Today is March 14th, which is referred to in the North American sector of the internet as “Pi Day”, since the date can be expressed as 3/14 in U.S. calendar notation. Since the Greek letter π is pronounced like “pie” in English, it’s become an informal tradition to celebrate the day by eating pie.
Note the terrible slices taken from the pies in this post’s photos. There’s a lesson in them, as shown below:
Here’s the text from the second photo:
This should be easy to understand how freedoms work
This person took his part, but it affected others negatively. He exercise his freedom, but with an injustice to others. Freedoms can’t be exercised as every individual wants without looking at injustices to others. Justice disappears when you harm others. An example of bad exercise of individual freedom.
Мы живы! 🇺🇦❤️ Люди, остановите войну! Российская армия продолжает бомбить мирное население Украины! #stopwar #ukraine#uaразом#kharkov мой город😭😭💔
Translation (courtesy of Google Translate):
We are alive! 🇺🇦❤️ People, stop the war! The Russian army continues to bomb the civilian population of Ukraine! #stopwar
#ukraine # uarazom #kharkov my city😭😭💔
I’ll close with a couple more photos. Click them to see the originals:
For your edification, here’s a selection of links that illustrate Trump’s being a Putin fanboy, the Republican Party’s and alt-right’s fandom of Russia, and of course, how it all relates to the current situation in Ukraine.
“I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine…I do care about the fact that in my community right now the leading cause of death among 18-45 year olds is Mexican fentanyl that’s coming across the southern border.” – @JDVance1#OHSenpic.twitter.com/nf6MUzdWM5
The burn book has all the usual countries/regions you’d expect: United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and so on.
Flag of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino.
But also on the list is San Marino. We’re talking about the city-state more formally known as Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino (“The Most Serene Republic of San Marino”), population enough to half-fill Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, fifth-smallest country in the world, and LARPer paradise.
Guaita tower, one of San Marino’s three towers.
It’s been on my “places to visit” list for a little while. Anyhow, San Marino’s inclusion took me by surprise for a couple of reasons:
I didn’t know it was still considered its own nation. I thought it was just a town or county and was always under the impression that their nationhood was kind of tongue-in-cheek micronation, in the same way that Florida’s Key West supposedly seceded from the U.S. and became the “Conch Republic”. But apparently it’s an honest-to-goodness microstate.
If they’re taking action against Russia, I have no idea with what. Tourism is their bread and butter, and I suspect that any sanctions they could impose would have anything more than a symbolic effect.They did have some of the most advanced weapons in the world — in the 13th century: Even when they became available, the Crossbow Corps never updated their gear to muskets. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi and the lightsaber, they stuck with the crossbow, “an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.”The Crossbow Corps are still active, and they’re one the reasons — along with that gorgeous castle — that I’ve always wanted to visit.But they’re definitely not sending crossbows to Ukraine.
Want to know more about San Marino? Check out these videos:
I’d be remiss if I didn’t include their Eurovision song entry:
