Yakutsk is the capital of Sakha in Russia and has the distinctions of being the coldest major city in the world and one of a handful to have continuous permafrost. Kiun B lives there and made a video showing the ways food helps the citizens adapt to the harsh conditions and bring … | Continue reading
Peacock has a new documentary about Black cowboys called High Horse and it’s produce by Jordan Peele and Monkey Paw Productions: The image of the American cowboy is a reflection of our nation’s soul. A symbol of rugged individualism and self-determination, the ethos of American i … | Continue reading
English essayist Henry W. Nevinson defined chivalry as “going about releasing beautiful maidens from other men’s castles, and taking them to your own castle.” via Futility Closet The post A quote of a quote on chivalry appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
My friend Keidra Chaney has a new podcast called Rough Draft with her friend Liz. It’s a semi-processed podcast about how they process culture and I can’t wait to listen. The post My friend made a podcast about culture and zines! appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Tim Curry spoke to Ben Mankiewicz for CBS Sunday Morning about his memoir, Vagabond, his stroke in 2012 and subsequent recovery and his life and career overall. It was really interesting to hear him talk so much about his life and work and why he didn’t strive for fame and stardo … | Continue reading
Àrokò Cooperative is a worker-owned collective of creatives that aim to break from harmful systems and foster collective liberation through various media and design. One key component is ÀROKÒ.WORLD, a hub for critical analysis and reflection on Blackness and design and how they … | Continue reading
I don’t disagree with this AI Overview but I thought it sounded funny in these terms. The post Bootylinguistics appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
If you were wondering what the best croissants in Paris were, watch this video by Luis. And don’t mind the bombs and tear gas. The post The best croissants in Paris apparently appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Heaven’s Gate was an American religious cult founded in 1974 by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles. The group had hundreds of followers and combined Christianity with New Age beliefs and ufology to spread the believe that members could achieve immortality and become extraterr … | Continue reading
Full Stack explore the weird and wonderful world or retro tech and how their more tactile features have evolved and gradually disappeared in favour of touchscreens and flat minimalist design. Seriously, why do they hate physical buttons and knobs so much? The post Retro tech and … | Continue reading
Today (5th November) is known as Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night in the UK. It commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 where a group of men, including Guy Fawkes, planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But there have been other acts of revolution on this date and I t … | Continue reading
For Forbes, Jon Picoult examined Uniqlo’s self-checkout system and why it works better than others: Behind this magical self-checkout experience lies a decidedly low-tech solution – radio frequency identification chips (RFID) that are embedded in every Uniqlo price tag. The self- … | Continue reading
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I watched this with my son and had no idea about some of them. It’s a list of “banned” kids show episodes told via the iceberg format and it starts with The Teletubbies and that lion on wheels with the googly eyes. Apparently that scared loads of kids (I just thought it was silly … | Continue reading
I can’t remember where I found looks.wtf but I’m so glad that I did. It’s a collection of funny Unicode faces and emoji that you can copy and paste anywhere as it’s all plain text. Just be wary of where you use them as they’re not screen-reader friendly. The post looks.wtf: a col … | Continue reading
A wigglegram is a form of stereoscopy where left and right images of a stereogram create an animated image. You can make your own with a stereoscopic camera or use an online tool like Wigglegrams where you add three appropriate photos and the tool creates the wigglegram for you. … | Continue reading
“Aviary: The Bird in Contemporary Photography” is a new photo book featuring beautiful images of birds being… birds. All the shots are stunning and the plumage on show is exquisite. (via) The post “Aviary: The Bird in Contemporary Photography”: a new photo book celebrating the ma … | Continue reading
For More Perfect Union, Alex Opperman posed the question: “are restaurants starting to taste the same?” and immediately answered with “yes” and the reason why—Sysco, a multi-billion dollar American restaurant food distributor that seemingly sells mass-produced food to a large num … | Continue reading
On Instagram, comedian and social advocate Christina Brown discussed why French protests are heavily romanticised and they aren’t comparable to a perceived lack of action in the US. I’ve seen this in the UK as well and I’m so glad she summed it up the way she did. The post Christ … | Continue reading
I found this cool video by Hahns Atelier, a Korean brand known for their premium leather goods. In it, an unnamed pair of hands turned a KFC paper bag into a leather lunch bag. They carefully carved out each design from the paper bag, including Colonel Sanders’ face and the logo, … | Continue reading
Melanesia is a subregion within Oceania covering New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, and a number of other countries and territories in between: Countries Territories Melanesia slots in between Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, and Malesia, a biogeographical which also includes Papua N … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago I discovered the “Dark Is Not Evil” trope and found the TV Tropes page really insightful: This trope can be a subversion or aversion of several other tropes depending on how it’s played, including Beauty Equals Goodness, Always Chaotic Evil, and Colour-Coded for Y … | Continue reading
Quantum Leap was a TV series starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who jumped back and forth through time and reappearing in the body of someone else, righting the wrongs of their present (but always in the past). It aired on NBC from 1989–1993 but caused a lot of … | Continue reading
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SkatePal is a really cool organisation that helps Palestinian kids by promoting the social, health and wellbeing benefits of skateboarding. The post SkatePal: a non-profit supporting Palestinian communities through the art of skateboarding appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
In North America, millions of tons of a type of seaweed called sargassum washes up on beaches every year. The bad news is that it contributes to beach erosion and disrupts the ecosystems making it an invasive species but in Mexico, a businessman called Omar Vazquez found an oppor … | Continue reading
Your smile’s like an email from grandma: all caps. The post Jiminy Glick to Bill Maher appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
For JSTOR Daily, Waiyee Loh explored the West’s perspective of postwar Japanese culture and why it’s so adored: Observers have long hailed Japan’s aptitude for cultural synthesis. Is this characterization warranted, or does it reflect a collective fantasy about exceptionalism? Th … | Continue reading
FlowingData wrote about the Pentagon Pizza Orders Theory, a concept that suggests that an increase in pizza orders at restaurants near the Pentagon can predict conflicts and crisis in the US government. The post FlowingData on the Pentagon Pizza Orders Theory appeared first on Cu … | Continue reading
I read a thought-provoking article by Paul Biggar, an Irish software engineer and founder of Tech For Palestine. In it, he suggested that Ireland is failing Palestine despite their well-known support. Here are the opening paragraphs: Ireland gets a lot of support and a lot of lov … | Continue reading
Harris Alterman is a comedian and he made a hilarious TikTok about “woke architecture” that is absurd but also not completely far from what we see from the right these days. This has to be one of my favourite pieces of satire all year. (h/t Sam Thielman on Bluesky) The post Woke … | Continue reading
One of the most ubiquitous sounds from the 90s was Tim Allen’s grunt in Home Improvement. But he didn’t just do the one from the theme song and the above video shows the wide gamut of his vocabulary. Related: Tim’s Laugh Factory standup where he explained how the grunt came about … | Continue reading
Thibault Drutel is a French photographer and his “syMMetric subWay” photo series captures the architecture of a variety of underground train stations in Europe, including Germany (Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich), Belgium (Brussels), and Sweden (Stockholm). As the name suggests, the … | Continue reading
Resizabill lets you resize a $100 bill into something vertical via the browser window. That’s how regular money goes digital! A dollar bill that resizes with your screen, warping familiar proportions. An adaptive design, digital currency, and inflation—all in one package. I will … | Continue reading
A free Arabic typeface called Lifta, named after the Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 occupation: Lifta is a bold protest typeface available in black and stencil versions […] it is a typeface that protests the erasure of Palestinian identity and the subjugation of their … | Continue reading
Atlas Obscura covered a strange example of collective behaviour—thousands of people left dirty shoe prints in Vegas parking lots: Theories regarding the shoe mark tradition abound; some believe it brings good luck to casino-goers, while others attribute it to intoxicated patrons … | Continue reading
In 2017, I wrote about the Pizza Hut commercial starring Donald Trump and his ex-wife Ivana eating the new stuffed crust from the crust inwards. Today, I watched a UK advert for KFC (above) starring Ivana with a new husband (Ryan Stiles) who offered her a tower (no, not that kind … | Continue reading
I found this Are.na collection of plants that look like people by XX YY. Everything reminds me of her etc. The post Plants that look like people appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
‘In this new exposé, Stewart Home shows that nothing is sacred.’ The post Fascist Yoga – a book by Stewart Home appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
For JSTOR Daily, H.M.A. Leow wrote about Cold War B-movies and how they often used “geographical misdirection” to trick audiences into thinking that they were filmed on location: Whether low-budget films or all-star productions, some American producers didn’t particularly care wh … | Continue reading
This scene came up in a Bluesky conversation last week and while looking for it on YouTube, I stumbled upon this LEGO re-enactment by Lego Movie Scenes. I thought the Joker figure might have been from the Batman set from the 2019 DC Comics Super Heroes set but the torso doesn’t s … | Continue reading
All that's missing is a big cup of joe! The post A skatepark modelled after bacon and eggs cooking in a frying pan appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
"We’re worried about what we might be losing." The post The Pudding on Asian American representation in Hollywood appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Serious questions: in response to the current US administration’s fascist atrocities, what can the Democrats do to make significant changes to what’s happening right now and are they doing them? I think these are important questions because as a supposed opposition, you should op … | Continue reading
A funny Frasier shitpost on Bluesky, courtesy of Ben Rosen. The post A funny Frasier shitpost appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
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So apparently the font used in the ubiquitous “you wouldn’t steal a car” meme was actually pirated and everyone laughed at the irony but there’s a much bigger history of font piracy that goes beyond that which Linus Boman examined. Copyright is obviously a thing but there’s somet … | Continue reading
I know the Swiss city of Basel via two connections: Roger Federer and FC Basel. But during a Champions League match, I remember the commentator pronouncing the team name different to how it was spelt. Rather than saying “baa-zul”, he said “baal”. Was it a classic case of British … | Continue reading