It’s a lot funnier without the caption.

Robert Molesworth in a session on 12th August 1720:

in his Opinion, they ought, on this Occasion, to follow the Example of the ancient Romans, who having no Law against Parricide […] adjudg’d the guilty Wretch to be thrown alive, sew’d up in a Sack, into the Tyber. […] As he look’d upon the Contrivers and Executors of the villainous South Sea Scheme, as the Parricides of their Country, he should be satisfy’d to see them undergo the same Punishment.

No specific mention of snakes, but that was part of the Roman “punishment of the sack”.

They’re both men, but neither of them are Men.

Thanks - looking forward to it!

I am the most inexpert of laypeople on this subject, but I’ve wondered whether the incursion into Russian territory has been to give Ukraine a better position to negotiate on a mutual return of territory in talks, if they come about.

Very much looking forward to V2! I’ve had to switch to Voyager for working spoiler markdown – it’s also excellent, but I generally prefer Mlem.

Cheeky questions while I’m here:

1. Voyager also seems to handle GIFs in comments better, is that something on the cards for Mlem?
2. Is there a plan to introduce swiping forward? I frequently accidentally swipe back to the community list and lose my place in the feed.

water bosses

Why is the AP writing as if their audience are children? I understand it from the Mirror.

IT’S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT K- oops, just read your username, sorry.

Quis lautus ipsos lavat?

Also Œ, Ȝ, and arguably W and U.

Elena and Nicolae Ceaușescu were more or less equal partners in their despotic role over Romania, until their joint execution in 1989 during the Romanian Revolution.