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Of all the ancient cultures, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Thracians are some of the most mysterious. Seen by the Greeks as great warriors -- as well as barbarians -- the Thracians had no written language, and left behind little in the way of monumental architecture.However, this didn't mean they weren't good craftsmen, and the Thracians who ruled an area from the Balkans to Bulgaria and Hungary, were expert metal workers making exquisitely crafted jewelry. In Homer's Illiad he describes a Thracian chariot as "like no war-gear of men but of immortals."But despite the fact that they were numerous --...

Takeaways from the Shareholder Meeting: It was a good day for Elon and Tesla shareholders. Pressure Points: Tesla Shareholder Meeting | 7:05 Deepwater Asset Management | 20K subscribers | 3,000 views | November 7, 2025

Kentucky quarterback Zach Calzada apologized Friday for sending a video to someone on social media in which he boasted about the amount of NIL money he has received from the Wildcats this season. The video, which was posted to X by a different person, showed Calzada counting a large stack of $100 bills. Calzada, who turns 25 on Saturday, said he sent the video to someone who had apparently criticized his play this season. In the video, Calzada tells the fan, "Hey, what you need to do, Garrett, is your ass needs to stop hatin' and go get you some...

CAUTION! Be sure to use the restroom before viewing the video!!! Cartoon: two men boiling in a lake of fire in hell are preparing for a devil to queue up a record on a stereo. The devil says "And now, once again, it's 'Ode to Joy' ". The YouTube screen gets divided into sixths, preparing to be populated 6 Meeps me-me-me-ing "Ode to Joy" in three part harmony, the Meep character based on "The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space".

Daniel Day-Lewis rejected misconceptions about Method acting during a wide-ranging conversation at the BFI London Film Festival… The accomplished actor — a three-time best actor Oscar winner for “My Left Foot” (1989), “There Will Be Blood” (2007) and “Lincoln” (2012) — is known for his immersive process, devoting himself to staying in character throughout filming. Despite how it’s worked out for him, going Method has received a fair amount of pushback in recent years from those who believe it to be unhealthy — or just plain silly. However, Day-Lewis pushed back against these notions after an audience member asked about...

Presumed 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom, Democratic governor of California and a card-carrying member of the San Francisco elite, has been channeling the ghost of Horatio Alger in a much-mocked attempt to portray himself as someone who made it out of a tough childhood. But Newsom, 58, famously grew up surrounded by the most powerful families in California who not only backed his early business ventures but greased the wheels of his political ascent, sources have told the Daily Mail. Even his staunchest supporters admit that Newsom's early life was not exactly the stuff of deep struggle. But that hasn't...

An unexpected attack from swarms of venomous wasps killed two American tourists, a father and his son, during a zip-lining trip in Laos. The attack occurred on October 15 but was publicly reported earlier this week. A source close to U.S. diplomats in Laos told The Times of London that the hornets overwhelmed Daniel and Cooper Owen as they descended from a tree at Green Jungle Park, an eco-adventure resort near the city of Luang Prabang. The pair, still conscious, was quickly transferred to a clinic and then to the provincial hospital for emergency attention. However, they died a few...

Many workers climb the career ladder believing that someone else has to fall off for them to rise. But former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says that’s not only wrong—it’s what’s holding people back. “There are far too many people in this world and in professional life who approach things with a zero-sum game,” Harris said recently on The Diary of a CEO podcast. “If I have more, you have less. And it is incredibly shortsighted.” Unfortunately, she added, it’s the exact mindset that may have hurt her chances of becoming the chief of state. Harris had sensed for “quite...

GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) - A Davenport woman was arrested after police said she was found inside the walls of a Geneseo business. Caleigh A. Gottsche, 26, of Davenport was arrested and charged with: Burglary, Felony criminal damage to property, Criminal Trespass to property Gottsche was taken to the Henry County Jail. Police told KWQC they are looking for two more people. A business owner in the 100 block of South State Street reported hearing a loud noise from the ceiling or attic area of their business around 5:30 p.m., according to a media release from the Geneseo Police Department. Officers...

Next week’s pre-winter arctic plunge might be a sign of things to come for the Eastern U.S., as several key weather patterns will converge to bring early bone-chilling cold and potentially more snowstorms to the region. According to the FOX Forecast Center, two weather patterns, La Niña and an easterly Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, will allow more rounds of arctic air that is typically trapped high above the North Pole to spill into the lower levels of the atmosphere and south into the Eastern U.S. This frigid air is known as the “Polar Vortex.” Air in the polar vortex sits in the...

New York’s new mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has announced plans for a state-run luxury rehabilitation compound for homeless and addicted veterans — turning the relics of capitalist greed into centers of recovery, work, and collective renewal. The project, known as the Veterans’ Rebirth Compound, would combine housing, physical training, and political education to help veterans rebuild their lives through discipline, purpose, and solidarity. Empty hotels and abandoned corporate properties are being considered for conversion.

A woman has shared the heartbreaking reason why she would follow her husband on his daily run on Instagram. Racking up over 1 million views, the clip shows Michael Daubert, 40, running along the sidewalk in a red top and blue shorts. The camera then cuts to his wife, Megan, 39, who is “chasing” him on a bike to make sure his defibrillator doesn’t go off. The real estate agent told Newsweek that her husband suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on February 5, 2024, while playing in his men’s soccer league. “He was without oxygen for 24 mins,” she said....

Donald Trump criticizes Nancy Pelosi, calling her “evil” and a “tremendous liability” to the country, while praising her decision to retire from Congress.Video, - President Trump's own words recorded at White House News Briefing.

Today, in accordance with the law, I am presenting the Monetary Policy Guidelines for the next three years to the State Duma for its consideration....Investment has been rising for the fifth year in a row. Since the start of 2022, it has increased by 25% in real terms, adjusted for inflation. This year, the growth rate has slowed, which is a natural development at such a high level.....What is driving this continued investment growth? It is primarily financed by corporate profits – by companies’ own resources. This is normal and consistent with global practice. This year, profits in the real...

The seventh wonder of the ancient world lies beneath the harbor of Alexandria. When did the Lighthouse of Alexandria Fall? | 9:00 toldinstone | 610K subscribers | 2,185 views | November 7, 2025 0:00 Introduction 1:02 Construction 1:48 Appearance 3:22 Huel 4:22 Decline and fall 5:18 Qaitbay Citadel 5:45 Submerged ruins 7:16 Latest developments 7:38 Egypt with Toldinstone

https://babylonbee.com/news/mamdani-assures-new-yorkers-theres-no-problem-too-large-for-government-to-make-worseNEW YORK, NY — In a celebratory speech following his historic win in New York City's mayoral election, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani promised residents that there was no problem too large for government to make worse. "I want to speak to all the foreigners out there. Not the whites, the brown people," Mamdani said to raucous applause. "We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to make worse and no problem too small to stick our nose in." Making large problems worse was one of Mamdani's primary campaign promises, and he seems eager to deliver. Crime was...

According to an IFL Science report, the Jomon, a group of hunter-gatherers who lived in what is now Japan between 16,000 and 3,000 years ago, had less Denisovan ancestry than other East Asians. The Denisovans were an archaic group of humans, first identified through bones discovered in Siberia's Denisova Cave, who lived in Asia between about 200,000 and 40,000 years ago. Today, people living in Oceania and islands in Southeast Asia have generally inherited about four percent of their DNA from the Denisovans. To learn more about how Denisovan genes spread through these populations, Jiaqi Yang of the Max Planck...

Explanation: What are those strange blue objects? Many of the brightest blue images are of a single, unusual, beaded, blue, ring-like galaxy which just happens to line-up behind a giant cluster of galaxies. Cluster galaxies here typically appear yellow and -- together with the cluster's dark matter -- act as a gravitational lens. A gravitational lens can create several images of background galaxies, analogous to the many points of light one would see while looking through a wine glass at a distant street light. The distinctive shape of this background galaxy -- which is probably just forming -- has allowed...

With a cane in hand guiding her every step, former Miss Hawaii Cheryl Bartlett slowly walks along the garden of palms and hinahina she and her husband, Rogerio Araujo, grew together outside of their Makiki apartment. “This is Roger’s pride and joy,” Bartlett said while pointing to the line of potted plants, which has given her some comfort after Araujo was taken by ICE agents last Tuesday. “That morning is the last morning I saw him,” a whimpering Bartlett added. “Someone is trying to rip the bond, it’s very painful, and that someone is my own country.” A native of...

https://babylonbee.com/news/with-cheney-dead-iraq-finally-admits-they-had-wmds-all-along BAGHDAD — Following the death of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, Iraqi government officials finally admitted they actually did have weapons of mass destruction this whole time. "It is true," Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told the press. "We have been having the weapons for all these many years. We were... how you say... just messing with you. Funny, yes?" Cheney and then-President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in 2003 based in part on intel about the Saddam Hussein regime producing and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction in the country. An extensive investigation later...