Rootless Cosmopolitan
@rootlessctan.bsky.social
You didn’t like the almost communist way of shopping, where you come in, point at something, pay, and then someone will get it?
Only difference is that in Argos, this is often the same person, not 3 grumpy women.
Only difference is that in Argos, this is often the same person, not 3 grumpy women.
it is but i remember the first time i went there and how fucking weird it felt
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You didn’t like the almost communist way of shopping, where you come in, point at something, pay, and then someone will get it?
Only difference is that in Argos, this is often the same person, not 3 grumpy women.
Only difference is that in Argos, this is often the same person, not 3 grumpy women.
That was a very lucid explanation of who ran the Athenian economy, and it worked. Thanks!
You hinted at this a little, but did the Greeks have the same proto-limited liability company as the Romans by using slaves as the liable parties in an incorporated structure?
You hinted at this a little, but did the Greeks have the same proto-limited liability company as the Romans by using slaves as the liable parties in an incorporated structure?
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
That was a very lucid explanation of who ran the Athenian economy, and it worked. Thanks!
You hinted at this a little, but did the Greeks have the same proto-limited liability company as the Romans by using slaves as the liable parties in an incorporated structure?
You hinted at this a little, but did the Greeks have the same proto-limited liability company as the Romans by using slaves as the liable parties in an incorporated structure?
That ship sailed in 2016. What is new is that it is clear that it is a driving force across the UK political spectrum.
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
That ship sailed in 2016. What is new is that it is clear that it is a driving force across the UK political spectrum.
Slackware 3, I believe, with kernel 1.2 in ’94 or ‘95.
Not long after that I ordered a cd from Walnut Creek CDROMs, with redhat linux.
It was the first thing I bought on the internet and I was surprised to see it actually arrive.
Not long after that I ordered a cd from Walnut Creek CDROMs, with redhat linux.
It was the first thing I bought on the internet and I was surprised to see it actually arrive.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Slackware 3, I believe, with kernel 1.2 in ’94 or ‘95.
Not long after that I ordered a cd from Walnut Creek CDROMs, with redhat linux.
It was the first thing I bought on the internet and I was surprised to see it actually arrive.
Not long after that I ordered a cd from Walnut Creek CDROMs, with redhat linux.
It was the first thing I bought on the internet and I was surprised to see it actually arrive.
Indeed! According to the ONS, a full 70% of net migration were British nationals!
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Indeed! According to the ONS, a full 70% of net migration were British nationals!
Brilliant! I really liked Chris Wickham’s ‘Medieval Europe’, which is more focused on the early medieval period. This seems like a good complement.
Köszi
Köszi
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brilliant! I really liked Chris Wickham’s ‘Medieval Europe’, which is more focused on the early medieval period. This seems like a good complement.
Köszi
Köszi
Any book recommendations on that topic?
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Any book recommendations on that topic?
The Cornelius Johnson portraits were a lot of fun to show to my son who is also growing up in London with two Dutch parents.
He was moderately impressed.
He was moderately impressed.
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Cornelius Johnson portraits were a lot of fun to show to my son who is also growing up in London with two Dutch parents.
He was moderately impressed.
He was moderately impressed.
@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social - are you somehow involved with the Frieze Masters exhibition in London? Works by Cornelius Johnson and Pieter Brueghel the Younger you showed here were on prominent display there.
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social - are you somehow involved with the Frieze Masters exhibition in London? Works by Cornelius Johnson and Pieter Brueghel the Younger you showed here were on prominent display there.