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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 @blogdiva@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
OMG this list is an instaclassic ―and makes me feel totally seen. the last one ―which i resented having to read in high school― is totally spot on. » 9 Cult Classic Books That Don’t Deserve The Hype https://screenrant.com/overrated-cult-classic-books/ #books #literature #popculture
9 Cult Classic Books That Don’t Deserve The Hype
screenrant.com

9 Cult Classic Books That Don’t Deserve The Hype

Some of literature's most undeserved reputations.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour @npr_pop_culture_happy_hour@robot.villas
· 2mo ago
Our dream TV workplaces https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5923991/our-dream-tv-workplaces #TV #PopCulture #Workplace
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Our dream TV workplaces : Pop Culture Happy Hour

We spend the majority of our adult lives at work. We also see so many depictions of working life on TV. So where’s the fictional place we’d like to work? We’ll talk about Ted Lasso, Game of Thrones, The Muppet Show and The West Wing.If you want more workplace shenanigans, check out these episodes: ‘Widow’s Bay’ is an island in the screamThe final course at ‘The Bear’ was both sweet and savory‘The Paper’ is an ‘Office’ spinoff where journalism takes the lede  Connect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:L

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Big Head Mode @BigHeadMode@social.linux.pizza
· 4mo ago
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Led Zeppelin I was released in 1969. The iconic band's iconic cover depicts the infamous Hindenburg disaster (1936), "one of the most famous disasters in aviation history." The disaster killed 36 people. 32 years ago was just 1994. Led Zeppelin was making light of a famous event in living memory. A possible reason they used this cover is all of the members of the band were born 10ish years after the disaster. They recorded and released their smash-hit album when they were in their mid-20s. The rock-and-roll musicians were probably not too interested in social norms either. If Led Zeppelin I were released today, it might have a photo of TWA Flight 800 (1996), a gruesome midair explosion that killed 230 people. Yet not many disasters have captured the public imagination the way the Hindenburg did. A better comparison may be Chernobyl (1986) - farther back in time, but larger in our minds. Chernobyl killed about 45 quickly, and some argue it killed about 10,000 more over time due to radiation. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/aftermath-hindenburg #history #ledzeppelin #music #disaster #popculture
Dealing with the Aftermath of the Hindenburg Disaster
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Dealing with the Aftermath of the Hindenburg Disaster

On May 6, 1937, German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames upon its approach to Naval Air Station Lakehurst, in New Jersey. Soon after, the airship plummeted to the ground in a crash that shocked the world. The incident marked the beginning of the end of the era of the airship. Read about one of most famous disasters in aviation history.

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quackademic @26pglt@mastodon.au
· 2mo ago
What happens when the machines succeed & can deliver our wildest dreams? The cautionary tale of Forbidden Planet. Worth a rewatch. #SciFi #AI #theTempest #id #PopCulture #hubris Forbidden Planet hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us
Forbidden Planet hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us
theconversation.com

Forbidden Planet hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us

Technology may give us extraordinary new power. But it may also give our deepest, least understood desires a power of their own.

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