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My Last Bizarre Experience of 2025
Because sometimes the only valid response is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Venetian Riches and Venetian Rags: La Fenice Opera House and the Jewish Ghetto
There was great wealth flowing through the town while the Jews were made to suffer in squalor.
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“If you get lost, go to Cinderella’s Castle.”
Sage advice comes in many forms.
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The Maps Are Full of Shadows
If we no longer believe in dragons, we’ll conjure them up ourselves.
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Visiting the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta
A geopolitical oddity. A sovereign entity that claims neither statehood nor territory.
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We Are All Being Stupidized
If ever there was a time to introduce this word, that time is now.
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Know Your Rights
Let’s get these cards into the hands of as many people as possible.
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Who Did You Help Today?
If we all asked this instead of “How are you?” it could turn the tide of selfishness.
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Pope Boniface VIII and the Caetani Castle in Rome
A monument to greed and excess leaning on a monument to grief and excess.
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No Kings Rally, 2025: The Lowdown from One Who Bore Witness
Perhaps a collection of protesters should be called a freedom.