finally qualify for a canadian RDSP if you just throw money at it they throw thousands a year I got in it late sucks balls but will still have a sizable nest egg in 20 years you cant really withdraw from it for like 10 or so years but worth it when I am an old koot

 

One of ancient Rome's most disturbing stories concerns an emperor who lost his wife, found a young man who resembled her, and forced him into a marriage that turned his life into a public spectacle. In AD 65, the Roman emperor Nero lost his second wife, Poppaea Sabina. The ancient historian Suetonius claimed Nero killed her by kicking her while she was pregnant, although other accounts differ, and the circumstances of her death remain uncertain. What followed was even stranger. According to ancient Roman writers, Nero became fascinated with a beautiful young male named Sporus, whose appearance supposedly reminded him of Poppaea. The emperor ordered Sporus to be castrated and arranged a marriage ceremony, complete with the traditional bridal veil and wedding rituals. Sporus was dressed in elaborate feminine clothing, adorned with jewelry, and presented publicly as Nero's wife. The emperor reportedly called him Sabina, the name of his dead empress. But behind the extraordinary spectacle was a brutal imbalance of power. Sporus was not an equal partner entering a marriage of his own choosing. He was a young person living under the authority of a ruler who could command almost anything, including the alteration of another human being's body. The wedding reportedly took place during Nero's visit to Greece in AD 66 or 67. Suetonius described Sporus traveling with the emperor in the luxurious dress of an empress, carried through public gatherings while Nero openly kissed him. For Roman spectators, the spectacle challenged conventional expectations of marriage, masculinity and imperial dignity. Yet it is important to distinguish this episode from consensual same-sex relationships in antiquity. What the surviving accounts describe is coercion, bodily violence and the exploitation of someone with far less power than the emperor. When Nero's reign collapsed in AD 68, Sporus was still with him. The emperor died by suicide, but Sporus's ordeal did not end. He subsequently passed into the households of other powerful Roman men. According to Cassius Dio, the emperor Vitellius eventually intended to display Sporus in a public theatrical performance reenacting the abduction of Persephone, a role that would have subjected him to further humiliation. Rather than endure it, Sporus died by suicide. His age at death is unknown. Nearly two thousand years later, the story of Nero and Sporus remains one of the most unsettling episodes in Roman imperial history. It also offers a reminder that the history of sexuality cannot be separated from the history of power. We know surprisingly little about what Sporus thought, desired or felt. Almost everything recorded about him comes from men describing the behavior of an emperor. Nero's name survived as one of Rome's most notorious rulers. Sporus survived in the historical record largely because of what that ruler did to him.

Lauren Boebert silent since mysterious one-word message as her chances at reelection fade

Lauren Boebert silent since mysterious one-word message as her chances at reelection fade: She moved across the state to run in a safe Republican district two years ago. But it doesn't seem that safe this year.

 

 

 

BREAKING: Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will begin winding down Cybertruck production in mid-2027, after sales fell catastrophically short of expectations. Tesla originally planned to produce 250,000 Cybertrucks annually. According to Electrek, sales are now running at roughly 10–12% of that target. Musk claims the move is to make room for increased production of Tesla’s Cybercab. But critics aren’t buying that explanation. JerryRigEverything, a prominent tech reviewer, reacted: “Tesla closer to imploding than I thought. Mothballing whole factories to make imaginary products is wild.”