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@drphiIphd @LegoRacers2 @KealaniSmith @ConsulofRome_ Weaving is the truly ancient textile creation method, which is what they were mostly using to make wool and linen. My understanding is that the “spool knitting” devices that people find that the dodecahedrons resemble are pretty specialized and you wouldn’t weave with one, but eh

@LegoRacers2 @Xenoscient @KealaniSmith @ConsulofRome_ Interesting, but they were obviously creating textiles already so perhaps this object was still used for that

These are Roman Dodecahedrons. Hundreds have been found across Europe dating back to the 2nd century and they are used for

@KealaniSmith @ConsulofRome_ we know a lot about what random things the Romans did, I’d say… and yes there were precursors to knitting and crochet that existed, but people think the dodecahedrons have resemblance specifically to spool knitting tools, which so far as we know were invented in the 1500s

@Xenoscient @ConsulofRome_ How would we know what everyday Roman women and girls did to fill their serving hours? They used a single needle technique, something of an ancestor to crochet. They fished with nets and that's the great ancestor of knitting. So as far as we know, they were very crafty.

@NeltnerJoe @ConsulofRome_ The Romans didn’t have knitting as far as we know.

@ConsulofRome_ Knitting

@KealaniSmith @ConsulofRome_ As far as we know, the Romans didn’t have knitting.

@ConsulofRome_ knitting of course

@Ragamuffine2 @atograisse @MattZeitlin Pretty sure he still pays property tax to Hawaii on his 98% share of Lanai, though Hawaii has the lowest effective property taxes of the states. Maybe they could discourage such hoarding by raising their property taxes!

@atograisse @MattZeitlin Ellison has an island

it really says so much about path dependency and institutional design that the fact that property taxes are often paid with your mortage payment means that people think of property taxes as part of the mortgage per se

@RepLaMalfa How about instead of complaining about that, you could address the gun violence in our community? amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…

Gavin Newsom says he’s approaching the Trump administration with an “open hand,” yet he’s spent millions trying to “Trump-proof” California. Is that “open hand” just reaching for more taxpayer dollars? California deserves better than this performative hypocrisy. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

@twicealist 🤔

@MasterTimBlais Imagine if the Taco Bell didn’t exist and there just wouldn’t be Baja blast flavor but you’d still have the capacity to taste Baja blast… there are surely thousands of Dews that you could taste that just happen to not exist

it continues to be wild to me that if the cinnamon tree didn't happen to exist there just *wouldn't be cinnamon flavour* and yet you'd still have the *capacity to taste cinnamon* and there are surely thousands of flavours you could taste that just happen to not exist

@AnonymousLeftie BYD has launched some stuff in mexico byd.com/us/news-list/B…

@JayBonThe1and2 @snazzeo Bernie beat Hillary in Wisconsin in 2016

@RonFilipkowski @DownloadVideo_

Slurring his words, Trump starts riffing about how he would rather be electrocuted to death than be eaten by a shark.

all this insane Newsom stuff really demonstrates the drawbacks of an executive system where one individual can singlehandedly derail everything and practically subvert democracy

@swan_of_tuonela I imagine that the trump mugshot getting released increases his odds of nomination

@DeSantisWarRoom @GetVid_

To wrap up “Pride Month,” let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it… twitter.com/ProudElephantU…

@DeSantisWarRoom @GetVideoBot

@MrBeast L

Was 40%+ body fat and now I’m sub 20% body fat. Give me 6 more months and I should be able to share some sick before and after pics 😊

I’ve been lifting religiously for 10 months (with trainer, 12k steps a day, good sleep, good diet) and I’ve gone from obese to just lean. I have a new found respect for jacked people, this takes forever lol

@kittyflandre The extra length of the 2000 election coverage switched us into the “dems are right wing” timeline

"Democrats are right wing because they use the color blue and blue is right wing in Europe" is one of the craziest takes ever lol twitter.com/yujionthatbeat…

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump over his illegal hush money payment to Stormy Daniels — making him the first former president in American history to face criminal charges. RT IF YOU'RE THRILLED!

@kittyflandre OK the safe libertarian is killing me

He made ANOTHER one?? Can we bully this guy into deleting his account? twitter.com/GalenMetzger1/…

@kittyflandre @ElonMusgraves Honestly wild to me that republicans nominated someone from a -12 religion to be president

@ElonMusgraves racism + white libs love to fetishize buddhism

buddhism +29 versus hinduism +8...why?