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Ever since I first watched Conclave (2024) I've been haunted by how Cicero and Tiro live as ghosts within the text. Inspired by the brilliant Conclave thoughts of @catilinas I made truly my most unhinged work of poetry: a translation of the Cicero/Tiro epigram from Pliny the Younger's Letter 7.4, composed using only words from Peter Straughan's Conclave script. Transcription with literal translations of the Italian and Latin phrases below:

When / I was / reading / [Italian: that "dead" language] / I found a transcript made of the text from the tape, / a passage underlined: it was a private conversation, / [Italian: a marvelous testimony], standing alone, apart. / Anyway, whatever it was, it can’t have been serious. [Italian: Without Rome, without the tradition of Rome...] / rumours can spread. A sinister thread of black smoke is rising from / the Quirinal Hill. He says, / with a faint stab of pain, / a stricken smile: [Latin: the abyss calls upon the abyss.] / He sinks to his knees, / knowing he is about to sin. A strange moment of connection. / The / crooked timber of humanity… Why would he say such a thing? / You don’t think he could have forged it? Let me speak from the heart for the moment. / My position is an embarrassment to me. / [Italian: Of course, but as a Roman myself...] Perhaps / the sounds of distant celebrations / would have been more palatable / in Latin, / like / a / veil of distant smoke.

Thank you to all of Conclave-tumblr—your beautiful gifs and art convinced me to watch this film and I am so glad that I did!

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Do you have facts about St. Bernard?

The first dog to be canonized by the Vatican, St. Bernard roamed the Alps in winter to bring brandy to lost travelers so that they could die drunk. He was sainted after his martyrdom when a devil worshipping hiker ate him and subsequently converted to Christianity. He is the patron saint of underground plumbing, bees and their wax, dark purplish red colors, and menthol cigarettes.

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Full circle this morning: I started researching Alexander because I was writing an arthurian novel, and the Romance of Alexander is one of the best seller they read (Gawain is also extremely fond of the Iliad, his mom is translating latin stuffs for him). At some point, the young Arthur gets a vision of Alexander while taking the sword, as Alexander is the previous incarnation of the legendary king, and there is one line from him that open a whole can of bad dialogues in my mind:

[Arthur] "Who are you?" "Alexander. You, in many ways. The promised one, the one that turns into legends." "I know you." "Do you? I doubt you do. They lied so much about me when I was alive, I guess they did much worse after I died."

Then their conversation goes on about other things, but in some other alternative universe it could have gone like this : Arthur : Why do you have horns Alexander : That's because I am a god, like Dionysus Arthur : But I though Bucephalus was the one with horns Alexander : Wait what Arthur : That's why he's called Oxhead you know, because he has two horns Alexander : Bucephalus doesn't have horns Arthur : And he's eating people Alexander : No Arthur : Is that true that your father is actually an Egyptian magi who was a pharaoh of Egypt ? Alexander : WTF Arthur : And that he took the form of a dragon to bed your mother? Alexander : Please stop Arthur : Do you really have a flying machine with gryffins and a glass submarine, can I get a rid in the flying machine Alexander : NO

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Making Cato the Elder’s ‘Savillum’

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New Year’s Predictions 1794

Marat turns out to have faked his death

Robespierre or Danton assassinated

CSP member tries to kill colleague

Hébertist coup attempt

Saint-Just dead at 26

royalists attempt to march on Paris

massive Cult of Reason festival

Carnot exposed for embezzlement

new calendar adds saints’ days but for revolutionaries/writers

Rousseau cancelled

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suck, and i cannot stress this enough, my cock to the fucking base

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Even Napoleon has to wait for his crap luggage.

SOURCE

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me: oh julius caesar, this painting is killing me.

julius caesar bust with holes in its back to hold my brushes: my coworkers killed me.

me: that's fair.

julius caesar: no it wasn't ???

me: sorry

highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.

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URODZIŁ SIĘ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Young man on a bed (1931), Bror Hillgren

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Today's recipe was originally written by a friend of Pszoniak – Maja Wodecka-Zagajewska (the wife of Adam Zagajewski). But the recipe was most likely changed a little by Pszoniak.

Also, sorry, making dough seems to be absolutely obvious to older Polish people, so I included a video, as the process isn't explained.

Day xv1

"Lemon cake"

The crust:

Ingredients: 300g of flour, 50g of sugar, 200g of butter, 2 egg yolks, 1/2 egg white from one egg [BUT it's for people who can make the shortcrust dough, if you can't, ignore all these ingredients just watch this].

How to make [after the dough]: Knead it quickly and put it in the fridge to "rest". Spread the dough on a baking sheet sprinkled with flour. Line the edge to a height of 2 cm. Prick with a fork. Bake in a hot oven until golden brown (10th setting for approx. 12 minutes). Then take it out so it cools down [before putting the filling].

The filling:

Ingredients: 2 whole eggs, 200g of sugar, squeezed juice from one or one and a half lemons, 100g of melted butter

How to make: Beat the eggs with sugar (for about 10 minutes), add chilled butter and lemon juice. Pour the mixture into the cooled cake and place in a lukewarm oven (6th setting) for 30 minutes. Shake the form gently, and if it is still liquid under the crust – continue baking until it sets. Best after the second or third day (if there is any left).

I misplaced my silly Wojtek photos somewhere, so today again a silly screenshot - tommorow I'll provide something more normal. Wojciech Pszoniak and Roman Wilhelmi in "Look Back in Anger" (dir. Zygmunt Hübner).

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Alright tell me in the tags, what’s Your Poem? That poem you heard once and it has dwelt within you ever since?

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Today's recipe will be useful for the preparation/serving of tommorow's dish ;)

Day 1v

"Chicory glacée"

Ingredients [for two people]: 2 chicories, 1 tbsp of butter, about/less than one tbsp of honey, cinnamon, half a glass of dry white wine.

How to make:

1. Wash the chicory, separate the leaves, cook it briefly in boiling water. Then drain, and let it cool down.

2. Melt the butter in a Teflon pan, and when it starts to boil, throw in the chicory leaves. Flip it several times.

3. Add honey. Sprinkle with cinnamon and pour the dry white wine on it. When the sauce thickens, set it away [from the stove]. Serve warm with meat and poultry.

Tired Wojtek on a smoke break changing his shoes. (Nothing cursed about that I just found it really relatable).

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santa deniers on science-mas eve hearing charles darwin evolving down the chimney

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I've watched the movie 'Mozart's sister' (orig. 'Nannerl - la sœur de Mozart') and it was beautiful. Had tears in my eyes.

What can I say? Wonderful music, wonderful costumes and dialogue. Of course, the focus is on her role as a woman and how this prevented her from realising her talent.

The film has more queer vibes than you might think. Nannerl has a close relationship with the Princess of France, as well as with her brother, whom she usually meets in male disguise.

I also really enjoyed how they portrayed the dynamics of the Mozart family. Relatable, human. Young Wolfgang is cute, but it's good for the movie that he really is just a background character.

I'm glad that I didn't watch the german version. The actors did a fantastic job, so I feel like I would miss something without their natural voices.

If you are interested: Watch the french original with eng sub here

There is also a version on YouTube but the quality is worse.