Last week I posted a clip in which Frans de Waal described observations of a monkey offended by getting lower pay for completing a task (a bit of cucumber rather than a grape) in comparison with another monkey. This was … Continue reading
And Lizz Windstead. Amazingly enough, it’s a Sarah Silverman video that’s almost safe for work, as least as far as vocabulary goes, absent one little naughty word that goes by so fast you might not notice. Politically, on the other … Continue reading
Political but funny: by … Continue reading
Jon Stewart pokes fun at the self-described “fair and balanced” network: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook by … Continue reading
NBC’s Saturday Night Live had an excellent parody of the vice presidential debate, one of their best recent bits: And here are some highlights of the real recent debate between U.S. vice presidential candidates, extracted, reedited, and Songified to the … Continue reading
The folks at Bad Lip Reading offer their version of the first presidential debate, way more fun than the real thing: by … Continue reading
I’m having trouble believing this one, but then again, maybe it was a mistake for us apes to give up a useful mood indicator, and if so maybe a bioengineered solution is in order. This reminds me that British author … Continue reading
An article on the Science News website reports on growing academic study of the spread of misinformation via social media such as Twitter. There is evidence that it goes beyond the usual rumor-mongering we’ve long seen in chain emails and … Continue reading
A classic bit from Don Novello in his character as Father Guido Sarducci, describing his idea for a five-minute university. I’m not sure of the exact date of this clip, but it’s some time around 1980. by … Continue reading
In this remarkable — if that’s the word I want — movie death scene, we see a bad guy who isn’t easily brought down by karate chops or handguns, though you can tell he doesn’t enjoy them, either. (In fact, … Continue reading