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"Famous atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Rachel Johnson to reflect on Easter and the role of Christianity in British life." https://youtu.be/COHgEFUFWyg #Video #Atheism #RichardDawkins #Easter #Christianity #Religion @religion

Do you have any #recommendations that you are willing to share for #English #language #comedy #films from before the 1960s?

#Recommendation #Film #Movie #Cinema #Movies #AskFedi #AskMastodon #Question #Video #Online

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"Today, by examining historical evidence found in Israel, Egypt and Jordan, then harnessing cutting-edge science, can historians finally manage to reveal the mysteries of Jesus's life?" https://youtu.be/mIk8MyVMLt0 #Video #Documentary #Jesus #Christ #JesusChrist #Religion #Christianity #History #Science @religion

"George Orwell's 1984 is one of the most famous and infamous books in history. But for all its fame and glory we rarely stop to ask what the underlying philosophical messages are." https://youtu.be/8eAhSRAA874 #Video #Philosophy #GeorgeOrwell #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @philosophy @bookstodon

Not my idea of a good time: https://youtu.be/7QLIi0-yne0 #Video #Bridge #Italy #Europe

🇨🇮 🇬🇭 "The FT’s Susannah Savage explains how a rise in cocoa prices has pushed up the cost of chocolate. She says that speculation, climate change and under-investment have also affected the price in the market." https://youtu.be/Y43JgRmIvkw #FT #Video #Shorts #Cocoa #Chocolate #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #IvoryCoast #Ghana #Africa @climatechange

Will this new feature reduce attention spans even further? https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/youtube-jump-ahead-feature-1234968839/ ~via @indiewire #Youtube #Video #News #Internet #Streaming #Tech #Technology #Ask #Question

"Nobel prize-wining geneticist Sir Paul Nurse on the amazing breakthroughs that followed the discovery of DNA - and how it directly impacted his own family." https://youtu.be/yKvczF7PfII #Video #Science #STEM #Genetics #DNA #Idea @science

Defining "Old Norse" https://youtu.be/qL81kCr8w-c #Video #OldNorse #Language #Linguistics @linguistics

"Few Philosophers have gone down in history quite like Diogenes the Cynic. He was a rebel, a vagabond, a beggar, and a hero." https://youtu.be/OZyM4h2UEjc #Philosophy #Video @philosophy

🇮🇸 "The history and culture of Iceland in the 1950's." https://youtu.be/uig5XGKANfE #Video #History #Culture #Iceland

🇺🇸 "Airship picks up mail from Empire State Building (1931)." https://youtu.be/7saFU5OHAYA #Vintage #Video #History #NewYork #Transport #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

https://youtu.be/QJCRDnPIY9I #Video #Shorts #Etymology #Word #ProtoIndoEuropean #Language #Languages #Linguistics @linguistics

"A quick look at the effects of the sound change in Germanic languages called Verner's Law, especially for Old Norse students." https://youtu.be/Jc_x-n5e_xg #Video #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Word #Words @linguistics

"A video essay on why we fall into reading slumps, Rita Felski's theory of attunement & attachment and how to use it to discover books we would fall in love with while reconnecting with the joy of reading." https://youtu.be/SEJqgb6Vv-o #Video #Essay #Reading #Read #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

🇺🇸 "This took a lot of research. For almost every state there are multiple stories behind the name, but I've done my best to double and triple-source each of the ones included." https://youtu.be/0RzEZYsFOpc #Video #Language #Languages #Word #Words #Names #Etymology #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

If you are not too busy this weekend I would advise taking time out to #watch this #documentary #film about Sir #ErnestShackleton and the crew of the #Endurance.

#Video #Documentary #Film #Movie #Antarctica #Exploration #C20th #20thCentury #History #ErnestShackleton

"Captain Frank Worsley signs on as Captain of the Endurance to deliver Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica. When the expedition ship is crushed, Worsley’s seamanship and navigational skills saves them all." https://youtu.be/qvrEMhm3Z-g #Video #Documentary #Film #Movie #Antarctica #Exploration #C20th #20thCentury #History #Histodon #Histodons #ErnestShackleton #Endurance

"Now a team of researchers have combined RNA sequencing and cutting edge imaging technology to map the heart in more detail than ever before." https://youtu.be/n-txHrQt1YM #Video #Science #STEM #Medicine #Cardiology #Heart #Atlas @science

"Alan Whicker reports from Dublin, about Dubliners' ambivalent feelings towards one of the city's most famous - and incongruous - landmarks, Nelson's Pillar. What do people think should be done about this monument to a British hero, towering over the main thoroughfare of the capital of the Republic of Ireland?" #Video #History #Histodon #Histosdons #Dublin #Ireland #Éire #GreatBritain #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Europe #LordNelson #AlanWhicker #BBC #Television #Archive @histodon @histodons