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This is good. Rivers in Europe are at such drought levels they've uncovered ancient stones engraved with messages warning of hunger and famine.
Going into 3 days off and 38 degree temperatures I know - These are the days.
LINK: Hunger Stones
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A couple of links to spur your curiosity this morning:
#1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavius_(ship)
#2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Baychimo
Proof that the world can still be an interesting place, if you know where to look. Imagine a hundred years from now, when globalization has collapsed and the abandoned cargo ships, still laden with useless consumer products, are discovered adrift by our primitive heirs...
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A selection of curious and charms excavated from a villa in Pompeii, believed to be used in fertility or other spells.
I rather like the eclectic nature of it - the Egyptian amulets & beads, Roman, shells, etc. A 1st Century "Wunderkabinet".
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sorceresss-kit-was-discovered-ashes-pompeii-180972907/
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Now at the point where I have to actually start thinking if I'm going to continue playing - continuing at the level I'm at is too painful - so, searching around for another chess site on which to begin honing my skills.
And I found this: Lichess.org
Free, open source (not that I need that), and - a bonus, whereas chess.com frequently crashes my browser, or becomes unresponsive or takes far too long to make a move - this site works clean and quick. Note that this is not necessarily a flaw in the site - my laptop crashes on many sites - usually a result of too many embedded ads or media, videos, etc. - long overdue for a "better laptop" - but it does help to play something in real-time so I can assess quickly how and where I'm fucking up.
Now to get better...
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To sum it up, like too much of our history, there has been no reckoning.
We've grown too used to normalizing numbing injustice, incompetence and criminality. This is yet another example.
An excellently written article, thoroughly researched and well documented on a topic nobody cares to discuss:
Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/covid-us-death-rate/626972/