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A fringe theory about imperial Rome, and other links of the day (June 20, 2025)

Sources of inspiration for Unknown Armies (Reddit).
Unknown Armies is a roleplaying game about modern paranoia, Jungian archetypes, and an occult system that focuses on class. It is, in a word, really interesting. I got a lot of mileage out of this link, which leads to movies and TV shows dealing with the secret intrusion of the supernatural into real life.
“The Serendipity Machine: Notes on Using Twitter.”
Some guidelines for using Twitter as a superpower – meeting people, getting questions answered, learning. It covers how difficult it is getting traction at first.
Caesar’s Messiah.
Write-up of a fringe theory that the New Testament was written by imperial Rome as a pacifist philosophy to subdue Judea. It’s nonsense, of course. But interesting nonsense.