People & culture
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The Sympathy Weapon: How Lames Trap You With Tears
Peep the game. You got a big heart, and the streets will bleed it dry if you let ’em. You see somebody struggling and your first instinct is to reach out, to pull ’em up. But you gotta ask yourself: are they reaching for your hand, or are they tryna pull you down into the…
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Stop Chasing Love. Start Stacking Leverage.
Real talk, too many of y’all are out here moving like fiends, chasing a feeling. You’re begging for a crumb of attention, a drop of affection, and getting played by lames who see your desperation from a mile away. You think the game is about love? Nah. The game is, and always has been, about…
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10 of the best TV shows to watch this November
[ad_1] PBS(Credit: PBS) 9. The American Revolution Next year will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, and ahead of that landmark Ken Burns takes what promises to be a fresh, bracing look at the US fight for independence and the founding of the country. Beyond the conventional wisdom…
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Symbiotic culture and repression | Eurozine
[ad_1] Vladimir Putin’s favourite exhibition, laconically called ‘Russia’, took centre stage in Moscow’s cultural scene from November 2023 to July 2024. Located in VDNKh, a 325-hectare exhibition and recreation complex built in 1939 during the Stalin era to showcase Soviet economic, industrial, and agricultural achievements, the exhibition megalomaniacally praised Putin and his reign. Each of…
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A Song Of Seekers, Soldiers, And Schemers: The Operatic Orig…
[ad_1] Tonight, Critical Role Campaign 4 will hit a big milestone: The end of the campaign’s “Overture”. This means that, starting next week, the cast will be split off into three tables as part of the campaign’s “West Marches” format. Each has its own focus as part of the bigger tale. The only confirmed table…
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You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the Fi…
[ad_1] If you’ve made the journey to Athens, you probably took the time to visit its most popular tourist attraction, the Acropolis. On that monument-rich hill, you more than likely paid special attention to the Parthenon, the ancient temple dedicated to the city’s namesake, the goddess Athena Parthenos. But no matter how much time you…
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Let our political imaginations soar
[ad_1] In Blätter, Seyla Benhabib writes that Israel’s war on Hamas reflects three significant shifts in international relations: first, protectionism, imperialism and expansionism replacing globalisation, particularly in the invasion – or threats of invasion – by Russia, the United States, China and Israel. This is often justified in ways reminiscent of the Lebensraum ideology of…
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‘Tag Team’ Is A Classic Arcade Fighting Card Game For 2 Play…
[ad_1] Inspired by the classic arcade fighting games, Scorpion Masqué has made a system combined with a deck builder mechanic to give you the best fighting feeling on your table top. Tag Team is a 2 player only card game where you choose 2 fighters to face off against your opponent’s tag team. Your goal…
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The Surprising Power of Boredom: It Lets You Confront Big Qu…
[ad_1] The twenty-first century so far may seem light on major technological breakthroughs, at least when compared to the twentieth. An artificial intelligence boom (perhaps a bubble, perhaps not) has been taking place over the past few years, which at least gives us something to talk about. Before that, most of us would have named…