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“Yeah, I used to date Marc. He’s just a lot, too much even. Bear in mind that l had a stable relationship with Hank Pym for several years.”

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To paraphrase another man from another world, “You could have saved the world years ago if it meant anything to you, Victor.”

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C S Lewis is crying somewhere.

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The end of Batman Year Two, right? Todd McFarlane taking over from Alan Davis.

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“A hill the cut of the jib of which I happen to appreciate.”

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Yes, and it’s terrible writing, much like Ryan North’s more recent take in One World Under Doom. Why would Doom be a competent or fair ruler, even with nigh-omnipotence? He’s just a techbro with massive envy and resentment issues - not the best model for utopian governance.

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But do we even know that’s how Gaius would have said it? IIRC phonology is somewhat based on a couple of contemporary comments and spelling mistakes and mostly on modern Romance languages 2000 years later. It may be the best we can do, but do we really know?

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Sure, but that doesn’t make it correct, just common. It offers no grounds for saying ki-ton is wrong.

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But, to continue to use this example, it makes no sense that the first vowel is ai rather than i, that’s just English convention, like transliterating u to y sometimes and getting cybernetics out of kubernetes. Ki-ton is also a well-established pronunciation and I wouldn’t fault a reader for it.

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I am of course not a classical philologist, but I would say that most people don’t know about the commonest pronunciation (ky-tn) and some might be annoyed whichever you choose. It’s probably more important to pick one and stick with it.

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Except that’s not even a vaguely accurate pronunciation, it was probably closer to chi-ton (quite similar to how it’s written in English). I was taught ki-ton at school. I think the community should accept different pronunciations will prevail.

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But which community and which common pronunciation do they expect?

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There was a whole Victorian fight about this, English pronunciation vs Italian pronunciation. I personally prefer the former, because I prefer vicissim to we kiss ‘im. But neither is strictly correct or accurate.

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Not really? We have no idea how ancient Romans (or Greeks) pronounced words, all we basically have is Catholic tradition, which is heavily influenced by modern Italian pronunciation. In English we generally pronounce it “See-zer” though that’s no doubt very inaccurate.

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Well that’s more about the German derivation of Caesar, much like the Russian derivation (Tsar). It’s not the same word.

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It does sound as if the anti-racism protesters had legitimate concerns.

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Paul Park @pauljunhyuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, and both are different from the original Greek pronunciation. Honestly, it doesn’t really matter how you pronounce it.

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Quite right. We need to get firm regulation on campaign finance and post-political jobs or we’ll end up like the US, with politicians fully incentivised to support techno-feudalism rather than democracy. In fact, I think we’re mostly already there.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Rees-Mogg, stopped clock, etc. Braverman doesn’t have to identify as English if she doesn’t want to but she doesn’t have to be such an idiot about it.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As with most such situations, it’s a valid ethnicity once you’re an immigrant - lots of English-Canadians - but not if you stayed at home. Braverman can argue she isn’t ethnically English and she doesn’t have to identify as English if she doesn’t want to, but she doesn’t have to be an idiot.

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Note that arrested far right rioters have been found to have a much greater than average number of convictions for violent offences, including domestic violence meme via We Demand UK

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Yes, NHS treatment of CFS has been poor for at least as long as I’ve been a GP (since 2009) - there are very few specialist clinics for what is quite a common condition and it’s under diagnosed and definitely under-treated. It’s better here in Canada. The case with ADHD is even worse, if anything.

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