txru

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She hung a Pride flag at her shop. She was killed over it, officials say. in c/politics@lemmy.world
What inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] txru@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It probably was at some scale, but it's just not attested. And it certainly wasn't the entire nation..

The Babylonian exile on the other hand is attested. That was more like a royal hostage situation than slavery though, the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and took the nobility back with them.

Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] txru@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That was one that you can just tell was a very highly contested script that just kept getting rewritten again and again by writers with very different sensibilities. The core idea is great, but man is the execution uneven

What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] txru@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I call this Machinical Turking