#trap culture

[jonnywaistcoat]

Have you ever been to the USA, if you have the chance do cuz we are a big as country and you’d definitely re-think the idea of having one central branch for the usher foundation…

I have, yeah, and I'm well aware of how big it is, but I suspect you might be doing a lot of extrapolation as to what the Usher Foundation is and how it works, since as far as I recall it's only vaguely referenced in a brief mention or two. Like, the Magnus Institute isn't a "central branch" that covers all of Europe, or even the UK - it's an academic institution based in London. So one would assume the Usher Foundation is an Academic institution based somewhere in America (I generally imagine it in the Boston area, or somewhere in that region of New England due to the Poe connection). Also, if academic institutions were like public agencies that had a responsibility to cover geographical areas or populations, I think the more egregious problem would be the Pu Songling Centre in Beijing, as China has five times the population of the USA in roughly the same geographical area.

Also, while I do a lot of research for my stories, especially international ones, and try to get a sense of the specific area I'm writing about, I'm obviously always going to be writing as a Brit and thus with certain British assumptions about how places work. And to be honest, after living my life in an anglophone culture dominated by USAmerican media and constantly seeing those, uh, "interpretations" of the UK, there's a slight feeling of turnabout is fair play.

[bitchslapblastoids]

Just thinking about…… the legalize catboys moment in time….. and like…. What was that??? Why was that??? Catboys? Legalize them? What? Sir, this is a Dan and Phil merch. Why??????????? A half nude slut ass photo of Dan wearing a tail and ears??????????????? What were they saying to us? And why were they saying it? That was the true advent of the no fucks given era

[tippenfunkaport]

hey sorry but we put your boyfriend in a glue trap. yeah no, i don't really get it either. no no it's just like the meme of the week. yeah, he's pretty stuck in there. sorry. I'm so sorry.

[blueiscoool]

Ancient Roman Wall Used to Trap Spartacus Found in Italy

A team of archaeologists has found the remains of a Roman-constructed wall in Calabria, southern Italy. It was built with the purpose of trapping Spartacus, the former Roman gladiator who escaped and led a slave revolt.

The researchers behind this find, led by Dr. Paolo Visona, a classical archaeologist from the University of Kentucky in the United States, found the structure in the mountainous region of Calabria, where Spartacus and his men fled in 71 BC in order to escape Sicily.

Walls such as this one were constructed under the orders of the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus, who was in charge of the Roman legions. Crassus’ mission was to capture or murder Spartacus and his band of freed slaves and former gladiators.

Roman wall trapped Spartacus, a slave leader

The ancient wall dissects an area of the Dossone della Melia forest in the Calabria region right on the southern tip of Italy. The excavated stone wall and supporting earthwork was roughly 1.7 miles long and is mostly in good condition.

Archaeologists also uncovered a Roman defensive ditch known as a fossa as well as the remains of what seemed to have been an embankment system.

“The wall has now been conclusively identified as part of the structures built by the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his forces,” the Archaeological Institute of America said in a statement announcing the discovery.

Mostly covered by vegetation with only small sections visible to the eye, the remains of the Roman wall were not prominently on display. However, a group of environmental workers came across parts of the stone wall while hiking through the forest, and believing it to be something ancient, they notified local cultural authorities.

Researchers and archaeologists analyzed the structure after some time. They used ground-penetrating radar and LiDAR aerial survey equipment to find out more about the semi-buried wall’s construction. They also extracted soil samples and took magnetometer readings in an effort to learn more about when the wall was built.

Historical accounts of Spartacus’ life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who both penned their works more than a hundred years after his death. Plutarch’s Life of Crassus and Appian’s Civil Wars provide the most thorough account of the slave revolt.

Although he was a major character in Roman history, no contemporary sources exist, and all accounts were written by people who were only indirectly involved. There have been no testimonies from the slaves of eyewitnesses.

Very little is known about Spartacus besides the events of the war, and extant accounts are full of contradictions.

By Matthew Norman.

[arsonforcharlie]

btw. in case you were worried that I'm not still the cutest guy you know.

[kataracy]

Kataang Week 2024 DAY 1 // Cultural Sharing

“I’m nervous. Am I doing okay?”

“You’re doing amazing Sweetie.”

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

T.I. released his second album Trap Muzik August 19, 2003

[linka-from-captain-planet]

“Celene—sixteen and hollow-eyed…

… orphaned and alone in Val Royeaux”

Celene was only ten when the adults in her life decided she would be Empress, and only sixteen when that decision costed her parents… and left her alone to play the Game with its master, Lady Mantillon.

[ehlnofay]

how many murder robots can there realistically be in dwemer ruins? I understand it from a game making perspective but like... they're meant to be cities. people lived there. I suppose the animunculi would have some use as an army and maybe as guards but aside from that what's the point?

most of the automatons have to be much more benign. cleaners and errand-runners and assistants in laboratories. I want to see those robots. elder scrolls six get on this

[malegayse]

Joshua Monoi

[justdavina]

One of my favorite gurls! I've seen this amazing transgender woman before and she always dresses so classy! She's one in a million! I wish I knew who she was so I could tell that I love her so much!

[strangebiology]

But WHY were there so many horse skeletons in that field? Because they were alive, and then they were dead. Many of them had evidence of being killed by a human. WHY kill a horse?

Mostly for the same reasons you’d kill any other animal. Welfare, food, environment, good reasons, bad reasons, grey areas.

I mostly had guesses as to why the horses I found were killed. But someone who says he’s the son of the former property owner (and that checks out) had this to say about why they were killed:

So, it looks like this guy killed some of the horses because he was mad at his son. But they also got used.

[stealingyourbones]

I’m so glad I started to listen to Star Trek audio dramas. The silver age comic levels of whimsy and shenanigans in them is incredible.

[norsesuggestions]

That is not how eurovision popularity works....

Listening to a usa based podcast talking about eurovision and the host was like:

"It is lucky usa do not compete in eurovision because with our pop - culture dominance we would win everytime"

Oh honey..... that is NOT how getting high scores in eurovision works. You would share last place with UK, every single time. LITERALLY

[arsonforcharlie]

happy 3 years on t to me. I might be having a rough past 6 months or so, but at least I get to look like this through it, and I love that. settling into the me I get to be is like getting to go to sleep in your own bed after a few weeks sleeping on a shitty couch, and I only wish I had figured out my shit earlier so I could have gotten to be this awesome version of me for longer.

happy pride, buds. being trans rules.

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Alaskan Lynx Pelt

One of my favorite and softest pelts is my Alaskan Lynx's pelt. Otherwise known as the Canadian Lynx. These guys have some of the softest fur around, much softer than rabbit and mink in my own personal opinion.