#Century

Movies Silently

MoviesSilently

The films selected for the Lumière brothers' December 28, 1895 commercial screening were meant to showcase the strengths of the movie camera.Animation existed BEFORE live action films, movement was not

Ricardo Cardoso

RCardosoEU

On the ongoing discussion of whether video games are "art", I would bring this clip of Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) as discussion piece A1. Allow me to explain -

Renée Landell

Nay_Landell

[ A Thread ]Jamaica/Xaymaca: Before the arrival of enslaved African peoples(Culture, Identity, History, Memory) It is believed that around 800 CE the Taíno people (also known as Arawak) were the

Julieta Ovalle

julietaovallep

"Music, Sense and Nonsense: Collected Essays and Lectures", por Alfred Brendel.Capítulo: “Performances, programmes, recording - Audacious Chamber Music II: Beethoven’s ‘Grosse Fuge’ ant the Quartet Op. 130”https://open.

David Perell

david_perell

Three words to improve any skill: Imitate, then innovate.Find your favorite creators, copy their style, and you'll eventually develop your own.Here's my mini-essay. This article is from my 50 Days

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp: well I think you can guess who this artist is... Born in Brooklyn in 1928 Frank Frazzetta (with two Zs) showed amazing talent even at an early

Douglass Rovinsky, PhD

DSRovinsky

My second PhD paper is out: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.1537 @royalsocietyIn it we reveal that the thylacine, the famous extinct Australian icon, was only about half as big as once thought - not

Jake Query

jakequery

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of comments and posts about dowtown Indy’s increasing homeless population. While I am neither a social worker or civic leader, I wanted to share my

FAHEEM

Qalanadar2

Yasir Shah - A Underrated Match-Winner A Thread Yasir Shah made his test debut at the age of 28 against Australia on 22th October 2014 (1st Test of AUS

The Museum of English Rural Life

TheMERL

Good morning everyone but especially to #ThisPig This extravagantly square pig, a portent of squareness, lives rent-free in the mind of each and every LEGO brick. Even the bravest Bionicles

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖

kixes

Thank you @heatherchen_ for asking me for my views about @ITV's #TheSingaporeGrip and the foregrounding of white experiences during a very painful point of #Singapore's history.https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/v7gk49/japans-inva

Alan Lewis

alan2102z

Followup thoughts on this, including Jason Hickel's excellent thread, linked:https://twitter.com/alan2102z/status/1349025486442266624 Believing this patent absurdity ("coup attempt") is a reflection of the privilege and comfor

Luke McInnes

lukemac16

With so much public discourse on inconsequential topics like who the next President will be, I wish that we could devote the same energy to the global banking and monetary

C. Ní Chléirigh📚🖌

CClearych

Reminding myself that not all the news of the past few weeks has been gloomy: e.g. the Book of Lismore returned to Cork! Of course, we have been fortunate enough

Eli Holder

elibryan

1. In these uncertain times, one critical question remains unanswered: What does it take to get 10/10 from @ratemyskyperoom?!?Is Room Rater glory only for @MichelleObama @DalaiLama @sarahcpr @jheil or @elmo?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Raymond Soltysek

raymondsoltysek

1. In my career, I've been known to be critical of the @sqanews but have also worked closely with them on occasions. I have never known anyone working there who

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