kromley

Wałbrzych, Poland

history meme. five assassinations: Julius Caesar, by Senators of Rome 15 MARCH 44BC. On the Ides of March, Julius Caesar entered the Senate. There he was stabbed to death by around forty senators, members of the ruling class and paragons of education and intellect in the society of Ancient Rome. Only twenty-one names of these conspirators, self-styled as “The Liberators”, survive history and nearly all of them staunchly defended the so-called sancitity of the Republic threatened, allegedly, by the quick rise to tyrannical power of Julius Caesar. However, the death of the “tyrant” had also led to the end of the Republic for which he was killed. Civil war broke out, with Mark Antony on one side and Octavian, Caesar’s legal heir, on the other. Eventually, Mark Antony fled to Egypt, where he would be defeated by Octavian. Octavian became Augustus, the first Emperor and founder of the Roman Empire, and ushered in the era of Pax Romana.

By csabatokolyi

Cicero (via rasputin)

This method can be used, among other things, to recycle gold from consumer electronics. Hopefully they can find a way to make it work for ores, since the initial mining still accounts for the majority of gold cyanidation, and consequent environmental danger. One of the co-authors of this paper, Dennis Cao, is on reddit answering questions about the research.

Abandoned mill and waterfall, Norway by Josh Loves It

The early 1960s were defined by the visions of the future. Check out these Motorola ads from 1961.

The Thegns of Mercia

Tourmaline is a piezoelectric material. Piezoelectrics generate a voltage  when compressed along a perpendicular direction. Materials optimized for these properties are commonly used in sensors, scales, speakers, motors, and microscopes.

Incantation // Anne W. Brigman, 1905

By David Cartier

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