InThe Howling OwlbyJohn E Marks·Jul 22Poem for an anonymous Moorish Poet on the defeat at Seville November 1248“…. if I should hide you within my eyes, / Til the Day of Judgement it would not suffice me.” 11th-century Andalusian princess and poet…A response icon2A response icon2
Keanu Dasha Harison·Jul 1Book Review — Roger Crowley’s “1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the…I often say that 1453 was the West’s greatest defeat — and its most revealing. Roger Crowley’s 1453 lays it bare, the fall of…
George Cassidy Payne·Aug 12, 2025The Ancient Anatomy of a Modern War: Gaza’s Siege and the Persistence of Tribal ViolenceLong before drones streaked across the sky and missiles turned cities to ash, war was a raw, brutal dance, a primal struggle fought with…
John Matthews·May 24, 2025The ContrastIn 70 AD, 40,000 Roman soldiers laid siege to Jerusalem, blocking all food and water until half the city starved to death. Any Jews that…
John E Marks·May 11, 2025Out for the count?There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe
InFiction ShortsbyVoice Lessons (Aimee)·Feb 20, 2025A City So QuietRWDrabble 2.0.049 | Inhibit | Twist: A drabble + 50 wordsA response icon7A response icon7
InWrite A CatalystbyDyego Gaspar·Jan 18, 2025How A Bubonic Plague Saved Portugal. Bullet Tales EP-5“May, 1384. We’re stuck inside Lisbon walls, No food, no hope, and now we’re getting this strange coughing…are we doomed?”A response icon1A response icon1
Linnyk Oleh·Aug 5, 2024Load testing in practice with Siege, Apache Benchmark, and JMeterIn this article, I want to show tools for load testing.
