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[I'm not trying to argue, I just sound that way online] | will arbitrarily block users who utilize AI, AI imagery | A Better World Is Possible | pronoun is Comrade
[I'm not trying to argue, I just sound that way online] | will arbitrarily block users who utilize AI, AI imagery | A Better World Is Possible | pronoun is Comrade
old place trendings
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
old place trendings
![It was built beginning in 1930, to house the expanded offices of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Construction was completed on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building to the north of Independence Avenue in 1930, but Depression-era agriculture programs demanded far more office space than the main building could provide. The phased construction was completed in 1936. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
Completed in 1936, the South Building was the largest office building in the world until the completion of the Pentagon, with dimensions of 458 feet (140 m) by 944 feet (288 m) in seven stories with 4500 rooms.[2] The building's design is credited to Louis A. Simon of the Federal Office of the Supervising Architect. The South Building was joined to the Administration Building by two enclosed pedestrian bridges spanning Independence Avenue, thus consolidating USDA operations into one complex. The single-span stone arches form a dramatic accent on Independence Avenue. The soffits of the bridges are faced with Guastavino tile. The east bridge is dedicated to Seaman A. Knapp, while the west bridge commemorates Agriculture Secretary James Wilson.[3] The new building contained laboratory space as well as offices. It was originally referred to as the "Extensible Building", which could be expanded in a phased fashion.[2] Phasing was necessary due to the time required to acquire such a large parcel of land.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4ug4cbrc7divc32qiyumbul/bafkreic6k2jufnyvr4ygvh57qvkyuotvi5fkhyeu5twy6j53imkgsqjpou@jpeg)
didn't expect this....
"Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen."
"Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen."
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
didn't expect this....
"Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen."
"Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen."
so much for "digital natives"....
With my studenst it's either a .Doc/DocX , a .PDF, a physical set of papers, or they've failed to submit any work
With my studenst it's either a .Doc/DocX , a .PDF, a physical set of papers, or they've failed to submit any work
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
so much for "digital natives"....
With my studenst it's either a .Doc/DocX , a .PDF, a physical set of papers, or they've failed to submit any work
With my studenst it's either a .Doc/DocX , a .PDF, a physical set of papers, or they've failed to submit any work
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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"The Bicycle Thieves" but Star Wars
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"The Bicycle Thieves" but Star Wars
... Powell & Pressburger film, but Star Wars?
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
... Powell & Pressburger film, but Star Wars?
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
50cent thrift score, for all those trying to fly somewhere
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
50cent thrift score, for all those trying to fly somewhere
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
![According to Herodotus, Croesus encountered the Greek sage Solon and showed him his enormous wealth.[26] Croesus, secure in his own wealth and happiness, asked Solon who the happiest man in the world was, and was disappointed by Solon's response that three had been happier than Croesus: Tellus, who died fighting for his country, and the brothers Kleobis and Biton who died peacefully in their sleep after their mother prayed for their perfect happiness because they had demonstrated filial piety by drawing her to a festival in an oxcart themselves.
Croesus showing his treasures to Solon. Frans Francken the Younger, 17th century
Solon goes on to explain that Croesus cannot be the happiest man because the fickleness of fortune means that the happiness of a man's life cannot be judged until after his death. Sure enough, Croesus' hubristic happiness was reversed by the tragic deaths of his accidentally killed son and, according to Ctesias, his wife's suicide at the fall of Sardis, not to mention his defeat at the hands of the Persians.
The interview is in the nature of a philosophical disquisition on the subject "Which man is happy?" It is legendary rather than historical. Thus, the "happiness" of Croesus is presented as a moralistic exemplum of the fickleness of Tyche, a theme that gathered strength from the fourth century, revealing its late date. The story was later retold and elaborated by Ausonius in The Masque of the Seven Sages,[27] in the Suda (entry "Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξ," which adds Aesop and the Seven Sages of Greece),[28][29] and by Tolstoy in his short story "Croesus and Fate".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4ug4cbrc7divc32qiyumbul/bafkreicrv7vrvaoa24ytvn6hueiespifuuj64gij2jrka4agjre55m3emi@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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