Taylor Swift fans danced so hard in Seattle they registered 2.3 on the Richter Scale.
A claim that Nero's private theater has been discovered in Rome. And more at the History Blog.
Two sisters in their 40s who "didn't like the way the world was going" watched some videos on how to survive off the grid and then went to live in a remote Rocky Mountain campsite, where their dead bodies were recently found. They probably died from cold or carbon monoxide poisoning last winter.
The importance of high school guidance counselors. I have met two people who felt that their guidance counselors really changed their lives. One said he would never have considered applying to an Ivy League school if his counselor hadn't urged him to, and he really loved Yale; the other was someone who was very smart but went to the local state U because nobody told her to aim higher, and who felt disadvantaged because of it. If I'm remembering right she called her guidance counselor "The Ditz from Slumland."
Magic mirror used to trap evil spirits found in Israel.
Amazing story in the NY Times of two Canadian brothers who were switched at birth; one was Ukrainian, the other half Native American half French (Métis), so their ethinic identities got all confused. Both men say they'd rather not have known, and if they had found out privately they would have kept it quiet.
Ukraine Links
LPR Volunteer Murz explains the arithmetic of Ukraine's grinding attack: if Ukraine can replenish its forces and Russia cannot, Ukraine eventually wins, however slow their advance.
Alexander Gabuey says that Putin believes he can outlast Ukraine and its western supporters, and that he is putting the measures in place to allow Russia to wage a long war: increased conscription, increased arms production, redirecting Russian trade toward China and India, etc.
During the month of July Ukraine recaptured 85 square km, or 0.1% of the country.
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