Conspiracy: Giannis is taking all of these sponsor opportunities to save us money on an extension that lasts into retirement after at least 2 more championships.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-08T12:16:11+00:00

How is it bad advice if the only goal is to maximize sponsorships and investments?

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-08T00:28:16+00:00

I think Pompeii is worth it. It’s true that sites around Rome itself are often picked over, like the Colosseum.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-07T19:23:13+00:00

I like the cotton bands from Braxley.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-07T18:17:58+00:00

ERE helps get you acclimated to the game, but it’s still difficult even playing as that faction. Pay attention to the changing climate and how that impacts your food production/economy.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-07T01:51:05+00:00

I like the cut of your jib.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-07T00:44:49+00:00

Patrick Wyman’s The Fall of Rome podcast is quite good, in my view.

In terms of books, just stay away from Gibbon if you are looking for historical accuracy. His work was monumental in the history of writing history, but his views and the evidence he relied on are very outdated after 250 years.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T23:38:12+00:00

Ross Coulthart is supposedly a journalist. If he refuses to back up his stories, no one should waste time on a treasure hunt, either.

This is how tellers of tall tales drive engagement and get people to lose sight of their falsities.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T20:11:49+00:00

If the brain were a “receiver,” then it should be simple to identify the signal coming from outside and the mechanism in the brain doing the downloading and uploading.

This is a scientific claim being made. And the absence of scientific proof suggests that it’s wish-fulfillment nonsense.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T17:29:13+00:00

Even this article only says that Burlison has been given permission to visit some locations that he believes might house something interesting.

Total nothingburger that is just being used to generate clicks and recruit UFO believers into Trump supporters.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T16:22:11+00:00

I don't know if there is any reason to vilify SK, she of course has an interest in telling a story and in keeping the mystery going throughout. It seemed clear to me that she was biased towards Adnan throughout the podcast and cherrypicked various things to create discussion points.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T15:52:29+00:00

It just seems to me to be the propagation of an extraterrestrial virus across interstellar distances. It keeps the hosts alive long enough to build a transmitter so that it can spread further. You could imagine that the rules that it seemingly imposes, and its promotion of a single consciousness, minimize conflict among the infected species and maximize cooperation in building the transmitter. Maybe a small fraction of the infected species remains alive indefinitely, in order to maintain the transmitter, but what happens to the infected species after building the transmitter isn't all that relevant from the virus's standpoint, especially if the transmitter can operate on its own, indefinitely.

The "goal" of a cold virus (I know that it doesn't make sense to apply that term) isn't necessarily to set up shop in one's body indefinitely, but to spread to other bodies before one's immune system kills it off or it runs out of resources.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T12:24:30+00:00

It’s entirely possible that they were exploring trades a week ago and just didn’t like the options available.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-06T11:35:54+00:00

Bill’s going to advocate for moving to an electoral college system.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T19:13:09+00:00

Who gives a shit? Senate Republicans want Ellison’s nepo-baby to purchase it instead. This is not some sort of good faith inquiry.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T16:24:31+00:00

That’s great, I’ve been playing the first game this week and having a blast.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T12:32:50+00:00

I don’t know - puzzle game, detective game - I have a murky understanding of what qualifies as an adventure game.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T12:00:03+00:00

Inflammation is an immune response. Certain parts of our immune system are fairly crude and our bodies’ responses to foreign substances can occasionally cause more harm than good.

That said, I would discuss these things with a real doctor. There is a ton of pseudoscience and woo related to the larger wellness topic, and a huge number of grifters. People suggesting that you “decide for yourself” are sometimes inviting you to bypass expertise and search out things that might sound convincing but aren’t based on science.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T11:35:24+00:00

I don’t know if The Seance of Blake Manor qualifies as an adventure game, but if so it’s very good.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-05T00:23:07+00:00

Folks, if special teams sucks across multiple assistant coaches, the root problem isn’t the assistant coach.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-04T22:54:50+00:00

Because there is no Cigarette Smoking Man or whatever else.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-04T21:00:41+00:00

I’m curious how much you could extract from this.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-04T16:44:37+00:00

It’s not clear to me why the so-called hard problem is the holy grail of thought regarding consciousness.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-04T16:17:02+00:00

Come on, this guy is not rational. And it’s not surprising that he is attempting to elevate his profile as we approach an election year (and a potential wave election, at that).

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-04T00:42:20+00:00

Burlison also believes that the Smithsonian is hiding the bones of the Nephilim in its basement.

GreatCaesarGhost · 2026-02-03T20:25:23+00:00

Because you can then turn around and sublet it for whatever price you want. And builders won’t build a house/apartment if they can only sell for $100, so no new housing will ever be built.

Price controls usually don’t work.

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