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The mark of the beast (infosec.pub)
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[–] astutemural@midwest.social 42 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: we know that the keeping of domesticated cats spread to England at least by the time of the Roman occupation, because we found a 2000 yr old roof tile there with a cat's pawprint in it. It's funny to imagine a clayworker 2000 yrs ago yelling at the cat to stay off his tiles lol.