Josh Vance

SAM ALTMAN: “WE SEE A FUTURE WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS A UTILITY, LIKE ELECTRICITY OR WATER, AND PEOPLE BUY IT FROM US ON A METER.”

🇺🇸⚡️- Several gunshots have been heard at the White House. - ABC News.

Emily Wilson completely changed the meaning of a key word in the Odyssey to make it seem like Helen of Troy didn't blame herself for starting the Trojan War, when in fact the text makes it clear that she did. In 4.145-146, Helen calls herself κυνώπιδος (dog-faced). This is an insult meaning "shameless." It is commonly used to refer to unfaithful lovers. For example, it is used elsewhere in the Odyssey (8.319) to refer to Aphrodite after she cheats on Hephaestus with Ares. Fagles translates 4.145-146 to: "all you Achaeans fought at Troy, launching your headlong battles just for my sake, shameless whore that I was.” Lattimore translates 4.145-146 to: "for the sake of shameless me, the Achaians went beneath Troy, their hearts intent upon reckless warfare." Wilson completely changes the meaning of κυνώπιδος to "hounded" (she is trying to be cute by translating 'dog-faced' to a word that still relates to dogs, even though its actual meaning is completely unrelated). She then applies this word to the Achaeans, saying that they were hounded, not Helen. Her translation is in the image below. This is obviously an ideological change that she made because she personally believes Helen shouldn't be blamed for the Trojan War. She deliberated distorted the meaning of one of the foundational texts of Western literature to conform with her modern beliefs.

Bicentennial decorations at The Arcade in Cleveland

Coca-Cola commercial from 1976 The past is a foreign country

It’s not an antisemitic conspiracy theory when a foreign lobby openly brags that they bought two congressional seats with candidates who will be loyal to Israel.

My parents were at the 1976 Bicentennial at Valley Forge and have told me my whole life how big of a deal it was Tons of people came, covered wagons that ACTUALLY traveled from every state with parades 250th doesn't feel as big. It was a different country

Haitians actually eat dirt cookies, they called bonbon tè. Women go and buy sacks of dirt, often on credit, and mix them with a bit of fat and salt 😋

Haitians actually eat dirt cookies, they called bonbon tè. Women go and buy sacks of dirt, often on credit, and mix them with a bit of fat and salt 😋