"#JBILibrary—the nearly century-old organization dedicated to ensuring that people who are #blind, have #lowvision, or have #print #disabilities can fully participate in #Jewish life—is inviting individuals, families, teens and community groups to get involved in its new #Volunteer Ambassador Program designed to expand access to Jewish #learning and #culture."
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Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.
No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.
This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.
So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.
I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?
#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness
With winter in full swing (mostly), people are starting to head for the ski slopes. And what’s better than a day of skiing? Après-skiing, maybe? Altitude sickness can sneak up fast — especially if you’re sipping cocktails to enhance the late-day euphoria. @foodandwine discusses why alcohol hits different at higher elevations and how you can prevent that two-by-four-to-the-forehead feeling from drinking too much up there:
#Culture #Skiing #ApresSki #Sports #Alcohol #Mountains #Drinking
Altitude and Alcohol: Why Your Usual Drinks Hit Different in the Mountains
Planning a ski trip? Learn how altitude sickness starts, what symptoms to watch for, how alcohol at elevation worsens it, and smart prevention and treatments from experts.Rich Manning (Food & Wine)
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture
by Max Planck Society
phys.org/news/2025-11-rethinki…
#books #culture #biology #language
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture
A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and involves multiple capacities, each with different ev…Max Planck Society (Phys.org)
From “Dragon Ball Z” to Fuji Rock — saxophonist Patrick Bartley finds jazz in J-pop, blending anime, Vocaloid and bebop into a second language. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/… #culture #music #jpop #jazz #jmusicensemble #patrickbartley
Finding jazz in J-pop: Patrick Bartley’s musical second language
The J-Music Ensemble leader translates Japanese culture into a classic American musical tradition.Ryne Hisada (The Japan Times)
Austrians celebrate JJ bringing home first Eurovision win in 11 years theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2… #Eurovision2025 #Eurovision #Austria #Culture #Europe #Music
Austrians celebrate JJ bringing home first Eurovision win in 11 years
Austrian-Filipino countertenor praised for melding techno with country’s rich operatic tradition in song Wasted LoveAngela Giuffrida (The Guardian)
The Hollow Men Of Silicon Valley techdirt.com/2025/02/25/the-ho… #news #reactionaries #technocracy #peterthiel #elonmusk #humanity #culture #emotion #ai #1
The Hollow Men Of Silicon Valley
I am, unabashedly, a Humean emotivist. Like David Hume, I hold that emotions—not abstract reason—form the foundation of our ethics. Cold logic alone doesn’t guide our moral compass; it is sha…Techdirt
Good video by Luis Rossmann, I think it's worth sharing.
youtube.com/watch?v=_hgWrXyDlH…
#future #society #legacy #culture #fairness
What will you be remembered for?
https://web.archive.org/web/20241206004231/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/social-media-insurance-industry-brian-thompson.html👉 Rossmann chat: ?...YouTube
As Koreans tried to make sense of President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law decree, some turned to a film on Netflix. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/… #culture #entertainmentnews #southkorea #netflix #hankang #film
Korean coup movie hits No. 1 on Netflix after martial law chaos
The film depicts the events surrounding a Dec. 12, 1979, coup in South Korea, a theme also tackled in Han Kang's novel 'Human Acts.'Sohee Kim (The Japan Times)
Are #nonbinary #people #trans? The #answer isn’t clean-cut .
— As a somewhat #authoritative #source let me clarify that for you. The answer is Yes, non-binary people are trans.
#Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Society #Representation #Culture
intomore.com/culture/identity/…
Are nonbinary people considered trans? - INTO
Learn how trans and nonbinary identities overlap, considerations around whether or not they're the same, and how you might identify.Aspen Reed (INTO)
👉🏼 Building a culture of accessibility
“Accessibility isn't solely important in the final product; it's crucial at every step of the process. Adopting accessible practices from the outset unlocks your team's full potential.”
Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)
boingboing.net/2024/01/18/reno…
Satanist gives opening prayer at county meeting
Satanist gives opening prayer to Nevada's Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola, eliciting shock and outrage. Hail Satan!Mark Frauenfelder (Happy Mutants, LLC.)
J'adore le rock nigérian (tuareg) !
youtu.be/GZvPoE0EH1o
Mdou Moctar - Tarhatazed (Live on KEXP)
En plus ça permet de faire des jeux de mots débiles tout en faisant connaître cette culture musicale.
"Tarhatazed" c'est un peu comme "Tahartagueule (à la récré)" mais en mieux que quand c'est Souchon...
#culture #musique #rock #Niger #Tuareg #MdouMoctar #pouetradio
Mdou Moctar - Tarhatazed (Live on KEXP)
http://KEXP.ORG presents Mdou Moctar performing "Tarhatazed" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 25, 2018.Host: DJ RhythmaAudio Engineer: Kevin SuggsCamera...YouTube
I don't know if #culture can save us, but in times like this, there is little other hope.
I leave you with this #poem by #Palestinian writer and performer Rafeef Ziadah.
We teach life: youtube.com/watch?v=aKucPh9xHt…
Rafeef Ziadah - 'We teach life, sir', London, 12.11.11
Buy Rafeef's album here - https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rafeefziadah2RAFEEF ZIADAH is a Canadian-Palestinian spoken word artist and activist. Her debut CD Hadeel...YouTube
I come back to this Tang Dynasty-inspired dance all the time. Love the music, especially when it is sung Chinese opera style, and definitely the beautiful dance, which is about Princess Anle, an arrogant and willful princess who helped overthrow her father and ended up beheaded by rebels.
I know right? Griiim.
youtu.be/YQnlHKLuVnY?si=A4rucp…
Classical Chinese dance 'Once Upon a Time in Luoyang' by Tang Shiyi | 舞蹈：唐诗逸《洛阳旧事》| CNODDT
When snow falls on Luoyang (a city in central China’s Henan province considered as one of the cradles of Chinese civilization), the peerless beauty wakes up ...YouTube
Braids and bowlers: Indigenous Bolivian women skateboard in style in Celia D. Luna’s empowered portraits. #skateboarding #portrait #culture
thisiscolossal.com/2023/01/cel…
Braids and Bowlers: Indigenous Bolivian Women Skateboard in Style in Celia D. Luna's Empowered Portraits — Colossal
"Cholitas Skaters" focuses on a group of Indigenous Bolivian women who wear traditional clothes while practicing extreme sports.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
🆕 blog! “A practical example of the social construct of race”
I've been reading lots of books about race, justice, and history. One of the things which confused me when I started this journey was the notion that race is a construct. But then I started reading about how Blumenbach literally invented the concept of distinct human races. And about how the discredited "S…
👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/02/a-pra…
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#culture #race #racism
A practical example of the social construct of race
I’ve been reading lots of books about race, justice, and history. One of the things which confused me when I started this journey was the notion that race is a construct. But then I started r…Terence Eden’s Blog
Ce soir 20h #WiktionnaireGame n°8 avec @HygieneMentale , @INSVideos (Jean de la Lune) et @Lithenna ! Préparez vos #JeuDeMotsIndé !
Rdv sur Twitch.tv/GalactiCamille !
Avec le soutien de @wiktionnaire et Wikimedia_Fr !
#StreamHer #TwitchFr #Culture #Vulgarisation
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Médiatrice scientifique PhD en astrophysique Autrice de jeux de société. Ici on parle d'actus astronomie et spatial, on joue à des jeux indés mais pas que, on construit et conçoit des LEGO, on fait du JDR et je chante aussi !! Stream les mardi, mercr…Twitch
Joseph Henrich, evolutionary anthropologist:
"More than any other animal, we depend on learning from others. Cultural evolution occurs alongside biological evolution. You can look at a human & study the genes that they’ve inherited from their parents… but that person has also acquired beliefs, values, practices, norms, languages & ways of thinking from their parents & other members of their community."
english.elpais.com/science-tec…
#culture #cooperation #learning
Joseph Henrich, evolutionary anthropologist: ‘The best antidote to white supremacy is more science’
The chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard spoke to EL PAÍS about immigration, social structures and his book on cultural evolutionJon Gurutz Arranz (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
As the app that is the star of today's window has updated on my phone today, let me introduce you to Greta, the German app for audiodescription, closed captions and other forms of accessibility in movies.
It works by first downloading an encrypted, I believe, copy of the movie's audio and then when we want to watch it described or subtitled, we just start the app, let it listen to the sound around us and it will tune in at the right spot in time with the accessibility accommodations we need. Should you forget your headphones to hear the audiodescription in, you can still listen to it over the earpiece. The system is not context-aware so it can tune into the movie at a cinema or at home when watching on the Internet or on TV which gives universal access to all the accommodations. The only wish I would have is more independent cinema productions and the ability to combine multiple adjustments so that I could watch that movie with a lot of Austrian dialect in it with both audiodescription and subtitles.
Today's update brings sound amplification. If I understand correctly, you can also have the actual audio track of the movie played through your phone in sync with the original.
I believe the concept was replicated in other countries already so you might know it under another name.
gretaundstarks.de
#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Germany #Culture #Movies #Audiodescription #Cinema #TV #Subtitling
It works by first downloading an encrypted, I believe, copy of the movie's audio and then when we want to watch it described or subtitled, we just start the app, let it listen to the sound around us and it will tune in at the right spot in time with the accessibility accommodations we need. Should you forget your headphones to hear the audiodescription in, you can still listen to it over the earpiece. The system is not context-aware so it can tune into the movie at a cinema or at home when watching on the Internet or on TV which gives universal access to all the accommodations. The only wish I would have is more independent cinema productions and the ability to combine multiple adjustments so that I could watch that movie with a lot of Austrian dialect in it with both audiodescription and subtitles.
Today's update brings sound amplification. If I understand correctly, you can also have the actual audio track of the movie played through your phone in sync with the original.
I believe the concept was replicated in other countries already so you might know it under another name.
gretaundstarks.de
#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Germany #Culture #Movies #Audiodescription #Cinema #TV #Subtitling
Kino einfach gemeinsam erleben mit GRETA und STARKS
Barrierefreies Kino für Alle! Audiodeskriptionen und Untertitel überall und einfach auf dem eigenen Smartphone mit den Apps GRETA und STARKS.GRETA und STARKS | Audiodeskription und Untertitel