When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he routinely gives an alternative description based on how they look in the picture, as in “White House spokesperson and angry woman behind you at Target Sarah Huckabee Sanders.” … Continue reading
Another one found on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) blog, from Monday: Link: https://youtu.be/h1eRp0EGOmE What we have here are smoke, dust, and salt spray as tracked by satellite, which shows wind patterns including the formation of hurricanes. A … Continue reading
Yet another prank from Rahat, this one featuring a screaming chicken. At one point the chicken screams chicken noises into the ordering speaker and the person on the other end apparently thinks she understands what the chicken is saying. This … Continue reading
This was highlighted yesterday on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day blog. It’s a one-minute animation of where we came from starting at the Big Bang and continuing to the present. Details can be found in the YouTube description at … Continue reading
In parallel with the recent debate over Confederate statues and other memorials in the U.S., South Africa has its own debate about memorials to the colonial and Apartheid eras. This 9-minute segment from PBS Newshour (broadcast November 10) presents multiple … Continue reading
Jimmy Kimmel has lately been urging Donald Trump supporters to sign up for health insurance through Trumpcare, which offers comprehensive coverage at affordable prices. Moreover, it’s insurance through private companies, not the government. A lot of Trump fans have taken … Continue reading
From Jimmy Kimmel Live: Link: https://youtu.be/WyLRypAsOdE by … Continue reading
As you’re probably aware, the partially autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia has voted in favor of independence and the Spanish central government has intervened to block it. I don’t know enough to have a strong opinion either way. On principle … Continue reading
U can’t lift this. Link: https://youtu.be/GG4BqRhtFxs by … Continue reading
Pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll summarizes (in eight minutes) the research on abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education: Link: https://youtu.be/0BkFQ0oUncE The title at the top of the window above — “The Evidence for Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is Scant” … Continue reading