To Scheme the Improbable Scheme!
Nov. 30th, 2017 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rain_gryphonAn example of an ancient civilization that wasn't based around a river. I've grown up accepting the orthodox view that a year-round river is a necessary prerequisite for a city-state to arise. This is getting surprisingly little notice in the news at large. I'm sure you'll see the fallout in fantasy and SF stories soon enough.
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Interestingly, the people in Mosul are putting up anti-ISIS propaganda in English. I have to believe that this is aimed at an Anglo-American audience, rather than at ISIS itself. Quite unexpected, regardless.
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Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire. Just like old times!
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Interestingly, the people in Mosul are putting up anti-ISIS propaganda in English. I have to believe that this is aimed at an Anglo-American audience, rather than at ISIS itself. Quite unexpected, regardless.
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Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire. Just like old times!
