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A Maintainer's Advice on Contributing to Open Source in 2026 https://lobste.rs/s/5mnquy #culture #practices
https://wasp.sh/blog/2026/08/13/advice-for-contributing-in-2026

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title: Sunset, Hudson, New York
artist: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: A view across a body of water toward the Catskill Mountains in the […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/22375

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Who Are The Ainu People? Inside The Rich History And Culture Of The East Asian Indigenous Group

By Ella Spitz | Edited By Cara Johnson

The Ainu were hunter-gatherers who lived across Japan and into southeastern Russia, but centuries of forced assimilation have virtually eliminated their language and traditions.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ainu

Books about Ainus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15285

#books #literature #folklore #indigenous_people #history #culture

An Ainu family on “display” at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Nine adults and two children pose in front of a plain building, wearing traditional Ainu robes with bold swirling patterns. Some men have full beards, one wears a headband crown, and women wear beaded necklaces.

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Was one of the great novels of the Enlightenment written by a man who thought he was a werewolf?

Surreal, mysterious and with an outlandish origin story, Jan Potocki’s The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has amassed a cult following that includes Salman Rushdie and Jerry Garcia. But it’s the book’s global humanism makes it relevant now, say the curators of a new exhibition

by Tobias Grey

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/05/the-manuscript-found-in-saragossa-jan-potocki-exhibition-switzerland

More information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manuscript_Found_in_Saragossa

#books #literature #cult #movies #culture

Jan Potocki, by Anton Graff, 1785.

An 18th-century oval oil portrait of a young man with wavy, shoulder-length brown hair and blue eyes. He wears a dark coat over a white open-collared shirt with a ruffled jabot, his arms folded and a faint smile on his face, against a gray-green background.

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Title page of Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (Polish translation), 1847

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Linguist to record the magic songs of the Awajún people of Peru

edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin

https://phys.org/news/2026-11-linguist-magic-songs-awajn-people.html

Books about Peru at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3899

#music #linguistics #indegenous_people #culture #history

A letter in the Awajun language from Bardales Juwau to his brother.

Bardales Juwau, a member of the Peruvian Army.

A handwritten letter in blue ink on lined paper, dated “25 de Octubre del 2014,” written in an Indigenous Amazonian language (likely Awajún) mixed with Spanish. Two columns of cursive text mention names, “año nuevo” and a gift list: cigarettes, a bottle, shoes, socks.

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Broadcasting conglomerates are attempting a takeover of over-the-air television. We must defend it https://lobste.rs/s/r81dwi #culture
https://place.reeseric.ci/writings/2026-10-04/

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The Women Who Wrote Noir

“I never met Ida Lupino, but I always wanted to,” wrote Martin Scorsese in the New York Times in 1995. “The six films she directed between 1949 and 1953 are remarkable chamber pieces that deal with challenging subjects in a clear, almost documentary fashion, and are a singular achievement in American cinema.”

By David Hudson

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/9334-the-women-who-wrote-noir

#books #literature #roman_noir #movies #culture

Photo of Ida Lupino from an appearance on the radio program Cavalcade of America.

A glamorous black-and-white studio portrait of a woman with short, curly, light-tinted hair and dark lipstick, gazing off to the side. She wears jeweled earrings, a small cross necklace and a white V-neck top with a bold printed pattern, before a shimmering sequined backdrop.

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❝ Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities.❞

― Simple Sabotage Field Manual¹

» Skydance Era Begins: Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Officially Closes https://bleedingcool.com/tv/skydance-era-begins-paramount-warner-bros-merger-officially-closes/

#arts #culture #communications #media #film #radio #movies #tv #streaming #acting #music #gaming #popCulture #performance #techbros #finbros #MAGA #MAHA #fascism #monopsony #corruptocracy

¹ @simple_sabotage
https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/117379125943832856

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Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery is a brilliant exploration of the life of the queen of crime

by Nadia Atia

A fun, interactive but also thoughtful look at the real life experiences that inspired her world famous mysteries.

https://theconversation.com/agatha-christie-a-world-of-mystery-is-a-brilliant-exploration-of-the-life-of-the-queen-of-crime-295778?utm_campaign=the-daily-40218&utm_content=the-daily-40218_uk%7C2%7C40218%7Ce824935c&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_term=The+Conversation

Books by Dame Agatha at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

#books #literature #culture #fictionbooks

Agatha Christie as a young woman.

A vintage sepia photograph of a young woman with tousled, upswept hair leaning out of an open leaded-glass casement window in a stone wall. She wears a striped blouse with a polka-dot scarf and gazes off to the side, with a shield-shaped pane visible behind her.

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Aldous Huxley on technodictators

Aldous Huxley on the dangers of being ‘caught by surprise by our own advancing technology’

by Patrick Smith

https://aeon.co/videos/aldous-huxley-on-the-dangers-of-being-caught-by-surprise-by-our-own-advancing-technology?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0e4a6c3c8e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_11_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972https://aeon.co/videos/aldous-huxley-on-the-dangers-of-being-caught-by-surprise-by-our-own-advancing-technology?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0e4a6c3c8e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_11_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Books by Aldous Huxley at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/780

#books #politics #government #culture

Huxley in 1930.

A vintage sepia studio portrait of a young man with dark, swept-back hair and round wire-rimmed glasses, resting his cheek on his hand, a ring on one finger. He wears a dark sweater over a white cuff. Handwriting at top left is inscribed with the year “1930.”

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Sure mate, buy me a bloody coffee https://lobste.rs/s/eeclwg #culture
https://peateasea.de/sure-mate-buy-me-a-bloody-coffee/

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The stone corridors of Angkor Wat seem to pull you deeper and deeper into the temple. I loved the repetition of these ancient doorways, the worn stone, and the soft light finding its way through. Photographed in Siem Reap, Cambodia—a place where the details are every bit as remarkable as the grand views.

https://rhfineartgallery.etsy.com/listing/4587266278/angkor-wat-wall-art-cambodia-temple

#travel #architecture #leadinglines #buyintoart #photography #photo #asia #cambodia #giftLink #wallart #travelphotography #ancient #culture

A long stone corridor at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Repeating carved doorways and columns recede into the distance, illuminated by warm, subdued light.

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Early morning overlooking the caldera in Santorini, Greece. The first light was just beginning to reach the cliffs and whitewashed buildings, while the Aegean was still deep in blue. I loved the quiet of Santorini at this hour, before the streets became busy.

https://rhfineartgallery.etsy.com/listing/4450437416/blue-domes-of-oia-santorini-overlooking

#greece #landscape #landscapePhotography #architecture #travel #island #buyintoart #greek #photography #art #photo #history #culture #giftLink

Early morning view across Santorini’s caldera, with a blue-domed white church in the foreground, bright bougainvillea, deep blue water, and volcanic cliffs beyond.

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How cultural background shapes our perception of dance

A study by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics reveals that cultural background shapes how people interpret emotions, beauty, and meaning when watching dance.

by Ina Wittmann

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-cultural-background-perception.html

A dance of emotions: Scientific video library of dance movements published:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-emotions-scientific-video-library-movements.html

Books about Dance at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7959

#books #literature #culture

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Title: The Dance

Author: Daniel Gregory Mason

Editor: Ivan Narodny

Painting dated "Nov 1902" and initialed "FK," showing a barefoot dancer mid-leap in a flowing white tunic with a red sash and headband. Loose sketched lines trace her swirling movement against a warm ochre background, with a green shadow beneath her.

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‘Incapable of any culture’ — Kant’s racism and a forgotten source on Indigenous Peoples

by Arnaud Pelletier

https://theconversation.com/incapable-of-any-culture-kants-racism-and-a-forgotten-source-on-indigenous-peoples-295724

Books by Kant and about Antonio de Ulloa at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1426
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65413

#books #literature #history #indigenous_people #culture

Relacion historica del viage a la America meridional : hecho de orden de S. Mag. para medir algunos grados de meridiano terrestre ... con otras varias observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas / por Don Jorge Juan ... y Don Antonio de Ulloa.

An 18th-century engraving (Lámina XIII, page 378) of Andean life. Labeled figures stand in front: Española Quiteña, India Palla, Indio Barbero, Mestiza Quiteña, Indio Rústico, India Ordinaria. Behind them, a rope bridge and a “tarabita” cable carry a mule and people over a gorge.

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Automata and Flowers https://lobste.rs/s/ly4io4 #compsci #culture
https://luisacicolini.github.io/posts/automata-flowers/

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Imagining Scotland: Walter Scott vs Hugh MacDiarmid

Walter Scott & Hugh MacDiarmid could scarcely have had more opposing visions of Scotland’s past, present & future – or could they? James Robertson & Alex Linklater discuss these two giants of our culture & their respective projects for inventing or reinventing the nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMXtSraI7rY

#Scottish #literature #culture #culturalstudies #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #MacDiarmid #HughMacDiarmid #nationalidentity #ScottishIdentity