In medieval Europe, spices from outside the world known to Europeans made it there through chains of traders and were luxury items. (IIRC, a spice from what is now Indonesia is recorded as having been a gift at a wedding in what is now Poland in the 13th century.) I’m guessing the definition of “known to” in this post is similar: Romans had access (at a price) to goods from these places, though nobody from the Roman world had actually been there, or even met anyone from there.
As far as the ancient European world goes, I think the furthest east they actually got were some sort-lived Greek-speaking states in the vicinity of India.
I heard that that answer wasn’t on Wheel Of Fortune, but a game show for newlyweds, where the host asked “What’s the strangest place you’ve made love?”
My Neighbour Totoro is a pretty foundational movie in the Studio Ghibli canon, beloved by generations - the mascot of the studio, even! - and admired by solarpunks. But what is it about this movie that is so inspiring? The visuals are beautiful, but what about the plot and conflict? Is there conflict? Compared to, say, the...
Perhaps the NRx-curiosity is a natural consequence of the Guardian’s “gender-critical” editorial stance? Look at all the other TERFs jumping into bed with actual masks-off Nazis.
There’s a level of Irishness that’s only attainable to 1/16-Irish Americans, and forever off limits to anybody actually in Ireland. Indeed, if you have it, going there and straying too far from tourist attractions and pubs with folk-music sessions into the modern Ireland of logistics parks and data centres and corporate tax shelters and rap/techno/pop music without a single fiddle in it and hipsters with bicycles and laptops and tattoos not featuring shamrocks will risk forever losing your connection to the mystical emerald isle in your heart.
They should at least release data sheets and any bootloader signing keys, allowing people to reuse the devices for other purposes. If you could replace the firmware, I’m sure you could use it for controlling your home automation setup or displaying the weather/news/train times/other info (or possibly other tasks depending on what’s in the SoC). Now, alas, it’s just e-waste.
After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance’s Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other’s...
Sweden has a tripwire force on the island, as of shortly after the invasion of Crimea. Within hours, it would be joined by larger forces from the mainland, and quite possibly from NATO allies such as Poland and Finland. The Russians would have a considerably worse time than in Ukraine.
If everything is going normally, it’s a fairly easy posting on a picturesque island best known for holidays. If the shit hits the fan, your death will be a heroic one.
Pet policy (lemmy.world)
Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control in China: An Army of Eyes and Ears (www.nytimes.com)
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Buckfast Tonic Wine - Tasting Notes (lemmy.world)
Roman World (lemmy.world)
‘Right in the Butt’: Dirty ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fail Belongs in Hall of Fame (www.thedailybeast.com)
Voluntary Mandatory rule (slrpnk.net)
Amtrak Borealis launches, connecting Chicago and Twin Cities – NBC Chicago (www.nbcchicago.com)
Highway bandits in Mexico make off with 40 tons of avocados (abcnews.go.com)
The Solarpunk Storytelling of My Neighbour Totoro (youtu.be)
My Neighbour Totoro is a pretty foundational movie in the Studio Ghibli canon, beloved by generations - the mascot of the studio, even! - and admired by solarpunks. But what is it about this movie that is so inspiring? The visuals are beautiful, but what about the plot and conflict? Is there conflict? Compared to, say, the...
My absolute favorite image ever created (lemmy.world)
Jetpack man - Unknown person or object that has been observed flying what appears to be an unauthorized jetpack around LA (en.wikipedia.org)
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ (www.theguardian.com)
The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.
X considers "cisgender" a slur, and moderates it over actual slurs (www.salon.com)
[INSPO] What would you call this style? (lemmy.world)
Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the millennial generation (www.ctvnews.ca)
I bet they're all ghosts. Getting yourself frozen just screams "unfinished business" (lemmy.world)
Irbs (sh.itjust.works)
Sounds legit, sovcit. (lemmy.world)
Such a quirky, yet inoffensive art style for my corporate shitpost (lemmy.world)
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
Everything on the Internet is true (lemmy.world)
You think people do that? Go on the internet and tell lies?
Couldn't get pics of the inside, my camera went funny for some reason (sh.itjust.works)
Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief (www.politico.eu)
After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance’s Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other’s...
Spain, Norway and Ireland will recognize a Palestinian state | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
This is quite big! Kudos to them.