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🔴 Claim 1: “Most modern Italians aren’t linked to ancient Romans”

False / misleading

Genetics shows both continuity and mixing, not replacement.

Studies of ancient DNA from Rome show the population was already highly diverse during the Empire (with Mediterranean, Near Eastern, and European ancestry).

Modern Italians still share ancestry with those populations, alongside later additions (Germanic, Greek, etc.).

👉 Key point: There was no single “pure Roman” ethnicity to lose. Rome itself was a melting pot.

🔴 Claim 2: “From 1500 onward Italians were mostly Spanish settlers”

Completely false

There was no mass resettlement of Italy by Spaniards in the 1500s.

Yes, Spain (under the Habsburgs) ruled parts of Italy politically (Naples, Milan), but rule ≠ population replacement.

There’s no historical or genetic evidence for a demographic takeover.

👉 This is just made up.

🔴 Claim 3: “Only 5–9% of Italians have Roman lineage”

False / invented statistic

No credible genetic study gives a number like this.

In fact, evidence suggests substantial continuity of populations in Italy, even with admixture over time.

👉 You cannot reduce ancestry to a neat percentage like that—especially for a population that was already mixed.

🔴 Claim 4: “Most settlers were of Moorish descent”

False / confused

There was some Arab/Berber (Muslim) influence, mainly in Sicily and parts of southern Italy during the Middle Ages.

But:

It was regional, not nationwide

It did not replace the population

It certainly wasn’t tied to Spanish resettlement schemes

🧠 What’s actually true (the non-meme version)

Modern Italians are:

Partly descended from ancient Italic/Roman-era populations

Mixed with later influences:

Germanic groups (e.g., Lombards in the north)

Greek and Eastern Mediterranean ancestry (especially south)

Smaller North African / Arab inputs in some regions

Italy has been a genetic crossroads for thousands of years, not a population reset button.

⚖️ Bottom line

The post you quoted:

invents a fake Spanish resettlement

uses a bogus “5–9%” statistic

misunderstands what “Roman” even means genetically

It's unbelievable: the Pickmon trailer (a blatant rip-off of Pokémon/Palworld by AI) has been circulating for over 3 days. Normally, American blogs are the first to break the news, especially those that claim to be "art police" and anti-AI like the other two.

But this time? Nothing. Radio silence. 🤫

Yet, she and her clique don't hesitate to dig through 10-year-old archives to unearth old drawings, but they don't see an industrial and technological art theft happening in 2026?

The conclusion is simple:

AI stealing from artists? No big deal.

Flagrant plagiarism? They look the other way.

Harassing someone over trivial matters from 10 years ago? That's when they're the first to wake up.

Their supposed fight against AI and art theft is just a facade to mask their need for control and harassment. When you can mistake a Jeep for a dump truck, and confusing the Chinese zodiac sign, the Horse, with Sagittarius (Centaur), you're perhaps not the best people to give lessons in observation, but this is willful blindness.

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C’est quand même incroyable : le trailer de Pickmon (pur plagiat Pokémon/Palworld par IA) tourne depuis plus de 3 jours. Normalement, les blogs américains sont les premiers sur l'info, surtout ceux qui se prétendent "policiers de l'art" et anti-IA comme les 2 autres.

Mais là ? Rien. Silence radio. 🤫

Pourtant, elle et sa clique n'hésitent pas à fouiller dans des archives de 10 ans pour ressortir des vieux dessins, mais un vol d'art industriel et technologique qui se passe en 2026, elles ne le voient pas ?

Le constat est simple :

L'IA qui pille des artistes ? Pas grave.

Un plagiat flagrant ? On regarde ailleurs.

Harceler une personne sur des broutilles d'il y a 10 ans ? Là, elles sont les premières réveillées.