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"It was true that [Harald Hardrada] was a fierce warrior that empresses wanted, but the operative word there is 'was'. That was decades ago. Hardrada had lived a long and hard life. And many of his most famous exploits were things he had done very long time ago. Long before his rule. And the truth is, he'd spent the last two decades doing the things that had earned him a slightly different reputation -- and likely his new nickname: 'hardrada', or tyrant. And like many tyrants, he seems to have believed that things like time and age didn't apply to him. And if Hardrada was alive today, I'd imagine he'd be the kind of guy to post cringey photos of himself shirtless, riding a horse.

"People who live through brutality, and rely on strength, often don't realize that strength isn't an inherent quality; it's a phase of life. If you help build a world that isn't safe for the weak, then eventually you build a world that isn't safe for you."

-- Jamie Jeffers (BritishPodcast), The British History Podcast, episode 390: "Stamford Bridge", 2022-03-19

Today is
Gregorian: 2022 March 21 -- during Lent
Roman: 2775 13th day before April Kalends
Julian: 2022 March 08 -- during Great Lent
Hebrew: 5782 Adar II 18
Islamic (lunar Hijri): 1443 Sha'Ban 17
Persian (solar Hijri): 1401 Farvardin 01 -- Nowruz, new year 1401
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.9.6.17
Indian (civil): 1943 Phalguna 29 -- new year's eve
(Tomorrow is 1944 Caitra 01 in the Indian civil calendar)
Coptic: 1738 Paramhat 12
Discordian: 3188 Discord 07