It’s political, but powerful.

Just because I find myself often bringing them up for another listen:

Or hero of the day. Well done!

Rep Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) lays into her Republican colleagues on the Oversight Committee via C-SPAN. This is not YouTube, so you’ll have to follow the link.

In case you think there’s an economic case for electing Trump president, here’s former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (Clinton Administration) with a rebuttal. I haven’t verified his numbers, but what he has to say is congruent with many other analyses I’ve read.

Remember the mythical hoop snake? Here’s a small one.

More here.

Former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ):

A friend has just introduced me to Steve ‘n Seagulls, a “Finnish bluegrass” band:

Great fun!

Professor Richardson pronounced this to be devastating. I think a bit more polishing might have helped.

Still, it makes its point.

A musical instrument I had not seen before.

I’ve long read references to the Mayan ball game, in which the ball can only contact the hips. Here, the BBC has a short clip covering a Mayan group that has recreated the game of their ancestors. Quite fun!

And I liked the body art as well.

In other news, for the last three weeks I’ve been dealing with an infection which appears to be defeated now. I hope to return to regular, though not prolific, posting.

Modified bacteria in a solid tumor!

More information from skralyx on Daily Kos.

I probably have too many pleasures. Full stop. This guy goes in the bin labeled Guilty.

One of Rainbow’s better efforts.

Oh, so monstrous!

Appalling, mesmerizing.

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Randy Rainbow, hard at work:

Our robotic overlords will be drones, not massive computers:

Some cool stuff there.

Lately I’ve been enjoying the complex percussion of Clanadonia:

If you like scene stealing, the old guy does it well.

A work by Vince Guaraldi Trio. Guaraldi also did the music for most of the Peanuts television specials. This is something else, though.

So is this a bumblebee playing?

And here’s SciShow going into more detail.

Gotta love Zefrank:

It’s Gogol Bordello!

OK, so the appeal is a bit odd.

I thought this was fascinating. In mice!