lot of kings and emperors, for some reason, this popped up inordinately often in conversations I had with my mom because this king wasn't as popular as the ones from the Mughal empire.

Musk's handling of Twitter, and especially the disaster with the $8 blue checks reminded me of this story.

2/2

#BlueTick #currency #economics #emperors #kings #india #musk #twitter #politics #history

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