#Cultural

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Here's the thing: In a very real way, Disney owes the long-term viability of #StarWars as a commercial enterprise to authors like Alan Dean Foster. It's hard to imagine now,

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ABUJAPLUG

There is a gap of services in Abuja, FCT. A whole capital city fa. If you're an aspiring entrepreneur with no serious ideas in the works yet, think over these

Caroline Spry

carolinedigs

Aboriginal culturally modified trees are a striking feature of the Australian archaeological record. This thread is an overview of these trees + an unusual example we discuss in two new

Peter Bell

PeterNBell

@DrPippaM the only thing I was surprised by in your talk with @ttmygh today was... that people think inflation is dead. Genuinely didn't know that was mainstream consensus. Pleased to

#1 ON BBH100!!

Ieeseungs

txt’s golden discography, a thread. instant classic, one of the best debut songs ever, cultural reset. so smooth and fresh at the same time.. also from their debut ep.. just

Meridazmach

Dengeysateater

Dejazmach "Geday" Mengesha Abuye of Wello, one of the forgotten great Arbegna/heroes of the resistance against the Italian invasion in 1935; Famously monikered as "The Jet Killer" (Thread)"እኔ በወሎ ሰው

Sanjay G Reddy

sanjaygreddy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59?fbclid=IwAR3W9q9KJO3kQdj-9uA-_C0QE-2GA9vgQB3cUwN0dNWykCXlrFiRlJI_AVA I had reason to recall & cite Graeber just a few da

Fangirl Jeanne

fangirlJeanne

I think my biggest issue with the way white Americans talk about Zuko’s redemption arc and even Zutara is I don’t see anyone discussing how the Fire Nation is obviously

T.K. of AAK!

AskAKorean

Note the massive distrust of scientists across the political spectrum in South Korea."South Korea handled COVID-19 well because they trust the scientists" Ha! Like hell.https://twitter.com/JohnSaeki/status/1310948927634632707 The

Fullmetal Malcolm X

tristan__isaac

it's important that people understand the true cause of these unprecedented Oregon wildfiresbig surprise it's white supremacyIndigenous people understood that fire was a key aspect of a their environment and

Vashe 🇿🇼

PTChimusoro

#21Days21Destinations Day 10 Binga Did you know that Zimbabwe has a beach? If you didn’t know, then today you must fall in love with this destination; Binga!! The home of

Nat Torkington

gnat

A few silly things I didn't post to Four Short Links this week (a thread).1. Dunning-Krugerrands schadenfeude.https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/yam_cryptocurrency_bug_governance/ 2. Republishing books under the actual name of the w

Jane Ride of Frankenstein Ruffino

janeruffino

Oh my god I just cannot. No, Kyle, you don’t actually want to “go live in Spain,” you want to go on vacation Are you actually someone who lives in

Matt Bray

MattBrayAU

[controversial thread] So in celebration of #RotumanLanguageWeek a lot of social media posts from well-meaning Rotumans and non-Rotumans are using images of this flag which they’ve found online which in

chellie 🕊

rxchellegalang

senior year thread what: last first daywhen: june twenty fourwhere: spcp what: last first masswhen: june twenty eightwhere: spcp space what: last first ffm, first school gig w mac twenty

Foz Meadows

fozmeadows

Seeing as there’s once more TERF discourse in the SFF/literary twittersphere, let me ask you this: if you don’t believe that self-knowledge/self-identification is the only universal proof of gender identity,