From Tom Scott. Britain’s power grid is turning inside-out, which means pylons are about to become a lot more controversial in Britain. At the National Grid Training Centre, I climbed one. ■ The "Great Grid Upgrade": https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade National Grid also asked if I’d plug their Early Careers page, for anyone in the UK thinking of…
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From CGPGrey. Give the Gift of Being a Bonnie Bee: https://cgpgrey.substack.com/subscribe?gift=true Grey Reads The Fir Tree: https://cgpgrey.substack.com/p/grey-reads-the-fir-tree Grey Grades the Territory Flags: https://cgpgrey.substack.com/p/us-territories-flag-grades-9f4
From DeepSkyVideos. Professor Meghan Gray discusses the Great Comet of 1997, Hale-Bopp. Also known less grandiosely as C/1995 O1. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Circular about Hale-Bopp’s discovery: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/06100/06187.html#Item1 JWST Observations of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at 46 au: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022DPS….5430902K/abstract Messier Objects playlist: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects Brady visits Messier’s grave: https://youtu.be/W3-hwKQqy0I Back us on…
From Atomic Frontier. NASA’s Artemis missions have generated a new interest in lunar simulant for testing our future spacecraft and equiptment on the harsh surface of the moon. I visited the University of Central Florida’s Exolith Lab to find out how we’re making LHS. Check out Exolith at: https://spaceresourcetech.com/ ———- II ———- 0:00 That’s no…
From Tom Scott. There’s a good reason for it. ■ More about the program: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/prpinfo/ Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/…
From CGPGrey. Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Related Videos: Minnesota Flag Redesign: Grey’s First Impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nFfMlYDync 💚 The Wall of 1,000 Thanks 🎩🐔🎩 And the 100 Top Chickens: – Bobby – Rebecca Wortham – Bob Kunz – Donal Botkin – BN-12 – Katie Scheper – Jeromy Johnson – Andrew…
From Donna. One month ago, a YouTuber by the name of Fidias flew to Japan in order to film a video called, “I travelled across Japan For Free”. In the video he breaks several laws just for content like begging for money, stealing food, and sneaking on the train and bus without paying. This incident…
From Tom Scott. Nio is a Chinese auto maker that offers an alternative to charging: just swapping out the whole battery whenever you need it. I borrowed one of their cars. ■ Nio: https://www.nio.com/ Camera: Dion Huiskes https://feedbuilders.nl/ Editor: Julian Domanski https://www.juliandomanski.com/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links…
From Exurb1a or Exurb2a. New book of depressing poems: https://tinyurl.com/27fdfh63 (you may need to change your region) My other stuff: Books what I wrote, yo ► https://www.amazon.com/Exurb1a/e/B06XFM14M8 For sending personalised insults ► https://www.facebook.com/exurb1a/ T-shirts, mugs, and sadness ► https://teespring.com/stores/exurb1a I also make horrendous music ► https://soundcloud.com/exurbia-1 Help me to do this full-time if you’re deranged…
From CGPGrey. Get Sidekick Notepad: https://cottonbureau.com/p/XT9MRF/journal/sidekick-notepad#/16404980/black-paper-12×7
From Tom Scott. Translation is really difficult. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN’s best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott – with a 30-day money-back guarantee. 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast:…
From Ordinary Things. Get an exclusive Black Friday deal! Enter promo code ORDINARYTHINGS to get up to 6 additional months for free at https://surfshark.deals/ORDINARYTHINGS TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ordinarytings PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ordinarythings 00:00 – Intro 01:40 – STEP 1: Conditions must be (im)perfect 03:36 – Guatemala 05:32 – Luttwak 07:26 – Poor Countries 08:35 – The French Exception 12:04…
From Tom Scott. The moonlight towers of Austin, Texas, are the last urban municipal lighting towers in the world: because before every street was wired to the grid, how else would you light up a city? ■ Austin Energy: https://austinenergy.com/ ■ Moonlight Towers https://www.austintexas.org/listings/moonlight-towers/5895/ Producer: Jodi Shores at Sparksight https://sparksight.com Director: Kelly Shores at @readysetdrone…
From Tom Scott. At Port Iława in Poland, pilots and captains of massive ships train on 1-to-24 scale ship models: and I got to drive one. ■ The Ship Handling Research and Training Centre: https://www.ilawashiphandling.com.pl/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux…
From Atomic Frontier. I used machine learning to create the world’s worst (and best) keyboard layouts. Along the way I learned how QWERTY came to be, how simulated annealing works, and got a little better at typing. Full code at: https://github.com/AtomicFrontierCode/keyboards Music by Julian, camera by Julia, story by James. ———- II ———- This video…
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From Donna. Almost a year ago, I investigated why so many minimalists in the community were making videos explaining minimalism’s dark side. Some have even expressed leaving the lifestyle. In an interesting twist of events, 3 of the movement’s most prominent figures saw the video and reached out to me for a discussion. This is…
From Tom Scott. No. Mostly. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen’s podcast has an episode all about Arrival: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/157167562811/transcript-lingthusiasm-episode-3-arrival-of-the • More Language Files: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0 Gretchen’s book BECAUSE INTERNET, all about the evolution of internet language, is available: 🇺🇸 US: https://amzn.to/30tLpjT 🇨🇦 CA: https://amzn.to/2JsTYWH 🇬🇧 UK: https://amzn.to/31K8eRD (Those are affiliate links that give…
From Tom Scott. There’s a world in which everyone boards planes with "mobile lounges", PTVs, or Plane-Mates… but this is not that world. ■ YUL Montreal-Trudeau International Airport: https://www.admtl.com/en ■ AccessAir: https://accessairsystems.com/ Thanks to Eric Forest and the airport team, and to Christian Brice for stepping in for additional camerawork! 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/…
From Christine McConnell. https://www.patreon.com/ChristineHMcConnell In this episode I craft a one of a kind witches broom! To catch up on more spooky episodes, follow the link above to Patreon :)) -Christine Christine McConnell: Creator / Video Editor / Artist and set decorator https://www.instagram.com/christinehmcconnell/?hl=en Grant McConnell: Henchman / Camera Man / Musical Composer https://www.instagram.com/granttmcconnell?hl=en
From Donna. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PsychIRL If you’re familiar with the name Fousey, you’re probably familiar with the never ending cycle he takes his viewers on, that rollercoaster ride of rallying behind this underdog, the excitement of seeing his triumphs, and then like clockwork, a seemingly inevitable descent into chaos. Viewers disappointed by his actions, he withdraws…
From Tom Scott. AMZ Racing’s "mythen" holds the world record for electric vehicle acceleration: 0-100km/h in 0.956 seconds. And they let me drive it. ■ AMZ: https://www.amzracing.ch/en https://www.instagram.com/amzracing/ ■ Their world record video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88cVs5zZFTE Main camera op: Juan Pablo Salazar Additional cam op: Tobias Binder Drone camera ops: Felix Kunz, Marco Odermatt 🟥 MORE FROM…
From CGPGrey. – Watch on Substack: https://cgpgrey.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-of-rock-paper-scissors – Watch on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91524261 – Watch On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvatMQ5wZm4
From CGPGrey. DRAW = CLICK FAIL! You are going for a perfect run of wins! You Won: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul8r0Thgx44 You Drew / Lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPb168NUwGc Thank you to our Bonnie Bees for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Related Videos: – How Obsidian Helped Make Rock, Paper, Scissors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvatMQ5wZm4 – Cortex on Rock, Paper, Scissors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOIAQgDiz5s ##…
From DeepSkyVideos. Professor Meghan Gray discusses the immense galaxy cluster El Gordo (The Fat One), also known less catchily as ACT-CL J0102-4915. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Professor Gray: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/meghan.gray The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: ACT-CL J0102-4915 "El Gordo," a Massive Merging Cluster at Redshift 0.87 – https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ…748….7M/abstract JWST’s PEARLS: A new lens…
From Tom Scott. This script was a nightmare to pronounce. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen’s podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/662535562508517376/lingthusiasm-episode-60-thats-the-kind-of • More Language Files: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0 Gretchen’s book BECAUSE INTERNET, all about the evolution of internet language, is available: 🇺🇸 US: https://amzn.to/30tLpjT 🇨🇦 CA: https://amzn.to/2JsTYWH 🇬🇧 UK: https://amzn.to/31K8eRD (Those…
From Ordinary Things. The story of satellites from 1957 to 2023. The Launches. The Explosions. The world that satellites have enabled, and the future they threaten. BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/ordinarythings
From Tom Scott. At the New Town Hall, the Neues Rathaus, in Hanover, there’s a strange elevator where the track curves unevenly. For years, people from Germany have been emailing me about it: well, I finally visited. ■ More about the Hall: https://www.visit-hannover.com/en/Sightseeing-City-Tours/Tourist-Highlights/The-New-Town-Hall Camera: Maximilian Unger Producer: Viktor Sramo at Klein Aber 🟥 MORE FROM…
From styropyro. Download AnyDesk now at https://anydesk.com/styro In this video, I wire 100 car batteries in parallel to generate more electric current than a lightning bolt! thanks to @TheBackyardScientist and @allenpan for help with the experiments! new side channel: https://www.youtube.com/@styro_drake shorts channel: https://www.youtube.com/@styropyroshorts instagram: https://www.instagram.com/styro.drake/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/styropyro twitter: https://twitter.com/styropyro_ discord: https://discord.gg/styropyro Spanish Este video ha…
From DeepSkyVideos. Professor Meghan Gray explains the sometimes strange phenomenon of twin quasars. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Professor Gray is an astronomy professor at The University of Nottingham – https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/meghan.gray A close quasar pair in a disk–disk galaxy merger at z = 2.17 – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05766-6 0957+561 A, B: twin quasistellar objects…
From Smarter Every Day 2. Main Channel Video: https://youtu.be/dCXu8Ju_fdY https://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Click here if you’re interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION This is a great paper to check out: https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/6812240/Emmens10technology-av.pdf Machina Labs Website: https://machinalabs.ai/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tweet Ideas to me at: Tweets by smartereveryday Smarter Every Day on…
From Atomic Frontier. Inside the world’s last Titan II nuclear silo. During the Cold War this structure held the most powerful weapon ever deployed by the United States. Today the warhead is gone but eveything else remains; giving me the perfect oportunity to explore the engineering and logistics behind how to launch a nuclear ICBM.…
From Smarter Every Day 2. Nico’s Photography Show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcuvqBAZPgTJ9evx9wkzvA https://kamerastore.com/smarter (Free shipping for a camera should be auto-applied to orders entering through this link.) Thanks to everyone supporting on Patreon for letting me film this. http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday General info about the project: https://www.camerarescue.org/ Daily life: https://www.instagram.com/camerarescue https://www.youtube.com/kamerastore https://www.youtube.com/camerarescue Here’s the light I used! The cool people…
From Christine McConnell. https://www.patreon.com/ChristineHMcConnell https://christinehmcconnell.com In this episode I completely restore an 1860’s bedroom and launch my very first line of wallpaper. To watch more episodes and enter a chance to win a set of wall coverings, follow the link above to Patreon :)) -Christine Christine McConnell: Creator / Video Editor / Artist and set…
From Exurb1a or Exurb2a. Siri, write this down immediately. "A movie where robots are performing reverse-Turing tests on humans to see if we’re smart enough to be considered sentient." Yeah yeah email it straight to Spielberg, subject line, "Hi I live miserably alone with my cat and I’m going to make you millions of dollars.…
From styro_drake. This was my most wild tornado chase yet. I intercepted this powerful tornado from the north shore of Sangchris Lake as it begun its destructive journey across central Illinois on August 6th, 2023. I had been planning on chasing this day for nearly a week prior as there was a strong signal for…
From DeepSkyVideos. An intergalactic stream of stars in the galaxy cluster Abell 1795 – featuring Professor Mike Merrifield. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Back us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deepskyvideos MMTF-Hα and HST-FUV Imaging of the Filamentary Complex in ABELL 1795: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ…703L.172M/abstract Michael Merrifield: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/michael.merrifield Messier Objects playlist: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/…
From Ordinary Things. The first 100 people to use code ORDINARYTHINGS at the link below will get 20% off of Incogni: https://incogni.com/ordinarythings Twitter: https://twitter.com/ordinarytings Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ordinarythings
From CGPGrey. 💚 The Wall of 1,000 Thanks: https://cgpgrey.substack.com/p/wall-of-thanks 🎩🐔🎩 And the 100 Top Chickens: – Ethan – Jay Westerman – Skorgu – William Sasko – Emmett Jayhart – David White – Nancy Flores – Rebecca Wortham – Bobby – Katie Scheper – James Gill – Blake – Alex Randall – Andrew Adam – Bob…