We’re Drowning in our Waste

Newspaper Recyling

America’s trash problem is growing and getting worse. China used to be our dumping ground. Now our waste has no place to go.

Self-Driving Cars: What Could Go Wrong?

Self-driving cars are only as smart as the artificial intelligence controlling them. A new study indicates that the darker your skin, the more likely you are to be hit by one. There’s a simple, and unfortunate, reason why.

Americans Hate the Media

Where goes truth when a new Gallup poll indicates American trust in the media is (yet again) at an all-time low?

Getting to Know What We Do Not Know

A new study shows how little we know about current and historical events. This affects strategies for how we understand and process the news.

I Hate Dancing

Video, I Hate Dancing

Choreographer Jo Roy celebrates the joy of dance in this short video.

Waterfalls

Two slow motion video clips of New York State waterfalls. One from Ithaca, the other from Niagara. Remix & enjoy.

Inge Storms the Links

For Mother’s Day: The inspirational trailer of one woman and her battle with a golf course.

Language, Militias and Occupation

What should the media call an armed group that takes over federal property and makes political demands? Oregon gives us a chance to consider.

Is it Smeagol or Gollum?

Turkey debates Lord of the Rings to decide whether a doctor will spend two years in jail over a Facebook post.

Satisfiction

Burgerbot and the art of language… Typo edition.

Where Are They Now?

Sad, melancholy and British. Steve Cutts channels his inner Jessica Rabbit as she gives an update on the current lives of 80’s cartoon stars.

Uptown Funk

Two video mashups of Mark Ronson’s overly ubiquitous Uptown Funk.