British mathematician, humorist, and author Matt Parker (whose YouTube channel is "standupmaths") describes how rounding can have unexpected effects, even on how the Trump administration tried to get around a provision in the Affordable Care Act to please insurance industry … Continue reading
Not having young children, I was unaware that this was going on until I leaned of it from Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/2jp0WVtoXX0 But it's been mentioned elsewhere, including local television news, for example wherever this is: Link: https://youtu.be/A0YpuCcX0h0 by … Continue reading
This PBS NewsHour segment was originally broadcast at the end of January but it's still current because it's about a continuing disaster, namely the collapse of local newspapers and news coverage. Link: https://youtu.be/1KvsAwvXe8M Local television stations and their websites have … Continue reading
Back at the end of February Christina Hendricks was being interviewed on the daytime television talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan when she was interrupted mid-sentence by a breaking news update. That night when she appeared on Late Night … Continue reading
Alex Berenson's book Tell Your Children has provoked a lot of discussion concerning the potential dangers of marijuana. (See this favorable review from Stephanie Mencimer in The Washington Monthly here.) I haven't read it, but I gather a Berenson has … Continue reading
Jimmy Kimmel Live's in-house movie reviewer Yehya presents something like a review of Captain Marvel, which I gather released Friday, not that I get out that much. Link: https://youtu.be/ngFbmgT0RTc by … Continue reading
The folks at Corridor Digital do entertaining short films that make clever use of visual effects, as for example here: Link: https://youtu.be/f6-QHtg_u9k by … Continue reading
During the last glacial maximum, for a period of about 7000 years ending roughly 10,000 years ago, glaciers formed ice dams across large rivers in North America. Water blocked by dams naturally spreads out to form lakes, and some of … Continue reading
As I said yesterday, I thought Saturday's episode of SNL was above average. (I wasn't alone in that opinion; Zach Vasquez at The Guardian rated it the best of the season.) Here are some other bits I thought worth seeing … Continue reading
Last Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Live was one of the best of the recent past. The opening bit was a parody of Michael Cohen's congressional testimony. Below is the sketch as aired, and following that some clips from it … Continue reading