The Romans were fascists, not always, but Caesar was murdered by his peers and friends because he turned the Republic into a dictatorship.
The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire and its emperors laid the ideological foundation for the divine right of kings later claimed by the monarchs of Europe.
The first official act of his successor, Augustus, was to force the senate to pass a law declaring Caesar a god, and being his legal son, well, that made him a god too.
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Almost done with “Genius”, by Gleick.
Feynman had his faults, to be sure, but I finally have enough context to appreciate his work.
His style and posture regarding the nature of physical reality resonates deeply. I can’t help but feel some regret that I didn’t get exposed to him as a kid. I think it would have been very grounding.
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deleted whatsapp and the response I’m getting is that I’ve somehow done something wrong, like nobody else has ever heard about all the evil shit FB/Meta/Zuck have been doing over the last 20 years… but I have to explain myself!
That’s it, that was the last pound of flesh I personally had in their pincers. Guess people I know will just have to text, email or use signal to contact me. How utterly inconvenient and inconsiderate of me 😑
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This Space Jazz Requiem is perfectly hitting the vibe I am feeling this New Year’s Eve
David Bowie - Lazarus
https://youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8?si=BAAcyg9dPU7PP8gN
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Also, just want to add that getting the train routing working properly is so much fun! If I had the money or space when I was a kid to get into model train stuff I would definitely have done so… also one of my favourite real life places in the world is Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg! This scratches a certain itch #factorio
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Decided to spend my holiday binge playing #factorio. I knew it had been a while, but yeah, I have no concept of time. I last played when it was still in beta and “beat it” (part of why I lost interest).
Wow, there is so much more mid-game now. When I last played there were no science packs above purple.
I barely needed a working railroad before and now I have this crazy network going and haven’t even gotten to making yellow science packs yet.
The creature AI seems less aggressive than before, I’ve been doing my best to keep pollution low with lots of solar power, but I get the feeling that it’s going to worse suddenly.
Anyway, tons of fun 😊
Happy New Year, everyone!
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It’s not new, just the same old boys club doing the same thang they’ve always done #CIE
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Shall we give this movement against #DEI a name? How about #CIE (pronounced sigh) - Conformity, Inequity, and Exclusion
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