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[Billboard Chris 🌎 @BillboardChris]

How communists collapse the food supply, in 5 simple steps.

• City stores subsidize food prices, undercut private grocers → private grocers close.
• Demand and reselling empty city stores.
• Government forces suppliers/farmers to accept lower prices → suppliers cut production or quit.
• Food shortages appear; rationing and black markets follow.
• Food supply collapses (as in Soviet, Venezuelan, and other price-control failures).

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@NYCMayor What's a "fair share"?

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@sneako @elonmusk Gross

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ sparked unexpected controversy when one of the Viking ships used during production, an authentic, hand‑built replica owned by a small maritime heritage non‑profit, was returned with significant structural damage. The vessel, normally maintained through volunteer labor and modest donations, had been loaned out under the assumption that a major studio would treat it with care and cover any repairs. Instead, the organization found cracked planks, warped ribs, and a ruined sail system that would cost more than their annual operating budget to fix.

The non‑profit reached out to the production team repeatedly, hoping for a straightforward reimbursement or at least a conversation. What they encountered instead was silence. Emails went unanswered, calls were redirected, and the studio’s representatives insisted the damage was “pre‑existing,” despite photographic documentation taken before filming. For a group dedicated to preserving Viking‑age craftsmanship, the dismissal felt not just financially devastating but deeply disrespectful.

As the story spread among local historians and maritime enthusiasts, frustration grew. Volunteers who had spent years restoring the ship felt betrayed, watching a Hollywood epic profit from their work while leaving them with a broken artifact they could no longer sail or display. The incident became a symbol of the imbalance between massive film productions and the small cultural institutions they rely on, raising uncomfortable questions about responsibility, preservation, and the true cost of cinematic authenticity.

The damaged Viking ship had actually been restored using traditional clinker‑building techniques, meaning every plank was hand‑shaped and overlapped the next, so repairing even a “small” crack requires a specialist craftsman and days of labor. That’s why the non‑profit wasn’t just upset about the cost; the damage erased work done with skills that only a handful of artisans still practice today.

#archaeohistories

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@mattvanswol I mean, with the new information it definitely sounds like murder, but it also seems like a case of "he needed shootin' ".

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@Badhombre What about tears of patriotic joy?

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@ABC I wish I had been there. It looked so awesome.🤩

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@WTSmith17 Congratulations!!!

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@DHSgov

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@pureMetatron

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@TaraBull

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@japan_nobunaga 12? Not in a parking lot (still illegal without a learning permit), but out in the country or on my own property, definitely.

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@johnkonrad Just tell her that. As a wife I would be genuinely glad you had a chill day 😁.

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@LeadingReport I'm from Texas, and can confirm this. Super high property taxes, terrible weather, horrible food, the list goes on . Definitely not a place anyone outside of Texas should move to. 😎

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@Erling We'll miss y'all! ❤️

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@japan_nobunaga Texas. I would call "normal": 2-3 handguns per adult resident, a couple of shotguns, and probably 5 -6 rifles. Why so many? Because different guns serve different purposes, and also because we can! 😆

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@Variety

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@shaunvlog_ They're just miserable people who can't stand to see others enjoying themselves, so they do everything they can to make everyone else miserable too.

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@ThrillaRilla369 Salt free margarine

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@japan_nobunaga Texas. Old! In my mid 40's. I grew up around guns (my dad had them stashed everywhere 🤣) and hunting, but I didn't like loud noises. I enjoy shooting the .22 though. No kick and it's not deafening 🤭.