Gardens of Monforte IV (Santiago Rusiñol, 1917)

Summers in civilization

Modern man is in a terrible predicament. He is helplessly enamored with the beauty of what the old world built yet despises the beliefs that inspired them to build it.

It's difficult to overstate how ruinous the last 10 years of Canadian policy have been under the Liberal party. The 2015 election is a "WTF happened in 1971?" break in the graph. Tonight, the Canadian people *overwhelmingly* kept them in power We all know why. Pretty astounding

We found the title of a scroll for the first time! This cylinder of charcoal turns out to be "On Vices, Book 1" by Philodemus

All signs nominal, see you next Q. 🫡📊

Doomed to experience our technological peak during our civilizational trough, such is our fate.

confused Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 for Thomas D. Homan today.

the golden age of america has begun

Penthouse in Tokyo, Japan, 1980s.

I grew up in San Francisco, walking with my family by the Golden Gate Bridge. I still remember the thick and iconic chain railing that gave the place a sense of distinctiveness. Now the chains are gone, and they've been replaced by a soulless metal railing that's colder than a

Summers in civilization

Grok once it manages to break into Will Stancil's apartment

Sunset on Lake Maggiore - Ivan Aivazovsky, 1866

Dragon orbiting across Europe into Asia.