Friday Friday, July 10, 2026 (On the Chud Vision of Roman History)

Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’ve been a bit behind because we had some family travel followed by an issue with a water leak in the basement which has pushed me out of my normal home office space (fortunately no books or computers were harmed and we’re working on water damage restoration now). All of which has a nasty habit of throwing off your work schedule. For patrons wondering where the latest research update is – it is in much the same place, ‘coming’ and for much the same reason. Percy balancing carefully on my bookshelves, which were being emptied in preparation for putting new, rather nicer looking shelves in. Alas, that process was delayed by a water leak which fortunately spared all of my books but unfortunately is requiring us to tear our and replace a good deal of the basement flooring. That said, I’ve wanted to do a musing for a few weeks expanding on some of my thoughts on what I am going to call ‘the chuds’1 (often also referred to as the ‘statue pfps’)2 a group of…