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thesilicontribesman

Roman Bread Stamp, National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon Roman Fort And Town, Wales

moonchild-77777777777

- Capro Nero - Agostino Arrivabene (Italian, b. 1967).

yesornopolls

have you ever been made fun of for your accent/how you say certain words?

Have you ever been made fun of for your accent/how you say certain words?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 3 days 16 hours

#of course #if you haven’t you need to get farther away from home #not like in a mean way #but it’s good to experience

henk-heijmans

Displaced persons, 1948 - by Clemens Kalischer (1921 - 2018), German/American

whatareyoureallyafraidof

natequarter

not only are most people completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in the americas, most people are completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in europe. never mind occitan, they don't know about basque! it's wild! bleak! existentially horrifying!!!

natequarter

the last few centuries of french history involved, amongst other things, a concerted effort to establish "french" as a legitimate country and cultural identity, and crucially as a language, which sounds like an absurd statement if you know nothing about the languages of france. french is a language, yes; it exists and existed in the late eighteenth century. but it was limited primarily to the north of france and was certainly not spoken or even understood across the country. other languages within france were banned and french was enforced following the french revolution and even to this day other languages indigenous to france have very little legal protection and are not recognised as official languages.

that's just one country in europe. one. and many people straight up have no idea about any of this!

natequarter

did you know france has celtic languages? breton is the only celtic language spoken outside of the british isles. did you know france has germanic languages? alsatian, for example, is spoken in the east of france, unsurprisingly in alsace. it's not even the only french germanic language. did you know france has a number of languages and dialects known as langues d'oïl closely related to french? norman and picard, for example, are spoken in the north of france. did you know that france has gallo-romance languages? franco-provençal (which has a number of dialects) is spoken in the east of france, as well as parts of switzerland and italy. did you know that france has a language most closely related to catalan, the langues d'oc? occitan is spoken in the south of france and has a rich literary history. did you know france is home to basque, or rather euskara, a language isolate which predates indo-european languages? romani dialects! corsican! so much more than just french! there are even extinct jewish dialects of occitan! extinct langues d'oïl like angevin! so much linguistic diversity and all anyone talks about is french.

letseyx

- Star Trek DS9 6x8 - Resurrection

ghost-bison

hear me out

olivia colman as the doctor and raquel cassidy as the master

macleod

If you own it, you should be able to repair it, modify it, and make it better. It's yours.

North America: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Repair Association, CanRepair

Europe: The Restart Project, Repair.EU

India: Repair Cafe

South America: Instituto Cabra,

Africa: Right to Repair (R2RSA)

Oceania: Repair Network Aotearoa Coalition, Australian Repair Network

Fight for your right to repair.

pinkmoondoll9shihtzu

dollsahoy

There are a lot of people in the notes saying, basically, "Yeah, that's polyester for ya!"

but, the thing is

even polyester fabric was higher quality in the past

yes, not all of it, but, still, a noticeable amount of older polyester was...nicer.

yeah, it would still get picks and hold on to every bit of underarm odor, and that's on top of no-one knowing about microplastic shedding

but a 1950s Wash'n'Wear shirt, or 1970s double knit pantsuit, or 1980s neon sweatshirt, or a 1990s slinky knit or crushed velour mock turtleneck...so many of them would have been significantly higher quality than the fast fashion of today.

sofairycakes

i work in historical costume. i work in a big-ass warehouse, with hundreds of thousands articles of clothing dating back over 100 years (for original pieces).

the BLINDING difference in clothing quality between even the 1990s and the mid-2000s...not even going in to the decline in quality of clothing made in natural fibers (jeans with elastane, i'm looking at you), I've got faux-leather trousers from 1980s that are in near-mint condition, even after being hired and worn repeatedly for the past 40 years. we get donations of clothing that shows and films have bought online for contemporary shows that are disintegrating after being used on one show, for like....10 days, max.

don't even get me started on the seam allowances we used to get in clothes, because the assumption was you'd alter it at some point...

they hate you. they hate the planet. they have drip fed you worse and worse quality clothing until you don't even realize you're being sold Garbage

newyorkthegoldenage

A photo from “My Name Is New York,” showing Woody Guthrie playing while he gets his shoes shined.

My name is New York, I’m a brick on a brick I’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sick I’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimp Your ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp. —“My Name Is New York,” Woody Guthrie

"This Land Is Your Land" was written at a small rooming house on 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue on February 23, 1940, within a few days of his arrival.

Photo: Eric Schaal via the NY Times