Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!
Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
They absolutely got away with it. They are likely to continue to get away with such things for a while.
But here’s the thing: I’d rather be unsuccessfully decent than successfully evil.
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The FDA has classified its recall of eggs sold under Costco's Kirkland brand as a Class I recall, a designation reserved for instances of the highest potential health risk — including death.
WaPo inadvertently revealed that that reason ABC caved on the lawsuit was not its JOURNALISM, but Disney's other corporate interests.
www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/23/t...
I regret to inform you that the WaPo editorial board has decided to draw an equivalence between people on social media reacting to a health insurance CEO's murder and the January 6th insurrection
More than two years after the widely debunked film “2000 Mules” poured gasoline on right-wing conspiracy theories about election fraud, the documentary’s writer and director, Dinesh D’Souza, has acknowledged that its findings were based on a faulty analysis.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/u...
The constant need to reassure themselves that they are right and that everyone else is catching onto that and is freaking out is one of the core elements of QAnon.
I was already excited to click on a news story about Rudy Giuliani having a meltdown in court today and YELLING at the judge. But nothing prepared me for the courtroom sketch
lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook)
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
On Russian TV, RFK Jr Claimed Swine Flu and H1N1 Were Fabricated and "Never Happened"
The World Health Organization reported 284,400 swine flue deaths worldwide
Trump is expected to pick Linda McMahon, former wrestling executive, to head Department of Education.
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble banners will hang in the entranceway of every school.
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
White folks like myself in poor Republican states are the overwhelming majority of Federal assistance.
Hate that millions of people who didn't vote for him will be impacted.
Hope that everyone who did vote for him gets exactly what they voted for
If Trump's first administration was stocked with Bond Villains, it seems like the second one is going with more of a Legion of Doom vibe.
A brief thread...
Pay attention to Oklahoma.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
This graph is amazing.
It shows you that right around the same time the GOP destroyed the working class with Reaganomics, they made the working class hate us while we continued to deliver them policy after policy in the Clinton, Obama, and Biden admins.
All from propaganda!
Lol #Netflix being a streaming service who can't even stream events properly, is hilarious. Tyson vs Paul stream is currently down intermittently all over the world. Buffering constantly. Down totally for me on multiple devices.
The Bible-thumping Speaker of the House is working overtime to cover up credible allegations that Trump’s unqualified AG nominee committed sexual misconduct. We’re already plumbing new depths of depravity.
Trump on Elon now: "He likes this place. I can’t get him out of here!"
Trump on Elon 6 months from now: "Never met the guy", "He's a loser", "I barely knew the guy"
I don't want to sound alarmist or anything, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to skip FBI background checks and bury congressional ethics reports about nominees to the most important posts in the federal government.
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Trump humiliating Elon Musk: "He likes this place. I can’t get him out of here!...I'm asking him 'what do you do best?' and we were not able to figure it out."
How long do you give this bromance?
Jeanine: The claims are incredible… they’re saying that.. Tulsi Gabbard is pro-war because she likes people who are pro-war. I like Netanyahu but what does that mean?