The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. speaks to the assembly about the actual Palestinian position on the Israeli war. It bears mentioning that Hamas is not the elected governing body, they seized control... continue reading
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We are on the cusp of a major disruption in how we feed ourselves. This video is a quick summary of a report from RethinkX on where agriculture is headed over the next decade, and it's mind blowing!
posted by bobknight33 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 66 views • 8:46From Youtube, "The Brünnlisau shooting range in Switzerland has its targets on the other side of a major road. And it's safe. Here's how and why. Thanks to everyone at the Schiessanlage Brünnlisau!"
posted by w1ndex 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 365 views • 5:19YouTube description: Check out Otherwords, a new show about language & linguistics! https://youtu.be/d2UccTPnl4w It might surprise you but cephalopods have a pretty good fossil record, with one major... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 384 views • 8:22The scorching temperatures destroyed a major portion of the cherry crop in the Columbia Gorge and beyond just as it was ready for harvest. Many other crops are seeing similar failures across the West... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 144 views • 2:46When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 167 views • 16:48The Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee has held a public hearing to discuss 2020 election issues and irregularities, at the request of Republican senator Doug Mastriano.
posted by bobknight33 3 years 10 months ago • 41 views"Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa? Before Americans vote on the next president in November, both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 309 views • 8:03YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 808 views • 11:36YouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 424 views • 4:46On 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 5 years 1 month ago • 19 views • 4:21The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 10:16YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 152 views • 4:06YouTube description: Built from the discarded fuel tanks of WWII fighter planes, "belly tankers" are miniature speed demons and a major part of hot rod culture. For more, check out: https://www.petersen.org/1952-... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 623 views • 3:48YouTube description: It takes blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of long hours to be one of the best marching bands in the country. Just ask Abraham Duffie, Jr., head drum major for the Sonic Boom... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 809 views • 2:55Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,829 views • 7:40"... Read more about the concept of non-state spaces: https://goo.gl/UsgDDy For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 10 months ago • 22 views • 13:27Robert Levin plays the third movement of Mozart's Sonata No. 17 in B flat major K 570, and talks about the differences between the instrument it was composed on and the pianos typically used today and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,129 views • 4:37"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 296 views • 15:53Carol 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
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