A newly-read carbonized scroll from Herculaneum makes claims about Plato's death and burial location.

This discovery is significant, but not as significant as media outlets portray.

#Herculaneum #papyri #Plato #classics #ClassicsTwitter #philosophy

talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/04/30/wha…

NEW LAW DORK: SCOTUS to Fifth Circuit: Do whatever you want. In a case over a Texas law requiring commercial porn sites to include age verification, the justices let the appeals court ignore precedent. Also: At the Fourth Circuit, a big trans win. lawdork.com/p/scotus-to-fi…

You used to be able to claim 'ALIEN is so timelessly crafted that it looks like it could still be released today!' but you can't anymore because let's be real: almost nothing being produced now looks remotely as great as ALIEN did 45 years ago.

I was too forgiving of iraq war supporters. What ghouls they still are except peter beinart

Can we please just allow everyone to age as they wish to and not pretend they’re some ghastly creature because they’re blessed with years? My Goodness how superficial.

College kids should be protesting whatever offends them. América wouldnt exist without young protestors. It make no diffetence if you agree. I just know that old, fat, satisfied men like me aint protesting shit.

Objectively, the Trump economy wasn't good, and his policies made it worse. Biggest deficit ever without war or recession due to debt-financed stimulus, and the economy just stayed on mediocre trend.
Wasn't awful either, but hardly something to pine for.
arcdigital.media/p/trumps-econo…

Trumpism ruins everyone and everything it touches. It's been sad to watch this stuff spread north of the border.

I’m gonna need Kendrick Lamar to teach me how to write a diss track about Sam Alito.

Today is the last day U.S. hospitals will be required to report COVID admissions, capacity, or occupancy data to the federal government.

This will make it even more difficult to track the state of the ongoing COVID pandemic, as well as monitor potential pandemics like bird flu.

I think we’re out of bingo cards.

Fertilizer made from Treated Human Waste from the city of Fort Worth, Texas full of “PFAS”, is running off onto to ranchers land, killing their cattle, horses and fish.

“Its chemicals are manmade. It’s in the biosolids.”
wfaa.com/article/news/i…

One thing we aren't talking about enough is the abortion surveillance state 🙃

And, because I'm nothing if not a sap, that time we went viral for the first time

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Farewell thread from one of my favorite accounts

toronto animal services is doing this “help save our dogs from their bad names” campaign to get dogs adopted and these are my favourites

WTF? The Sharpie guy is fucking with the weather services?!!!

This raspberry popover recipe for an oven-style air fryer is a nice sweet/savory dish. A popover is an American version of Yorkshire pudding.

disabledkitchenandgarden.ca/blog/air-fryer…

#Disabled #Spoonie #Cooking #Cooking WhileDisabled

Alison Arngrim takes Confessions of a Prairie Bitch across the USA! NYC, Chicago, Nashville, Louisville, Ptown, and SF are getting a little Nellie! spincyclenyc.com/index.php/thea…

A quick reminder, gardening is cool!
#gardenshour