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Behold

#hyena

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Wilhelm Trübner - Great Dane with Sausages: "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant" (1877)

Apapently, the artist's dog was a really professonal model, patiently sitting still with the sausages hanging over his snout while he was being painted. During the work, Trübner had to leave for a while to get the door, and when he came back, he found his dog still posing dutifully. Everything was the same, with one minor exception: the sausages had disappeared without trace. (source, in German)

#art #very cute story

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crazy out of context and not much better with context

#he totally did

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What was the say again?

See no evil, hear no evil.

#art #anakin skywalker #emperor palpatine

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The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

#me crying because i still have to cook dinners too

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i love how she didnt even try

GREG HOUSE

#house md

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I show up to the fandom to find new ways to interact with the media wrong

If you haven’t seen the vibe the first is in ref to

#legend of drizzt #drizzt do'urden #zaknafein do'urden #jarlaxle baenre

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#architecture

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they should invent a past that doesn't beat inside me like a second heart

#hmm

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Anytime someone asks “Why do people even live in Gotham City??” all I can think is: “Oh so you don’t understand the point of Gotham do you. You don’t understand that the entire point of the city is that people are too poor to move or even live, you don’t understand that poverty and corruption kills, you don’t understand that the some of the villains are a metaphor for what happens when people are desperate and pushed to the brink and crushed by capitalism, you don’t understand the entire point of the story.”

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I think a lot about the architecture ideas drawn by Étienne-Louis Boullée

They're sketches from the 1780s and they look like the end of the fucking universe

#art #architecture

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Darth Vader: Sith Lord | Randy Martinez & Rick Burchett

#THIS PARALLEL IS FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE I'M FINE

#art #anakin skywalker #shmi skywalker

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kind of shit at backgrounds, so i tried to practice.😭😭😭 anyways, dune video game concept

#dune

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🚨EMERGENCY! PLEASE READ!🚨

Moataz @moatazart, Mariam, and baby Maria are set to make the dangerous journey from Gaza City in the north to Rafah in the south. From there, God willing, they will enter Egypt.

HOWEVER, the money they had allocated to procure shelter and food while in Egypt was utterly depleted by exploitative fees and hidden costs, which we break down in this post. Moataz speaks more on the situation in this post and on his own blog @moatazart, which we ask people to follow and boost. They have a fund going to raise the remaining money, but the fund only has a week and a half left before it closes! They are not even halfway to their goal!

Please share what you can with Moataz’s family so they can find safety and security in Egypt! They have no one in Egypt with whom they can stay and currently nowhere near enough money to secure shelter! After all they have survived, please don’t let this young family be left vulnerable! If they cannot procure food and shelter, they will be extremely vulnerable not only to the dangers of homelessness, but to groups and individuals who prey on refugees!

Safety for Gazan refugees does not end with leaving Gaza! If this campaign is not finished in LESS THAN 2 WEEKS, they will be homeless in Egypt! They are so close to a fresh start, please don’t let all the risks they are taking to find safety be for nothing!

#palestine #refugees

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Online job applications were a widespread crypto-eugenics program that took hold during the late 20th and early 21st century. These applications were notable for heavy use of videoconference interviews, little to no emphasis on exams and assessments (with rare exceptions, usually implemented to obtain unpaid labor from applicants), and a general disregard for time, scheduling, results, or basic human dignity.

Despite widespread contemporary criticism, the online job application was only abolished after the Job Board Riots in the latter half of the century.

#future history

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The Islamic Origins of the Jedi

Ramadan starts in a few days so I figured that now was a great time to talk about this!

(Disclaimer: My point here isn’t to detract from other sources of inspiration that GL used to create the Jedi, but simply to point out another, lesser known one that many often overlook or intentionally refuse to acknowledge.)

I’m Muslim. My family follows the Hanafi madhab, and the guidance of the Naqshbandi order of Sufi masters, mystics, and teachers. I’m by no means an expert or a scholar, but the Sufi theology and view of the Divine is so clearly prevalent as one of the many inspirations for the Force and the Jedi, that it’s hard to get ignore - and it’s hard to watch while people choose to ignore it.

For starters, we know that during his research for the films, George Lucas met and consulted with the Habibiyyah Sufi order in California. He asked questions and learned what they believed.

Something else that’s hard to ignore is the robes that the Jedi wear! I know they’re commonly thought to be inspired by other origins, but I’d like to point out that the traditional Sufi robes look similar to the Jedi as well.

Still not convinced?

Let’s look at the origins of the word ‘Jedi’. While most believe that it comes from the word ‘jidaigeki’, as GL has mentioned in passing, there is an Arabic equivalent that’s translated to fit the meaning of the Jedi Order with surprising accuracy.

The word is Al-Jeddi, which translates to ‘master of the mystic warrior way’.

In an article released by a prominent Sufi Muslim order, ‘jeddi’ is mentioned by name and a definition that looks and sounds familiar to the Jedi Order of Star Wars and how the Force is viewed by them:

“We are, at our core, a Movement of Jeddi; Sufi masters of Futuwwat ("the Way of the mystic-warrior"). We encourage adherents to train both physically AND spiritually, for their own personal edification and to enhance their knowledge and abilities in the Struggle. The Balance does not lie alone in contemplation, prayer and meditation; nor does it lie alone in action and revolution.”

At the end of the day, we know that Star Wars appropriated from many, many sources that went mostly uncredited and ignored - in ways that had lasting and negative impacts on the peoples and cultures that served as inspiration - and this was one of them.

One of my biggest complaints about the appropriation present here is that it is an opportunity missed - a big one. There was an opportunity to educate, to help others understand what is often misunderstood, simply by being transparent about what you took, from whom, and most importantly, why.

So I’m sharing this with you now, because education is everything, and it is so, so important to be aware of examples of things like this in the media we consume!

#interesting #star wars #islam #suffism

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#art