#american cycling

[sportsandevents99]

DEC 5 AT AM - DEC 10 AT 9 PM EST

2023 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships

[huariqueje]

Bycle , Bycicle - Rani Garner

American , b. 1964 -

Oil , 16 x 12 in.

[gorillawithautism]

the mr beast pyramids thing is fucked up for several reasons but here are some of the ones that i personally have been thinking about

1. historical significance and capitalism (aka "why does this white man get special privileges? why is he allowed to rent out a world wonder and why do we live in a world where that's possible") - it's not that renting out the pyramids is unheard of because it's definitely happened before. @jehadism even mentioned that the location was rented out for a rave recently. but why do we live in a world where it's possible to reserve access to historical monuments for the rich white foreigners? and how is it that one (1) man has enough money to do this?

2. contemporary cultural significance and the egyptian government (aka "my egyptian mutuals hate this and i've been friends with them long enough to at least have an introductory understanding as to why") - how much access does the average egyptian have to their own history? what with white foreigners looting graves and the egyptian dictatorship destroying monuments, how much easier is it for a white american like myself to go to a museum in person and see the results of white colonialism in "ancient egypt" exhibits as if egyptians aren't a real, still-living community of people? and how much harder is it for an egyptian under dictatorship to visit historical monuments in their own city? what hoops does the average egyptian need to go through just to view artifacts that should be preserved by egyptians, for egyptians, in egypt? why is it that mr beast doesn't have to go through these hoops and can make a public youtube video about it and yet egyptians get disappeared by their own government if they try to speak up against that very government desecrating historical sites?

3. information dissemination and the indoctrination of white supremacist youth (aka "what does this mean for future attitudes towards egyptians and egyptian culture") - mr beast's fanbase is predominantly children which is something mr beast himself has full knowledge of and has stated as such. especially with the more recent allegations against him and his various business pursuits, any adults who happen to watch him already don't care about the moral truth of his actions. the children that watch his channel are the target audience here. he has an ethical responsibility to carefully consider what he shows to the public. he has a moral obligation to show these children how to be a good person and to educate them. or at the very least he has a duty to not model 'how to be human scum' for the kids on the other side of the screen. and yet, here he is, promoting an orientalist view of egypt. planting little seeds in their minds that (white) egyptology is cool and mysterious and fantastical. not to mention he has no historical or archaeological certification. he's showing these kids that it's okay for the most average of white americans (albeit very very rich but other than that still extremely average) to waltz into an egyptian burial ground and play make believe about solving mysteries and getting trapped in mazes and chased by the living dead despite having zero certification. even when the white people invading egyptian historical sites are literally trained historians and archeologists, they still exemplify white supremacist, orientalist notions about egypt. the problem isn't that mr beast's opinions about egypt will inevitably suck (well. it's a problem but given that he's a rich white man and literally mr beast, i'm treating that as a given and it's not what i'm gonna focus my thoughts on) no the problem here is that he's teaching children that it's okay to have said opinions. he's teaching white children to mistreat the nonwhite children around them and to grow up and continue to oppress egyptians in the exact way they saw their childhood idol do. he's teaching any egyptian children who watch him that white people will always devalue their history and their culture

[lionofchaeronea]

The Apparition of the Grail to Percival, Pinckney Marcius-Simons, ca. 1904

[crinolinecuriousity]

Cycling Suit | c.1896-1898 | American

[thefugitivesaint]

Berni Wrightson (1948-2017), ''Cycle of the Werewolf'' by Stephen King, 1983 Source

[crimeronan]

the current american political landscape is such a shitshow that i've now achieved a state of complete and total zen about it. right now i'm just like damn. there sure will be an election between some two guys in november. who knows who the two guys will be. i mean we can be pretty sure of one but also never say never.

the federal government is no longer real to me. i'm hanging out in my monthly neighborhood meetings and connecting to my local homeless + queer advocacy groups to get trans women clothes for job interviews. something will happen on the federal level in november and when it does i will still be here going to my monthly neighborhood meetings and giving unhoused people cash and helping trans people who have recently gotten out of jail.

like i'm just like. alright. i've accepted the things i cannot change. gonna go change the things i can because i'm out of fucks to give. materially what happens in november is that i vote for the democrat on the ballot; i have never been less interested in hearing every other leftist's individual upset feelings about voting for the democrat on the ballot. it is Whatever.

we love to get involved in our community!

[vamprisms]

one does not simply walk into mordor? thank fuck i hate walking. tell sam to pull the 1998 nissan micra around

[vaguely-concerned]

actually the more I listen and compare the more I think that a better way to describe the difference between the british masc rook voice and the american one overall is that the british sounds like a very real person who is being genuinely fierce and determined despite the fact that they are scared and understand the gravity of the situation. and the american one sounds like they might really be deeply fucking nuts enough that when the chips are down they are not even really afraid they're busy being a creature of pure 'go go go!!' fjdsklfjsa. when they really hit their stride they become less a person, more some divine instrument being used for the wildest improvised guitar solo you could ever imagine (and desperately trying to keep up with themselves as the rock ballad of inspiration sure is Happening To Them So Much). BIG moist von lipwig vibes, for those in the fandom overlap

[pandemonium108]

“Except—only a few months before, this Gansey had reached into the dark uncertainty of the future, stretching for the promise of a sword, and had instead pulled out a mirror.”

[sportsandevents99]

DEC 5 AT AM - DEC 10 AT 9 PM EST

2023 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships

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[huariqueje]

Morning Ride  - Frank Gregory , n/d.

American, b. 1962 -  

Oil on canvas , 24 x 24 in.

[adolin]

I love it when I'm up past my bedtime and I see pals on the dash who I know for a fact are several hours ahead of me. feeling so much better about my life choices

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Brown wool cycling suit, 1896-1898, American.

Met Museum.

[micahdotgov]

some photos from the all the president's men blu-ray features i haven't seen posted before