Ongoing thread with excerpts from The Economic History of China by Richard von Glahn.

Whoever decided the bald eagle was going to be *the* symbol of the United States absolutely cooked. The aura of these birds is off the charts. You feel something when you see one in person.

Monica Bellucci in 'The Matrix Reloaded' (2003)

Alexander the Great was the mightiest ruler of all time. No one before him had ever conquered so much and no one since has ever rivalled him in greatness. This is a chronology of his life. [Thread]🧵

Today we honor the first lady of fantasy herself, C.L. Moore, born on this day 115 years ago. Along with Howard and Lovecraft, Moore was one of the stable authors of WEIRD TALES, famed for JIREL OF JOIRY and Northwest Smith, icons of sword-and-sorcery and scifi to this day.

The famous men of the early Roman Republic are remembered for giving up power. • Cincinnatus accepted dictatorship, saved Rome, and returned to his plow. • Camillus saved Rome from destruction and refused to rule as king. • Publicola deliberately limited his own authority to

Winter storm, we're locked indoors, hell yeah we're watching The Thing

🚨 New Venetian intelligence report. France in 1535. Everyone should read this one, it's an absolute masterclass in diplomacy. Inject it into your veins, it's what a multipolar world will look like: King Francis burns Lutherans at the stake at home, but allies with Lutheran

Samuel Upham was a Philadelphia merchant who found an unexpected opportunity during the American Civil War. In 1862 and 1863, he began printing copies of Confederate banknotes using printing plates modeled after genuine Southern currency. He sold them openly in the North as

the lipa sisters in rio de janeiro

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Enzo, has cheated him out of 10 million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf, that was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that Enzo would hear nothing that he might have to testify about in court. When the

NASHVILLE is the funniest epic vision of America ever to reach the screen. (1975)

The scooby doo live action cast was the most biblically accurate cast ever

I wonder what Stephen King thinks of In the Mouth of Madness, seeing that he's the obvious reference point for Sutter Cane lmao.

📸 Paul Gascoigne in Housecoat.

While there is no evidence that Zohran Mamdani is Jeffrey Epstein’s son, the fact that his mother appears in the Epstein files highlights a much broader and deeper problem, which is the incestuous nature of elite networks. At a certain level, everyone seems to know everyone, work

It’s so funny to know who the Beatles are your whole life, see the Target tshirt, have the corniest losers and band geeks and old people explain the Beatles to you, and then listen to the Beatles and it’s actually the fucking best shit ever.

Django Reinhardt pulling his licks off with two fingers really makes it hard to ever complain about difficulty learning something on guitar lmao