Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
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Joined Nov 2022
🔴 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🎥 **Clickbait meets populism and extremism - TikTok and politics**
"_We show how right-wing populists use TikTok to spread their messages and shed light on the impact it has on the political landscape and on young people._"
#Video length: twenty eight minutes and twenty six seconds.
🔗 https://youtu.be/VeMhHtfe81s
#DW #Documentary #Politics #RightWing #Populism #Democracy #Clickbait #Tiktok #SocialMedia #Austria #Germany #Europe
🔴 🎥 **The Vinland Sagas as evidence**
"_The Vinland sagas (Saga of the Greenlanders, Saga of Eirik the Red) were written in Iceland centuries before Columbus and describe Viking exploration in lands southwest of Greenland. Modern archaeology has confirmed a Norse presence here, but this video addresses the question of whether the sagas would be worthwhile as evidence on their own._"
#Video length: nineteen minutes and twenty eight seconds.
🔴 🎥 **Why ChatGPT sucks at some languages**
"_Chatbots like ChatGPT perform very well in English, but when put to the test in a range of languages the performance was sometimes poor. Lack of training data and other resources can reduce performance in these chatbots with implications for how accessible they are worldwide._"
#Video length: six minutes and four seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgjVJHp0W28
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMS #ChatGPT #Chatbots #Languages @ai
🔴 🇳🇴 🇬🇱 🎥 **Inside the Race to Mine $92 Billion Worth of Deep Sea Minerals**
"_Between Norway and Greenland lie some of the most valuable minerals on the planet. From cobalt to rare earths, raw materials are needed to drive multi-billion dollar industries such as EVs. These mineral reserves from the deep sea are of huge geopolitical significance as China and a few other key countries are monopolizing the supply of these materials._"
#Video length: six minutes and forty four seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94zn-OimoHQ
#WSJ #Norway #Greenland #Ocean #Sea #Mining #RareMetals #Industry #Environment
🔴 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🎥 **This $9B Chinese Restaurant Chain Wants to Conquer the U.S.**
"_China's hot-pot giant Haidilao offers more than just food. It has free manicures and massages for customers. Waiters dance on request. The over-the-top performances and customer service set it apart from its competitors. With fresh funds from a public listing, the restaurant company plans to expand across the U.S._"
#Video length: six minutes and thirty five seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jci98uOrWQ
#WSJ #China #Asia #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Food #Business #Economics #Restaurant @economics
🔴 🎥 **The Enigma of the Celtic Tomb**
"_2500 Years ago, a dynasty of Celtic Princes founded the first towns in Northern Europe. They constructed harbours along rivers and traded goods with people from all over Europe. This film presents new insights into Celtic history and culture thanks to exclusive access to the Celtic Tomb in Lavau (France) and the exceptionally rich and well-preserved collection of objects found on the gravesite._"
#Video length: fifty one minutes and twenty seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOfX5pUGwh0
#Documentary #History #Histodon #Histodons #Celts #Celtic #Europe @histodon @histodons
🔴 🎥 **Germanic vs German**
"_A historical linguist who deals with Germanic languages explains why "Germanic" and "German" mean very different things and how this confusing situation arose in the first place._"
#Video length: eleven minutes and eleven seconds.
🔗 https://youtu.be/WcgnWN49nac
#Germanic #German #Language #Languages #Linguistics @linguistics
🔴 🇺🇸 🎥 **Eisenhower Gets Snappy (1957)**
"_Eisenhower angered by golf query_"
#Video length: one minute and fourteen seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOShyunJS10
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Archive #Eisenhower #Golf #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Politics #USPol @histodon @histodons
🔴 🎥 **How Do You Pronounce KAMALA?**
#Video length: thirteen minutes and fifty one seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NihLE-wh0xc
#Kamala #Harris #KamalaHarris #Pronunciation #Linguistics @linguistics
🔴 🗺️ 🎥 **The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel**
"_The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete._"
#Video length:seventeen minutes and fifty nine seconds.
🔗 https://youtu.be/LUxFzh8r384
#Map #Maps #Cartography #Babylon #Mesopotamia #BritishMuseum
🔴 🎬 🎥 **Hollywood's "Fake" Mid-Atlantic Myth DEBUNKED!**
"_Want to know why actors in Golden Age Hollywood movies sound different from people today? A legend has grown up that it was all because an Australian and a Canadian invented a fake accent that studios forced their stars to use. Here I'll try to show why that's a load of you know what, and get closer to the fascinating reality._"
#Video length: twenty six minutes and one second.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoDsZFwF-c
#Hollywood #Myth #MidAtlantic #Accents #Film #Cinema #English #Language #Linguistics @linguistics
🔴 📖 🎥 **Twelve Harder Classics To Test You.**
"_Welcome to our deep dive into some of the most challenging yet rewarding classic books! In this video, we explore 12 literary masterpieces that delve into the complexities of the human condition. From existential struggles and moral dilemmas to the harsh realities of life, these books are a must-read for any avid reader._"
#Video length: fifty two minutes and fifty four seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6chCi1twtKo
#Read #Reader #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon
#Classic #Literature @literature @bookstodon
🔴 🎥 **This State's Flag is Illegal**
#Video length: fifty nine seconds.
🔴 🇩🇪 🎥 **Why an AfD Politician Is Accused of 'Whitewashing' Nazi Crimes ¦ Germany's Enemy Within ¦ FRONTLINE**
"_Björn Höcke, of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, is on the brink of a potential state election victory. He has criticized how Germany remembers the Holocaust and been fined for using a Nazi slogan._"
#Video length: four minutes and fifty seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brvgCMPPfkg
#AfD #Germany #Europe #Nazi #Politics #History #PBS #Frontline
🔴 🎥 **Which Experts should we trust?**
"_Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him: the bombastic know-it-alls, the bashful youths, the confident generals, those (including the enslaved) with unsuspected mathematical competence, the workaday artisans. Aristotle later explored the ways in which expert claims can be made credible to popular judgement._"
#Video length: one minute.
🔴 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🎥 **Did A German General 'Save' Paris? The True Story of the 1944 Liberation**
"_What is the true story of the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Did a German general really save the city from destruction that was ordered by Hitler? In this video, we try and separate truth from historical fiction._"
#Video length: fifteen minutes and thirty two seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poqVkVK9C7Y
#WW2 #WWII #Paris #France #Germany #Europe #History #Histodon #HIstodons @histodon @histodons
🔴 🇳🇴 🎥 **"Norway" 1950 Scandinavia People & Industry Travelogue Film Oslo, Bergen**
"_Dudley Pictures Corporation presents, “This World of Ours: Norway” (1950) which is a black-and-white made for television short travelog film about the country of Norway. Captured by cinematographer Edwin E. Olsen, the film features footage of Norway’s rugged beauty from the fjords to valleys as well as scenes from the bustling cities of Oslo and Bergen._"
#Video length: nine minutes and three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTs4h5DTso
#Europe #Scandinavia #Nordic #Norway #Oslo #Bergen #Travel #Travelogue #Travelog #History #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons
🔴 🎥 **The Full History Of How The Vikings Dominated Europe ¦ The Last Journey Of The Vikings ¦ Timeline**
"_Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But what do we really know about them? By combining expert analysis with compelling drama, 'The Last Journey of the Vikings' tells a new and often surprising story about this complex people._"
#Video length: three hours and thirteen minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr3I-f7npAA
#Viking #Vikings #Europe #Scandinavia #History #Histodon #Histodons #Timeline #Documentary @histodon @histodons
🔴 🎥 **"The Book" 1950's Bookmaking, Printing And Publishing. Educational Film**
"_The film portrays an author, who narrates the film, explaining the research of writing a book, and the process and responsibilities of publishing a book._"
#Video length: seventeen minutes and forty one seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHDOrgZiBE
#History #Film #Writing #Publishing #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Education @bookstodon
🔴 🎥 **Norse Skaldic Poetry: How-To**
"_Looking at the characteristics of the most difficult and prestigious meter (poetry style) of the Old Norse skálds, dróttkvætt, and how it can be replicated in a modern language._"
#Video length: twenty four minuteds and eight seconds.
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
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Joined Nov 2022
