Timelapse Video of Planet Earth from Space
Explanation of video from YouTube posting: Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12,500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our…
Carl Sagan’s Words Are More Powerful Than Ever
Carl Sagan’s beautiful riff on our “Pale Blue Dot” is an incredible amalgam of science, philosophy and some kind of word jazz, and has inspired more than one video treatment (just search for “pale blue dot” in YouTube and you’ll see what I mean). Here’s the best treatment I’ve found. I particularly love the…
EPIC Vitriolic Rant By Young Woman in Texas Senate Hearing
Here’s a courageous young woman who understands what too many of us too often forget … that she owns her government. Her criticism is so vitriolic that she is physically hauled out of the Senate hearing on SB1 (the Abortion Bill). I’m tagging this politics and poetry. Enjoy.
As a Feminist, I Love this Song
I caught this song on the tail-end of a segment on Democracy Now a day or so ago, and I was thrilled by the inspiring imagery — both musical and visual — of the rise of woman power. The song — an anthem, really — is a collaboration between the Eurythmics (Annie Lennox) and…