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Bringing Stalinism back into style through sculpture. Mountains of skulls not included.

Demographics is destiny.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/30349554

Key figures in Russia’s publishing industry, including a director of one of Russia’s leading publishers, have been detained following a series of targeted raids by law enforcement. They are facing extremism charges, though the specific nature of these charges has not yet been disclosed. Among those arrested is Anatoly Norovyatkin, the longtime distribution director at Eksmo, as well as people associated with publishing houses acquired by Eksmo in 2023: Popcorn Books, known for its focus on queer young adult fiction, and Individuum, a non-fiction publishing imprint.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/25331875

This is part of an exhibit on indigenous futurism at the Autry Museum of the American West, called Future Imaginaries. The pictures don’t do it justice, it’s very beautiful to see the stitches in person.

Here’s the information from the accompanying plaque:

Trek (Pleiades)

Marie Watt (Seneca Nation)

2014

Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding, thread, and embroidery floss

The quilted pattern in Marie Watt's Trek (Pleiades) echoes the nine diamond-like formations found in some Native basketry designs. The number nine also corresponds to the nine brightest stars of the constellation Pleiades, which derives its name from the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology, who were transformed into stars by Zeus to avoid the hunter Orion's unwanted advances.

The Starship Enterprise, delicately embroidered over the diamond pattern, references both lengthy voyages found in Indigenous ancestral stories alongside modern space travel, each intersecting time and space, the historical and contemporary, the real and mythical.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28304193

Photographer: @[email protected]

Religion continues to play a significant role in shaping societies and public opinion, even among those who don’t follow a particular faith.

I captured this photo of a religious woman in Kyiv during the declaration of independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

A few days later, a major Russian news outlet used the same image to claim that the Ukrainian church had ceased to exist.

https://iz.ru/910071/2019-08-14/ukrainskaia-avtokefalnaia-pravoslavnaia-tcerkov-perestala-sushchestvovat

It’s a small example of how symbols and narratives are often caught in the middle of larger political and cultural disputes.

#photography #photo #streetphotography #fotografia #Ukraine #Russia #360Degrees #35mm #art #travel #press #news #photooftheday #mastodon #PortfolioDay #pixelfed #photojournalism #photodocumentary #ufc #women #Religion #Politics

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6264969

(This is good news for people who trust Boeing more than medical workers. You can bring your own screwdriver.)

The serious narrative is shocking:

A Boeing mechanic failed to tighten the bolts on a door-size "cabin plug" that blew out on an Alaska Air 737Max flight. The aircraft had cabin pressure warnings onboard for some time, so instead of investigating/fixing, the airline simply 'restricted' the plane from 'long flights over water' so it could land quickly. No joke.

A fritter is a donut. It's just ugly, doesn't mean it isn't the superior choice. Shoutout to Alex and the rest of the crew at Daylight Donuts in Fort Scott, Kansas!

Is this the excuse China is seeking to invade? Hope not. Chinaisassho.

Go, seek out more indy comics from MrSebSin! He is good people! EDIT: Added link https://sh.itjust.works/u/MrSebSin

The marias are alive, y'all_ AVEMARIA_

You inherited their dreams, as well as their crops.

Repooost from Lord of The Memes. S'almost like invadin' wakes them up and then there's fire, flood and the Hague

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24415687

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24394191