People & culture
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‘Presence’ Aims To Haunt You In A Different Way
[ad_1] The best ghost stories are the ones that understand the drama underpinning the chills. After all, ghosts can’t hurt you, so there has to be something else that drives the tension. Smuggle in some gothic melodrama atmosphere, and you have yourself a ripping yarn about the past refusing to stay dead and the tragedy…
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Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Pe…
[ad_1] There may be no more contentious an issue at the level of local U.S. government than education. All of the socioeconomic and cultural fault lines communities would rather paper over become fully exposed in debates over funding, curriculum, districting, etc. But we rarely hear discussions about educational policy at the national level these days.…
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The Working Homeless: A Widespread Struggle
The working homeless are an ever-growing population, hidden in plain sight. These are individuals holding full-time jobs, contributing to their communities, and striving for better lives while lacking stable housing. Cars, vans, and RVs have become their shelters, not by choice but out of necessity. This is not about laziness or irresponsibility—it’s about a system…
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Complexity on a Blade’s Edge: How Mythcraft Enhanced Strives…
[ad_1] For over a decade, TTRPG community fans often debated whether they preferred Dungeons and Dragons or Pathfinder. These two games are the leading TTRPGs on the marketplace, although publishers are striving to create their competitors. Whether it is Kobold Press’ Tales of the Valiant, MCDM’s Draw Steel, or Darrington Press’ Daggerheart, fantasy-themed game fans…
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Track-by-Track Review: Ela Minus, ‘DÍA’
[ad_1] DÍA is no less self-reflective than Ela Minus’ breakout debut, 2020’s acts of rebellion, a record whose fragile, blurry intimacy was tied to a year of pandemic isolation. Though it revs up every strain of electronic music the producer and singer-songwriter, born Gabriela Jimeno, likes to toy with – from icy synthpop to sinewy…
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The Wide-Ranging Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Disco…
[ad_1] Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented, we’ve just lost a great American filmmaker. From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet to Mulholland Drive to Inland Empire, David Lynch’s features will surely continue to bewilder and inspire generation after generation of aspiring young auteurs. (There seems even…
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Vancouver’s Taleeb Noormohamed named Parliamentary Secretary…
[ad_1] Vancouver Granville Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed was named parliamentary secretary to Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on Friday, September 23rd, 2023. Taleeb Noormohamed has deep roots in Vancouver and a proven record of community service. Noormohamed established a mentorship program for at-risk youth at Covenant House Vancouver and serves on its board and on…
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Why David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive is the greatest film of t…
[ad_1] Alamy (Credit: Alamy) It puzzled many viewers but delighted critics. We explain why the late, great David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive topped BBC Culture’s poll to find the greatest films of the 21st Century. Cinema in the early years of the 21st Century has been experiencing something of an existential crisis. Terms such as “TV-like”…
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New Zealand’s Actual Play Company Dice Legenz Make Youtube D…
[ad_1] A new potion, capable of destroying the city, is brewing. A vicious shape-changer is testing it on captives, preparing to unleash it on the city. It’s up to three singing, dancing (and ukulele playing?!?) bards to save the lives of a million people. Might be a good time to leave the city… The Bards…
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The Lingo Has Changed:
Navigating the Evolution of Communication Language has always been a living, breathing entity. It changes as people change, reflecting cultural shifts, technological advances, and generational attitudes. But it also makes sense according to the “Laws of Correspondence.” Today, we’re witnessing one of the most dramatic evolutions of language in recent memory, and it’s fascinating, polarizing,…