#MODERN

The Belladonna

The_Belladonnas

Hey all! Welcome back to Tuesday Tips! This week we’re tackling what the Belladonna Managing Editors refer to as the ‘Guess What Assholes’ voice. Not sure what we’re talking about?

🥚Namaryu🥚

Namaryuu

In the entertainment world there are many obstacles that one has to overcome in order to become successfulSometimes an action has to be taken in order to receive any spotlight,

Dr. Matt, Buddhism stirred not shaken

mattdmilligan

So the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya has a good number of references to festivals occurring at stūpa-s. These seem to have been big thangs with vendors, waived taxes, and so forth. The Chinese

M. Taylor Fravel

fravel

Did China just unveil a plan to build a fully modern military by 2027? No. A thread. The issue at hand concerns text in the communique of the Fifth Plenum

Liane M. Feldman

lianemfeldman

On translating the instructions for building the mishkan (Exodus 25-31, 35-40), and why you won’t see me translate that as “tabernacle." A (1/18) For a couple of months, I’ve

Lesley Carhart

hacks4pancakes

I agree with @evacide “attack v espionage” is a really fruitless hill for us to have to die on, especially because there are so many stupid and inaccurate buzzwords in

junebug 🍯

bitviet

sometimes it does irritate me when people who arent vietnamese wear the ao dai because im so hyper aware of all the fraught political history behind it but thats my

Mhara Starling

MharaStarling

I’ve seen a lot of discussion lately surrounding the idea that the Welsh mythical figures are not “deities” and that Celtic pagans and Witches are “silly” for referring to them

Warpfactornonsense

Warpfactor_ZJ

Rational brain: TOS Kirk wasn't plump. He was actually pretty buff. We're just used to seeing buff dudes on film looking airbrushed, dehydrated, and full of steroids. Kirk was very

Skull

ApocalypseSkull

1/Bullying has always been a cultural corrective that serves to enforce the mores, norms & rules of the tribe & stamp out deviant, unhealthy behavior before it becomes a danger;

MV Lord of the Isles stan account

nicmharcuis

Morning all, I have a few thoughts re: Scots, Gàidhlig and BBC ALBA. I think the conversation regarding the commonalities and differences, historic and modern, between Gàidhlig and Scots is

Faisal Al Yafai

FaisalAlYafai

Was Abu Nuwas an Arab? / A Thread. So this week @newlinesmag we published @alexjrowell's unsurprisingly popular essay about the love early Arab poets had for wine. (Unsurprising because it

Davey

TheRealDavey2

1/n Some random thoughts on Pokemon and $CLCT in no particular order. Site visits increased 50% in October (and 2.5x since May). 2/n Pokemon referrals are up almost 800%. 3/n

Jim Geraghty

jimgeraghty

Scene: Our house, a few weeks ago, when the Call of Duty trailer came out.Older son: Uh, dad, mom thinks this kind of video game is kind of violent—Me: Son,

∆nkit🏏🇮🇳

Armchair_critic

Opinion-Samson didn't fail in Australia. He was given a role which he played selflessly without thinking about his place. For whatever time he was on the crease he kept the

Steven Milne

StevenM95164330

What many in Scotland don't understand is that England doesn't have nearly as strong a sense of it's own identity as the other 3 UK nations.People in South East England

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