Anola Souraphol·13 hours agoSabaidee Fest Just Made History- And Put on an Unforgettable ShowSabaidee Fest is so much bigger than music. — The historic performance was well worth the wait. On March 18–19, 2023 Sabaidee Fest made history by being the first music and cultural festival to host the largest gathering of Lao, Hmong, and Thai artists in the U.S. The long-anticipated festival featured more than forty artists and entertainers from Laos…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
Chris RaymondinThe Daily Cuppa·1 day agoMember-onlyThe Secret Plan to Get 74 Million People to Think Exactly AlikeA Pulitzer Prize in Journalism is waiting for someone brave enough to tell the story.Culture1 min readCulture1 min read
Peggy JonesinHistory of Women·21 hours agoMember-onlyThe Singer Who Accidentally Let Gay People Out of the ClosetAnita Bryant paid a price for her war against "vice" — Before Anita Bryant accidentally ignited the gay rights movement, she won the 1958 Miss Oklahoma pageant, performed at the White House, and joined comedian Bob Hope on seven USO tours of Vietnam. In 1969, the Florida Citrus Commission made her their national spokesperson to the tune of $100,000 a year…Culture6 min readCulture6 min read
umair haqueinEudaimonia and Co·16 hours agoMember-onlyThe Way America Treats Its Elderly Is UnconscionableThe Crisis America Doesn’t Talk About, And Its Warning for the World — There are many ways that America’s a uniquely failed society, from shootings to rising authoritarianism. But of all these ways, one still flies under the radar much more than it should. The way America treats its elderly. It’s unconscionable. A scandal. A failure of grave — and terrible — proportions…Culture11 min readCulture11 min read
Nick BrowninASOS Tech Blog·Updated 19 hours agoThe many flaws of flow efficiencyAs organisations try to improve their ways of working, better efficiency is often a cited goal. ‘Increasing flow’ is something else you may hear, with Flow Efficiency being a measure called out as something organisations need to focus on. …Culture9 min readCulture9 min read
A Young Malaysian·1 day agoThe Chinese language is full of idioms and proverbs that have been passed down through generations.The Chinese language is renowned for its richness and complexity, with a history dating back thousands of years. One of the most fascinating aspects of the Chinese language is its extensive collection of idioms and proverbs, which have been passed down through generations and are still commonly used today. Idioms…Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
umair haqueinEudaimonia and Co·1 day agoMember-onlySo… How “Doomed” Are We?Five Levels of Ruin — And Where Our Civilization Ranks — One of the things that I find interesting these days, in a kind of sardonic way, is this. “Doom” has gone mainstream. You can read articles about it in the august pages of the New York Times. And those articles always have the same slant: “We’re not doomed!! Stop being…Culture11 min readCulture11 min read
Pleasure Anywhere·23 hours agoEmbracing the Joy of Pleasure: Letting Go of Shame and Guilt around SexAh, sex. The act has been shrouded in shame and guilt for far too long. It’s time to let go of those negative feelings and embrace the joy of pleasure because, let’s face it, pleasure is a birthright. …Culture2 min readCulture2 min read
Kavitha Murali·17 hours ago5 very Jordan thingsIt’s been almost a month since my Jordan trip, and I promise this is the last in the travel chronicles. What better way to round up the travelogue than with 5 very Jordan things that will stay with me for a long while. The landscape ‘Diversified landscape’ is an understatement…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
Pradeep Aradhya·20 hours agoMember-onlyAI Will Become Favorite Teacher For Each Individual StudentWhile the world is flipping out over whether student essays are copied from ChatGPT and how to detect it, we are missing out on two important possibilities. Firstly, that no essay short of the Pulitzer or Nobel for literature or new literature is original. They are all regurgitations, whether from…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
