John O'Malley

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

This church took 632 years to build — what inspired it?

Heinrich Heine explained: "Men in those days had convictions; we moderns have opinions. And it needs more than opinions to build a Gothic cathedral."

And it was built to keep something extraordinary inside... (thread) 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of amazing sculptures you (probably) didn't know existed 🧵

1. Statue of King Arthur, England

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This is the Cloaca Maxima in Rome, a sewer built 2,000 years ago.

But it isn't unique — there are other subterranean wonders just like it.

So from the hidden cities of Turkey to the inverted temples of India, here is a brief dive into the world of underground architecture...

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Accidental art - a thread 🧵

1. A rock-created bird shaped chip on a car windshield

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why did America demolish the world's most beautiful train station?

And what it says about us... (thread) 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.

It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.

If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.

#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland

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[Prog Rock Songs @progrocksongs]

Focus - Sylvia / Hocus Pocus

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN was released 72 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great musicals, and one of the most influential movies ever made, the making of story is as epic as you would expect…

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[Prog Rock Songs @progrocksongs]

Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Hyper realistic paintings that look like photos - a thread 🧵

1. Alyssa Monks

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

These strange creatures were painted nearly 500 years ago by a man called Pieter Bruegel.

And, if you can believe it, he is one of the most important artists in history.

Here's why...

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND was released 20 years ago this week. One of Hollywood’s most surreal love stories and the second collaboration between director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman, the making of story will never be erased from your memory…

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[Amazing Video @amazingvideo01]

@PicturesFoIder Did he just grab the light? 🤯

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The choreography of this is next level

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Here's the Baylor University Golden Wave Band halftime performance honoring Baylor Men's Basketball in 2021.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Photographs taken in the right place at the right time, intentionally or by chance - a thread 🧵

1. Wilma Hurskainen

[RadioGenoa @RadioGenoa]

Frenchman explains to cultural enricher that there are also public toilets.