Let me illustrate. The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera “Madama Butterfly,” which gets rightful flak for its bumbling Orientalism, is almost as hilariously clueless about the United States. The villain’s name is Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton — the modern-day equivalent would be something like “Ronald Reagan Microsoft.”
Dallis Goodnight is the most Bond girl named player I've seen so far
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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They did the Mulkey zoom more than once π«‘ https://t.co/s4nGgrp3mK pic.twitter.com/lX2C7f2nwv
— CJ Fogler π«‘ (@cjzero) February 23, 2025
A cool thing that Royce Lewis does during spring training: When kids ask for his autograph, he asks them to sign his hat in return. https://t.co/wFT9n6zSxV
— Bobby Nightengale (@nightengalejr) February 20, 2025
Did AMC get scammed into buying way too many jalapenos or something pic.twitter.com/zeDV9N49Q2
— ben (@ben4benis) February 2, 2025
Had no idea they did this https://t.co/3qFMxxaHem pic.twitter.com/UWbn6GMGoW
— CJ Fogler π«‘ (@cjzero) January 12, 2025
Lil’Jordan Humphrey’s name is somewhat of a contradiction. At 6-foot-4-inches, 222 pounds, he is not what most would call “little,” but as a compromise for his older brother — who wanted him to be named ‘Michael’ for Michael Jordan — his mother went with “Lil’Jordan ... Humphrey started playing football when he was 4 years old ... was a running back his entire career but is now playing receiver at Texas.
Vin Diesel will suit up again as Richard B. Reddick this summer. The “Fast and Furious” star is set to begin production on “Riddick: Furya,” the fourth installment of the “Riddick” franchise, on Aug. 26. https://t.co/Eny71quPQB
— Variety (@Variety) May 6, 2024
(Source)πΊπΈ #UnitedStates: In 1999, the US Marine Corps tested skateboards as a possible tool for Marines in urban combat environments. The boards were used during the Marine’s “Urban Warrior” exercise, with troops using the boards to maneuver buildings and check for tripwires. pic.twitter.com/SqwgIyZRob
— POPULAR FRONT (@PopularFront_) April 26, 2024
gameday buckets with @Andraya_Carter ✨ pic.twitter.com/iH8M4CAXBk
— Chiney Ogwumike (@chiney) April 5, 2024
The whale was given the name Porphyrios by Byzantine sailors; the name is sometimes alternatively rendered as Porphyrius, Porphyrion, Porphyry or Porphyrio and its origin is not clear. Common hypotheses on the name include it being derived from the contemporary charioteer Porphyrius or from the mythological giant Porphyrion, who waged war against the gods of Greek mythology. Anthony Kaldellis suggested in 2010 that the name of the whale alluded to the imperial purple and was "a sign of the respect in which the whale was held". This idea was also supported by Sian Lewis and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones in 2018, who believed the name alluded to the color of royalty and was a sign of great awe for the whale.
In 1996, James Allan Stewart Evans suggested that the name was a reference to the color of the whale's skin. Porphyra meant a deep purple color in Greek and Porphyrios might have had dark-wine colored skin. This was further supported by John K. Papadopoulos and Deborah Ruscillo in 2002, who believed the name simply meant "purple". Daniel Ogden in 2008 also supported the idea that Porphyrios evoked the color of the whale, believing that the name was best interpreted as "purple boy"
(Matt Strahm I believe, other angles don't capture the likeness alas.)No, he doesn’t. He looks like he’s about to board a prison plane full of the most violent and dangerous criminals in the country. https://t.co/8tJhfmtzR4
— I saw Elon Musk eat a horse's ass once. (@DStapf63) February 20, 2024
Today in pulp... I look back at Raleigh bikes: the most exciting bikes on the planet! pic.twitter.com/U3PJ55OMCy
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) January 14, 2024
Venus had a moon called Zoozve. Huh, I thought. Never heard of that. pic.twitter.com/3reaeMB5WQ
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) January 26, 2024
The cheapest special effect in the episode was a moment where the baddies appear to be getting taller. The technique just involved... standing on a box. No one believed it’d work until we did this test #DoctorWho 10/18 pic.twitter.com/8kXl3F6aIb
— Tom Kingsley (@kingsley_tom) December 3, 2023
Per this Reddit summary of a paywalled article, Akira is named for Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. His brother is named Krilin and liked a Tweet screenshotting that summary.
Quick favor, @ryannovo62 ... could you confirm this? Because I have a pretty cool Dragonball Z design for him, but I want it to be accurate. https://t.co/XbHoEpA9CE
— Backhanded Devil (@BackhandedDevil) May 3, 2023
Many thanks to the @OmahaLancers organization for making possible to visit our son @SchmidAkira and watch him play! We met great people saw a great team and awesome fans! pic.twitter.com/DWZkUusTM8
— Kupetzky (@kowakupetzky) February 23, 2019
(Background)Charissa Thompson could never
— joe (@joesnewname) November 17, 2023
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