My understanding is that the Rosetta Stone was being used as rubble filling the space inside a building’s wall when the French found it. I hope that Egypt intends to take better care of it if they secure its return.

I took it as a statement of the cultural and political dominance of the eastern half of the Empire, after it was assimilated by Rome. Anatolia was an enormous part of the wealth of Rome and, later, the Byzantine Empire (which also called itself the Roman Empire).

I came here to say this. I don’t understand that statement.

I’m going to set up rules to forward all Republican spam to the RNC. The more junk mail they send me, the more they will receive. I’m hoping to get 100 million of my friends to do the same thing.

Ah, yes, the classic mid-game move from “The Machine’s Gambit.”

The Invisible Hand of the Marketplace is giving them the finger.

A right-wing network can control the intake of viewers.

I demand that Twitter’s rules always be referred to as Twitter’s “rules”. Please update your style guide.

Oh, I was hoping for photos of the Roman god, Jupiter.

Maybe that’s why they’re taking cities from other people.

I’m always torn with Turtledove. The history is solid, as one would expect. The alternate histories are usually plausible and interesting in the broad strokes. The writing flows and is easy to read. The characters and plots, aside from historical figures, are two-dimensional and could almost be copy-pasted between…

At least one GOP candidate only got elected BECAUSE of a Russian con man.

PC release IS labeled as a beta. Also, and not helpfully, it runs fine on my PC laptop. I hope that they fix the glitches impacting you.

I prefer to think of it as a promising future for the monkey pox virus. Every cloud has a silver lining...

I demand to know why this article wasn’t subtitled, “What’s up, Dock?”

Metropolis itself was named after its founder, Ezekiel Metro.

Because we have that technology, but didn’t think to hide our doorways.

Warning: These Senators have been rated GOP, for infantile content.

So, you’re saying she saw NOTHING?