@LandsknechtPike What amazes me the most is how Italian and Spanish the French look.
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Virtus Martialis
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Virtus Martialis
@MarsdanVM
I'm looking at Historic European Martial Arts, from manuscripts and trainers to sharp reproductions and antiques.
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I found some interesting depictions of 16th century fashion from Costumes of All Nations (1882).
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@nonregemesse This is a good point, and why the ERA history is not overrated.
Europe would have been a different place if they had "collapsed" hundreds of years earlier.
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Haris Zachariades@h_a_zachariades
@Trylobotics @nonregemesse Of course it collapsed but the world would be very different if it had collapsed together with the Western part. We would know much less of Roman history, law, ancient knowledge, plus invasions from the East would have probably swept Europe.
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The fact that the *Romans were so resilient in the face of such overwhelming odds is a reason why they aren’t overrated.
People need to move beyond dated decline narratives.
Banałek@Trylobotics
@nonregemesse As a fan of Byzantine history - it's overrated. It's history is a long but steady territorial and cultural contraction. This was punctured by few (arguably 4) pulses of revival, which regained some of the previous loses but created more reasons for further contraction.
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@BoyceDan @SecretsOfDune I get what you are saying, at the same time, I can overlook that.
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@SecretsOfDune One of the things that has always bothered me with the Villeneuve Dune films (which I overall love) is the lack of stillsuit discipline. Particularly in characters keeping their mouths wide open in the deep desert. The movies don't really land just how dry Arrakis is.
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EU5 has overcome the need for Hungary.
Seaside Austria will be unstoppable.
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Anya Taylor-Joy says Alia Atreides is “one of a kind” in ‘DUNE: PART 3’
“There’s never been anybody like her. She’s named The Abomination, and a lot of people find her really creepy except for her brother. She has absolute prescience; she lives with the voice of generations of people in her head. She’s never in a singular conversation, and that can drive somebody a little bit crazy.”
(Source: @TODAYshow)
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@DiscussingFilm First pic (in the sun)... she looks crazy. Nice! 👍
It makes me just a bit more interested in the 3rd movie.
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@ArtorOtherThing Love the blade, hate the hilt.
Christian II of Saxony, father and brother have a lot of swords, sabres and rapiers attributed to them. They were gifting each other these items all the time.
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Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583-1611).
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@SamaHoole Yep! Pretty much! 😑
I keep cutting the grass in my yard, putting it in a bin, and pay to have it thrown away. If only I could turn that grass into food. 🤔
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Activist: "The water usage for beef is obscene. Thousands of litres per kilogram."
Farmer: "That's rainfall."
Activist: "What?"
Farmer: "The figure includes all the rain that falls on the pasture. The cows drink from the stream. The rain falls whether there's a cow here or not."
Activist: "It's still water consumption."
Farmer: "Should I stop the rain falling on my field?"
Activist: "Grow crops instead. More efficient."
Farmer: "This is a 35-degree slope in the Welsh hills. Show me the crop."
Activist: "Technology..."
Farmer: "To make tractors climb mountains?"
Activist: "There must be a solution."
Farmer: "There is. It's called a cow."
Activist: [checks phone]
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@SamaHoole Look at all the water that he's spraying around him. So wasteful. 🤣
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Here's a day in the life of water-guzzling Gerald.
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Sama Hoole@SamaHoole
Let's check in on Gerald's water consumption. Gerald woke up this morning and did the following: 6am - drank from his trough. Approximately 30 litres. In British beef cattle, this is 100% of Gerald's actual blue water use for the day. 6:15am - it rained on him. This has been counted in the statistics as Gerald consuming water. Gerald did not decide it would rain. Gerald did not apply for the rainfall. Gerald has not been asked whether he endorses the accounting methodology. 8am - Gerald ate grass. The grass required rainfall to grow. This rainfall has also been attributed to Gerald. The rain fell on the field in 1742 as well, when there was no spreadsheet. 10am - Gerald produced manure. The manure will go into the soil. The soil will grow more grass. The grass will need more rain. The rain will fall regardless of Gerald's continued employment on this farm. Gerald's daily blue water use: about 30 litres. The same as a moderately long shower. The headline figure: 15,000 litres per kilogram. The gap between those two numbers is rain. Gerald is not a drought. Gerald is what happens when you point rain at a field and give it a biological purpose. This is, broadly, what farming is.
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@bizlet7 I'm not a fan of hers... but she didn't annoy me as much for just being Zendaya as the change in her character did.
The change to Chani is bad, and the weakest part of the movies so far.
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@tszzl I would say that Chalamet as Paul was an inspired choice.
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@NornQueenKya Don't they kill you if you know too much anyway? 😅
Name the Greater Daemons... [any answer but what are those] 💥🔫
Why would you go on this game show... it's clearly a trap!
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My favorite part of this meme is the guardsman is screwed no matter what
Because a lot of citizens in the Imperium that would hold the bolter think theres only 9 holy Primarchs
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@BohuslavskaKate To use this phrase I recently learned from Europeans, "it's not our war." The street runs two ways.
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Don Bacon on Russia-Ukraine:
We shouldn't act like a referee in a boxing match between two equals. No, we have a victim, a democracy being invaded, and a dictator doing the invading. We should not act neutral. This is good versus evil.
I expect more from a Republican administration: stand up to the bully, stand up to Putin. I'm a Reagan Republican. I support negotiations, but there's right and wrong here, and we’re acting morally blind.
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@BohuslavskaKate Get Republicans to be classic Republicans again... it's better for the entire world.
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@EricWorsthorne @nonregemesse Except for one annoying change, this "schlock" is quite good.
The change in Chani made me lose interest in a 3rd movie, but the preview images, and the reveal that they will cover into Children of Dune got me back.
But I don't see it as a faithful book adaptation any longer.🫤
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@nonregemesse I so not going to even bother watching this schlock.
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Not really a tease, is it?
It’s a full blown spoilers for non-book readers
Variety@Variety
Denis Villeneuve teases the resurrection of Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho in #DunePartThree: “He comes back just at the right moment in the story. And it’s a very important comeback. Paul is struggling with his identity, and having that kind of strong Atreides figure coming back from the past will have a tremendous impact.” variety.com/2026/film/news…
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@nonregemesse Villeneuve is doing a good thing by not treating this as some sort of secret.
The book/movie discussions will reveal this anyway (Duncan's reincarnations are a basic known fact in the Dune universe).
Telling the public that Jason Momoa is back will fill more seats in theatres.
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@valigo Yes, because most people won't waste their time playing all the games. So when they pick up one or two, those should be in the blue/green segment.
And I might add a 70-79 range for games that are in a type category you are craving.
But less than 70? Why? Life's too short.
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Game journos invented this huge scale, but this is how a general public sees review scores.
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@RepDonBacon Art 1: NATO is not UN, it's a defensive organisation
Art 2: Encourage economic collaboration (no trade wars)
Art 3: Military cooperation
Art 4: Keep each other informed
Art 5: Mutual defence
Art 6: Limits to territories covered by the treaty
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But read the actual articles. 👍
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@RepDonBacon This conveys perfectly my feelings on the entire situation. Nobody sane will cry over dictators, but the way the US administration is going about doing things shows bad faith.🫤
Btw people, it takes 6 minutes to read the entire NATO treaty. Have a look.👍
nato.int/en/about-us/of…
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I’ve been very supportive of POTUS on Iran & believe getting rid of Maduro was good. But I’ve been appalled by this Admin's tone, rhetoric, tactics & strategy toward Europe. Denigrating our allies has been terrible. Weakness communicated to Putin has caused grave damage. Passive-aggressive communication toward President Zelenskyy is embarrassing. I hear from our allies about the damage this has done & it’s going to take time to repair.
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