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德勝門箭樓，北京
The Archery Tower of Deshengmen Gate, Beijing / Peking
Bogenschießturm des Deshengmen-Tores in Peking
北京(ペキン)・徳勝門(とくしょうもん) 箭楼(せんろう)
樓(Lầu)箭(Tên)德(Đức)勝(Thắng)門(Môn), 北(Bắc)京(Kinh)
베이징 德勝門(덕승문) 箭樓(전루)
Башня лучников ворот Дэшэнмэнь, Пекин

#photography #photo #china #beijing #peking #archetecture #chinese #culture #攝影 #撮影 #中國 #大陸 #北京 #建築 #城牆 #中華 #文化 #中国 #写真 #foto #chinesisch #architektur #kultur #trungquoc #anh #vanhoa #사진 #중국 #문화 #건축 #китай #пекин #фото #фотография #архитектура #культура

#Philippines & #Ukraineyoutu.be/NX4Hnv-xkWg#Filipino #Culture

Why Is the Philippines the Onl...

#Philippines & #Ukraine

https://youtu.be/NX4Hnv-xkWg

#Filipino #Culture

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said prepackaged foods have “mass poisoned” tribal communities.

But the Trump administration ended a program that tribal food banks relied on for fresh, locally produced food important to their traditions and cultures.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #RFKJr #Trump #Health #Food #Native #Indigenous #Nutrition #Culture

33 Colorized Photos From The Harlem Renaissance That Capture This Transformative Era

The Harlem Renaissance lasted from 1910 to 1930.

By Austin Harvey

https://allthatsinteresting.com/harlem-renaissance-colorizations

At PG: "Fire!!: A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists, Volume 1, Number 1" is a collection of works from some of the most influential artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Unfortunately, only one issue was ever published.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71448

#culture #literature #art

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When articles start talking about "GenZ and Alpha" this and that, you know your era has ended. 😭

#GenXennial #80s #Culture #Society

When articles start talking about "GenZ and Alpha" this and that, you know your era has ended. 😭#GenXennial #80s #Culture #Society

After almost 2 years at @Mastodon, it’s time to say my thank yous & goodbye ❤️

Since Jan 2023, we’ve nearly tripled our team, hiring 8 brilliant humans out of 1,510 applicants(!). I’m proud to leave this legacy behind.

From #hiring to #culture, #fundraising to donor comms, it’s been an honour building the backbone of this project!

Thank you, team, for this crazy ride — I’ll be cheering for you all from afar and have no doubt you'll accomplish everything you've set out to do! 🐘💫

With ❤️
Inga x

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北京地鐵 Beijing Subway 🚇P1～P2: 積水潭站D口 Exit D of Jishuitan Station
P3: 12號綫 和平西橋站 Heping Xiqiao Station of Line 12
P4～P7: 12號綫 蘇州橋站 Suzhou Qiao Station of Line 12
P8: 16號綫 蘇州街站 Suzhou Jie Station of Line 12
P9～P12: 16號綫 萬壽寺站 Wanshou Si Station of Line 16
P13: 2號綫 復興門站 Fuxing Men Station of Line 2
P14: 1號綫 復興門站 Fuxing Men Station of Line 1
P15: 復興門站 坡道走廊 Ramped Corridor of Fuxing Men Station
P16: 10號綫 車道溝站 Chedaogou Station of Line 10

#china #chinese #beijing #peking #subway #metro #underground #archetecture #photography #中國 #中国 #大陸 #北京 #地鐵 #捷運 #地下鉄 #建築 #写真 #攝影 #citylife #urban #culture #cityofculture #foto

Britney Spears took over pop radio in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In Nora Princiotti’s new book, “Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop’s Shiniest Decade,” the author explains how Spears also defined and inspired a generation of female pop icons. Here’s an excerpt from The Ringer:

https://flip.it/RcqmXe

#Culture #Entertainment #Music #PopMusic #BritneySpears #TaylorSwift #Beyonce

Cosmic ceilidh

Hundreds of scientists are set to perform a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow teamed up with the culture and research organisation Science Ceilidh to develop a dance to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic first detection of gravitational waves.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1195038_en.html

#Scottish #culture #dance #physics #spacetime #GravitationalWave

Let Molly Ivins walk you through some of the oddest news from our beautiful home ... in Strangest State.

Browse more from the May/June 2025 issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/may-june-2025/

#news #comics #weird #Texas #culture #animals #drugs #science #ElonMusk #SpaceX

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In central Alaska, a small village is undergoing a clean energy transformation in order to boost savings, build resilience and provide jobs. People there want to cut their reliance on expensive, imported diesel that’s one of the largest contributors of planet-warming emissions. @AssociatedPress talked to residents about their efforts. Here’s what they said:

https://flip.it/JSL48w

#Culture #Alaska #Sustainability #RuralLife #USA

Filipino netizens were quick to criticize girl group BINI for their genuine reactions to Filipino snacks in a YouTube video.

"Telling BINI to eat like Filipinos, then shaming them for flinching, is cultural policing dressed up as patriotism."

#Philippines #Asian #Bini #Food #Culture #Filipino #TootSEA #Celebrities #Language #SocialMedia

https://www.walphs.com/2025/07/bini-filipino-snack-backlash.html

Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international #politics and natural resources, and much more.

Become a member of the Texas Observer and get the best of our journalism, starting at just $3/month: texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join

#journalism #Texas #nonprofit #culture #news #USpol #environment #water #children

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In #books: It’s typical of José Skinner’s approach that his main protagonist is not some self-assured reflection of his own qualifications, but rather Quigley, a dopey gringo vacillating between colonial-gaze fascination and fear of a world he doesn’t understand. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/

#SouthTexas #border #culture #bookstodon #education

CFP: 39th Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society
9–11 April 2026, Philadelphia, USA

Papers are invited on any aspect of 18th-century Scottish history, thought, & culture, especially the notable 250th anniversaries in 2026, e.g. the role of Scots in the American Revolution, the publication of the Wealth of Nations, & the death of David Hume

Deadline: 10 Sept. Details in ALT-text

@litstudies

#Scottish #literature #history #culture #18thcentury #CulturalStudies

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Ed van der Elsken
Photographer
1925 - 1990

Purmerends Museum.

His imagery provides  autobiographic perspectives on the European zeitgeist  spanning the period of the Second World War into the 1970s in the realms of love, sex, art, music (particularly jazz), and alternative culture. "I'm not a journalist, an objective reporter, I'm a man with likes and dislikes"

https://www.edvanderelsken.nl/

#photographer #art #culture #PurmerendsMuseum #edvanderelsken

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