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.
Finis
Joined Nov 2022
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**But what is Quantum Computing? (Grover's Algorithm)**
3Blue1Brown
"_Qubits, state vectors, and Grover's algorithm for search._"
#Video length: thirty-six minutes and fifty-three minutes.
**Did Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets—or Was It All Just Opera?**
Gresham College
#Video length: one minute and one second.
**Runes are not from Phoenician letters**
Jackson Crawford
#Video length: fifteen minutes and twenty-four seconds.
🇮🇸 **What is left of the Viking Sagas in modern Iceland?**
Survive the Jive
_'Sagas of the Raven Land' is a a history documentary in which historian Tom Rowsell journeys to Iceland, immersing himself in the landscapes that inspired the Icelandic sagas of the Viking Age._
#Video length: one hour and one minute.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKjAK8d17qQ
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Iceland #Vikings #Sagas #Europe @histodon @histodons
📚 **the most obvious reason to read a book, today**
Tim DeMoss
#Video length: six minutes and five seconds.
🇺🇸 **How Bond Vigilantes Made Trump Blink**
Bloomberg Originals
“_US President Donald Trump retreated from his sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs after a bond selloff sent Treasury yields soaring. But who are the much-feared bond vigilantes behind his reversal?_”
#Video length: ten minutes and fifty-four seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vB8wB1lDF0.
#Bonds #Trump #Tariffs #Markets #Economy #Economics @economics
📖 **Stop Silent Reading - Try This Instead**
Robin Waldun
“_A video on why we struggle to stay awake and make our reading more immersive, and an overlooked technique for overcoming this._”
#Video length: twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
🌍 **The end of globalization (as we know it).... I guess.**
The Burning Archive
“_Trump blasted tariffs. The world screamed, “It is the end of globalization as we know it. I guess...? But what does history say?_”
#Video length: twenty minutes and forty-one seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZ1X6dgT-I.
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Globalization #Sociology @sociology @histodon @histodons
**Nazareth, Galilee and Jerusalem: ITN Explores the Holy Land (1958)**
ITN Archive
“_On 1 May 1958, ITN’s Michael Barely took viewers on a trip around the Holy Land. He reported from several sites of Biblical significance including including Nazareth, Ashkelon and the Sea of Galilee. He ended his report in Jerusalem where he watched tourists navigate the border of the divided city (in 1958, West Jerusalem was under Israeli control while East Jerusalem was annexed by Jordan)._”
#Video length: sixteen minutes and fifty-three seconds.
🇦🇺 **Why Australia’s Miracle Economy Is Failing**
Bloomberg Originals
“_The country’s GDP per capita fell for 21 consecutive months. Household disposable income is going down, while household debt is going up. The cost of living crisis will likely be front-and-center in federal elections._”
#Video length: nine minutes and thirty-six seconds.
✝️ **The Greco-Roman Origins of the Eucharist**
ReligionForBreakfast
#Video length: thirty-three minutes and forty-eight seconds.
🇬🇧 🇪🇺 **Brits banned from bringing back cheese and meat from EU**
Channel 4 News
“_British tourists will no longer be able to bring back cheese or meat products from the European Union - even a sandwich or products from duty free._”
#Video length: twenty seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6l7dVXIrA.
#News #UK #UnitedKingdom #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Cheese #Meat
**Mini Essays - The Perfect Tool for Lifelong Learners**
Odysseas
#Video length: eleven minutes and forty-two seconds.
**The Last Nazi Election - August 1945!**
Mark Felton Productions
“_Incredibly, over three months after Hitler's death, one place was still ruled by Nazis, and indeed in August 1945 an election returned the Nazi Party to power!_”
#Video length: twelve minutes and sixteen seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spnO0olgUbE
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Nazis #Election @histodon @histodons
🔴 **What is Fascism?**
Cambridge Festival
“_This lecture takes fascism seriously. It looks closely at the core myths at the heart of fascist ideology, offering probing explanations for its emergence, resurgence and its continuing appeal._”
#Video length: fifty-nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds.
🔴 **This Month in Movietone History**
British Movietone
“_Momentous historical events that occurred during the month of April._”
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm61r4L8dZA
#Video #History #April #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons
🔴 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 **‘China will fight to the very end’ in trade war - China analyst**
Channel 4 News
_‘China has been here for 5000 years. Most of the time, there was no United States and we survived’_
#Video length: one minute and thirty-seven seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xof9FwrCrsg
#China #USA #US #UnitedStates #Tariffs #Trade #TradeWar #Economics @economics
🔴 **The Risky Business of Geoengineering**
Bloomberg Originals
“_Is geoengineering a dangerous notion whose time has come? Scientists and entrepreneurs are testing radical ideas like solar radiation management and ocean fertilization - and finding funding for it._”
#Video length: twenty-four minutes and one second.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXHJD0UI5U
#Risk #Geoengineering #Science #Technology #Tech #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment @climatechange @science
🔴 
🇺🇸 **Can Apple Really Make the iPhone in America?**
“_ WSJ’s Joanna Stern breaks down exactly how tough it would be to build iPhones here, and how tariffs could affect the price of your next phone._”
#Video length: two minutes and sixteen seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVHjryvnfoQ.
#Apple #Iphone #USA #US #UnitedStates #Manufacturing #Industry
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.
Finis
Joined Nov 2022
