People say "Batman scared of heights lol" but I think Batman having a nervous John McClane-style "please don't let me die" moment before jumping off the highest height of his career so far is actually cool.
We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.
"Eventually, almost everyone claims they opposed apartheid...But justice is not measured by where we stand after history has issued its verdict. It is measured by where we stand when the verdict is still being rendered." -@NYCMayor on Nelson Mandela and Palestinian human rights
300 years of slavery were infinitely more violent than any slave revolt
300 years of colonialism were infinitely more violent than any national liberation struggle
90 years of Jim Crow were infinitely more violent than anything the Black Panthers ever did
Historian Michael Wood takes us to a coffeehouse in Kars, Turkey, where a traditional bard (aşıks) performs the “Epic of Köroğlu.” As seen in 1979’s “In Search of the Trojan War.”
It's been a few days, and we still can't stop thinking about Sam Neill. We're not just mourning a brilliant actor and artist; Sam was so much more than that—he was an incredibly kind and humble man, a quality we should all strive for. He will be dearly missed.
The ‘everyone is 12’ thing is overplayed but “We should give soldiers steroids so they get more stronger and gooder at fighting bad guys” is such a uniquely childish fucking stupid idea that it could have only come from this administration
‘We are going to lose everything. We’ve been trying to warn you guys for so many decades. We’re not lying. We’re not exaggerating’’
When NASA scientist @ClimateHuman risked his liberty to try and wake people up to the threat of climate change
Christopher Nolan says The Odyssey is ultimately about the idea that a society can only function through respect for strangers. He believes that, despite 3,000 years passing since Homer, that fundamental truth about human nature hasn’t changed.
a huge group of ppl on a path of titans (co-op dinosaur survival game) server led a peaceful migration in honor of sam neill instead of killing and eating each other. gaming is beautiful
Kerr is sharing a video stigmatising folk on the Clyde Walkway which me and my partner regularly walk down together and alone and where she and I feel safe. He’s doing so presumably knowing a local dad was falsely accused of filming children by a group of ‘protesters’ on Sunday.