September 2, 2021

Whatever Kind Of Mood You're In Tonight

On Strong Songs Kirk Hamilton, “takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.” In this episode Kirk tackles Billy Joel's magnum opus, “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” [more inside]
posted by ob1quixote at 6:31 PM PST - 49 comments

"We lose so many lives because of misinformation"

The negative effects of disinformation and misinformation around the globe have been clear and disturbing. In response, Stanford University's History Education Group has put together a free curriculum with lesson plans and assessments for teachers and professors. The Civic Online Reasoning curriculum is intended to teach students how to recognize misinformation and disinformation by employing techniques used by professional fact checkers. You have to register (free) to access the lesson plans and assessments, but the videos--hosted by YA author and Crash Course creator John Green--are also available as a YouTube playlist. The curriculum is based on peer-reviewed research and has been tested in real classrooms.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:52 PM PST - 94 comments

'A Loveable Anarchist': The Oral History of Mr Blobby

We chart the birth, death and unlikely resurrection of British TV's most unhinged chaos merchant. [slVice]
posted by ellieBOA at 1:48 PM PST - 38 comments

Esta tierra es de las dos, de indígenas y de marginales

Camila Moreno has a new album out: Rey. There's a great colab on it: Déjame (feat. Ximena Sariñana & Lido Pimienta) [more inside]
posted by signal at 12:45 PM PST - 1 comments

Capture and storage, sure. Of carbon? Not so much.

The Juice Media has made another Honest Government Ad for the Australien Government, this one explaining Carbon Capture and Storage (YouTube, 4m44s)
posted by flabdablet at 11:45 AM PST - 30 comments

A Swedish pop band releases some new material

ABBA, a band who have previously charted several times, will release a new album, Voyage, in November. Two tracks are available now: I Still Have Faith In You, and Don't Shut Me Down. There will also [knitwear] be a virtual concert next year. The quartet, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (better known as Frida), Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus, won a singing contest in 1974.
posted by Wordshore at 11:45 AM PST - 65 comments

For Fiesole

something happened on that piazza and its various arteries in early August of 1944, which has haunted me from the moment I learned of it.
posted by bq at 11:31 AM PST - 2 comments

That GAN really tied the room together, man.

AI Movie Posters : Can you guess the movie from a Dali-esque image generated from a text description of the movie?
posted by kaibutsu at 9:19 AM PST - 59 comments

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