Once a child approaches the water, the Qalupalik grabs them and pulls them under the ice, where they are never seen again. The Qalupalik is said to keep the children she abducts in an amauti, a traditional Inuit parka with a pouch used to carry babies. The children are taken beneath the sea, where they are said to either be consumed or kept as her eternal captives.

In some versions of the legend, she is described as having fins or webbed fingers and toes, making her a part-human, part-sea creature hybrid. Her hair is long and dark, flowing like seaweed, and her face is said to be wrinkled and grotesque.

One of the defining traits of the Qalupalik is her childlike wailing. According to Inuit stories, she lures children to the water’s edge by mimicking the sound of a crying child or softly calling their names.

The tale of the Qalupalik serves as both a cautionary story and a reflection of the Inuit's relationship with the unforgiving Arctic waters.

Origins and Description of the Qalupalik

The Qalupalik (sometimes spelled Qallupilluk or Qalupalit) is a water-dwelling creature in Inuit folklore, typically described as a monstrous, humanoid figure that lives beneath the cold, icy waters of the Arctic. The Qalupalik has the appearance of a human but with greenish, slimy skin and long, sharp nails.

#Folklore

One dark and eerie folklore story that comes from a small, traditional culture is the tale of the Qalupalik from Inuit mythology. The Inuit, indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska, have a rich oral tradition filled with stories that reflect their deep connection to nature and the harsh environment in which they live. The Qalupalik, a sinister figure lurking beneath the icy waters, is one of their most unsettling and haunting legends.

#WordOfTheDay

WORD OF THE DAY:

Thence

Definition: (adverb) From that place; from there.

Synonyms: therefrom

Usage: The train went south into Switzerland and thence on to Italy

International Rabbit Day

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Why did the social media user study Kant before replying to a comment?

Because they wanted to ensure their response could be universalized without causing a flame war—turns out, even the categorical imperative can’t survive the comment section!

#Reflection

In the painful realization that they were never there when I needed emotional support the most, I began to question if they truly deserve a place in my life now, or if...

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Ask a Stupid Question Day

If tomatoes are technically fruits, does that mean ketchup is a smoothie?

#FactOfTheDay

FACT OF THE DAY:
Namibia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, Twyfelfontein, is home to over 2,500 cave paintings and carvings on 212 slabs of rock and 13 panels, some of which are almost 6,000 years old.

#Haiku

Sep 28, 2024 | Author, Victor Ortiz

sand blowing
through a slot canyon

soon I will be gone

It’s in the "harmless" things they say,
The judgments brushed beneath the rug,
Pretending not to see the cracks,
Yet in the cracks, they plant the dug.

For subtle wounds still leave their scars,
And quiet hate is still the same—
It whispers softly, but it strikes,
Still drenched in bitter, burning shame.

No matter how the words are dressed,
The meaning doesn't shift or bend,
For bigotry—no matter how soft—
Is still a storm that doesn’t end.

#Poetry

The Quiet Harm

It’s in the space between the words,
The smiles that never quite reach eyes,
A whisper carried on the wind,
Yet silencing like winter skies.

It’s in the glance, the sideways stare,
A joke that cuts too deep to heal,
The questions asked with veiled intent,
Yet claiming, “It’s not a big deal.”

It’s in the doors that never open,
The shadows where we learn to shrink,
A history we can’t erase,
Yet in its wake, we're forced to sink.

For over three decades, first with CDC then with his own companies, Cray consistently built the fastest computers in the world, leading the industry with innovative architectures and packaging and allowing the solution of hundreds of difficult scientific, engineering, and military problems. Many of Cray's supercomputers are on exhibit at the Computer History Museum. Cray died in an automobile accident in 1996.

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What Happened on September 28th

September 28, 1925
Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray Born

Seymour Cray is born. Cray began his engineering career building cryptographic machinery for the US government and went on to co-found Control Data Corporation (CDC) in the late 1950s.

In the November 1868 presidential election, held just weeks after the massacre and just a few months after St. Landry’s Black voters had solidly supported Republican candidates in state and local races, Republican candidate Ulysses S. Grant did not receive a single vote.

As a means of political and racial intimidation, the Opelousas Massacre was very effective, terrorizing Black voters into silence. St. Landry was one of the few Louisiana parishes not politically controlled by Republicans by late 1868. Mr. Bentley and other white Radical Republicans fled the area, leaving a solidly Democratic white electorate, while Black voters had learned the consequences of opposing white political will.

When the attacks subsided, an estimated 200 Black people were dead, while six white people, three Republican and three Democrat, had been killed.

The next night, the white mob marched these 27 Black men from jail and shot them dead, with the sheriff’s full cooperation. For the next two weeks, murderous violence swept the parish as white mobs terrorized the Black community. The fear was so great that Black people stayed off the streets and tied red strings around their arms to signify to white patrols that they had surrendered and sought white protection.