That is not why Rome fell.

golf is like parenting it's fun because you can watch someone's entire day unravel before 10 am

New Tides of History: Carthage, Syracuse, and the Battle for Sicily. By 480 BC, Sicily had become a battleground for two rising powers, Carthage and the Greek colony of Syracuse. The remains of that battle still survive in the archaeological record. art19.com/shows/tides-of…

94 years old still going to the gas station for a cup of mud and a pack of heaters. One of the greats of his generation. Famously kind of a prick. Doesn't get more aspirational than this.

Having seen the eclipse I can see why I - a late Neolithic farmer - would give some of my agricultural surplus to a hereditary class of priests who can predict these things in advance and handle any cosmological complications

Lmao the answer to this question is just Grant pointing at the scoreboard

If you're a media person whose eyes glaze over after learning what some people do, then you're in the wrong industry. The entire job is learning about how other people operate. I literally don't think there's a single profession that I don't have dozens of questions about.

'Mobility is the single greatest human asset for dealing with adverse climatic conditions.'

Patrick Wyman providing hijackable power quotes in this week's TRASHFUTURE PODCAST: open.spotify.com/episode/29TkQf…

🚨The Mesoamerican Bill Simmons Podcast ft. Patrick Wyman🚨

Patrick Wyman discusses how societies in history have adapted climate change - including pre-dynastic Egypt, ancient India, and Early Modern Europe. Also - what if Bill Simmons was a Mesoamerican Ball Game commentator?

Caitlin Clark is one of the most special athletes I’ve ever seen. That kind of swagger is so rare.

New Tides of History: The Rise of Carthage. Carthage is known mostly as Rome's great rival, but it was a fascinating Mediterranean civilization in its own right. Follow along from its foundation as a Phoenician colony to the cusp of imperial ambition. art19.com/shows/tides-of…

The Houston Rockets to Rome’s Warriors

New Tides of History: The Rise of Carthage. Carthage is known mostly as Rome's great rival, but it was a fascinating Mediterranean civilization in its own right. Follow along from its foundation as a Phoenician colony to the cusp of imperial ambition. art19.com/shows/tides-of…

[person who is just learning about ships and bridges for the first time and also has a blue check on this website] OK first of all a big ship like that is not going to just run into something “accidentally.” And a bridge of all things? Like what are the odds?

New Tides of History: The Mediterranean World in 500 BC. Around 500 BC, Rome was shedding its kings, Carthage was about to become the greatest power in the Central Mediterranean, and Greece would soon enter its Classical Era. Let's take a tour. art19.com/shows/tides-of…

New Tides of History: The Mediterranean World in 500 BC. Around 500 BC, Rome was shedding its kings, Carthage was about to become the greatest power in the Central Mediterranean, and Greece would soon enter its Classical Era. Let's take a tour. art19.com/shows/tides-of…