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When Prof. Markus Scholz, who teaches archaeology and the history of Roman provinces at Goethe University, returned to Bad Ems toward the end of the excavation work, he was astonished: After all, all the photos sent by his colleague Frederic Auth showed but a few pieces of wood. Not surprisingly, Scholz was ill-prepared for what he saw next: a wooden defense construction consisting of sharpened wooden stakes, designed to prevent the enemy’s approach. The martial-looking structure was intended to deter enemies from attacking the camp. Such installations – comparable, if you will, to modern barbed wire – are referenced to...

Generation Z, born from 1995 onwards, has been raised with “moral dependency,” argues social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. As the first generation to get social media at age 13, Gen Z has been denied the independence that previous generations enjoyed — the “free play,” the time spent off devices. In general, Haidt argues that this generation is more fragile and sensitive to conflict, insults, and exclusion, making them less adept at solving problems on their own. And Haidt believes that overprotection has made them weaker and easily discouraged. That’s why teaching critical thinking and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be the...

….. Exactly what the idea will entail is hazy, but it seems overwhelmingly likely that it's basically a way for people with lots of money but zero charisma to try to get ahead — a gross way to bring the concept of "pay-to-win" to an area of the internet that's already plagued with harassment, particularly for women. To be fair, it's still unclear when or if the company will ever roll out the feature. One obstacle: getting it out of the door without seriously pissing off the rest of the user base might prove tricky. Tinder's parent company Match Group...

The White House digital strategy team will seek out hundreds of social media “influencers” nationwide to tout the Biden administration’s record, potentially designating a briefing room for the content creators at the presidential mansion. Biden officials told Axios that four staffers for the White House, not the president’s unofficial campaign, would focus their attempts on unpaid influencers and independent content creators, pushing digital influence to gain support from young voters ahead of the president’s likely bid for re-election in 2024. “We’re trying to reach young people, but also moms who use different platforms to get information and climate activists and...

Update from Ukraine | Wagners fade to black | Ukraine prepared 200K soldiers for the new attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEmHWI3EjI ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 410 – Summary April 9, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-410-summary/

[Catholic Caucus] REGNAVIT A LIGNO DEUS: God reigns from the Cross A Triduum Greeting to Remnant ReadersVexilla regis prodeunt, fulget crucis mysterium: The insignia of the King advance, the Mystery of the Cross shines forth. These are the words of the hymn which we have sung during the moving liturgical celebration of Good Friday, when the Blessed Sacrament is carried from the Sepulcher to the altar for the Communion of the priest. And these same solemn words were adopted in 1793 as the hymn of the Vendéean Army during the heroic Catholic uprising against the French Revolution. At that...

At last we know why the corporate world has fallen in love with pretend woman Dylan Mulvaney. As I noted Thursday, he seems to be everywhere all at once, and it seems unlikely that corporate giants are suddenly so taken with Dylan’s charm and wit that they are spontaneously all at once falling over themselves to make him their pitchman. But now we know why there is this sudden imperative to make this man America’s sweetheart: corporations are being strong-armed into featuring him, or else. The New York Post reported Friday that “executives at companies like Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Kate...

DALLAS -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's pregame media availability Sunday opened with the NBA's all-time wins leader declining to discuss whether he would consider retirement this offseason and ended with an unprompted, passionate speech lobbying for gun control legislation in America and criticizing "cowardly legislators who are selfish." Popovich, 74, has expressed strong opinions on gun control and other political issues frequently in recent years. He made a point to bring up the subject as his media session before the Dallas Mavericks game seemed to be wrapping up, asking whether anyone in the room was carrying a firearm....

An independent run by West Virginia senator would be reminiscent of Ross Perot's disruptive '92 bid. Sen. Joe Manchin has been courting top-level political donors in recent weeks while remaining coy about running for another term representing West Virginia, stoking speculation he might wage a third-party challenge in the 2024 presidential race that could siphon Democrat votes from Joe Biden. An adviser to major GOP donors told Just the News this week that Manchin recently spent time with some big name conservative funders, "Joe Biden has gone so far to the left. And sometimes it seems like Sen. Manchin is...

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Master Sergeant Roy BenavidezInfo and photos from this website. As the medevac chopper landed the wounded were examined one by one. Staff Sergeant Benavidez could only hear what was going on around him. He had over thirty seven puncture wounds. His intestines were exposed. He could not see as his eyes were caked in blood and unable...

A third suspect was arrested on Saturday in connection with the 'gang related' murders of three teenagers which shook Florida last week. Police vowed to find Tahj Brewton, 16, after his suspected accomplices Christopher Atkins, 12, and Robert Robinson, 17, were arrested on Friday in connection with the slayings outside Ocklawaha. The US Marshals teamed up with the Lake County Sheriff's Office to help capture Brewton after Layla Silvernail, 16, Camille Quarles, 16, and an unidentified 17-year-old boy were found shot dead and discovered over three days dumped in separate places within a 5-mile radius. Brewton was arrested on several...

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., San Francisco’s beloved and storied drag nuns are delighted to announce that they will be back to celebrate Easter in Dolores Park on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Easter also marks the 44th anniversary of the Sisters, who started when a couple gay men donned nuns’ habits and went to the Castro on a lark, and realized there was a need for nondenominational and nonjudgmental ministry.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued there is a crime wave within the Republican Party, citing former President Donald Trump’s indictment and controversy over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. "I admit it is very difficult to see a path in the Republican Party that refuses to hold itself accountable, and in fact, breaches the law itself," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on CNN. "The crime wave is within the Republican Party. It is within all…. what we are seeing, we have seen, we are seeing, breaking of the law by conservative members of the court. We are seeing a former president of the United...

The New York State budget is now a week overdue, and with the spring holidays upon us, lawmakers will not return to Albany until Monday, when they are likely to pass a budget extender to keep state employees paid. Negotiations between Governor Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders have stalled over big ticket items including housing and public safety. Republican State Senator Jim Tedisco of the Capital Region is co-sponsoring the “Budget Transparency Act” – legislation that he says would prevent lawmakers, the media, and members of the public from being left in the dark during the budgeting process. The...

Thousands of people marched more than a mile down the streets of San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, chanting “drag up, fight back,” in support of drag and transgender rights

We’ve issued a RED ALERT that “they” have realized their effort to force the jab into every arm in America has failed.Thus, they’ve returned to the drawing board to scope out a new plan.If Americans refuse to take the poison jab, they’ll insert it into the food supply so you’ll eat and drink it!Yes, sadly it’s true.And it’s not “sometime in the future”…it’s happening this month!Details here:BREAKING: mRNA Vaxx Going Into Pigs and Cow Milk THIS MONTH!Dr. Peter McCullough provided further support to back claims that the food supply is in imminent danger of being tainted by mRNA.McCullough shared a...

LINDSEY GRAHAM We noted weeks ago a four-star general said he thought we would be in actual combat with China by 2025. Chairman McCaul said the same thing on the show. Where do you think we are? Where does this go?” (snip) When asked if he supports sending U.S. troops to Taiwan, Graham said, “So the question for the Congress, should we have a defense agreement with the island of Taiwan? We don’t. Should we have one? But yes, I’d be very much open to using U.S. forces to defend Taiwan because it’s in our national security interest to do...

“ The Ukrainian authorities have begun to take back weapons from the civilian population of Dnepropetrovsk (a large city in Ukraine) that were distributed to citizens at the beginning of the war, fearing that the people would rise up against the corrupt government.” —————— “ Like in Kiev 10,000 machine guns were handed out to people in just a few hours!!! Crazy! Most of these guns end up in the hands of criminal or aggressive citizens, of course... Who else wants to shout "Glory to Ukraine"? ————- Top 10 by natural resources: 🇷🇺 $75 trillion B+ 🇺🇸 $45 trillion W...

The Republican for whom this issue could be extremely problematic is Governor Ron DeSantis...In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden departed substantially from the print version of his speech to concede that virtually no one in the Republican Party is currently proposing cuts in either Social Security or Medicare. In the print version of his speech released prior to the address, Biden said "some Republicans" are proposing such cuts, but in the actual remarks that he made he conceded "I'm not saying it's the majority." Also adding, "Other Republicans say " I'm not saying it's...

The old civic nationalist ethos does not apply in these times, because Trump is not being treated normally and never has been.Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump surrendered to the New York City courts to face an indictment on 34 felony charges. The case arose from his accounting records of payments to a former paramour, Stormy Daniels. The indictment itself is garbage, the product of an extremely ideological prosecutor. Elevating these charges to a felony required that the bookkeeping errors furthered some other crime, but the indictment does not even identify the other crime. Indictments are usually bare bones,...