Does the language you speak change how you think?

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…

Boarding planes could have been very different

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/…

Carving a Witches Broom – From the Mind of Christine McConnell

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

The Fousey Cycle: Our Never Ending Toxic Relationship with Fousey

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…

0-100 in less than a second. And I’m driving.

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…

The Rock Paper Scissors Game Explained

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

I Will Beat You at Rock Paper Scissors

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 ##…

El Gordo (The Fat One) Galaxy Cluster – Deep Sky Videos

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…

there’dn’t’ve

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…

I finally rode the weird, curved German elevator.

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…

100 car batteries wired in parallel!

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…

Double Quasars – Deep Sky Videos

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…

ROBOFORMING: Behind the Scenes as Machina Labs (The Future of Metalworking) – Smarter Every Day 290B

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…

How to launch a nuclear weapon

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.…

How to Load a Hasselblad SWC Film Camera (Super Wide Film Camera) – Smarter Every Day 2

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…

Restoring a 150 year old Bedroom – From the Mind of Christine McConnell

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…

How Will We Know When AI is Conscious?

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.…

wedge tornado in Illinois – August 6, 2023

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…

A Stream of Stars (Abell 1795) – Deep Sky Videos

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/…

Can Chess, with Hexagons?

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…

Big Oxygen

From Exurb1a or Exurb2a. All artwork kindly illustrated by Valeia. She has been ridiculously patient with me and you can find more of her stuff here ► https://www.instagram.com/valeia.s/ and here: https://www.inprnt.com/profile/valeias/ My stuff ► New book of depressing poems: https://tinyurl.com/27fdfh63 (you may need to change your region) Other books what I wrote yo: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Exurb1a/author/B06XFM14M8 For…

The AI Mind Virus

From Ordinary Things. Go to https://ground.news/ordinary to avoid media bias, manipulative algorithms, and know where your news is coming from. Check it out for free or subscribe for unlimited access through my link if you support the mission as much as I do. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Sexy Freeman Podcast Intro 01:54 Chapter 1: First Contact 02:25…

Crab Nebula in 3D – Deep Sky Videos

From DeepSkyVideos. Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a new perspective of the Crab Nebula, also known as Messier 1. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ SITELLE data paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.02709 Merge Cube: https://mergeedu.com/cube Crab model for viewing with Merge Cube or just in AR: https://objects.mergeedu.com/link/KVKDP5 And for your paperweight needs: https://crystalnebulae.co.uk Messier Objects playlist: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects…

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

From ContraPoints. Why I left the center. Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/contrapoints •Donate: https://paypal.me/contrapoints •Twitter: https://twitter.com/ContraPoints •Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contrapoints/ •https://www.tumblr.com/blog/nataliewynn •Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ContraPoints/ •Website: https://www.contrapoints.com/ •Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ContraPoints •ContraPoints Live: https://www.youtube.com/c/ContraPointsLive Check out my other videos: The Hunger: https://youtu.be/RTRT794IQBg Envy: https://youtu.be/aPhrTOg1RUk J.K. Rowling: https://youtu.be/7gDKbT_l2us Voting: https://youtu.be/t3Vah8sUFgI Justice (Part 1): https://youtu.be/smQsfNw_7V4 Cringe: https://youtu.be/vRBsaJPkt2Q Shame: https://youtu.be/K7WvHTl_Q7I Canceling: https://youtu.be/OjMPJVmXxV8 Opulence: https://youtu.be/jD-PbF3ywGo Men:…

Testing CRAZY chemistry recipes from a 1933 formulary book (part 4)

From styropyro. storm chasing 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 backup channel and b-side videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-3epzOdIyu-aXdeUaVP1A discord: https://discord.gg/styropyro In this video I test even more crazy recipes from the notorious 1933 chemical formulary. 0:00 intro 0:55 cancer sticks 2:50 lab top stain 5:32 coloring coal 7:16 cyanide ant killer 7:40 artificial fog…

🇺🇸 DOES YOUR FLAG FAIL? Grey Grades State Flags!

From CGPGrey. Thank you to our Bonnie Bees for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Related Videos: – Minnesota is Getting a New Flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwwo0W5Ugg – Grey Grades Canada’s Flags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7dgkMAyln0 – US Territory Flag Grades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyF_k4pPr0s – Minnesota Flag Redesign First Impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nFfMlYDync – Even more flags! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQwC5QbLeQ&list=PLqs5ohhass_SArUYXqErRo4STzlzKLVp7 – FOREVER WEST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnsDYouELCE – Why…

How a Video Game Gave Antarctica Its Flag

From CGPGrey. Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Related Videos: – More flags! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQwC5QbLeQ&list=PLqs5ohhass_RNT9_SX5a9LJfYrOMt7l6F – Who Owns Antartica? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbKNlFcg02c ## Further Exploration: – True South Flag Website: https://www.truesouthflag.com/ ## Special Thanks: ## Patreon Executive Producers: Bobby, Bob Kunz, Andrew Bereza, Rebecca Wortham, Donal Botkin, BN-12, George Lin, Andrea Di Biagio,…

The Satellite Orbit Tier List

From Atomic Frontier. Space is filled with satellites in interesting orbits, but which one is best? A crash course in astrodynamics in the format of "the BBC if they decided make a tier list video". 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Very Low Earth 1:55 International Space Station 2:36 Walker Constellation 3:12 Sun Synchronous 4:00 GPS 4:46 Flower…

The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods

From Exurb1a or Exurb2a. Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg Music used: Simon Anderson’s arrangement of Ave Verum from Choral Voices. And something I threw together on the piano: https://soundcloud.com/exurbia-1/wheres-my-goddamn-meadow

Is it the volts or amps that kill?

From styropyro. 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 backup channel and b-side videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-3epzOdIyu-aXdeUaVP1A discord: https://discord.gg/styropyro In this video, I address the age old question: Is it the volts or amps that kill? I originally covered this topic in a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wx6-ysokJU However, my explanation there seemed to generate…

We Don’t Know Why Astronauts Get Motion Sick

From SciShow Space. A majority of modern astronauts experience any one of a suite of symptoms scientists collectively call Space Motion Sickness, or SMS. But despite knowing about it for nearly as long as humans have gone into space, we still don’t know exactly what causes it, or how to predict which astronauts might lose…

Dividing by zero on a water computer from 1940

From Atomic Frontier. 🌎 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➡️ https://nordvpn.com/atomicfrontier It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!☝️ I went to Cambridge to revive a water computer that once modelled the British Economy. ———- II ———- This video was brought to you by an unhealthy amount of coffee and our awesome Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/atomicfrontier. 0:00…

The Biggest Star In The Universe Is Too Small

From SciShow Space. R136a1 is the most massive star that astronomers have ever discovered. It’s so massive you might think the laws of physics wouldn’t allow it. But it turns out that its current mass estimate is actually so low that it threatens our understanding of how the universe got to be where it is,…