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Ah... That time I tried to make a chocolate cake Rosetta stone.

Our students would benefit more from reading The Hunger Games or some sloppy John Green novels than the entirety of the 1619 Project

wild that the ancient egyptians worshipped some dude named horace. It's like, "who do you worship?" "uhh, edgar over there" how does anyone take this civilization seriously

Yes, I'd be really angry at Israel if they'd loaded up American civilians' phones with explosives instead of Lebanese militants'. Why do you ask?

After a summer hiatus, we're back to writing the podcast!

Eponymous heroes were central to cultures historically—Romulus/Aeneas/Caesar for Rome, Alexander for Alexandria, George Washington for the US, etc. Men need an Ideal to look up to; one that is both human and transcendent as archetype. This is beyond gender & political discourse!

Implicit is that Israel would keep not only the Philadelphi Corridor but also the Netzarim corridor. Ideally the postwar settlement would see Gaza divided into two or three separate zones divided by fortified corridors, with each zone under a different ruling group/clan.

TIL that the word "sardonic" comes from the Greek "Sardanos", or "Sardinian". This is a reference to a poisonous herb, likely the hemlock water dropwort, which was used in Sardinia for the execution of convicts. As the poison would paralyze the victim's muscles, his mouth would