Search results for tag #culture
Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem
You might think that Ovid's Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of the greatest Greek myths, would hold little relevance today. But its tales of desire and deceit reveal surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change and the refugee crisis to gender-based violence and identity.
by Cath Pound
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765
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Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369)
Claude Du Bosc / After Jean Jouvenet - Leto verandert de boeren in kikkers, Claude DuBosc, after Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1714 - Rijksmuseum
The scene depicts the goddess Leto — mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus — fleeing the wrath of Hera after giving birth. Exhausted and thirsty, she stops at a pond in Lycia to drink, but local peasants cruelly prevent her and her infant children from reaching the water, stirring up the mud to make it undrinkable. In fury, she calls upon Jupiter and transforms the peasants into frogs.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metamorphoses_(Ovid)#/media/File:Claude_Du_Bosc_after_Jean-Baptiste_Jouvenet,_Leto_and_the_Lycian_Peasants,_1714,_Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1905-2842.jpg
Dodeskaden (2010) — petite visite d’un nouveau lieu squatté dédié au cinéma. Un court portrait engagé, plein de passion DIY et de culture ciné. Parfait pour les curieux et les militant·e·s culturels ! #French #Dodeskaden #cinéma #squat #activisme #courtmétrage #culture #DIY
https://videos.squat.net/videos/watch/a834c50e-6485-4892-b3d7-83bd48bbdc20
#business #culture #tech
RT: https://noauthority.social/users/Killer_Mule/statuses/116249958577769136
Why Lacan Loved Harpo Marx
A surprising encounter between high theory and Hollywood farce reshapes how we think about laughter and desire.
By: Angelica Frey
https://daily.jstor.org/why-lacan-loved-harpo-marx/
Humor & Comedy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/44
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=comedy
#books #literature #art #culture
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Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right)
The card shows Chico on the left in his trademark shabby suit and felt hat, and Harpo on the right in his iconic curly red wig, battered top hat, and characteristically mismatched, oversized clothing. The man in the middle is one of the supporting cast members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Monkey_Business_lobby_card_1931.JPG
"Art is for everybody." — Keith Haring
You carry it the way Haring carried chalk into a tunnel: without asking permission. Art, protest, the act of showing your face — none of it waits for approval. You make the thing. You put it where people have to see it. When they say it doesn't belong, you draw it bigger. Pick up whatever you've got and fucking use it.
#trans #queer #lgbtqia #news #liberal #progressive #nonfiction #history #culture
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-daily-exhale-if-we-won-the-war-in-iran-why-are-we-still-fight
What Wendy's Doing:
Trump said we won the war in Iran on day one. If that is true, why the fuck is the US escorting ships through the Straight of Hormuz? So Fuck it. I Cried. Got angry. Wrote this. Some mornings the truth tastes like gunpowder.
#trans #queer #lgbtqia #news #liberal #progressive #nonfiction #history #culture
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-daily-exhale-if-we-won-the-war-in-iran-why-are-we-still-fighting
Chuck Schumer stood at the podium Sunday and called the SAVE America Act one of the most despicable pieces of legislation I've come across.
That cock-juggling thunder-cunt Donald Trump won't sign any legislation until this bill hits his desk — because when your numbers are in the gutter, you don't fix the plumbing, you rig the water supply. The bill demands proof of citizenship to register
#trans #queer #lgbtqia #news #liberal #progressive #nonfiction #history #culture
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-daily-exhale-if-we-won-the-war-in-iran-why-are-we-still-fight
https://thistleandmoss.com
These idiots are fuggin deluded
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/16/vinyl-record-sales-us-taylor-swift #Vinyl #Music #Culture #TaylorSwift #UsNews #BillieEilish #SabrinaCarpenter #KendrickLamar #FleetwoodMac #MichaelJackson #MusicIndustry
Must-read here, especially for #indie #musicians. #LizPelly discusses her book "Mood Machine: The Rise of #Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" and covers a wide range of topics about modern music-making and distribution. She also mentions "cooperative and open-source alternatives to #Bandcamp", several are here on the #Fediverse. Moving her book to the top of my reading list. 🎵 🎶 📖 👍 😁 #Music #TapeOp #Capitalism #Streaming #Media #Culture #Books #Literature https://tapeop.com/interviews/171/liz-pelly
Hype for the Future 135K: Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Introduction The Town of Dover-Foxcroft is a town of fewer than five thousand (5,000) permanent residents situated within the boundaries of Piscataquis County, Maine. Despite the small size, the community represents the largest town in the entirety of the rural county, as well as the county seat. Historically, the town limits were indeed two (2) distinct towns, namely Dover and Foxcroft, separated by the Piscataquis River. The Town of Dover was to the south of the river, while the Town of […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Introduction
The Town of Dover-Foxcroft is a town of fewer than five thousand (5,000) permanent residents situated within the boundaries of Piscataquis County, Maine. Despite the small size, the community represents the largest town in the entirety of the rural county, as well as the county seat. Historically, the town limits were indeed two (2) distinct towns, namely Dover and Foxcroft, separated by the Piscataquis River. The Town of Dover was to the south of the river, while the Town of Foxcroft was to the north.
Community
While the Dover-Foxcroft town limits are home to the area of Foxcroft Academy, a notable boarding school for the rural State of Maine, the public facilities include the Maine Whoopie Pie festival in the month of June each year as well as the Freedom House Bed and Breakfast, Bear’s Den Restaurant & Tavern / Log Cabin Motel, and the nearby Blacksmith Shop Museum to the northwest.
Just for #curiosity sake, I want to do a #culture test.
I want to know how much of a #minority or of a #majority I really am.
I'm looking at #options for this.
This one is #interesting as it is a #secret #nationality #test to find out if you fit best with a particular #country or #region most effectively.
Apparently I'm most closest to Greek by this definition, and least closest to Japanese.
this honestly makes a lot of sense to me.
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/secret-nationality-quiz-v4/index.html
Our Fruits themed Quiz where each answer comprises a different fruit!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/fruit-quiz-looking-for-a-juicy-challenge/
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#fruit #fruits #juicy #fruitquiz #generalknowledge #culture #pubquiz #gkquiz #quiz #trivia
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Fruit Quiz promotion post by youknnowwhatblog
#OnThisDay 10 years ago! 🌞 Me basking in the #morning #sun and in The Marble #Temple, #Bangkok, #Thailand: http://www.instagram.com/p/BBCwwAJicK9 🌞 Wat Benchamabophit, 2016.
#OTD #Throwback #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Culture #Heritage #Building #Buildings #Outdoors #Sunshine #Sunlight #NaturalLight #Light #Lighting #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Portrait #PortraitPhotography #Photography #Photo #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag
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2016 photo of Chicago artist Jenny Lam basking in the morning sun and in The Marble Temple / Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok, Thailand.
#OnThisDay 10 years ago! 🚤 On a canoe in a #canal at Damnoen Saduak floating #market, #Thailand: http://www.instagram.com/p/BBFVhcECcPu 🚤 Shot on my iPhone 5s, 2016.
(More of my iPhone 5s #photography at http://www.artistsonthelam.com/photography
Interviews about my #mobilephotography:
Fstoppers: http://fstoppers.com/interview/interview-jenny-lam-long-form-project-photographed-entirely-smartphone-569868)
#OTD #Throwback #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Monk #People #Food #Culture #Heritage #Water #Reflection #Reflections #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #ShotoniPhone
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iPhone 5s photo by Chicago artist Jenny Lam on a canoe in a canal at Damnoen Saduak floating market, Thailand
Some growing key questions here really are:
How to defend or adapt disciplines (not just artistic/cultural ones) against this kind of semantic hollowing out of what it means to have skills, experience and expertise in a(ny) field...
What approaches, qualities and "values" (physical, ethical, social/humanist, environmental, resource use) should we (or still can we) be focusing on, which are much harder and more costly for AI companies to mine/extract & subvert?
How to defend actual skills against the emulation of skills, or rather just the appearance of skills? How could a society even function if it only encourages and celebrates the latter?
What does society actually value in art/creativity/culture? If art is free to produce (of course that'll always only ever be an illusion!), funding, possession, collection & speculation of new work would also become meaningless (and only benefit pre-AI era works/collectors). In the larger picture, what do people actually value in culture, politics and striving for more peaceful existence which enables more of the former (pluralistic art/culture) in the first place?
What will be the combined impact of AI & robotics on fields which are currently still thinking themselves more safe (from exploitation) because there's a strong physical element/process to them?
Will art/culture/craft become more performance, experiential/ephemeral again only? Like music before recordings or Buddhist sand paintings with an explicit act of destruction at the end as key philosophical concept? Both of which also have more of a social element to them...
The Samsara Mandala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL8gEc29KTI
#CriticalAI #AI #NoAI #LLM #Ephemeral #Art #Culture #Samsara
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge" #Quote Isaac Asimov
Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/dismay-as-ancient-heritage-sites-across-iran-damaged-in-us-israel-bombing #Iran #Culture #WorldNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #Heritage #Unesco #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
In this #HotTake I will get #wild with my #thoughts on a couple of key #topics of #interest here.
Starting with #consensual #sexuality as a whole.
All forms of #government need to stop making #laws that prohibit how people live their lives as a #group by any #culture #background #race or #creed indeed.
Secondly, when it comes to the topic of #gender state very clearly your #biological preference on your own terms. Let #organizations choose what those are, not arbitrarily but actually as such.
I'm going to Amsterdam for work between Fri - Sat, and I'll stay there for another additional day.
I'm super excited. Any recommendation what should I visit in only one day?
In this #HotTake I explore a new #idea of #world #citizenship for everyone.
No #passport needed, just have one #border - #life itself.
Have a couple world laws any #region enforces about ones well being, but don't #weaponize things on that level. Leave the rest up to individual #cities to cultivate.
This is about #respect, #culture #conservation and #human #dignity. Throughout #locations where only common ground makes decisions, rather than #laws or #empires instead.
Okay I've had it with the #propaganda for #Christian #white #nationalism which by and large, creates more #conflict than it can #resolve as such.
Somebody tell me why #BennyJohnson puts a #video like this out against #British and #American #migrants over their #culture when in so many words, people who think like this only want #emmigration and not #immigration instead?
Tell me where the support is for #world #citizenship regardless of background.
“The life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster” -David Hume
Sunday Morning Reading
With writing from @Daojoan
@dtm
@mathewi and more.
#SundayMorningReading #Culture #Humanities #AI #Tech #Politics #Shakespeare
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/03/08/sunday-morning-reading-145/
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Bronze statue of a child sitting on an outdoor stone bench with legs crossed, reading an open book that rests on their lap, a small bird perched on the top edge of the book, and a stack of books beside them, with a paved walkway, grass lawn, and buildings in the background.
🍌 Bananas are not just yellow.
They carry a spectrum of greens, reds, blue tinged hues, and golds shaped by pigments, wax, and time.
✍️ Explore the quiet science of color, culture, and genome: https://TPC8.short.gy/wz8398DU
Even the peel holds memory.
#Botany #Bananas #Science #Culture #Fruits #Genome #FoodHistory #TPC8
Chaos isn't a discipline problem.
It's an infrastructure problem.
You're not scattered because you lack focus. You're scattered because your systems are held together by memory and stress.
I love #trans people #gay people #straight people #white #black #brown and #oriental people too. We're all humans. We do not choose our #culture. Culture finds us. And in that moment, no amount of #pride can, shall or will dim our #passion in the moment. And so it is, that #love binds us to #truth in ways that #obsession (as a potential mental deficiency) can and has attempted to get in the way of. As is the case with some instances of extremes involving breakdowns of social order.
I blame possibility for showing us how to fuck up our #reality to the point where we have to #correct course. And we absolutely must do everything we can to #suspend #cancel #culture in all of its forms. So that #centralized platforms will come to #respect this, when we take a stand to #deceentralize #authority in all of its forms. Especially due to #weaponization from within and only after verified #improper use has occurred.
Rijksmuseum researchers discover new painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
They examined the work with the same advanced techniques used in Operation Night Watch, and closely compared it with other paintings by Rembrandt from the same period.
Rembrandt at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7232
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Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, 1633 by Rembrandt.
A dark Baroque oil painting dominated by deep browns and blacks, with a single luminous figure at centre-left. An elderly bearded man in magnificent gold-embroidered priestly robes and a jewelled veil or mitre stands reading from an open book on a lectern, his bare feet visible beneath his vestments. A shaft of pale light descends from the upper right into the surrounding darkness. To the right, a richly draped table holds a golden ewer and a staff. Heavy red drapery fills the left background.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_Zacharias_in_the_Temple#/media/File:Rembrandt_-_Zacharius-vis-high-res-sRGB.jpg
Dear French-speaking Fedi friends,
I have a favor to ask you:
Could you please complete this survey by @cercle - the test fediverse instance set up by the French Ministry of Culture?
🔗 : https://framaforms.org/mastodonfediverse-la-culture-et-vous-1771542693
It would help them understand what are your wishes and expectations when it comes to fediverse accounts run by cultural institutions.
The survey is totally anonymous and takes a few minutes to fill out.
Thanks!
And please boost 🚀
What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes
Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/renaissance-diy-science-people-tested-tweaked-home-remedy-recipes/#artifact-conservation #culture #history #proteomics #renaissance-medicine #science
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Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack
The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost silent film by Georges Méliès.
by Chloe Veltman
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Screenshot from Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) (1902).
Georges Méliès — Roger-Viollet
A black-and-white film still showing the Moon depicted as a large human face with expressive features — eyes, a nose, and an open mouth — occupying most of the frame. A cylindrical rocket or projectile is embedded directly in the Moon's right eye. A dark starry sky forms the background.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s#/media/Fichier:Le_Voyage_dans_la_lune.jpg
17th-Century Painter Michaelina Wautier Was Almost Lost to History. Will Blockbuster Shows Juice Her Market?
Details of her life remain in doubt, but her canvases evince a trailblazer. Buying one is not easy.
by Eileen Kinsella
https://news.artnet.com/market/michaelina-wautier-market-appraisal-2742009
More about Wautier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelina_Wautier
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Genre painting by Michaelina Wautier (Dutch title: Elk zijn meug), The Phoebus Foundation.
An oil painting depicting two children against a dark, neutral background. The foreground figure is a fair-skinned child with loose, curly auburn hair, wearing a voluminous white draped garment. The child holds a partially eaten boiled egg with a small spoon in one hand, and turns their head slightly to the left with a wide-eyed, slightly queasy or reluctant expression. Behind and to the right stands a second child with darker, dishevelled hair and a dark jacket with a white collar, leaning in and looking down attentively at the first child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelina_Wautier#/media/File:Elk_zijn_meug.jpg
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Cincinnati’s Midwestern Lesbian celebrates anniversary, expands pop-up events to other Ohio cities
Cincinnati LGBTQ+ events company announces plans to expand while celebrating the second anniversary of their ’Sapphic Sips’ series.
Archive: ia: ...
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/02/24/midwestern-lesbian-celebrates-anniversary-will-host-pop-up-events-in-other-ohio-cities/#caitlin-chrisenée #cincinnati #cincy #cincy-gay-agenda #culture #gay #kelsey-ference #midwest #midwest-lesbian #midwestern-lesbian #rhinegeist #rhinegeist-brewery #sapphic-sips
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Cincinnati’s Midwestern Lesbian celebrates anniversary, expands pop-up events to other Ohio cities
La fleur de lys bananière est un meuble héraldique. C’est l’une des quatre figures les plus populaires avec les multiples croix, l’aigle et le lion (Wikipédia)
street art, Park Drive, West End de Glasgow
#streetart #food #culture de banane #banana #flowers #photography
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grille de parc avec motif de fer de lance fleur de lys de banane en acier forgé
The meme’s brackets & asterisks—never has punctuation been so eloquent—seemed to step in where words failed.
Recent years have been boom times for #language that is inarticulate on purpose. *Vibe* has become a diagnosis; *chaos* has become an all-purpose condition. Dictionaries have highlighted, as their words of the year, *brain rot* & *post-truth* & an emoji caught between laughter & tears. But [gestures around] might be the term of the decade.
The Bennett Collection: The Rising Glory of Women Painters
From 16th-century nuns to modern masters, this collection’s focus on female figurative realists drives a $50,000 biennial boost for the next generation of icons
Michael Pearce
https://www.mutualart.com/Article/The-Bennett-Collection--The-Rising-Glory/45A7C277840FAFCA
Women painters at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Women+Painters
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Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) - Artemisia Gentileschi
A woman is shown from roughly three-quarter length, her body twisting dynamically as she reaches upward with her right arm, paintbrush in hand, toward a large dark canvas that fills most of the left side of the composition. Her face is seen in profile, turned upward with an expression of focused concentration.
Her dark hair is loosely gathered into a low bun, with loose strands escaping around her face. She wears a lustrous green and brown satin dress with iridescent sheen, a white lace-trimmed chemise visible at the neckline and sleeve. A gold chain necklace with a pendant hangs at her chest. In her lower hand she holds a painter's palette with several brushes, barely visible in the shadowed lower portion of the canvas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi#/media/File:Self-portrait_as_the_Allegory_of_Painting_(La_Pittura)_-_Artemisia_Gentileschi.jpg
He worked where the dead were—digging graves, clearing cemeteries—and when he wasn’t working, he was parked on a wooden bench or a windowsill along Market Street, water jug beside him, boots set firm as though they’d never move.
When I was 7, he was ancient. https://www.texasobserver.org/snow-on-market-street/
#culture #history #Texas #slavery #racism #politics #USpol #NorthTexas
Could strains of California cannabis someday be as valuable as grape vines from Bordeaux? SF Gate tells us why the state is racing to save Big Sur Holy Weed:
The Madrid Codices: Leonardo da Vinci's treasure trove digitised by Spain's National Library
On 13 February 1967, the Spanish National Library announced the discovery of the Madrid I and II codices, two manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci that had remained poorly catalogued for more than a century. But they are being digitised to make them accessible to the public.
By Lucia Blasco
Leonardo da Vinci at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629
#books #culture #library #history
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Leonardo da vinci, Double manuscript page on the Sforza monument.
The left page is devoted to mechanical studies — five carefully rendered technical drawings arranged vertically, each showing wooden joining or clamping mechanisms in three-quarter perspective. They appear to depict interlocking beams, bolt fastenings, and timber joints of increasing complexity, with short annotating notes flanking each drawing on both sides.
The right page is dominated by a large, commanding drawing of what appears to be the lower torso and hindquarters of a horse rendered as a structural armature — a grid of horizontal and vertical ribs forming a curved, basket-like framework that captures the swelling volume of the animal's form. The gridded surface suggests a mold or internal scaffolding for casting, with the waist cinching inward before flaring out again at the haunches. Dense blocks of mirror-script text surround the drawing on the left and bottom, and a folio number — 157 — is visible in the upper right corner. A faint institutional stamp appears near the bottom center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Madrid_(Leonardo)#/media/File:Leonardo_da_vinci,_Double_manuscript_page_on_the_Sforza_monument.jpg
New from Carol Countryman: "Today, thanks to #Texas’ own Opal Lee, Juneteenth is carved into the calendar, a federal holiday with parades and proclamations. But in 1970s Mabank, the only reason I knew the word at all was because Snow spoke it into the open air." https://www.texasobserver.org/snow-on-market-street/
🙏 I finally managed somehow to gather time, space and motivational energy together into one place and restarted my Soundsystem-Project. Say hello and Welcome to the Silent River Soundsystem! 💚 🔊 🎉 🥦 #dub #soundsystem #reggae #culture #music #speakers
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a stack of different big speakers in a cellar room. Sound System Style. Half of the boxes are stock PA stuff, the other half handmade. in the back a 19" Rack with Amps and Processing Equipment is visible.
Introducing the March/April 2026 issue of our magazine, with stories by Asher Elbein, René Kladzyk, April Maria Ortiz and many more. Cover by photographer Brenda Bazán.
Become a member to get our magazine, six times per year: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/?campaign=701UQ000008oGszYAE
#Texas #media #nonprofit #journalism #culture #nature #politics #USpol #news
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The March/April 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine has a cover photograph of a coiled rattlesnake, its forked tongue tasting the air, against a stark bare background. Headline: In Defense of the Rattlesnake, Notes of a diamondback partisan, by Asher Elbein. Other headlines: The Hunt for Safe Military Housing by René Kladzyk. Time Comes for Castroville by April Maria Ortiz.
🦁🥁 The high-pole #lion dance is a performance tradition that blends martial arts, #dance, and #storytelling.
Inside the costume, two partners need to coordinate maneuvers like the "Spider," where the tail partner hangs from a pole while supporting the full weight of the head dancer. It’s a high-stakes discipline where the athletes describe their team as a second family.
#asia #costumes #culture #dance #lions #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #singapore #sports #traditions #tksst #video
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A vibrant yellow and orange traditional lion dance costume head with large, expressive eyes is centered against a textured magenta background.
6 Women Artists Overshadowed by Their Husbands
Pollock, Rivera, Ernst, Kandinsky, and Hopper—these artists are well-known and celebrated. But did you know that they had wives who were equally-talented artists?
by Lea Stanković (from the archives)
https://www.thecollector.com/women-artists-overshadowed-by-husbands/
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Frida Kahlo (gelatin silver print, 15.2 by 10.8 cm)
by Guillermo Kahlo
The black and white photograph shows the young Mexican artist with her arms crossed, wearing a textured shawl, ornate drop earrings, and a multi-strand beaded necklace. Her dark hair is pulled back with a decorative ornament, and she gazes directly and intensely at the camera with her characteristic uncompromising expression.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo#/media/File:Frida_Kahlo,_by_Guillermo_Kahlo.jpg
I know I have ranted about this before, but: now I am running across entire websites with "folktales" that don't exist, referencing sources that also don't exist.
Why is it a problem, you ask? A story is a story?
No. Not if it is assigned to an actual existing culture. If it is claimed to represent the heritage of an indigenous tradition. Oral tradition is endangered already in many ways. We don't need AI to enshittify this.
Check your sources.
These Emily Carr Paintings Will Make You Experience the Beauty of British Columbia’s Landscapes in a Completely New Way
An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery examines the artist’s attempts to capture nature’s true essence, which she described as “the green idea or ideal”
by Sonja Anderson
About Emily Carr:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr
Canadian art at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=canadian+art
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Odds and Ends, 1939.
The painting depicts a British Columbia coastal landscape with characteristic Carr elements: towering, stylized evergreen trees with distinctive peaked tops rising against a vibrant blue sky rendered with vertical brushstrokes suggesting rain or atmospheric movement. In the foreground, scattered tree stumps and a small structure occupy a clearing of vivid yellow-green grass, with dark forested mountains in the background. The "odds and ends" of the title refers to the remnants of logging—the stumps and cleared land—showing the impact of human activity on the pristine wilderness Carr spent her career documenting.
Oil on canvas painting by Canadian artist Emily Carr, formerly in the collection of the Greater Victoria Public Library, now in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Painting measures 67.4 x 109.5 cm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr#/media/File:Emily_Carr_(1939)_Odds_and_Ends.jpg
Des artistes ont créé leur propre version de scènes cultes de Heated Rivalry et c'est très réussi. Notamment les petits sous-textes sur les expressions de Shale et Ilya. J'adoooore ❤️
Leurs Insta:
@Gilbenpeebles
@chelsealeite
@alis_kun
@ra_bee_t
#HeatedRivalry #Artiste #Culture #Creation #Art #Romance #Cuuuute #SaintValentin #Serie #HBO #Crave #Canada
Name suffixes - a mark of the patriarchy.
This is a summary table of a registered voter list for a county in New Mexico (United States). The occurrence count of various name suffixes is further broken down by gender.
I have no idea how this may compare to name suffixes in other countries, other cultures.
This is not a scientific study. There are all sorts of problems, such as selection bias.
But the difference in occurrence between men and women is huge.
#Patriarchy #Feminism #Data #Math #Culture #GenderEquality #Statistics
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A summary table that shows various name suffixes (2nd, 4th, SR, etc.) that is further broken down by gender. The difference in occurrence between men and women is huge.
With his erudite comments on religious extremists and people who want to ban books, one would think this interview took place yesterday and not 45 years ago. I could listen to Gore Vidal all day. #Politics #Culture #Entertainment #Books #Book #US #USpol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU7UD_KHOP0
#Video - Why a Grammy Winner Says You Can’t Understand Jazz Without Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/3sepoddXTodz5pPfwDAGZg
[from the #news collective #bellyofthebeast]
Arturo O’Farrill is a #Grammy-winning pianist, composer and one of the most influential voices in #AfroCubanJazz. But for him, #Cuba is more than just an inspiration — it’s home, history and identity.
In #Havana, during the 41st International #Jazz Plaza Festival, Arturo told us why #jazz cannot be understood without Cuba, why #AfroCuban roots remain central to the music’s evolution, and why #cultural exchange persists despite the #US’s decades-long economic war on Cuba.
Arturo has been returning to Cuba year after year for over two decades, honoring his heritage, and using #music as a bridge between Cuban and US citizens - despite the personal cost of taking political positions.
“This is Cuba,” he says. “I come here to learn how to live.”
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#DizzyGillespie #LatinJazz #culture #LatinAmerica #USpol
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/arundhati-roy-quits-berlin-film-festival-over-stay-out-of-politics-comment #BerlinFilmFestival #ArundhatiRoy #WimWenders #Books #Culture #Film #Gaza #Palestine #WorldNews #Europe #IsraelgazaWar
“Keep your head down. Compartmentalize. Don’t make trouble.
That’s what many #TechWorkers are taking their #CEOs’ strategic silence to mean, amid an immigration crackdown across the US by the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Widespread #violence by federal agents has sparked #protests in Minneapolis and across the country. One month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, and two weeks after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, the majority of tech CEOs have remained tight-lipped.
Internally, workers from several companies describe a #culture of #silence and #fear — and trepidation over what kind of future they’re helping to build.”
#tech / #authoritarian / #oligarch / #TechWeenie <https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/876558/tech-workers-ice-resistance-google-microsoft-clear-abbott> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/OczFC>
Benito Bowl Explained:
All the Hidden Symbols and Meanings You May Have Missed in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Set:
From the colors on set to a proud display of flags, here are the details of Bad Bunny’s halftime Show explained
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/bad-bunny-super-bowl-meaning-1235513218/
Archived version (no paywall):
https://archive.is/cvR3F
If you watched the #BadBunny halftime show and wanted to understand more about it, this article is a fun, quick read.
#SuperBowl #Music #History #Culture #PuertoRico #USA #US #America
Albania vocal and instrumental polyphony
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVN6ITFsshhQ1y_RtqMsK51rkYLZR6O0k
As the enshittification of the internet hits its apex and begins to collapse under the weight of a tsunami of AI slop, humanity may very well find itself back where it started, rediscovering the genuine world of books, art, music, travel, entertainment, food, and nature. Authentic experiences that have the…
Hype for the Future 98E: Notable College Towns Explained
Introduction While there exists no such list of colleges and universities of the United States of America based on “college towns,” the definition of a “college town” often depends on communities revolving around a particular college or university (or, in some cases, multiple such institutions). Table of Contents Hanover, NH Ithaca, NY Princeton, NJ Middlebury, VT Alfred, NY Oberlin, OH Northfield, MN Williamstown, MA Amherst, MA Brunswick, ME Lewiston, ME Waterville, […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Introduction
While there exists no such list of colleges and universities of the United States of America based on “college towns,” the definition of a “college town” often depends on communities revolving around a particular college or university (or, in some cases, multiple such institutions).
Table of Contents
- Hanover, NH
- Ithaca, NY
- Princeton, NJ
- Middlebury, VT
- Alfred, NY
- Oberlin, OH
- Northfield, MN
- Williamstown, MA
- Amherst, MA
- Brunswick, ME
- Lewiston, ME
- Waterville, ME
Hanover, NH
Located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, is the community of Hanover, which is currently associated almost exclusively with Dartmouth College in the area. The larger City of Lebanon is located nearby along the Connecticut River; however, not much is commonly known about the community from outside the region.
Ithaca, NY
Home to Cornell University, the City of Ithaca is most notable for the university presence in particular, with a significant town-gown divide and the community outside the Ivy League presence often feeling subordinate.
Princeton, NJ
Though Princeton is located within Mercer County and in close proximity to the City of Trenton, the capital city of the State of New Jersey, the particular community of Princeton is almost exclusively associated with the university, with many of the events of historical significance within the county often located nearer Trenton.
Middlebury, VT
An extremely small town centrally located within Addison County, Vermont, to serve as the county seat, the Town of Middlebury is perhaps best known for the presence of Middlebury College in the area. Middlebury College is located directly east of the New York state line and west of the Montpelier and Barre areas. Burlington and Rutland are larger cities quite a distance away, to the north and to the south, respectively.
Alfred, NY
Unlike the other college towns listed, both above and below, Alfred, located in Allegany County, is nearly exclusively associated with the universities within the area, namely Alfred University (private) and Alfred State College (public SUNY). The rare off-campus significance of Alfred is ceramic art and related opportunities in such a rural area, within the Appalachian Mountains yet north of the region typically considered part of “Appalachia.”
Oberlin, OH
Located in the north-central portion of the State of Ohio, Oberlin is a smaller and somewhat more isolated community within relative reach of the City of Cleveland around an hour to the east. Situated within Lorain County, the community home to Oberlin College is south of Lorain and Elyria but north of the community of Wellington—all within the area historically known as the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Northfield, MN
The City of Northfield, Minnesota, is home to not one, but two, distinct colleges within the community. While both Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges are private, Carleton is typically identified as prestigious while St. Olaf is identified more as a religious collegiate community. St. Olaf was originally named by the Norwegian community of the region, and both colleges are conveniently located around an hour south of the Minneapolis—St. Paul area, also known as the Twin Cities, largely analogous to the relative locations of Oberlin and Cleveland in northern Ohio.
Williamstown, MA
While Williams College is not the exclusive cultural significance of the Town of Williamstown, the collegiate community is often identified for the significant prestige associated with campus. Even outside campus, the Town of Williamstown is most notable for the liberal arts community, which also expands into the Clark Art Institute within the town and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) within the adjacent City of North Adams, also near the Vermont state line.
Amherst, MA
Though officially a city, the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts, officially prefers to retain the traditional “town” naming system. As such, the Town of Amherst remains notable and true to the historical significance of the colleges and universities within the town and surrounding regions. While Mount Holyoke College is located in the Town of South Hadley to the southwest and Smith College is located across the Connecticut River in the City of Northampton to the west, the Town of Amherst is almost exclusively defined by Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass).
Brunswick, ME
Though Brunswick is located within Cumberland County, the county home to the City of Portland and the largest share of the population of the State of Maine as a whole, the community is most commonly identified as the home of Bowdoin College first. Harriet Beecher Stowe was perhaps one of the most significant historical figures with connections—even if indirectly so—with Bowdoin.
Lewiston, ME
The second-largest city in the State of Maine and one-half of the urbanized area of Androscoggin County, the City of Lewiston is most notable for being home to Bates College, while the adjacent City of Auburn serves as the county seat. Interestingly, however, Lewiston serves as a city in the State of Maine with a Francophone population base out of the ordinary for such a southern latitude located within.
Waterville, ME
Located within the general vicinity of the City of Augusta in Kennebec County, the City of Waterville, though primarily associated with Colby College, is also home to Thomas College located nearby. Only Colby College is typically categorized with Bates and Bowdoin, with the role of a consortium for select intents and purposes.
Taking some weird kind of pride in this...
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"Saying the 'c' word in public"
A map of the countries of the world in different colours
Key:
School shootings are
socially more acceptable - Red
Nuclear Side Event - Orange
Social Doom -Purple
Grandma Might Frown -Yellow
Practically Mandatory - Green
The USA, China, Russia, India, the Islamic World are Red
Canada, Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa, SE Asia and Eastern Europe are Orange
Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Philippines are Purple
Ireland is Yellow
The UK and Australia are a cunting Green
People who are "just asking questions" and "just sharing their opinion" that nobody asked for are in the minority here.
But until reply controls are implemented by more fediverse platforms, they will continue to ruin the experience of people here, and contribute to our community's negative reputation.
Let's continue to call this stuff out, and when appropriate, also report it.
Word.
#Trump #Fascism whitesupremacy
@blackvoices
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth @politics #minnesota #africa #freedom #justice #usa #immigration #constitution #dueprocess #ice #fuckICE #abolishDHS #abolishice #cbp #humanrights @democracy @law #law #democracy #civilrights #panafricanism #dueprocess #us #haiti #culture #resistance #Democracy #antifa #protest #socialmedia #racism #history
#Trump #Fascism whitesupremacy
@blackvoices
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth @politics #minnesota #africa #freedom #justice #usa #immigration #constitution #dueprocess #ice #fuckICE #abolishDHS #abolishice #cbp #humanrights @democracy @law #law #democracy #civilrights #panafricanism #dueprocess #us #haiti #culture #resistance #Democracy #antifa #protest #socialmedia #racism #history
🌍 Ancient philosophers mapped consciousness onto cosmic geography. They asked: what if gravity worked on ethics too, pulling souls naturally toward their karmic weight?
✍️ Explore the vertical universe 🏛️: https://TPC8.short.gy/WfbJukZh
🌌 Where heaven ascends in tiers and ethics becomes architecture
#Philosophy #IndianPhilosophy #Cosmology #Culture #History #Heritage #AncientWisdom #SacredGeography #TPC8
When you’re a flop, you’re a flop all the way.
Trump’s closing the Kennedy Center for two years. #politics #arts #Culture #theatre
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Screenshot of a lengthy social media post from Donald J. Trump on his account “@realDonaldTrump.” The post announces that after a one‑year review, he has decided that The Trump Kennedy Center will temporarily close for approximately two years starting July 4, 2026, to allow full construction, revitalization, and rebuilding into a new entertainment complex. He explains that completely closing the facility will result in faster, higher‑quality construction than trying to keep events running during the work, and says the project will transform a tired, financially and structurally troubled center into a world‑class performing arts facility and “bastion of arts, music, and entertainment.”
Video - Jazz Plaza: Cuba’s World-Famous Festival Begins
https://peertube.world/w/8UYgjkU1HoUFu4pYWSHKpQ
[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#Cuba’s legendary #Jazz Plaza festival expands outside Havana this year, bringing musicians from the #US and around the world to the island. More than just #music, it’s about resilience and resistance.
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #politics #culture
I was born in London & lived there for 35 years... but when I moved out, first to the South West & now after moving for work, retired in the North West, it became increasingly clear that our country's cultural class think pretty much everything happens in London (if one goes by the reviews - from restaurants to art museums - or featured events).
Certainly there is some (grudging, spasmodic) coverage of the regions but our cultural class seem to find crossing the M25 quite difficult!
🇺🇸The gvt is using location,data from ads, weather apps, and mobile games for total real-time surveillance of everyone. Disable location tracking for all but essential & trusted services
#GENERALSTRIKE
#authoritarianism #trump #fascism
#freespeech #censorship #healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology @democracy @politics #education @workersrights #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #alexpretti #reneenicolegood #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #Gaza
Frankly it reads to me like an admission of their own guilt, the "brazen theft" being a projection, mens rea expressed as legal action.
Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13trillion for “brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings”
#culture #music #AnnasArchive #spotify #UMG #WarnerBros #Sony #lawsuit
#healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology @democracy @politics @workersrights @socialmedia @socialsciences @humanities #education #freespeech #censorship @workingclasshistory @workersrights #ableism #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #alexpretti #generalstrike #reneenicolegood #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #authoritarianism #trump #fascism
“Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony. Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
#Politics #Arts #Culture #Music
https://archive.ph/17YyK
Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed', also known as The Bather, is a name given to four nearly identical oil paintings on canvas by English artist William Etty. The paintings illustrate a scene from James Thomson's 1727 poem Summer in which a young man accidentally sees a young woman bathing naked and is torn between his desire to look and his knowledge that he ought to look away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musidora:_The_Bather_%27At_the_Doubtful_Breeze_Alarmed%27
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Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' (1843, this version painted 1844, exhibited 1846) was arguably Etty's last significant history painting.
William Etty - Tate Britain, London
The scene shows:
Musidora standing in shallow water, nude except for a white cloth
She is turning or reacting to a sound, capturing the moment of alarm described in the poem
A richly painted wooded landscape with loose, atmospheric brushwork
Etty's characteristic luminous flesh tones contrasting with the darker, earth-toned landscape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Etty#/media/File:Etty_%E2%80%93_Musidora-_The_Bather_'At_the_Doubtful_Breeze_Alarmed'.jpg
“A key policy of the Green Party is a universal basic income. [...] No one should be worse off than they are in the current system"
Join us. Your local Green Party is only ever funded by citizens and not corporations.
https://join.greenparty.org.uk/
#arts #culture #grassroots #UniversalBasicIncome #YouthEngagement
Catch up with everything we've published from the January/February 2026 issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/january-february-2026/
#journalism #Texas #news #art #culture #politics #USpol #media
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Tha January/February 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine depicts a military vehicle, topped with a foreboding looking apparatus covered in tubes and lenses, against the backdrop of a tree turned bright red with autumn color. Headline: The River and the Fever Dream: Seeing the surreal in border militarization by Jordan Vonderhaar. Other headlines: The Texas Triumph over 'Housing First' by Steven Monacelli, LNG's Forseeable Future by Gaige Davila.
Defund #Science, Distort #Culture, Mock #Education
It’s not just about cuts to #research.
It’s about #power.
By Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum
#SevenMountainMandate #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/reality-reshaped/685289/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxVCfwC75UsaONz24l2NqAdQ
After the King Ghidorah Supercluster (https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.11970) and Mothra, an extremely magnified monster star (https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10363), here is another cosmic object named after a kaiju: a yellow supergiant, Hedorah, named in honor of the famous yellow-eyed Kaiju: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11704
#Kaiju #Astronomy #Hedorah #Mothra #KingGhidorah #Ghidorah #Godzilla #Astrodon #Astrophysics #galaxies #star #stars #supergiant #supercluster #science #news #Toho #movies #space #culture #popculture
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King Ghidorah, a giant triple-headed, dragon-like alien monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, produced and distributed by Toho.
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Mothra fighting Godzilla. Mothra, a giant monster, or kaiju, first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1961 film of the same name, produced and distributed by Toho.
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Hedorah (ヘドラ, Hedora), also known as the Smog Monster, is a giant monster, or kaiju, who first appeared in Toho's 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedorah.
When we build houses for our cars, we cannot claim to have a houselessness problem …
🌿 The Peepal tree defies logic: growing in stone cracks, releasing oxygen at night, its heart-shaped leaves trembling without wind. For 2,000+ years, this sacred fig has witnessed Buddha's enlightenment, purified city air, and bridged faith with ecology across continents.
✍️ Explore the tree of many names: https://TPC8.short.gy/B7J8S9Im
✨ Where the eternal meets the everyday.
#PeepalTree #Botany #Ecology #Biodiversity #Tree #Culture #Fig #Science #Heritage #TPC8
New from Michelle Pitcher: “It’s all connected—that’s the whole thought. It’s about social justice, and I think if you look at wrongful conviction, incarceration, [lynching], you’ll see that those things are intertwined.”
A new #art exhibit illuminates those connections. https://www.texasobserver.org/art-umlauf-fred-rouse-sedrick-huckaby/
#Austin #CentralTexas #prison #racism #Texas #politics #USpol #culture #HumanRights
Good Morning #Canada
Today is a Public Service Announcement for all our non-Canadian Mastodonians. I know you're sad that you aren't Canadian but please don't hate us because we're awesome. This video will teach you a little bit about Canada and by practicing some of these phrases you can feel like one of us. Watch with caution as you might develop a love for mullets, maple syrup, and beavers. You've been warned.
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/after-100-years-a-northwest-symbol-of-japanese-culture-returns-to-tacoma
#KUOW #News #Culture #Tacoma #Seattle #Business #Business
25 years of humanity at its best
Join us in celebrating Wikipedia’s birthday. via @wikimediafoundation
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/?utm_campaign=wp25cn&utm_source=wp25cnout&utm_medium=out
Trump Kennedy Cultural Propaganda Center Head Insists He Instigated Split With Washington Opera
In a statement probably anyone could have seen coming, Richard Grenell, the controversial president of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, spoke out to claim that it was the organization’s leadership that decided to end ties with the Washington National Opera, not the other way around.
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #Grenell #KennedyCenter #culture #propaganda #press
Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead who played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead’s 30-year tenure, dies at 78. @pitchfork has more: