From YouTube, "John Oliver discusses how much data brokers know about us, what they’re doing with our personal information, and one….unusual way to change privacy laws."
posted by w1ndex 2 years 3 weeks ago • 202 views • 25:10Videos (301) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
the takeaways from this video...when it was posted; the slogan 'x matters'; a simple healthcare measure still unavailable for many and how control of a women's life, or the most humane way to prevent abortions,... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 2 years 4 weeks ago • 126 views • 2:53“Most of us can’t imagine what it will be like when the whole ocean system collapses,” says Colin Angus, CTO and cofounder Open Ocean Robotics, a tech startup that makes autonomous boats. The... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 295 views • 8:44What's a "seal" anyway? You know, it's really unclear. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:48 What Are Seals? 1:38 Where Can We Find Them? 2:05 Species of Seals 3:09 The Three Families 3:22 Odobenidae ... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 345 views • 25:39From Youtube, "NERC's Space Geodesy Facility, hidden away in the English countryside, fires lasers at satellites. Because it turns out that knowing a satellite's position exactly is really, really difficult.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 8 months ago • 612 views • 3:17It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,835 views • 2:12The human immune system is the most complex biological system we know, after the human brain, and yet, most of us never learn how it works. Or what it is. Your immune System consists of hundreds of tiny... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 724 views • 10:48You use those things pretty often but I bet you've never paid attention to some important detail. Here's a list of 65 everyday objects with hidden purpose most of us don't know.
posted by BSR 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 18:38COLUMBIA, SC Three former Orangeburg County law officers caught in an FBI sting where federal agents pretended to be members of a Mexican drug-smuggling cartel have been sentenced to prison, according... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 14 views • 1:20The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months ago • 15 views • 3:56We're in a communist revolution here in the USA - and 95% of the public are completely in the dark. The mainstream media will never call out communists - no matter how blatant they are. That's why our... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 33 views • 27:31Far more than you ever needed to know about dishwashers. Ever wonder how dishwashers work? Are you ever bummed by the performance of yours? Well, this video can answer your question and possibly provide... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 423 views • 32:35YouTube description: Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 81 views • 10:44"With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 8 views • 23:08YouTube description: If you grew up watching “Sesame Street,” you know Jim Henson’s characters well. The late puppeteer brought Kermit and Ernie and so many others to life before he went on to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months ago • 439 views • 4:58Does a green laser pointer stop working when it is cold? Or does it turn into an invisible laser? That is nice to know for safety reasons if you are using a green laser pointer to point out stars on a... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 811 views • 9:01"What different clouds mean, explained for kids. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 8 months ago • 67 views • 8:03