Tag Archives: Culture

Giant Tortoise Turns 190 Years Old, Making Him the Oldest Tortoise Ever | My Modern Met

Posted on January 20, 2022 by agogo22

By Madeleine Muzdakis on January 20, 2022 Jonathan photographed in April 2021. (Photo: Xben911 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) Happy birthday, Jonathan the giant tortoise! Birthday wishes are in order for Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise. The lumbering giant … Continue reading →

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Comentário espontâneo de Jorge Terra (procurador do estado e presidente da Comissão Sobre a Verdade da Escravidão Negra da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.)

Posted on January 18, 2022 by agogo22
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Piss off? Annoy? Shit on? Why Macron’s use of the French swear word ‘emmerder’ is so hard to translate | The Conversation

Posted on January 17, 2022 by agogo22

He said what? Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock You can only properly translate French scatological swear words if you consider who is using them. In this case, the most powerful person in France. When French president Emmanuel Macron vowed to “emmerder” … Continue reading →

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As a former officer, I’m horrified by England and Wales’s Police Bill – Richard Ecclestone | Open Democracy

Posted on January 16, 2022 by agogo22

Protesters gather in London to protest the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 8 December 2021 | SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo   The bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders … Continue reading →

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French and American React to French vs English TikTok Compilation!!

Posted on January 10, 2022 by agogo22

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Arranquen vinyes – La Maria | useless-catalanfacts

Posted on January 9, 2022 by agogo22
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A plant called justice… | Mona Caron and Reveracidade

Posted on January 8, 2022 by agogo22
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Female Bolivian Skateboarders Shred in Traditional Dress | Kottke

Posted on January 8, 2022 by agogo22

Brazilian photographer Luisa Dörr travelled to Bolivia and photographed the members of ImillaSkate, a group of Aymara and Quechua women who skateboard, often in traditional cholita clothing. From a slideshow of photos by Dörr in El Pais (translated from Spanish by … Continue reading →

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This Forgotten Ecosystem Holds Twice as Much Carbon as Forests

Posted on January 8, 2022 by agogo22

As more of the world’s forests are destroyed, it makes you wonder: what’s going to absorb CO2 in their place?! In an ironic twist of fate, one of Earth’s “deadest” habitats might be our best hope for an ongoing supply … Continue reading →

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The responsibility of being a feminist icon – 100 Women, BBC World Service

Posted on January 3, 2022 by agogo22

For many, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie became famous when her Ted Talk, ‘We should all be feminists’ was featured in Beyonce’s song Flawless, but her books have been translated into over 30 languages around the world. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice In an … Continue reading →

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