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In the heart of modern London, where glass skyscrapers reflect the rush of the present day, a remarkable Roman floor mosaic quietly anchors the city to its ancient origins. Dating back some 1,800 years to the 2nd century AD, this intricately patterned mosaic was once part of Londinium, the Roman settlement that thrived along the River Thames. Back then, Londinium was a vital outpost of the Roman Empire—a bustling hub of trade, governance, and military presence. Merchants, soldiers, and administrators moved through its stone-paved streets, bringing with them the culture and customs of Rome.
The mosaic itself once graced the floor of a Mansio, a luxury Roman lodging house reserved for high-ranking officials and their entourage. Comparable to an exclusive hotel, these establishments offered elegant accommodations and fine dining. The mosaic, likely located in the triclinium or dining area, would have dazzled guests as they reclined on couches, sipping wine and discussing matters of empire. Its geometric precision and enduring craftsmanship reflect not just artistic skill but the Roman emphasis on order, beauty, and status in public and private spaces alike.
Today, this ancient floor lies preserved beneath the towering skyline of 21st-century London—a striking juxtaposition of past and present. While the Romans departed nearly 1,600 years ago, relics like this mosaic remind us that London is not merely a modern global capital, but also a city built upon layers of human history. As commuters rush past and steel towers rise, the mosaic remains a silent witness to centuries of transformation, offering a rare and humbling glimpse into the lives of those who once called Londinium home.
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If you're worried about ticks, put up an owl box.
The animal driving most Lyme disease in the eastern US is the white-footed mouse. Ticks that feed on them are far more likely to come away infected than ticks that feed on other animals. The bigger the local mouse population, the worse the next year's tick year.
A single barred owl pair raising chicks can take hundreds of rodents in a breeding season. Owls also don't carry Lyme. The bacterium can't survive their digestive tract, so an owl that eats an infected mouse is a dead end for the disease.
Researchers at the Cary Institute, the leading lab on Lyme ecology, have been explicit about this: "Landscapes that support predators have reduced Lyme disease risk."
One owl box on its own isn't going to fix a tick year. But a yard with owls, foxes, bobcats, and weasels in it has fewer mice, and a yard with fewer mice has fewer infected ticks.
If you have woods or fields nearby, a properly sized barn owl or screech owl box (different species, different ...
Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric — market share, revenue growth, model capability — the two of you have a duopoly on frontier intelligence. You’ve also claimed the lead is widening because of recursive self-improvement.
I don’t see what you see in the lab. If the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible.
But stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission. Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability. Stop pretending METR is independent when it is intertwined with Anthropic’s investors and staff. Stop pretending you need those same evaluators to police competitors who aren’t even at the frontier.
Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to ...
Tonight, while you're asleep, several hundred million birds will fly over the United States in the dark. Most of them will pass directly over your house, a few thousand feet up.
More than 80% of North America's migratory birds travel at night. Warblers, thrushes, orioles, tanagers, sparrows. Birds that weigh as much as a few coins, crossing a continent between sunset and sunrise, navigating by stars and by the earth's magnetic field.
Mid-September through early October is the peak. On the biggest night ever recorded, radar picked up 1.25 billion birds aloft over the US at once.
And there's one thing standing in their way that you personally control: your lights.
Artificial light pulls night-migrating birds off course from as far as three miles away. Once they're drawn in, they circle the lit area, over and over, burning fuel they can't spare, until they either drop from exhaustion or hit glass. It's worst on low, foggy nights, when birds fly closer to the ground and the light bounces off the cloud ...
