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Narratives clash in the war taking place on social media

Credit: Mitte27, Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA In April 2022 a video was uploaded to YouTube in which an elderly woman greets Ukrainian soldiers waving the Soviet flag. One of the soldiers takes the flag from her and treads on it. The woman says in Russian: "My parents died for that flag, and now you're stepping on it." The video quickly went viral. The woman was turned into a symbol, "Babushka Z," who also…

Orr’s Trading Post in Lakewood a meeting place for Indigenous cultures

Cecelia Bull Bear has been making quillwork art for as long as she can remember. “I learned from my grandmother, Ethel Black Crow, and my aunt, Rose Spotted Eagle, when I was real young,” the 76-year-old Denver-based Oglala Lakota artist said. “I’ve been doing it all my life.” Quillwork is an art form that uses porcupine quills to embroider clothing and make jewelry, and it is one of the oldest artistic traditions practiced by Indigenous North Americans, mostly in the northern plains of what is now the U.S. and across…

Frontiers of Pandora’ Take Place Before or After the Movies?

It’s been a year since James Cameron demolished the global box office with Avatar: The Way of Water. The next sequel, tentatively titled Avatar: The Seed Bearer won’t be in theaters until Dec. 2025 but, fortunately, if you’re itching to get back to this lush alien world Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has your back. Developed by Ubisoft, this PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC release sees you play a Na’Vi finding their place within Pandora, battling the invading human forces, and understanding what it means to commune…

The Safest Place in the World review – the true cost of a lethal Brazilian dam collapse | Film

The deadly 2015 Mariana dam failure was one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history, leaving hundreds of residents in the district of Bento Rodrigues displaced. Showing the tidal waves of muddy water engulfing countless houses, the harrowing mobile phone footage that opens this intimate documentary witnesses the sheer scale and horrors of the catastrophic event. The destruction left in its wake, however, is not only material but also psychological.Staying close to charismatic local Marlon, Aline Lata and…

Is Eddie Murphy’s First Christmas Movie Based on a Real Place? Where Was ‘Candy Cane Lane’ Filmed, Explained

Even though Eddie Murphy is no longer the surefire box office winner he once was, everything he does still manages to trigger the same heights of hype. So, it is no wonder that his first Xmas film, Candy Cane Lane, particularly the queries investigating the location authenticity of the said lane  Available on Amazon Prime Video post its debut on the streamer on Dec. 1, 2023, Candy Cane Lane is getting the spotlight despite failing to be the critics’ favorite. The film sees Muprhy as a desperate family man without a job…

Key Ingredient For Life Discovered in The Last Place Astronomers Expected : ScienceAlert

Generating life out of an organic soup is a complicated business. You need a whole bunch of ingredients, all together in the same place, in the right conditions.While the precise conditions might be is still a matter of debate, we have a decent idea of which items on the periodic table are required.One critical ingredient – phosphorus – has just been found on the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy; one of the last places scientists expected to see it. That's because the kinds of huge stars responsible for the creation of…

Destiny 2 Fireteam Finder stress test is taking place today

Bungie is almost ready to bring Lightfall‘s long-awaited Fireteam Finder feature to Destiny 2. But players can get in on the action a little early, as stress tests have begun rolling out starting today. Players logging into Season 23 on November 30 were in for a treat. An in-game message informed Guardians they could participate in the day’s Fireteam Finder stress test, as Bungie previously noted in a November 22 Dev Insights post. Today is the only day confirmed for stress testing, but it’s the first chance players…

OnePlus 12’s global launch tipped to take place in India on January 23

OnePlus will unveil the OnePlus 12 in China on December 5, but the company is yet to announce the flagship's global launch date. The brand recently kicked off OnePlus 12's promo campaign in international markets, suggesting January 24 to be its global launch date. While we await an official confirmation on the OnePlus 12's international launch date, tipster Max Jambor has said the "OnePlus 12 series will be unveiled globally on January 23rd in India!" OnePlus 12 The word…

Global OnePlus 12 launch event to take place on January 24

A bevy of OnePlus 12 information arrived in the last couple of days. The company confirmed the phone’s design via a ton of images, while OnePlus also confirmed that the device will launch globally in January. Well, it seems like the global OnePlus 12 launch event will take place on January 24. As a side note, the initial launch is taking place on December 5, in China. The global OnePlus 12 launch event is seemingly taking place on January 24 OnePlus did not flat-out announce it yet, but there’s a good reason to believe…