#decline and fall

[internetgreatesthits]

[danskjavlarna]

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Some intriguing vintage sentence diagrams.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

5 September, 2025: Heard on the news, today

Donald J. Trump is planning on signing an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.*

It's like he's trying to be a mustache-twirling villain.

*even though that's Congress's job

[eisenkrahe]

I sought this show out because I was intrigued by the photographs I saw from it. I'd actually never heard of the book. (And it's kind of unusual for me to not have heard of a book.) This is the funniest f****** thing I have seen in a long time. Plus they have David Suchet🤩

[zanmor]

Has anyone done a comparative analysis of the late bronze age collapse and the "fall" of the Roman Empire?

That seems like you could tease out some interesting and informative things, especially in what does decline actually look like and mean for these sorts of elaborate institutions.

[bonewhiteglory]

Playing With Fire - Godflesh

[yeats-infection]

some malkmus / pavement screengrabs from 1992-4

frankfurt 1994 - reading 1992 - australia 1993 - london 1992 - rennes 1992 - bielefeld 1992

[anjing-jam]

Asexual icon Mr Prendergast