Listed on Patreon at the moment, but not yet on the homepage or in the private RSS feed. I got an email notification about the new eps via Patreon, so presumably they’ll be available everywhere else shortly. The episodes are a combined 6h 45m!

I hope this doesn’t break any rules for this community. This podcast is about as non-sensational and well-researched as any journalistic article on historical topics, so this seemed like the best audience.

(I’m deliberately off Lemmy due to social issues in my country for the sake of my mental health. The mobile page on my instance doesn’t show the rules and I’m signing out right after posting this. Apologies if this was a prohibited post. Please feel free to repost somewhere else if needed as I won’t be logged in to see replies from mods or others.)

Enjoy! I know I will. Love this show. Best wishes to all history nerds reading this.

(Screenshot to validate claims about the eps and their length.)

Got her when she was a very sick chicken nugget, nursed and raised her, now she exists to spite God.

"OIG Investigators found that the DEA paid one airline employee tens of thousands of dollars over the past several years in proceeds from cash seized as a result of their tips. However, the vast majority of those airport seizures aren't accompanied by criminal prosecutions. This has led to years of complaints from civil liberties groups that the DEA is abusing civil asset forfeiture—a practice that allows police to seize cash and other property suspected of being connected to criminal activity such as drug trafficking, even if the owner is never arrested or charged with a crime."

In addition, Wright also was inspired by reading "The Seventh Sally", a short story from The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem, in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)#Development

If you have not read The Cyberiad, I cannot recommend it enough as a work of comic science fiction.

The main protagonists of the stories are Trurl and Klapaucius, two "constructor" robots who travel the galaxy, constructing fantastic machines. Nearly every character is either a humanoid robot or some sort of intelligent machine, with few living creatures ever appearing. These robots have for the most part organized themselves into proto-feudal societies with strict ranks and structures. The timeline of each story is relatively constrained, with the majority of the individual tales following one or both of the two protagonists as they find and aid civilizations and people in need of their creations, advice, or intervention. Though the thematic content of the stories is broad, most focus on problems of the individual and society, as well as on the vain search for human happiness through technological means.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cyberiad

If you haven't read Stanislaw Lem at all and you like science fiction, read Stanislaw Lem. He will blow your mind.

Consider the words on the screen. There are two sources of information.

1. The words, how they're arranged and such.

2. The meaning that you assign to the words. Meaning drawn from a lifetime of memories.

99% of the information comes from the assigned meaning. So 99% of what's going on here is you talking to yourself.

A British man admitted on Friday that he carried out an arson attack on a London commercial property linked to Ukraine, and that he had accepted pay from a foreign intelligence agency, in a case prosecutors have linked to Russia.

Jake Reeves, 22, pleaded guilty at London's Woolwich Crown Court to charges of aggravated arson on the premises belonging to a "Mr X" on an industrial estate in east London in March.

He also admitted a charge under Britain's new National Security Act (NSA) of obtaining a material benefit from a foreign intelligence service.

He denied a further charge under the NSA of engaging in preparations for an act endangering the life of a person or creating serious risk to the health or safety of the public, and prosecutors said they would not pursue that charge.

Last month another man, Dylan Earl, 20, also admitted carrying out the arson attack. He pleaded guilty to a preparatory act under the NSA, which was brought in last year to crack down on hostile activity by foreign states.

1. 🖼️ Aerial view of Centuripe, Italy (direct link) (👍365 👎4)

from Inhabited Beauty ([email protected])

Posted by PugJesus

2. 🖼️ Ark Fortress, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (direct link) (👍303 👎3)

from History Ruins ([email protected])

Posted by PugJesus

3. 🖼️ abandoned fisher hut near Staryi Solotvyn, Ukraine (direct link) (👍161 👎2)

from cozyplaces ([email protected])

Posted by takeheart

4. 🖼️ Congratulations to FlyingSquid for their Pic of the Week! (direct link) (👍162 👎13)

from pics ([email protected])

Posted by Theprogressivist

5. 🖼️ Catcidental Renaissance (direct link) (👍136 👎4)

from Accidental Renaissance ([email protected])

Posted by Barzaria

6. 🖼️ Nebula near LBN 325 (direct link) (👍89 👎0)

from Astrophotography ([email protected])

Posted by lefty7283

7. 🖼️ Teide at night. (direct link) (👍70 👎1)

from Photography ([email protected])

Posted by Palerider

8. 🖼️ Autumn in the city (direct link) (👍65 👎0)

from Photography ([email protected])

Posted by hydroptic

9. 🖼️ Tippy-toes [Leica M3 | 50mm Summicron | Portra 400] (direct link) (👍60 👎1)

from Film Photography ([email protected])

Posted by jwiggler

10. 🖼️ Loew's Kings theater, Brooklyn, NY (direct link) (👍40 👎0)

from AbandonedPorn ([email protected])

Posted by takeheart

11. 🖼️ Fall Lake, by Evelyn Berg (direct link) (👍30 👎0)

from Abstract Photography ([email protected])

Posted by quinacridone

12. 🖼️ Ikko Narahara, “Tokyo, the ’50s”, 1954-1958/1993 (direct link) (👍30 👎1)

from Street photography ([email protected])

Posted by AsimovsRobot

Inactive communities 👻

These communities have had no posts in the last month:

• EarthPorn
  • The internet's largest community of landscape photographers and Earth lovers.
• Reclaimed By Nature
  • A community dedicated to examples of nature fighting back and reclaiming aspects of human civilization. Be it whole buildings, simple structures, or smaller items.
• Travel Photography
  • No description
• wildlife photography
  • Welcome to our Wildlife Photography Community!
• Macro Photography
  • Share your own macro shots, discuss different lighting and composition techniques, seek advice on equipment, and discover the stories behind each captivating image.
• EarthPorn
  • No description
• Nature's Patterns - the beauty in the details
  • Lots of communities are dedicated to nature's big pictures, the breathtaking vistas and scenic landscapes. Those are all great, but I find the details of the natural world to be just as much of a draw.
• Japanese Photos & Photography in Japan
  • This is a community dedicated to Japanese photos. Feel free to post pictures of architecture, nature, or Japanese culture.
• OldPhotosInRealLife
  • Comparing past and present locations through photography, on Lemmy.world
• Top View
  • A place to share pictures taken from above, that reveal interesting views, fascinating places or different angles to places.
• Photos
  • A group for interesting Photos.. Please mark anything NSFW appropriately
• Photo Critique
  • Trying to create a similar space to /r/photocritique
• Cityporn
  • Good looking cities (no NSFW)
• room porn
  • No description

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

🖼️ Hidden playroom under the stairs. (direct link), posted in room porn (👍76 👎4)

Posted by Martineski

The main links are using lemmyverse.link which should redirect to the post on your own instance. If you have not used this before, you may need to go direct to https://lemmyverse.link/ and click on 'configure instance'. Some apps will open posts correctly when using the direct link.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/19559845

I need my truth but my wallet is empty. help

https://t.me/exilenova_plus/3571

Cats.