At long last I made it: a trip into the remote Gansu countryside to track down the town of Liqian 骊靬, to which is attached the strangest of stories: that it was founded by the lost legionnaires of Crassus, whose descendants still till the local countryside. Thread. 1/13

Snow scene with a hawk on a branch, 1615-1868

Sublime levels of delusion.

Quite the thread. I have taken to growing my own tobacco.

Oh to be a Sogdian herder in the Yaghnob valley.

I am now 99% sure the entire Maselspoort incident was a setup by the EFF to provoke racism. This is why they were there to cause ruckus so quickly. The demand for racism outweighs the supply, so it has to be fabricated...

If there’s one thing white people really hate, it’s explaining in detail where their grandparents are from.

Statistics South Africa staff members. Reflects South Africa’s rainbow nation - very racially diverse.

As Julius Malema heads to court again today, here are the 8 reasons why it was a real firearm that he discharged. firearms.co.za/crime/8-reason…

Myopic to the extreme.

Let a Xhosa move into a Zulu village. See how lovely that will end.

"Integrated" Paris and Rotterdam are beautiful examples n'est pas?

All people suck.

Vienna the Bratislava of the Alps.

Good morning!

"White South Africans go live your white life in Europe" Europe:

James VI & I by Johan de Critz painted after 1605 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien) A lot going on with that hat.