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I feel like that ignores some important contextual factors like how Houston is a constantly flooding swamp where you can practically swim through the air in the summer.

The vast majority of people aren't serious weightlifters and consequently don't need to eat like they are.

The Greek alphabet, sure, but Hagia Sophia? The one that was ordered to be built by a Roman emperor and consecrated by a Christian bishop from Antioch? I would describe it as Roman…

Calling anything that came from before the 19th century a result of "Greek" culture makes things a bit murky, though. If, hypothetically, baklava was developed in what is now Istan…

https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n

Hmmm, this looks kinda familiar.... https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ddjBRK

It's a tale as old as trade itself, and the US was just as guilty in its infancy: https://theworld.org/stories/2014-02-18/us-complains-other-n...

Other animals also commit rape for pleasure, but we don't use that as a moral guideline for human behavior.

These projects are so interesting from an architectural/engineering standpoint, but then they hit you with the "rethink the rules that say how much green space an apartment needs o…