Rue Jankowski is a dead end in Le Mans’ Saint-Nicolas district, the kind of narrow passage you’d normally walk past without a second look. Then you turn the corner and the wall seems to fall away into a glowing, striped tunnel, arcing across the buildings around it as though the street itself had been punched…
The state of Oaxaca in Mexico’s south is often considered one of the country’s main artistic hubs. Its diversity in nature and indigenous cultures has created an atmosphere of inspiration for creative endavors. In the capital city of the same name, known fully as Oaxaca de Juárez, perhaps the clearest examples are its booming gastronomic…
Cartonería is one of the main forms of artes populares (folk art), also known as artesanías (handcrafts), to come out of Mexico City and its metropolitan area. The terms refers to cartón, what cardboard is called in Mexican Spanish, and cartonería works use a type of papier-mâché technique for their building. Cartonería is the original…
Considering that Mexican cities have been ranked among the ones with highest homicide rates, a large number of massacres committed by organized crime groups as well as human rights violations by authorities, the last century or so has been rough for Mexico. In this context, the country’s civilian population has often taken matters into their…
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Call and response In Baltimore, when someone calls 911 about a mental health crisis, mobile crisis teams have long been able to step in and reroute the…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine was recently interviewed by the liberal outlet Politico and made an absolutely hilarious and brutal comment about her Democrat opponent Troy Jackson. Journalist Jonathan Martin was asking her if Graham Platner would have been easier to beat, with his Nazi tattoo and accusations of sexual…
President Trump mocked Texas Senate Democrat candidate James Talarico for lying about being a vegan. Trump made the remarks during a dinner in the Rose Garden with battleground Republicans. Talarico, who previously claimed to be a vegan, wants to represent Texas, a state that has some of the best barbecue in the country. James Talarico…
Bill Clinton Former President Bill Clinton turned 80 in August and we’re just finding out now where he chose to celebrate the event. If you guessed that he celebrated the day at Hooters, that would be a worthy prediction, but not correct. The answer, of course, is that the party was held at the Hamptons…
Moment just before the deadly shootout between SBU and GUR – Screengrab X Upscaled Grok AI Night chaos in Kiev. President Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded accountability and ordered a full investigation on the Kiev firefight between the personnel of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and soldiers from Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (GUR). Zelensky: ‘Absolutely disgraceful’ The…
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it’s investigating several major American grocers concerning massive spikes in beef prices. “@JusticeATR has expanded its investigation to include 8 of the largest grocers when it comes to beef affordability,” the DOJ posted on X. “@ASGWoodward sent letters to the following regarding the recent increases in the retail…
