History, Politics And Current Affairs

Agree wholeheartedly. Couple flaws here and there, but they are minor. Loved the greater interpretation Nolan brought to Odysseus w.r.t the Illiad that we dont find in Homer's work directly (though it is implied somewhat). Wont give spoilers on that, highly recommended to watch to see what one makes...

heh, monty was a badass.

guess chewie took the pic?

Thx Johnnie!

If I am not mistaken, that's a Spanish flag in the pic?

yeah I'd say...

...sheesh!

The researcher/author does a good job exploring the whole Ellora complex in detail and 4K. Decent narration too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgbM6i67dU His whole channel is worth checking out (slowly! if it is your cup of tea)....especially if you will likely never visit these places. These thi...

Nice, thank you kindly!

Interesting its located in Texas rather than one of the pacific coast states...

damn thats pretty.

they should a drone show there too if you ask me

Do a bit of the old blofeld retreat (OHMSS) I suppose conceptually. There are acclimatization preparations you can do a week beforehand at ground level, live in some thermobaric gradually changed environment and all for a while....but that (or the inverse, O2 supply while you are there)....all takes...

pretty neat, thanks!

successful splashdown of artemis 2 !

outlook is notoriously buggy and badly coded, I think I had pretty much identical issue with it yesterday ironically (two instances, as update induced lag of opening 1st instance made me think i didnt open one yet... and then white screen app doom loop as it sees non-completion of log-in from its en...

Was excellent to watch it all happen live. Outstanding.

God speed to the crew for a fully successful mission.

From what I understand its combo of: - Worry about damage - Zahi ego + nativist sentiment (everything got to go through us, as counter-reaction to us having no say on that for long time before and what was taken, damaged, destroyed etc)....so a general scapegoating of foreigner spurred/led archaeolo...

Yup pretty excellent movie, stayed quite faithful to the book too.

Go watch it! Good movies are kind of rarer these days.

Zahi Hawass (and thus Egypt govt) I assume is still deadset against poking around underground?

Belushi TD wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:20 pm That looks like its just waiting for the exact right set of circumstances to split open and emit a face eating alien of some sort.