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[photogirl782 @PhotoGirl782]

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[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is a statue of the only man in Troy who saw the trap. He tried to warn everyone, and this is what the gods did to him because of it...

His name was Laocoön, a Trojan priest. When the Greek army vanished and left a giant wooden horse outside the city gates, all of Troy celebrated. Only Laocoön refused to believe it. He warned his people the horse was a trick and, to prove it was hollow, hurled his spear into its side.

In Virgil's telling, he spoke a line that has outlasted almost everything else about Troy: "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."

He was right. The horse was packed with soldiers, and Troy was hours from destruction.

This sculpture shows what he got for it. Two enormous sea serpents rise out of the sea and coil around him and his young sons, dragging all three down together. The father's whole body is knotted in the struggle, every muscle straining, his face locked in a scream. The gods wanted Troy to fall, and Laocoön was in the way.

The Trojans watched him die in agony and drew exactly the wrong conclusion: they decided the gods were punishing him for attacking a holy gift. So they pulled the horse inside their own walls, and that night, Troy burned...

The statue is called Laocoön and His Sons. It is the work of three Greek sculptors from the island of Rhodes, Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus, and dates to the Hellenistic period, making it well over two thousand years old.

Buried for more than a thousand years, it was dug out of a Roman vineyard in 1506, and Michelangelo rushed across Rome to see it the day it was found.

It has been called the single greatest depiction of human suffering in the history of art, but it endures because of what it is really about: the man who sees the truth, says it out loud, and is destroyed for being right while the crowd watches...

It is one of the oldest patterns there is, and it has never stopped repeating.

There is nothing new under the sun.

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

Gambling is now a more common leisure activity than reading.

57% of Americans placed a bet last year. Fewer than half read a book.

To fight back, we started an online book club to study the great texts of Western Civilization. If the collapse in reading is not addressed now, we risk losing everything.

Every 4-6 weeks, we read a new great work together: we've covered texts like Homer's Iliad, Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Inferno, and Don Quixote.

We're about to start reading The Brothers Karamazov.

We are reading the great works slowly, intentionally, and in dialogue with each other. The kind of reading that helps to shape the mind and spirit.

If you'd like to be part of this, please join our reading group. Consider a paid subscription if you'd like to support — it makes a HUGE difference to the time and resources we can dedicate. We are entirely funded by our members.

You'll get:

- Live book club discussions (biweekly)
- Access to our incredible community chat
- Essays to guide you through the Great Books
- All past recordings, essays, and podcasts
- Ability to vote on what we read next

https://t.co/efQaicNvay

Welcome!

[Peak Financial Investing @PeakFinInv]

This is not good. It looks like Japan has lost control of its bond yields. If this continues, does anybody really understand the ramifications?

If a major currency like the Yen goes pear-shaped, it could shatter faith across all fiat currencies, including the Dollar.

Full report: https://t.co/w6ZfoFF8cJ

[The Doors @TheDoors]

“Tell all the people that you see”

#TheDoors

[Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY @Michael_Yon]

Hoover Dam, Now

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

An American patriot, Jevon Martinez, is being hailed as a hero across the country after declaring he will continue destroying Flock cameras, even as a judge prepares to issue an arrest warrant against him.

He replaced the cameras with a sign reading, "You're welcome, Republic of New Mexico."

REPORTER: "Do you have plans to take down these Flock cameras?"

JEVON MARTINEZ: "Absolutely. They are a clear and present threat to public safety."

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

UPDATE: On the girl who made all those viral videos about Georgia Power threatening to take their home with eminent domain to expand for data centers, her family was just forced to sell to avoid eminent domain

Corporations always win. They lost their home but don’t want to leave

“To us, it's theft. It's literally a billion-dollar company stealing land from Smaller people, people who can't fight back. We don't have the money to fight Georgia Power.”

A spokesperson from Georgia Power says faking peoples homes actually benefits everyone

“Eminent domain is always, you know, a last resort for us — I would just say that we see you and we hear you and we want this process to be respectful and transparent, and that is going to ultimately benefit you”

It’s literally insane, Georgia Power is actually saying that stealing your property for data centers “is going to ultimately benefit you”

She won’t be the last there are over 300 homes in this area being targeted for data center power expansion

[photogirl782 @PhotoGirl782]

@Stoneybawloney

[Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cult leader @DrKarlynB]

Retard conservatives have no idea why these people still wear masks.

This is what every far left event looks like. The right would not be surprised if they ever took the time to listen to the left.

[Old Salty Marine @BamaSaltyMarine]

Brits gave up their firearms in 1997…

Less than 30 years later they’re being arrested for
Facebook posts.

Think about that!

[Photo Diary @AmablePhoto]

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[Jim Hawk @JimHawk67327371]

The colors of earth
Somewhere in Northern Nevada

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Police in Houston, Texas, are panicking and have started an immediate investigation as citizens continue to destroy Flock cameras across the city.

The police are struggling to make a single arrest because nobody in the city is assisting them with the investigation.

"Public distaste for the cameras is growing nationwide."

[The Woolshire @thewoolshire]

Rebuilding organic American cotton supply chains, one mill at a time.

My son will remember these trips as he helps me build The Woolshire to a nationally recognized brand.

[Gonz @FaceLikeTheSun]

Lindsey Graham Dead, Air Force One Switch, SkyFall Sus, Israel Merger, Narrative Wars | CCNT 957 https://t.co/wvtHC51Fvo

[Gitana @Gitana1369877]

To be like a wildflower: sun-drenched, resilient, and completely free.

[PG 🏆 @GoonerGirl1969]

This man is a major problem to football

[karma @karma44921039]

⚡️🔺🇺🇸 How to Spot a PsyOp ▪️ Assume its going on 24-7❗️

[Washingtons ghost @washghost1]

I love how fascinated the Europeans are with our yellow school buses