Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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🇬🇧 "The university staff are lobbying hard to increase their funding in a funny clip from Yes Minister, a classic BBC British comedy series."
https://youtu.be/WW7mhtp5a5E
#Video #Comedy #Education #Funding #University #Politics #Satire #Television #TV #Sitcom #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Academia #Academic #Academics
Time management tips for PhD students
#Video #PhD #Tips #Academia #Academic #Academics #AcademicChatter @academicchatter
Why GM Committed $650M for Lithium Mined Here | WSJ
"The U.S. is racing to secure its own lithium and nickel, which is used in battery production for products like EVs and other tech. Today, China produces more than 85% of the world’s batteries. So how is the U.S. pushing to mine battery metals needed for the energy transition and for national security?"
#WSJ #Video #Tech #Technology #EV #Batteries #Metal #Mining #Energy #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #China @technology
WW2 Japan's White Soldiers
"In World War II, the Germans used some Asian soldiers, but did the Japanese employ any Caucasians in its army? Find out the full story here."
#Video #History #Histodon #Histodons #WW2 #WWII #Japan #White #Caucasian #Asia #War @histodon @histodons
Hitler's Asians - The Turkestan Legion
"The Germans recruited widely, but one of the most exotic units they created was the Turkestan Legion, made up Turkic-speaking men from Central Asia."
#Video #History #Histodon #Histodons #WW2 #WWII #Germany #CentralAsia #Asia #Europe #War @histodon @histodons
"On this day in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died. Here is a British Movietone report with highlights of his life"
#Video #OTD #History #Histodon #Histodons #FDR #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Politics @histodon @histodons
🇬🇧 Amazing Ice Cream Factory 1957
"Filmed at J. Lyons & Co. (Kensington, 1957)"
#Video #IceCream #Manufacturing #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Vintage
🇺🇸 History Of Automobiles Ford Motor Co. Documentary "The American Road" Henry Ford Model T MD40540 https://youtu.be/m4Xt_hF0_20 #Video #Documentary #History #Automobiles #Ford #Motor #Car #Cars #American #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #C20th #20thCentury #Technology #Tech
🇬🇧 "Name a country... We have defeated them." https://youtu.be/_x2ovlPr2IE #Video #StandUp #Comedy #PubLandlord #AlMurray #Comedian #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom
🇬🇧 "The Pub Landlord reveals why we are called 'Great' Britain. Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival." https://youtu.be/W5Gp2u4Q3BQ #Video #StandUp #Comedy #PubLandlord #AlMurray #Comedian #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom
🇬🇧 Teaching an idiot basic maths | Blackadder - BBC https://youtu.be/g4IQjUpTNVU #Video #Comedy #Maths #Math #Mathematics
#Blackadder #BBC #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Television #TV #Sitcom #Teaching #RowanAtkinson #TonyRobinson
"Enjoy these 10 Anglo-Saxon words that I think we should bring back." https://youtu.be/G0hV2q8aw6M #Video #OldEnglish #AngloSaxon #Language #Languages #Word #Words
"Portland Community College physics professor Toby Dittrich plans to perform a modern version of the Eddington experiment during the eclipse.
The original experiment was first done during the 1919 total solar eclipse by a team of scientists off the coast of Africa that tested Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity." https://youtu.be/dgIxPEP4xxs #Video #Science #STEM #Physics #Astronomy #SolarEclipse #Sun #Eclipse #Experiment #Portland #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @physics @astronomy
"What language was the Bible written in? Specifically, what was the original language of the New Testament? While the broad concensus is that it was Greek, some have hypthosized that Syriac/Aramaic was the language of the original text. What do the experts say?" https://youtu.be/rxq6OGPTMPQ #Video #Bible #Greek #Aramaic #Language #Languages #NewTestament #Christianity #Religion @religion
"A news report in 1965 looked at 'programmed learning machines' which aimed to utilise technology and assist individual learning." https://youtu.be/he3SJVUqE_o #Video #History #Tech #Technology #UnitedKingdom #UK #Education #Teaching #Britain
"Playing notes on her piano, she demonstrates for Steve why whole numbers sound pleasing, why octaves are mathematically imperfect, and how math underlies musical composition. Sarah, a professor at the University of London and Gresham College, also talks with Steve about the gender gap in mathematics and why being interested in everything can be a problem." https://youtu.be/6InOvMbc4e0 #Video #Maths #Mathematics #Math #Music #Audio #Academic #SarahHart #Podcast #StevenLevitt #Freakonomics
🇬🇧 "(1 Oct 1931) Famous economic expert predicts great future for Britain as result of gold standard suspension." https://youtu.be/0PYSFqCSsGU #Video #History #Economics #EconHist #JohnMaynardKeynes #Gold #GoldStandard #GB #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK @economics @econhist
"Was Taxila the site of the world's oldest university?" https://youtu.be/rcTh4u7ZD0w #Video #Ancient #History #Antiquity #Taxila #University #Education #Learning
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Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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