A Plea for Improvisation | Jojo Mayer | TEDxZurich YouTube video by TEDx Talks

My new favority Music #TED talk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npq-... #tedtalk #tedx #jojomayer #tedxtalk

Movie Poster for "Your Name" or Kimi No Na Wa". A man on the left with a city behind him and a woman on the right standing on grass, split by a shining star in the middle. Above them, a comet splits in two parts in the sky.

Just watched #KimiNoNaWa. Didn't know what to expect, but I knew this was a good movie from the start. Worth the watch! Thank you to my #library for having a copy! Amazing movie and I actually didn't know what would happen next! #romancefilm #disasterfilm #君の名は

Kevin Baculi | Official Website Graphic designer, performer, actor, content creator. Learn more about Kevin Baculi

New Year, New, refreshed website! Check out my new personal website here: www.kevinbaculi.com #lasvegas #freelancer #graphicdesign #websitedesign #graphics #graphicdesigner #lasvegassmallbusiness #smallbusiness #websites #portfolio #taiko

From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: 60 Minutes CECOT Video pulled in US, aired in Canada Explore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community

Just gonna leave this here. #60minutes #sixtyminutes #cecot www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

Two HIV vaccine trials show proof of concept for pathway to broadly neutralizing antibodies Learn more about North American and African clinical trials led by Scripps Research, IAVI and collaborators that show early immune activation using mRNA vaccine technology—marking progress toward an…

Very interesting read! #HIV #Science #HIVcure #AIDS

Las Vegas Graphic Design & Website Design Tutoring Services by Kevin Baculi

I'm now offering #tutoring services virtually and in the #LasVegas area! If you're interested in learning web design or graphic design, feel free to schedule a meeting with me using this link!

Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion frames per second. That's fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light…

This is awesome! Love hearing about advancements in technology. I didn't know this was 13 years old, but it's still great! #MIT #science

TOBE NWIGWE | TRY JESUS NOT ME... CAUSE I THROW HANDS. - - [ AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS ] link in bio - - 🎙 @jabarijohnson - - style & design by @tobenwigwe - - PRODUCED BY @lanellgrant & @jabarijohnson - - 🦷…

Love this song. Just felt like sharing it! #TryJesus #DontTryMe #TobeNwigwe

I Test My Reading Skills on #KhanAcademy | Part 2 Link to Part 1: https://youtube.com/live/9-S8B1Pq-Ms The Khan Academy Course: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela Donate to Khan Academy: https://donate.khanacademy.org/campaign/580662/donate I study…

I started #streaming on YouTube in order to analyze my #reading competency and also to show what it's like studying with me! Check out my stream and #subscribe for future streams! #StreamlabOBS #KhanAcademy

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine…

Kinda figured the results of this already, but it's good when science backs up your assumptions. #AI #Science #MIT #MassArt #WelleslyCollege

Clark County schools leader says immigration officials will stay out of schools - The Nevada Independent The superintendent's comments come amid reports that some immigrant parents are fearful of sending their children back to school or deciding to keep their children home altogether due to immigration…

This is an interesting article. No promises were made, but I hope no child has to go through the trauma of their parent or even themselves getting caught by ICE while at school or at church #CCSD #LasVegas

Neo-Nazis slowly realize this small town brilliantly pranked them for a great charity ​Local residents in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, came together to fight Nazis a hilariously perfect way.

This story made me chuckle. #humor #fuckhate #fucknazis

Glossary of French words and expressions in English - Wikipedia

I've been listening to #Pimsleur to learn the #FrenchLanguage just for fun. Out of curiosity , I decided to look up a list of French terms used in English. I knew there was a lot, just didn't know how many!

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.

So sad to hear about #CPB being shut down. I'll miss what the future of what #PBS and #NPR may bring us.

Pete Buttigieg pins down reason Democrats lost to Trump in 2024 Joe Biden’s transportation secretary says it’s ‘wrong to imagine that we should have just kept everything going along the way it was’ or to dismantle everything Republican president is now doing

#PeteButtigieg makes some good points, and I do have to agree with him with regards to the #StatusQuo comment on the USA.

Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism Support for Donald Trump is linked to darker personality traits, including increased psychopathy and decreased empathy, new research finds. The study also connects conservative political beliefs to…

More #Science. Also, felt like starting shit today:

How do you know you’re not an extremist? The obsession with true love and other dangerous stories.

How do you know you're not an #extremist? An interesting and thought-provoking read from #MiniPhilosophy. Really makes you think and dig deep: how am I choosing to live, and am I letting others choose how I live? #WorthTheRead

AI could create a 'Mad Max' scenario where everyone's skills are basically worthless, a top economist says MIT economist David Autor said on the "Possible" podcast that AI may lead to a world where jobs remain but skills are devalued.

Interesting read regarding how #AI can change the workforce into a #MadMax type of scenario. Really makes you wonder how many of your current skills will be "useless" due to AI.

What is Malala Day? Human Rights Careers

Thanks to #Beanstack, I learned that today is #MalalaDay! I learned something new and I love the mission behind Malala Day. Education is something super important to me and I love that today is a reminder of how important and impactful a good education is.

Plans to redevelop Chinatown to make it more pedestrian friendly move forward As of Tuesday, Chinatown has officially been designated as a redevelopment area by Clark County, setting forth a 10-plus year project for the area

This is great news for Las Vegas' #Chinatown! I recall taking a survey regarding what would make Chinatown better and I'm glad someone might have been listening! Looking forward to the development of this great and historical area! #LasVegas #Vegas #LasVegasChinatown

The Battle for the Mind: German and British Propaganda in the First World War * Since I have been unable to come up with some interesting posts here lately, here is a copy of a paper that I delivered at the UNCG Honor’s Symposium in 2007. In the First World War humanit…

Another great article from my propaganda rabbit hole. This time, a piece about #PsychologicalWarfare "A large part of what makes great literature great is the ability to use the right words to convey a precise, effective meaning."

Propaganda Warfare: Benjamin Franklin Fakes a Newspaper - Journal of the American Revolution “The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it,” said the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.[1] Benjamin Franklin had a lifetime of experience with the Press and…

The Power of #Reading: You learn something new every day! Great example of Black Propaganda. Thanks, #Wikipedia!

Easy Way to Understand Dimensions This explains an easy way to understand the concept of dimensions and how the universe even started to exist.

I love reading about #dimensions. This is a great article I found that explains dimensions higher than the 3rd explained:

#Wikipedia Article of the Day: Illusory Truth Effect. I feel a sense of compassion towards those who are directly affected by propaganda: I truly feel that some people cannot help BUT to fall for propaganda after looking into how effective it is & how many techniques there are to get an agenda thru

Social bot - Wikipedia

#Wikipedia Article of the Day: Social Bot! Delving into learning about #propaganda has lead me down a very interesting rabbit hole. More to come!

#Wikipedia Article of the Day: Computational Propaganda

Facts!

“He won”: Andrew Cuomo acknowledges Zohran Mamdani’s stunning primary victory New Yorkers chose the guy who was everywhere—not the guy who saw danger everywhere.

“Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won.”

The result in New York City, if it holds, is a seismic event not just for the city but for the Democratic Party, making the 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani the clear frontrunner heading into November.

Just three years to limit global warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn Earth could breach the 1.5C global warming limit in as little as three years, top scientists have warned

It's still hard to believe that there people out there who don't believe in #GlobalWarming.