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When one thinks about "ancient" Native American civilizations and ruins... the thing is that... most of them, they weren't ancient. The Inca were not fully conquered by the Spanish until 1572... for reference, the Mona Lisa was painted in 1502 and Martin Luther made the 95 Theses in 1517.. the "ancient" Aztec Empire was younger than the university of Oxford founded in the 11th century, Montezuma lived at the same time than Leonardo Da Vinci... There are castles that are younger than Machu Picchu, those cities were inhabited by millions just a few centuries ago, and some (Cuzco, México), many actually, are still inhabited today. People speak about the Ancient Maya as if it was some mysterious civilization that was lost, and while it was past its prime at the time of European conquest, the Maya still had city-states and were living in the same areas they live today.

There are still millions of people, right now, who speak Quechua, Nahuatl, and Maya in all their dialects, and I'm just talking about the three most well-known civilizations here... there are millions of Native Americans who still speak their languages and practice their culture and beliefs alive, both thriving and struggling today.

Talking about the "Ancient Inca" or "Ancient Aztecs" makes as much sense as talking about the "Ancient Dutch" or the "Ancient Swedes", and it's another way of erasing them, saying that they just aren't around anymore just like say the Sumerians, or that they just weren't relevant to world history. They were contemporaries to modernity and they're still alive today.

You can talk about the Ancient Olmecs or Ancient Chavín though. Because the Inca and the Aztecs are relatively "modern" but their cultures were just the latest from a cycle of civilizations stretching millenia before Christ.

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sergio castellitto’s sudden international popularity is so funny to me because he’s always enjoyed some kind of national treasure status but as a very serious, committed and somewhat uptight prestige actor (he’s married to a very dramatic novelist and their nepo baby *literally* compared growing up in a wealthy neighbourhood to fighting in vietnam) and not as the little bitch diva who nonchalantly smokes his way to the papal throne and gets ao3’d with other men

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The problem with bluesky is that I already didn't like twitter before all that stuff happened

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Thank you everyone who participated in The Karate Kid/ Cobra Kai Secret Santa 2024. While there are some WIP's still in progress, everyone has received something. If you want to check out the fics that were written you can check them out here: ao3 collection. To check out our delightful collection on tumblr look for all the tagged cksecretsanta24 pieces on our blog. Again thank you to everyone who participated and to all our pinch hitters who stepped up to the plate when needed, as well as the head elves behind the scenes who kept this event running. We hope you all enjoy all the gifts everyone made and enjoy the season finale of Cobra Kai later this week! -🎅🏻

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I should be able to both read for 8hrs a night and sleep for 8hrs a night. That I cannot is very rude and, frankly, poor design.

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i need people to understand that making a blanket statement about what corsets were or what purpose they served is like if you made a blanket statement about panties and why people wear them and you didn't specify whether you meant g string thongs or boxer briefs or a jockstrap or cotton bikinis or

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Idk about you but I think Sister Agnes should be Pope. She'd fix everything wrong with the Church in a fortnight.

DIVINORUM MINISTERIORUM*, Graphite on a random paper I found at work that isn't so bad all things considered, 8 × 10 "

*Hildegard von Bingen my beloved ❤️‍🔥

With Oscar campaigns crashing and burning one by one (you know, like the plot of the film) I'm manifesting a sweep y'all

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By Ed Himelblau

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your 'jerking it to the smell of isopropyl alcohol' post has me remembering how i used to be so ashamed of having any sexual desires that i only allowed myself to jack off to the mental image of an arial drone shot of a pine forest

transcendentalism

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the idea of a clutch purse is nightmarish to me. the whole point of bags was so we could escape the torment of holding things. and now u gotta hold a bag.

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Just going to start adding this to the end of random posts to see how much chaos can be generated by it

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Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger

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I hate that thing some people do where it's like. "I left my wallet on the table to see if you'd say anything" or "I wanted to see if you'd wash the car if I stopped doing it"

Cause like

I dont know about anyone else

But I am perpetually hovering three inches above the strong subconscious belief that everyone knows what they're doing at all times except me, so if you change your normal patterns and I notice, then I will assume it is an intentional choice with a thought-out plan behind it and I will avoid interfering

And if I don't notice, because I won't, because why would I, because not much bothers me and if you don't say anything to indicate you are bothered then how would I KNOW

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i feel like one of the most underrated parts of conclave are where technology clashes with tradition!!! likeee major theme of the movie is tradition vs progressiveness and it was so interesting and beautiful how they showed it beyond just dialogue

like small list of things that were so strange and i adored:

-the whole intro scene with the traditions and prayers just to have the pope go away in an ambulance

-the cardinal who was on his phone before being sequestered

-the automatic metal shutters

-THE METAL DETECTORS (this one in particular is one of my favourite parts)

-the holy vape pen (obv)

-the whole scene getting the windows prepared to prevent advanved eavesdropping techniques (i like this one because it is so clearly brought up again in the scene near the end where the window is broken and YES. sounds from inside could get out but they instead focus on the outside getting in)