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fionag11@sysad.org
Fiona

"Back in 2002, when I first started visiting Egypt, I made the rounds to many traditional souqs (markets) including the Khan El Khalili (established during the Mamluk period – 14th to 15th century) and the Al Khyiamia (Tent Makers Bazaar) in Cairo. The stalls were filled with traditional, hand-made Egyptian goods, and you could really feel connected to the people and their culture. Only a dozen years later, by 2015, when I was working at the Grand Egyptian Museum, I noticed a huge difference....The Khan El Khalili has become even more commercial and touristy and is now filled (mostly) with Chinese knockoffs." - Debb Donnelly https://www.debborahdonnelly.ca/blog/worldwide-loss-of-traditional-knowledge-and-culture #culture #Egypt #handicrafts

Worldwide Loss of Traditional Knowledge and Culture — The Road Less Travelled

Traditional alabaster carving in Qurna, Egypt (2013)

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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"Cosplay Trend Report 2024"

"The market size for cosplay costumes was 4.8B USD in 2023. This only includes costumes, and not craft materials, conventions and merchandise. Since 70% of cosplayers make costumes themselves, the cosplay market is estimated to be far greater. The global handicrafts market was 1000B in 2023, and most cosplay purchases falls under that category but are hard to identify so it's safe to assume there are dark numbers."

"82% of cosplayers are between 16 and 27 years old."
"64% of cosplayers are female."
"$241 average spend on costumes yearly."
"$262 average spend on events and merchandise."
"70% attend 2 or more conventions a year."
"87% of cosplayers speak with strangers online about cosplay."
"33% of cosplayers work on their costumes at least weekly."

Cosplay Trend Report 2024

#economics #culture #cosplay

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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gander22h@diasp.org
Adam Hunt

Is it OK to choose 'no tip' at the counter? Some customers think so - Survey results show 77% of Canadian respondents dislike auto-tipping prompts on payment machines

Montelli still tips at sit-down restaurants, or anywhere he says a genuine service is being provided. His general rules are that he doesn't tip on takeout, at coffee shops or anywhere he has to stand in line to order — the same rules users of the reddit community r/EndTipping share online.

Bruce McAdams, an associate professor at the University of Guelph's school of business and economics who researches tipping, isn't surprised that customers are starting to rebel against tip-flation.

"Maybe the only surprise is it's taken this long," McAdams told Cost of Living.
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Tip options have also been added for products and services where they weren't expected in the past, such as oil changes — a phenomenon known as "tip creep," McAdams said.

#tipping #culture #CBC #News #Canada

Is it OK to choose 'no tip' at the counter? Some customers think so | CBC Radio

Survey results and a growing conversation about out-of-control tipping expectations show Canadians are no longer willing to leave big tips.

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as #Paramount Axes #ComedyCentral Site

Source: https://latenighter.com/news/paramount-axes-comedy-central-website-show-clips-library/

Those hoping to view clips from Comedy Central’s golden age of late-night programming will still find some clips on #YouTube, but nothing near the complete collection that had been available on ComedyCentral.com.

It’s impossible to finance culture with #capitalism :(

#news #politics #economy #history #entertainment #art #culture #humanRights #problem

Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone

One of the richest repositories of late-night videos—including 25 years of clips from 'The Daily Show' and the entire run of 'The Colbert Report'—is no longer.

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reverendelvis@spora.undeadnetwork.de
Reverend

Arabic-Islamic philosophy
Unfortunately, there is very little good literature in Europe that deals with Arabic-Islamic philosophy. "Western" research is extremely Eurocentric and full of prejudices. If at all, Semitic philosophy is only accorded an intermediate position between ancient times/Hellenism and the European Renaissance/Enlightenment. However, Arab culture was the cultural high culture in the period of European late antiquity and the Middle Ages and the true heirs of Hellenism, which was by no means as "European" as the Germanic tribes would like it to be. The sphere of influence stretches from the Indus to Spain and it is very wrong to dismiss this treasure of humanity as "barbaric", while at the time people were sitting on the proverbial trees and knew nothing at all. Other Semitic cultures, such as the Hebrews, only wrote storybooks during that time. The only important European philosopher who appreciated the merit of the Arabs was #Nietzsche, so you know what you have.

#arabic #islamic #culture #philosophy #semitic #worldculture

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