If you think it's the worst year ever, you would be wrong. It feels like history all over again. There is simply not that many of them compared to us. Autocracy and how quickly things can change. Check out the island tyranny. Idols come and go. The covid model and it's history. Some claim it's the mark of the beast. Regime crumbling is a spectator sport. Sew your pants on, here comes Theodora. The year 536 led to the dark ages. Global ash of various colors came from nowhere. The moving geography of history and the ancients. Beware, beware of the green gospel. It strains logic and meaning, but those in the know say we are going to hear a lot of bells.

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