What's Interesting on the Video Internet
Government shutdown, a Nazi in Canada, and Birds Aren't Real
Every week we’ll bring you interesting stories from around the internet that use video or data visualizations to give us new insights about our world.
Politics
Good five-minute explainer on the looming government shutdown and the GOP infighting.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@wsj)
Diane Feinstein was the first female president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman to serve as mayor of San Fransisco (in the turbulent time after the assassination of George Mascone), and the first female U.S. Senator for California. Watch this retrospective of her career.
(Source: The Washington Post)
Three minute highlights from the Republican debate.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY)
International
Canada’s House of Commons honors former Nazi SS soldier during a special session with Volodymyr Zelensky. Democracy Now explains how no one in the Canadian government seemed to check wikipedia for a WWII refresher before extending the invitation (*reminder: the title of this post is what’s interesting on the internet; not necessarily what we agree with on the internet).
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@DemocracyNow)
War
A photo essay here on the U.S. finding “some success in the war on terror” in Somalia. Below, a piece from NBC on how it’s happening.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@NBCNews)
Science
NASAs remarkable six year mission to secure and retrieve a sample from the asteroid Bennu ended successfully this week with a landing in the Utah desert. Below, the moment it touches down and what’s next.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@NASA)
Miscellanea
This week in history, TV changed politics forever.
If you haven’t heard about Birds Aren’t Real, then what are you even doing on the internet.
Update on that Chinese spy ballon.
(Sources: History.com, https://www.youtube.com/@TED, https://www.youtube.com/@CBSSundayMorning)
Editors Choice
The Economist on how to make poor areas richer.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEconomist)
Data Visualizations of the Week
(Source: https://www.wsj.com)
Look at the changes in ages 1-44. This is a jarring.
(Note on source: We found this on twitter but could not locate the original post on USA Facts. The data does however seem to be consistent with CDC reporting.)
And, last, your football and Taylor Swift update:
See you next week,