From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 month 1 week ago • 140 views • 16:11

Sean Penn talks about his documentary, what he has witnessed in Ukraine, and his impression of their President. NOTE: ~30 mins long; fairly civil; but very informative. Also, Hannity did broadcast... continue reading

An interesting and quick look at how the ancient Roman Civilization inhabitants dealt with their (not so) alone time.

posted by BoneRemake 2 months 2 weeks ago • 359 views • 5:40

Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 months 1 week ago • 78 views • 14:39

It's time the news organizations began questioning the actions of police.

Another Republican based anti-Trump group has started producing commercials. At this rate, the Democrats can just hold onto their campaign funds, the Republicans are doing better at selling Democrats... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 43 views • 1:11

From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 135 views • 9:43

From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 week ago • 19 views • 1:09:23

On April 3rd, 2018, resident Mark Robinson gave an impassioned speech at the Greensboro, NC, city council meeting in support of the Second Amendment. This speech is the best four minutes you'll ever watch... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 17 views • 4:21

YouTube description: Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura—then one of television’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 350 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 638 views • 8:48

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 544 views • 7:11

YouTube description: In civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud! The "quick condition" occurs when seepage reduces the effective stress of a soil. This can lead to some dangerous... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,484 views • 5:15

YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 297 views • 4:14

Carol Swain, professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, Published on May 22, 2017 Did you know that the Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, founded the KKK, and... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 years 12 months ago • 61 views • 5:50

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the concert pianist, singer, civil rights activist, and international icon would go on to change culture itself with her peerless talent, fiery charisma, and unflinching political... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years ago • 151 views • 4:59

YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 455 views • 7:42

YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 278 views • 3:02

Via YouTube: Triquet Island, 500 km northwest of Victoria, is painting a picture of how our civilization began – and it was discovered by a student.

posted by Gratefulmom 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 640 views • 2:08