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The Romans built a 43 meter dome that should collapse but 2,000 years later, it's still standing. And it has no steel. They pulled it off because they made concrete lighter. The concrete at the bottom is heavy and dense. And as the masons built higher they mixed in lighter and lighter stone until at the very top they were using pumice. The dome also gets thinner as it rises, and those coffered squares carved inside took out tons of extra material. The oculus in the center is the whole trick. It's open sky where the heaviest stone should be. Inside you're standing inside a sphere. Same distance from floor to oculus as wall to wall. Hadrian's architects figured it out without anything we consider essential today and the result is still standing while so much of what we build falls apart in fifty years. Are we really that advanced?

1/5 Estas declaraciones de Gina Hinojosa tras ganar Texas dejan una lección para la izquierda mundial: la victoria no fue por moderación ideológica, sino por cambio radical en la arquitectura del clivaje. "Vencimos porque la izquierda woke ha muerto". 🧵

“Concerned”.

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This is really funny. One of the MAGA extremists that killed the SCGOP in 2026 is calling for an autopsy. Just take a look in the mirror bud.

Tonight moderate Democrats have redrawn the electoral college map.

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James Talarico 🔵 wins the US Senate election in Texas. @DecisionDeskHQ projects

Grateful.

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That one time John McEnroe dressed up on Halloween as John McEnroe. I love John McEnroe.

“One of us”? Like all of “us” get to inherit the US Senate with a great salary, rolls Royce health care, billionaire benefactors & immunity from the skyrocketing cost of living included. The talking points to drag this disaster across the finish line just get more & more absurd.

We're all paying the price after Republicans increased the cost of living - look no further than an order at Waffle House.

JUST IN: The US still has an inflation problem and it's getting worse again. PCE Inflation rose to 3.6% in September. That's the highest since May. Core PCE Inflation (excludes food and energy) ticked up to 3.1%. That's also the highest since May. Bottom line: Inflation is back near a 3-year high. It's largely due to war in Iran, but there's legitimate concern that inflation is spreading beyond energy.

Eighty-six years ago today, at a defining moment in the Second World War, the Greek people stood against fascism. They chose resistance over surrender, making extraordinary sacrifices in defence of freedom. On Όχι Day, I join the Greek community in Canada and around the world in honouring the legacy of those who stood up for liberty.

Rep. Pete Aguilar, the number three House Democrat, said Democrats plan to focus first on legislation to lower costs if they win control. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…

Happy birthday to District 33 Rep. and @UofSCLaw alumnus Travis Moore! 🤙

Health insurance premiums rose 5% this year, and workers took the hit.