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Taking a moment to admire the 14-foot gilded bronze equestrian statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, born on this day in 121 AD. A truly miraculous survival from ancient Rome, the statue has been preserved inside the Capitoline Museums since 1981 with a reproduction taking its place outside in Piazza del Campidoglio. Catalogues of Rome’s standing monuments compiled in the age of Constantine suggest that at least 22 of these ‘great horses’ (equi magni) – some many times bigger than this statue of Marcus – could be seen around the ancient city by the 4th century. The equestrian statue is not only the last of these remaining, it is the only complete equestrian bronze statue of an emperor to survive from the entire Roman world, spared from being melted down due to the mistaken belief that it depicted Constantine, the first ruler to convert to Christianity.

l wonder if Jack Skellington thinks about fat white chicks that live in trailer parks as much as they think about him.

“Thou shall not kill.” — God to Moses on Mt. Sinai

Genuinely the most psychotic thing I've ever heard

@baseballhall It sucks someone like Bernie Williams got fucked over for players like this.

Our newest Hall of Famers are closer than you might think. 🔹 Andruw Jones: Born April 23, 1977, with 434 home runs 🔹 Carlos Beltrán: Born April 24, 1977, with 435 home runs

@xurbanxcowboyx I see a lot of this discourse since moving to the area, I live in the east bay but one thing never discussed being who these housing projects are built for? Something like that rendering is not for teachers or baristas who commute an hour for their job. Where are their houses?

Now there's a standard single family home sprawl never gets held to 😂 There's several problems with this line of thinking. First of all, you're ultimately asking for increased costs Secondly, it doesn't matter how nice new MF projects are -- NIMBYs will choose to find something they hate about it and pretend like it is some unacceptable assault on their honor as a human being Take the Safeway Marina project in SF -- beautiful project being built in a city that sorely needs housing, but you can find a billion complaints from every direction from boomer NIMBYs who don't like the shadows it casts, or it doesn't fit the "character" of the neighborhood, "we need housing but not that much," etc. etc. In theory I'd love to have constructive conversations about optimally building new projects for beauty and utility, but sadly once you start allowing for excuses not to build in American cities, they never end

@pat_hedger Can you share a verifiable statistic that shows a data center bringing down electrical grid costs?

Perhaps Mills realized Maine’s electricity is already some of the most expensive in the country without a meaningful data center presence, and that data centers can help bring down grid costs. Regardless, kudos.

Shrinkflation pisses me off so bad because not only are you ripping me off but you're gaslighting me. I go talking about how there's less crackers in each sleeve and people treat me like I'm crazy. What's actually crazy is what we're putting up with from these corpos.

Capitalism breeds innovation.

"Everything in Florida sucks, but please keep us in power..." lol

Nothing for parks. Nothing for health care. Unlimited billions for ICE and for war. x.com/factpostnews/s…

I honestly thought this was a joke, but it's not. These people are very much the dumbest humans on the planet and are in charge of a very large country.

THE DESECRATION OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES 2017: New Era logo on hat 2020: Nike logo on the front 2023: Starr Insurance patch 2025: Facial hair policy removal 2026: Alternate uniforms COMING IN 2027: CITY CONNECT COMING IN 2028: NAMES ON JERSEYS

This weekend there will be a naval blockade at a chokepoint in a waterway through which some of the world’s most valuable resources will flow.

i interviewed marketers about their ai-obsessed bosses

This should be making international headlines. Every alarm bell known to mankind should be ringing. This is dangerous and genuinely catastrophic

in what word do the champions of the last 3 of 4 wnba championships have the FOURTH most televised games. make it make sense. make. it. make. sense.

Lmao

And it begins Sullivan & Cromwell just admitted to a federal judge its court filings contained AI hallucinations The firm apologized to the federal judge as they had to submit multiple corrections focused around: • Fictitious Case Names: The filing included names of legal cases that do not exist • Fabricated Quotes: The document contained direct quotes that were never actually spoken or written • Non-existent Statutes: The AI incorrectly analyzed or entirely invented provisions within the U.S. Bankruptcy Code The primary team and secondary review all failed to catch these errors, meanwhile the firm's partners bill $2,000+ per hour

Yea we joke about the double standard in the media, but this is legitimately insane.