When the paper asks you to pay to support independent journalism, they're plainly and directly talking about their source of funding. If you've understood something different, that's on you.
I know jack all about the US press industry, and that's exactly the type of independence I assumed they were referring to. It means exactly what it says. What are you mad about?
And the reason for only 10 months before that - the earlier Romans didn't even bother to keep count during the winter. From the end of December it was just 'i dunno?' until the head priest decided it was time for a new year.
Yeah I didn't mention that cos I was trying to sell it. As I see it, the first season is a complete story that reaches a satisfying conclusion. Then the second season came with a bit of a genre shift and new narrative threads that it never got the chance to tie back up. In retrospect, it pioneered the Netflix mode of storytelling
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