@RealMattFradd@frmikeschmitz Book 24: “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” I can’t even imagine reconstructing an epic that we have in cuneiform and on clay tablets. There are aspects of Gilgamesh that are evocative of Greek myth and of course Genesis, but other parts, totally alien. #Fee2026Reading
Book 1: Margaret MacMillan’s “Paris 1919.” I don’t think I ever realized how haphazard the treaty construction process was, I think a more linear narrative would have been more effective, but the focus in issue by issue captured all at stake. #Fee2026Reading
@RealMattFradd@frmikeschmitz Book 23: Christopher Ruocchio’s “Howling Dark.” This was a fun read, the universe Ruocchio has conjured is incredible and mystical. The book was a slow build, but the last 200+ pages was a pure Sanderlanche. It’s a grim dark universe, but there is a light. #Fee2026Reading
@huntimack@CatholicSat@DictatorPope It’s why I would argue the Church’s current criteria are still valid. But that’s not the language the Pope used here and that’s what needs to be wrestled with.
@PetriOP@lukei4655 And you’ve just done a more complete and thorough presentation in a tweet, than AL was able to do arguing an incorrect position in a series of articles and an all day tiff with @pluant.
Plans released for a $16 billion mile-long ship capable of carrying 80,000 people.
The 'Freedom Ship' would be home to about 50,000 people, with space for 10,000 tourists and 20,000 crew members.
"The Freedom Ship is envisioned as a permanently mobile city at sea designed for long-term residence rather than short-term travel," the company says.
The ship would be about 8 times the size of the current largest ship in the world, the Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas.
The plans include a 15,000-seat stadium, schools, colleges, shops, clubs, a water park, a music hall, museums, parks, and more.
The ship, which would run on nuclear, would be too large to dock and would remain in international waters.
Freedom Cruise International says it would go around the world every two to three years.
Insane.
@hf_222222 He is perhaps the most over the top grifter ever seen, it’s like someone decided to create an account that would present as the stereotypical awful grifter … except, we know it’s really him