Giovanni

Sono nato e so già che morirò ma voglio almeno provarci! Siate il meglio di qualsiasi cosa siete! #daje!

[Ancient History Hub @AncientHistorry]

In 458 BC, Rome was on the brink of collapse.

An invading army had trapped the Roman consul and his legion in a mountain pass. Panic spread through the city. The Senate did the only thing they could think of:

They sent messengers to find a 60-year-old farmer plowing his field.

His name was Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. He had once been a senator, then lost his fortune paying his son's bail. Now he worked his own four-acre plot just to feed his family.

When the Senate's envoys arrived, they found him sweating behind a plow. They asked him to put on his toga so they could deliver an official message.

The message: Rome was making him dictator. Absolute power. Total command of the army. No checks. No oversight. No term limit.

He accepted.

Within 16 days, Cincinnatus had raised an army, marched out, surrounded the enemy, and forced their surrender. The republic was saved.

He had legal authority to rule for six months. He could have stayed. He could have expanded his power. He could have done what every other ruler in human history did when handed unlimited control.

Instead, he resigned on day 16.

He took off the toga, walked back to his farm, and finished plowing the field he'd left half-done.

Twenty years later, when Rome faced another crisis, they called him back. He was 80 years old. He took command, crushed the conspiracy, and resigned again, this time after just 21 days.

He died poor. On his farm.

2,200 years later, when George Washington was offered a kingship after winning the American Revolution, he refused and went home to Mount Vernon. The reason he was hailed as "the American Cincinnatus" is because Europeans literally could not believe a man who had won would willingly give up power.

King George III, on hearing Washington would resign rather than rule, said: "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

The lesson isn't that Cincinnatus was humble.

The lesson is that for most of human history, the people most qualified to lead were the ones who didn't want to. And the moment a society starts rewarding those who chase power instead of those who flee from it is the moment the republic begins to die.

Cincinnati, Ohio is named after him.

Most people who live there have no idea why.

[FIA @fia]

The FIA is saddened to learn of the passing of Alex Zanardi, the former Formula 1 driver, two-time CART champion whose journey from life-changing accident to Paralympics gold medallist made him one of sport’s most admired competitors and an enduring symbol of courage and determination.

[NASA HQ PHOTO @nasahqphoto]

Liftoff of #Artemis II on it's way to the Moon! Check out photos - https://t.co/0AEy2WWeQo

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@orporick Esattamente

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@ViotDenis @guidoolimpio Chi è?

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@johnnypalomba @PasqualeR_ITA Si chiama "tifo". Prima lo applicavamo ad una palla che rotola, ora a questioni scientifiche, cronaca, geopolitica...tutto, perdendo ogni opportunità di tenere la bocca chiusa e mandare così ossigeno al cervello

[🍓🍓🍓 @iruletheworldmo]

i never want to read any other way again.

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@aforista_l @NicolaPorro Dettagli

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@MariMa51455 @ultimoranet Noi al massimo processiamo gli stallieri

[Lukyluke31 @Lukyluke311]

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡Almeno 10 aerei da trasporto militare C-17A Globemaster III della USAF sono arrivati ​​alla base RAF di Fairford, nel Gloucestershire, o stanno attraversando l'Atlantico provenienti dagli Stati Uniti. I velivoli sono contrassegnati con la dicitura "special missions".
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[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

Ma davvero di può fare così? In questo modo? #NicolasMaduro #venezuela #Trump

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@LucaBizzarri @bicimarco #nonhannounamico non vale solo per politici ma anche per noi poveri micetti da tastiera. Buon anno Luca! Grazie per essere te stesso! :)

[Honda HRC Castrol - MotoGP @HRC_MotoGP]

Art

[MotoTingle 🔧 @mototingle]

Each and very one of us…

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

We are loosing every possible sense of the human being

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.

That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.

It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.

It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.

Billionaire greed is out of control.

[Report @reportrai3]

Questa notte un ordigno è stato piazzato sotto l’auto del giornalista e conduttore di Report, Sigfrido Ranucci. L'auto è saltata in aria, danneggiando anche l’altra auto di famiglia e la casa accanto. Sul posto carabinieri, Digos, vigili del fuoco e scientifica. La Procura di competenza si è attivata per le verifiche necessarie ed è stato avvisato il Prefetto.
La potenza dell’esplosione è stata tale per cui avrebbe potuto uccidere chi fosse passato in quel momento.

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

@SofaRacer We'll see if Ducati will be smart enough in avoiding to became the new Honda. Marc's talent played a role in the Honda suicide, let's see if Ducati will do the same

[orporick @orporick]

(A rendere)

[Giovanni @GiovanniPa]

Qualsiasi discussione sfocia sempre in una ottusa contrapposizione causata dalla polarizzazione tra coglioni e teste di cazzo. #nohope #Gaza #Sumud #SumudForGaza