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Are Possessions Inherently Bad? Must I Give Them All Away to Be Happy? | by Patrick Stewart | Mar, 2023 | The Taoist Online

The Abandoned Bethlehem Lackawanna Steel Company | Abandoned America

All Heads Together XI by Angu Che Walters • Art Cameroon African Paintings

The Year of 35 Sword Cuts a Day | Damon Young

Telemark (15th Anniversary Edition), by SHOEGAYS

Hostas are Wonderful, Edible Plants for Gardens

Pottery Throwdown 25 min Blindfold Nesting Bowl Challenge – YouTube

Museums and Universities Pledge to Return Native American Remains — ProPublica

What was the Inquisition? The Origins, Theory and Practice of the Medieval War Against Heresy

Who is Lilith – Part II – The Kabbalah – Origins with Samael & the Qliphoth to the Seduction of God

LOCUS MAGAZINE | New SF, Fantasy, Horror Books This Week! 01/03/2023

Boarding Up a Boarding School: The Abandoned Saint Katherine’s Academy*

Delaware River Generating Station | Abandoned America

HALVA Recipe | Mourning Traditions | How Food Helps Us Cope with Loss l 5 Stages of Grief

New Instagram Account for My Year of Cuts

Representing Medieval Space: A Panel Discussion

Roaring Back at the Lion of Winter: A Speculative Reading Tickets, Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

The Abandoned Forest Haven Institution in Laurel, Maryland | Abandoned America

How can Traditional African and Chinese Medicine Decolonise Global Health? Dr. Lai and Dr. Boubacar

UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains — ProPublica

City of the Century: Gary, Indiana by Abandoned America

Bestiary of the Andes: Legends of demons and beasts of Peru part 3

Homemade Turkish Mantı Recipe with Garlic Yoghurt and Chili Butter

Spiral Mandela – Texas Colors Stained Glass Studio

CrimethInc. : Punk—Dangerous Utopia : Revisiting the Relationship between Punk and Anarchism

CrimethInc. : Escaping Washington for Freedom : Let’s not Celebrate George Washington, but the Slaves Who Escaped Him

Cooking guinea pig Peruvian style – Cuy crocante / The Peruvian cooking show

A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Knock LA

Are Possessions Inherently Bad? Must I Give Them All Away to Be Happy? | by Patrick Stewart | Mar, 2023 | The Taoist Online

The First Purge The first time I lost everything, I was five years old. For most American boys, the first introduction to shaving (or “buzzing”) your head comes from when you first get lice. I remember my mother led me to the back porch. There, she buzzed my head outside,...

The Abandoned Bethlehem Lackawanna Steel Company | Abandoned America

The Lackawanna, NY branch of Bethlehem Steel was started in the mid 19th century as an iron forge by the Scranton brothers in a Pennsylvania town that would come to be named after them. Despite some gruesome incidents with labor strikes due to frequent pay cuts, the company prospered and...

All Heads Together XI by Angu Che Walters • Art Cameroon African Paintings

Here is an oil painting from Africa in warm tropical colors. Source: All Heads Together XI • Art Cameroon African Paintings Angu Che Walters is an artist I first encountered on Mastodon. His work combines traditional symbols and shapes with modern art, and expresses what it is to be experiencing...

The Year of 35 Sword Cuts a Day | Damon Young

Damon Young on Instagram: from Instagram Damon Young shared a post on Instagram: “Welcome to My Year of Cuts, Day 1. Every day this year, I’ll be doing a minimum of 35 cuts with a sword.

Telemark (15th Anniversary Edition), by SHOEGAYS

I originally recorded Telemark (Tracks 1 – 5) over a single weekend one Spring in 2008. I was 15 years old, and had made plans to hang out and make music with a guy I sort of had a crush on, and he canceled on me. I was upset, so...

Hostas are Wonderful, Edible Plants for Gardens

Native to China, Korea & Japan. It’s been eaten for centuries in those countries/cultures. My Mom has several different Teochew hosta dishes that she has taught me how to make. Watch, like, and subscribe!

Pottery Throwdown 25 min Blindfold Nesting Bowl Challenge – YouTube

Pottery Throwdown 25 min Blindfold Nesting Bowl Challenge (YouTube) This is me having a go at the challenge from Great Pottery Showdown S6 E2

Museums and Universities Pledge to Return Native American Remains — ProPublica

Until this year, the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had never returned any of the more than 4,500 Native American human remains in its collections.That is about to change.Weeks after ProPublica published the “Repatriation Project,” the university told federal officials that 138 ancestral remains in its...

TURKIYE #earthquake

I know all of you are wondering about the earthquake, Turkey and us… I must say we are deeply saddened by what happened in our country. There have been left tremendous damage, loss and sorrow to our country, families, children, animals and all living things… Me, my team and our...

Westknits Petknits

Westknits Petknits 1 includes 6 sweater patterns for your canine companion. All of the designs are knit seamlessly from neck to tushy with lots of notes and guidance to help you custom fit the sweater to your dog’s unique proportions. The patterns will be released throughout the spring and summer,...

What was the Inquisition? The Origins, Theory and Practice of the Medieval War Against Heresy

There is perhaps nothing that evokes the grim, tortured terror of the middle ages more than the institution of the Inquisition. Long conceived as the worst imaginable combination of legal impunity and religious fanaticism, the inquisition remains more the object of horror than deeply understood. Originating in the 13th century...

Who is Lilith – Part II – The Kabbalah – Origins with Samael & the Qliphoth to the Seduction of God

From her ancient origins in Mesopotamia, Lilith would truly flower in the world of the mediaeval Kabbalah. In the pages of the mystical Sefer Zohar (Book of Radiance), we learn of her varied origins from the Divine Throne along with her husband Samael among the primordial Qliphoth, her merciless vengeance...

LOCUS MAGAZINE | New SF, Fantasy, Horror Books This Week! 01/03/2023

Based on the Locus Magazine New Books listing: a weekly list of select genre books that come out every week. Don’t miss a thing! LOCUS MAGAZINE | New SF, Fantasy, Horror Books This Week! 01/03/2023 from YouTube6 minutes 32 seconds Happy New Year! I hope you all had a peaceful...

Boarding Up a Boarding School: The Abandoned Saint Katherine’s Academy*

“St. Katherine’s Academy was built in 1899 by a prominent citizen of the town and avid preservationist. It was originally a small country inn, a premiere destination for the elite from surrounding cities.In the 1950’s the inn was sold to the Sisters of St. Katherine who reopened the inn as...

Treme Song – YouTube

Treme Song from YouTube4 minutes 24 seconds Provided to YouTube by CDBabyTreme Song · John BoutteJambalaya℗ 2008 boutteworksReleased on: 2008-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube.

Delaware River Generating Station | Abandoned America

It’s always hard to fathom how something as large, expensive, and integral to a city’s history as Philadelphia’s Delaware River Generating Station winds up abandoned. Dust floated lazily through the air of the turbine hall, illuminated by some impressive shafts of light filtering in through the skylights overhead, and I...

Time of My Life

Want more? Visit AnEnglishHuman’s JustMyToots Page! AnEnglishHuman :verified: (@AnEnglishHuman@mstdn.party) (Mastodon Party) Attached: 1 image 🎶 I’ve had the time of my life No I never felt this way before 🎶

HALVA Recipe | Mourning Traditions | How Food Helps Us Cope with Loss l 5 Stages of Grief

Many dedicated volunteers worked with us with full effort to help us ease this process for everyone. We, as a team, are aware that there is a long road to take for a relief in its fullest sense but we are going to keep doing what we have to do,...

New Instagram Account for My Year of Cuts

Damon Young now has a new Instagram account for his My Year of 35 Cuts vlog series. Damon Young (@damonyoung@mas.to) (mas.to) Attached: 1 image Are you keen on swords? If so, you might like my new project: My Year of Cuts. This year, I’m doing at least 35 cuts every...

Uncle Roger Learn How To Cook Steak (ft. Guga)

Uncle Roger’s in Miami. He learns how to make steak from the master himself @Guga Foods Go subscribe to Guga: https://www.youtube.com/@GugaFoods

Representing Medieval Space: A Panel Discussion

With historians Mária Vargha, Acer Lewis, and Madeleine Sterns: chaired by James Baillie. This panel was recorded as part of the Coding Medieval Worlds 3 event, run by Exilian and the University of Vienna Digital Humanities Group, on February 25, 2023.

VLOGMAS DAY 3 🎄MY SISTER’S NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL WEDDING VLOG – YouTube

VLOG | Nigerian YouTuber | vlogmas 2022 | Nigerian Traditional wedding

Roaring Back at the Lion of Winter: A Speculative Reading Tickets, Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

Esteemed Audience: Get ready for the Reading of the Year! (I know! And so early in the year too!)On Sunday, February 5th, 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST, we will have, for your virtual delight and entertainment, such writers as:Zig Zag Claybourne, Linda Addison, Charlie Jane Anders, Martha Wells, Patty...

The Abandoned Forest Haven Institution in Laurel, Maryland | Abandoned America

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where the District Training School made the transition from a relatively innocuous treatment and training center to what one investigating attorney described as “the deadliest known example of institutional abuse in recent American history.” In the beginning, at least, things appeared uneventful. Then, in 1954...

How can Traditional African and Chinese Medicine Decolonise Global Health? Dr. Lai and Dr. Boubacar

Join us for our fourth installment in the ‘Actions to Decolonising Development’ video series, where our Research and Policy Analyst, Sena Voncujovi, and Economist Consultant, Rugare Mukanganga, sit down with Dr. Lili Lai, Associate Professor of Anthropology at PKU, and Dr. Diarra Boubacar, a medical doctor with a Ph.D. in...

UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains — ProPublica

White, a world-renowned expert on human evolution, said the collection was passed down through generations of anthropology professors before he started teaching with it in the late 1970s. It came with no records, he said. Most were not labeled at all or said only “lab.” But that simple description masked...

City of the Century: Gary, Indiana by Abandoned America

How did a city go from being called the “City of the Century” to having roughly a third of its buildings vacant, and what is it like going there today? Listen: City of the Century: Gary, Indiana by Abandoned America City of the Century: Gary, Indiana from Abandoned America

Bestiary of the Andes: Legends of demons and beasts of Peru part 3

An overview of Peruvian deities and creatures. Get a private virtual city tour with me! This could be a great present for someone who loves Latin American history and Peru, just send me a message and I’ll answer right away. Amigos! Here is our latest YouTube upload, continuing with my...

Homemade Turkish Mantı Recipe with Garlic Yoghurt and Chili Butter

Homemade Turkish Mantı Recipe🥟 with Garlic Yoghurt and Chili Butter 🧈 (YouTube) Mantı is a thin dough pieces filled with beef, cheese or chickpeas. I am sure that this sound familiar to you because every culture has their own version. If you go to Italy, it is ravioli. If you...

Spiral Mandela – Texas Colors Stained Glass Studio

For about 4 months straight I could see what looked like a Spiral Mandela in front of my eyes like a water mark faint but always present there in the background of my visible universe. It had light in many spectrums radiating from it’s center… Enjoy: Spiral Mandela – Texas...

The Original Mai Tai from 1944

Learn the origins of this popular tropical themed cocktail with Max Miller of Tasting History. The Original Mai Tai from 1944 from YouTube14 minutes 24 seconds Go to https://www.squarespace.com/TASTINGHISTORY to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.Buy the ingredients for the 1944...

CrimethInc. : Punk—Dangerous Utopia : Revisiting the Relationship between Punk and Anarchism

Let’s imagine the ideal cultural vehicle for anarchism.It has to be defiant, obviously. It should accommodate both gleeful irony and stark courage. But let’s make it affirmative, too, even if we have to go the long way round through suffering and catharsis to get there. We don’t want the kind...

CrimethInc. : Escaping Washington for Freedom : Let’s not Celebrate George Washington, but the Slaves Who Escaped Him

President’s Day, a federal holiday, observes George Washington’s birthday on February 22. Yet as a slave owner and profiteer on others’ servitude, George Washington is a poor exemplar of the struggle for freedom. Rather than looking to him for a model representing resistance to tyranny, let’s remember the slaves and...

Cooking guinea pig Peruvian style – Cuy crocante / The Peruvian cooking show

This virtual lecture was live-streamed in Lima for HEYGO.COM, a virtual-tours platform that brings the world closer together. Cooking guinea pig Peruvian style – Cuy crocante / The Peruvian cooking show from YouTube1 hour 13 minutes 27 seconds Get a private virtual city tour with me! This could be a...

A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Knock LA

An extensive investigation into more than five decades of abuse, terror, and murder carried out by gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Source: A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Knock LA https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/

Rethinking Bamboo through Design – Arts & Products in Living Spaces – YouTube

Rethinking Bamboo through Design – Arts & Products in Living SpacesBrought to you by the Bamboo Society of India in association with the Council of Architecture

BuzzFeed Bites Beryl Shereshewsky and Sics Lawyers On Her to Warn That Concept Theft Isn’t Technically Illegal (1,279)
As some of you who read this site regularly already know, Beryl Shereshewsky's brand of viewer inspired cooking content is unique and uniquely lovable. Though she isn't the most popular cook on YouTube, she has quite a reasonably substantial and loyal following because nobody really does it the way she does. She and her family...
About Bindi | ModernTraditional.com (466)
Bindi are the stickers used to ornament the face, in the area of the "third eye". When a mark is drawn there, it is called a "tilaka". The sticker is a "bindi", and when there is a pendant dangling from a chain secured in the hair, it is called a "tikka". They are put on...
News About Leon – YouTube (430)
https://leonthelobster.myshopify.com A new update on Leon The Lobster and what he's been doing. Also a fun visit to the Jellyfish Warehouse.

a pink flower in a small vase next to a candle with some writing that I can't fully see.

Recreating A 300-Year-Old Salem Witch Trials Meal
In today’s episode of Meals of History, Josh and Emily are recreating food from the Salem Witch Trials!
Balloon animals beyond the poodle – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
Masayoshi Matsumoto was working as a chemical engineer when he first learned how to make balloon animals. Matsumoto doesn’t use marker pens or tape for …
Jesus Had a Vagina (According to Medieval Christian Mysticism) – Tales of Times Forgotten
About a month ago, a whole host of right-wing media outlets, including The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the New York Post, NBC Montana, and …

The Messed Up Origins of The Muffin Man

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher May 4, 2023 May 10, 2023Culture, Europe, Food, History, Myths and Legends, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJJWVGoRj8&ab_channel=JonSolo[/embed] Do you know the Muffin Man?

Did you know that avocados are also grown in Africa? | About Avocados, South Africa

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher May 3, 2023 May 3, 2023Africa, Farming, Food, Recipes, Vegetables and Greens, Video

The production of avocados in South Africa started in the 1930s by Dr Hans Merensky who established the first avocado orchards at Westfalia Estate in the Limpopo Province. This company’s technical division: Westfalia Technological Services (WTS), has now become the world’s largest privately-funded subtropical fruit research organisation. The South African Avocado Growers Association (SAAGA) was…

Ancient Treasures: An Exclusive Tour of the Penn Museum

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher May 3, 2023 May 3, 2023Archaeology, Asia, History, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlKKvJKBd3s&ab_channel=Miniminuteman[/embed] In this video I team up with none other than my favorite Near East archaeologist and Bagdad Battery skeptic: Dr. Brad Hafford. Career archaeologist and fellow YouTube teacher (@artifactuallyspeaking) Dr. Hafford takes us on a tour through the collections of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. We will see ancient pottery, mysterious incantation bowls inscribed…

Archaeologists Unearth Buddha Statue in Ancient Egyptian Port City | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher May 3, 2023 May 3, 2023Africa, Africa, Archaeology, Asia, Buddhism, History, India, News, Rome, Spirituality

Researchers have discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient Egyptian port city. The artifact is the first Buddha ever found west of Afghanistan, according to the New York Review of Books’ William Dalrymple. Made from Mediterranean marble, it provides new evidence of trade between ancient Rome and India.Based on stylistic details, the researchers…

Scientists Have ID’d the Worm in Your Mescal – Scientific American

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 30, 2023 April 30, 2023Cuisine, Drinks, Food, Mexico, Science and Medicine

Scientific inspiration can strike anywhere—even at a restaurant bar in Oaxaca, Mexico. That’s where a team of insect researchers decided to use DNA sequencing to identify what larva lurks in bottles of the nation’s iconic alcohol, mescal.“We were taking a break, we were at a restaurant, and then we just saw these bottles,” says Akito…

Gerry Finkel Book Launch Celebration – The World According to Gerry

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 29, 2023 April 29, 2023Books, Content Creators Community, Culture, History, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M6LFWYADzs&ab_channel=IndieAuthorsWorld[/embed] At the age of eighty-three, after sixty-one years in his fulfilling profession as an academic pathologist, retirement was a bit of a bummer for Gerry Finkel. What does a man with a sharp mind and intellect, keen wit and a desire to communicate do? He opened the door allowing us to step into The…

Medieval People Got Stressed. Just Like Us! #History #Stress

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 25, 2023 April 25, 2023Health and Wellness, History, Medieval, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBxmWZfgiWA&ab_channel=TheWelshViking[/embed] I’m stressed. We’re all stressed. It’s why I don’t upload as much as I want. But if you, like many people, think that being stressed out of your gourd is a modern invention, I’ve got a few people you should meet from 600, 700, and a thousand years ago. Did you know that in…

Hummus lovers here? Try VARDABİT: A Complete Vegetarian Meal with Beans & Tahini #TurkishFood

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 23, 2023 April 23, 2023Food, Turkey, Turkish, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTN1YpNP9c8&ab_channel=Refika%27sKitchen[/embed] Today, we’re making a Turkish flavor sensation called VARDABIT! It’s a star appetizer from the famous Turkish TV series ”AİLE”! In the series, Vardabit is Aslan’s favorite food. The mom makes this recipe for him and says, ”He only eats mine.” Featuring tahini and beans, this easy-to-make & flavorful dish is guaranteed to wow…

Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos – Arkeonews

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 22, 2023 April 22, 2023Archaeology, History, News, Photos, Spain, Temples and Shrines

The team from Mérida’s Institute of Archaeology believes two of the busts discovered in what is thought to be a shrine or pantheon represent Tartessian goddesses, despite the fact that Tartessian religion was previously thought to be aniconic (opposed to the use of idols or images).The stone busts’ facial depiction, as well as the inclusion…

Kush: Ancient Sudan

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher April 22, 2023 April 22, 2023Africa, Africa, Archaeology, Art, History, Kemet, Kush, Spirituality, Video, Womanist

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5orPo0hAQ&ab_channel=MaxDashu[/embed] Khartoum neolithic ceramics. Nabta Playa. Vulva petroglyphs. Stone figurines. Female icons of the “A-group” neolithic. Incised and painted pottery. Ritual stands. C-group archaeology. Megalithic burials. New styles of female figurines and incised ceramics. Black-on-red pots, a Nile valley pattern shared with late neolithic Egypt. The Kerma culture, class stratified kingdom with impressive architecture. Ivory…