Daily Rome Shot 1696

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I’d feel so stupid pic.twitter.com/J1jFZAtjeO

— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) September 4, 2026

Seems this way sometimes…

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— Crisis Magazine (@CrisisMag) September 4, 2026

I’ve been to this. Incredible.

Spectacular Italian traditions ???

The Machine of Santa Rosa, Viterbo, Lazio

Every 3 September, more than a hundred men lift a 98-foot tower of light weighing 5.5 tons and carry it on their shoulders through the narrow streets of the old town

One kilometre of strength and… pic.twitter.com/0de8HzZkuj

— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) September 4, 2026

Think fast.

BREAKING: After the Dodgers bat boy saved Shohei Ohtani’s life he received a record setting $500M deferred contract for bat boys pic.twitter.com/t9Tdl1z43z

— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) September 3, 2026

Every have days like this?

White to move and mate in 4.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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One Comment

waalaw says:

6 September 2026 at 2:04 AM

Never allowing Black time to check White’s King:

1. R-h6+ . . B×h6
2. Q-f7+

If . . . . . . . . K-h8
3. R-h6#

So . . . . . . . Q-g7
3. R×h6+ . K×h6
4. Q-h5#

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