

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? ➜
Fascinating:
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.
This looks … like something I want to see. Obviously, I will see it when it comes out, but with some apprehension. I don’t think Indy 4 was quite the trainwreck people say it is, but it was certainly the low point of the franchise. Of course, Raiders of the Lost Ark is pretty much the perfect adventure film, so you can’t reasonably expect to top it very easily. Still … cautiously optimistic for this one.
By the time we get to the advent, Christmas has already been rolling for a while. And while ‘tis the season to be jolly, it’s also a bit of a chore.
[M]ost big businesses — like Twitter’s advertisers — are global, and the idea of hate, to them, is laughable, because they’re trying to sell stuff to everybody, including the gay people (that’s 10–20% of the world), women (50% of the world), people of color (they’re 80% of the world)…everybody. […] They don’t have any room for hate whatsoever, because it gets in the way of business.
Every single Mastodon admin right now.