Lecture
Science: Heather Berlin Asks, “Who Is Your Brain?” (Video)
January 17, 2018
Interesting! Check out this TEDx Talk from Dr. Heather Berlin – neuroscientist, spouse of consciousness rapper Baba Brinkman, and mother of a new ‘experiment in diapers.’
“Dr. Berlin examines the relationship between the brain and mind, with a focus on borderline personality disorder. She looks at the neurological basis of identity, taking apart the stigmas that are often attached to mental illness.
By understanding how disordered minds construct a sense of self, we can gain insight into the selves that each of us creates through our choices and interactions with the world.”
– TEDx Talks
Hmm… the Doc’s got content on PBS and Discovery and off Broadway. Yup. Now she is on my radar!
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Why White People Should NOT Use The N-Word, Even If Black People ‘Use It All The Time’ (Video)
November 23, 2017
Ta-Nehisi Coates with no malice or attempt at ‘points scored’… but this is a plain and simple explanation of why the n-word is “NOT” when it comes to White people speaking the word.
Context is key.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Advice, Lecture, Speech, Videos | Tags: “N-Word†Rule, N-Word, Ta-Nehisi Coates | No Comments »
Dr. Charshee McIntyre Lectures On The History & Science Of Afrikans and Native Americans (Video)
August 29, 2017
Strength, beauty, honor, AND knowledge! Pay attention as Dr. Charshee McIntyre breaks it down in spite of diagnoses that would have many think she is ‘diseased’… Nah, she is in a constant state ‘dis ease’ (as in, “ill at ease”). Through her lineage, Afrikan and Native American (Cherokee-Choctaw in her instance), she speaks truth to her (read: our) existence and how we have diminished our humanity.
Dr. McIntyre gets deeper in depth in her lecture above. Rep. Maxine Waters popularized ‘reclaiming my time’… Dr. McIntyre implores us all to ‘claim our heritage’ and reclaim OUR humanity!
Yes, OUR humanity – Black, Red, White – all coming out of Africa… all intermingled genetically now. Traced back many, many millennia to The Motherland.
(Oh, and several historical myths are getting blown up in here. Sorry, not sorry, Columbus!)
Posted in Activism, Education, History, Lecture, Science, Travel, Videos, Vintage | Tags: Afrikans and Native Americans, Charshee McIntyre, Dr. Charshee McIntyre, The Black Side, TV108 | No Comments »
Theo E.J. Wilson’s TED Talk About Insights He Gained From Infiltrating The Alt-Right (Video)
August 23, 2017
“I became Lucius25, White supremacist lurker, and digitally I began to infiltrate the infamous alt-right movement.”
— Theo E.J. Wilson
Interesting point Wilson makes not too far in. The things we see online today are fed to us by an algorithm that determines what we might buy, and what we want to see & hear, and feeds us mre and more of that… and just that. So liberal feed fed Theo comes up with the idea of creating Lucius25 super-racist, and troll those who would troll him.
And he came to a new understanding about it all. Very interesting watch!
– @ojones1
Ice-T’s TEDxSingSing Talk On ‘Surviving’ (Video)
August 20, 2017
Recent throwback TEDx talk from Ice T. Great insights and a very worthwhile watch. In fact, I should not have even mentioned the throwback aspect. Relevant to today. Hear some real life struggles from the former light-skinned, light-eyed little kid named Tracy who had to turn gangsta just to survive growing up.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Lecture, Throwback, Videos | Tags: Ice T, Prison, SingSing, Surviving on the Inside, TEDx, TEDx Talks, TEDxSingSing | 1 Comment »
Mars: To Boldly Go Where No Human Has Gone Before, Space X Will Need To Get A Lander Up And The Cost Of Relocating To Mars Down (Video)
July 5, 2017
Wow, so SpaceX is launching its manned Mars lander in 2020? Wow. The goal of ‘making humans a multi-planetary species’ seems kind of far out, and that is the point. Mars is the next planet over, sure, but it ain’t just “next door.” It is far out there.
SpaceX Founder, CEO, and Lead Designer Elon Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead.
– SpaceX
Interesting. Musk is the first big wig in space matters to address why we are trying to just go back to the moon… It is not a good candidate for terraforming (e.g. we cannot make an Earth-like planet of it). Watch the presentation above and read a bit more below.
Posted in Lecture, Science, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: colonizing Mars, Elon Musk, Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species, Mars, Mars expedition, Mars exploration, Red Planet, Space X, SpaceX, terraforming, terraforming mars | 1 Comment »
Education: What Is ‘Infinity’… Really? (Video)
May 1, 2017
I know you are, but what I am I… I know you are, but what am I… Infinity!
If you had a nerdy Peewee’s Playhouse-watching friend (like me) growing up – or if you were that friend – then you instantly got the reference AND significance to the quote above. Hit the jump if you need clueing in. Ahhh, Peewee Herman: debate champ and math scholar. Hahaaaa! Invoking the concept of infinity to shut down a hater. Science!
Infinity is an elusive concept that can often be difficult to comprehend. In order to better define what infinity actually is, we brought in Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician and the author of “Beyond Infinity.”
Hands up if you ever countered someone with ‘infinity plus one’ though. C’monnnnn, you can admit it. That’s the paradox!
(Well, this gives new meaning to Souls Of Mischief’s “93 Til Infinity”…maybe).
– @ojones1
Posted in Education, History, Lecture, Science, Videos | Tags: A mathematician explains infinity, Eugenia Cheng, Infinity, MATHEMATICS, set theory, Tech Insider | No Comments »
Activist Tim Wise Gives “Anti-Racism” Lecture at University Of California (Video)
March 25, 2017
Nearly 90 minutes strong, this is video of the lecture given by Anti-Racist Tim Wise as part of UC Santa Barbara’s “Resilient Love In A Time Of Hate” series. Designed and delivered to ‘promote conversation and creative work that will forge a love-driven response to hate, hurt, and fear.’
Posted in Activism, Lecture, Videos | Tags: Advocacy, Anti-Racist, Anti-Racist Advocacy, Anti-Racist Advocate, Santa Barbara, Tim Wise, University of California | No Comments »
Robert Reich Enumerates Four Ways Trump Is Trying To Control The Media (Video)
December 24, 2016
What are the 4 ways Trump is trying to control the media? Watch our video and see how tyranny begins.
– Inequality Media
Wow. Did Former Secretary Reich draw a direct line between Donald Trump’s tactics and Adolph Hitler’s? Too much? Spot on? Watch and deliberate.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Lecture, Politics, Progressive, Videos | Tags: accountability, control the media, Donald Trump, free press, how tyranny begins, Inequality Media, media bias, Robert Reich | No Comments »
Want Your Next Video To Go Viral? Pay Attention! (Video)
November 9, 2016
So maybe you don’t have the sex appeal of a Tabria Majors, whose content goes viral from the jump whenever she wanna jump. But you can still go viral with yours (looking at you especially, emcees, models and other artists). I got something for ya. Check.
In this episode B-Doe offers some key advice on how to get your next video to break the internet. That’s right it seems like today, going viral is a key ingredient to success. Internet fame isn’t a measure of talent but hey bottom line is you might want to invest in getting your talent out there!
– @ojones1
Posted in Business, Hip-Hop, Lecture, Series, Videos | Tags: Ep 7., How To Go Viral, Mic Check, T E A M B A C K P A C K, Team Back Pack, Team Backpack | No Comments »
Romany Malco Reveals ‘The Racket Of Racism’ (Video)
October 5, 2016
Romany ‘Q’ Malco has been spitting facts since he was spitting rhymes back in the day with College Boyz (yeah, Google that sh!t). But this vid right here? Wooooo… KNOWLEDGE METER ON OVERLOAD! Malco calls this one “The Racket Of Racism.” Very thorough. Takes a bit of time (well spent) to get through. But the time will fly. Necessary viewing.
(Unpacking complex issues to simple truths. Great work!)
– @ojones1
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Science: Why Don’t Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? (Video)
September 30, 2016
More smart programming produced by PBS Digital Studios. Brilliant insights in this vid on what ants have to teach us about building efficient traffic networks. Such simple solutions, but many seem impossible. Because they are? NO.
Because…us!
Just watch, and maybe remember this the next time you’re stuck in that road jam downtown.
Posted in Animation, Environment, Human Interest, Investigation, Lecture, Science, Series, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Ants, It's Okay To Be Smart, PBS Digital Studios, traffic, Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? | No Comments »
Prince Ea – “Dear Angry Facebook User, This Is For You” (Video)
September 29, 2016
If you don’t like something, why are you giving it so much airtime… like you are getting paid to promote it?
– Prince Ea
Man, Prince Ea is talking about some powerful stuff. Love power. The power of positivity. That is not to say, “Do not be aware” or “Never get angry.” He’s saying don’t SPREAD anger and negativity (on Facebook or anywhere), and spread awareness and act from a place of love. Good stuff.
– @ojones1
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How Can You Tell If Someone Is Lying? (Video)
September 26, 2016
Okay. This is FASCINATING! Being able to divine the truth, or at least determine when someone is lying is the stuff of great spy stories, war movies, epic action-dramas, even sci-fi/superhero blockbusters… Captain America and the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. could have certainly used a lot more of lie spotting early on in “The Winter Soldier” right?
(By the way, if you haven’t already, you reeeeally should check out the BEST MARVEL UNIVERSE FILM TO DATE – “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”)
Deception can destroy confidence. Pamela Myer, the author of “Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception” and one of the most popular Ted Talks of all time, has made a career developing interview techniques and identifying verbal and non-verbal cues a person trying to lie to you might exhibit.
But let’s bring this skill back down to Earth. Consider how your parents (or you readers who are parents) utilize lie spotting day-to-day. How does a mom know when her child is lying about where she was this afternoon? How does pops already know about those scratches on the car door did NOT just ‘happen at the supermarket’? Or let’s get real-life: How can an investigator know if a person of interest is telling the truth or not… or how might a spy counter lie spotting techniques?
Or to get really real… How will you determine whether the candidates are answering truthfully during the U.S. Presidential Debate?
(Tonight at 9PM EST. I’ll be watching on PBS – available on TV or online here.)
– @ojones1
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Franchesca Ramsey Debunks Four Myths About #BlackLivesMatter (Video)
July 20, 2016
Franchesca Ramsey making the rounds from Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore over to MTV’s Decoded (all in the ‘family’…Viacom). Here you can see and hear her give facts that you can hit haters (e.g. those who insist on trolling against #BlackLivesMatter) in the head with. Now, do not get discouraged if all you get in response to your factual rebuttal is ‘All Lives Matter.’ You cannot have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Time for the truth. Press play above.
#BlackLivesMatter
Mike Adams Of Health Rangers Speaks On The Purposeful Poisoning Of Black People In America (Video)
July 11, 2016
Water poisoning is a tactic of terrorists and enemy combatants. Sounds like something someone at war with you would do. How about the KNOWN poisoned water citizens of Flint (Michigan, USA) were made to drink? Medical practice coverups and false diagnoses, predatory targeting… not in against U.S. citizens in America, right? Ever hear of The Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
That feeling you are feeling; hang on to it. Let it burn as researcher/journalist Mike Adams tells you what he knows to be the truth of American industries and government… let’s say… NOT PROTECTING Black people. Even if you cannot bring yourself to believe, you should make yourself watch.
Don’t just go quietly into the night.
Posted in Activism, Health and Wellness, Investigation, Lecture, Science, Videos | Tags: Afri Synergy News, AfriSynergy News, AfriSynergyNews, cancer industry, cover up, coverup, Extermination, Health Rangers, If You Are Black, medical malpractice, Mike Adams, poisoned water, Poisoning Blacks, vaccinations, Vitamin D, water poisoning, You Are Prime Target | No Comments »
Remembering Biggie Through The Samples Used In His Music (Video)
May 31, 2016
An audiovisual showcase of source samples used in Notorious B.I.G.’s works. Teach DJ. TEACH! Turntable lecture in session, folks. Pay attention!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Lecture, Performance, Producers, Videos | Tags: Biggie, Classic Samples, Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G., Power 106, Power 106 LA, Samples, VinRican, Wax Only, WaxOnly | No Comments »
Stephen A. Smith Says “Racism Doesn’t Exist” For Today’s Youth… They Strongly Disagree! (Video)
March 10, 2016
ESPN commentator and show host Stephen A. Smith stressed that “racism doesn’t exist†anymore and that “White folks got problems, too,†during a Black History Month speech he delivered at The University of South Alabama. He probably spoke his true convictions, as always. That doesn’t mean he’s not wrong. In fact, watch some youth (Black and White) school ‘folks’ [that believe in Stephen’s point of view]. They have an entirely different truth to share – that racism still exists – with FACTS to back it up. Impressive!
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Lecture, Opinion, Videos | Tags: Racism, racism definition, Racism exists, Stephen A. Smith, University of South Alabama | No Comments »
KRS-ONE – Black History Month: Lessons 1 & ​2 (Lecture Audio)
February 21, 2016
Black History Month: Lessons 1 and 2 is an eye-opening lecture of Black historical teachings by KRS-ONE. Narrated by Kris himself, this is a critique of Black History Month itself, re-frames the historical narrative of Black people in America properly, speaks of Black consciousness, cites and honors Black revolutionaries (past & present), and covers modern-day Black intellectuals. Mainly, Black History Month: Lessons 1 and 2 is meant to do away with misinformation regarding the African American ancestral narrative. Who better to do this with sharp intellectual analysis, retrievable facts, cited literature and poignant commentary than KRS-ONE? Nobody!
And what price is better than FREE? But, yeah, about that. Maybe… consider PAYING something for it; chipping in whatever you feel is doable financially. Because THIS is worthy work by a man who has been The Teacha to us all (Hip-Hop Nation, Black people AND Humanity) for so long. He did not have to do this. But once you click play you will be so glad he did!
Science/Technology: Doctors Can 3D Print Body Parts And Tissue (Video)
February 19, 2016
Above: Surgeon Anthony Atala talking about the real possibility (read: eventuality) that humans will be able to manufacture replacement parts for their bodies as easily as they make parts for cars (cars have bodies, get it?). The video punctuates recent huge steps in a positive direction in the science. Consider a convo about ink refills for your laser printer so you can turn your school paper in on time. Now, swap in 3-D printer refills; and the story could very well be about getting refills to generate another organ (kidney, liver), so you can turn it… into a second chance at life!
(Imagine: Honey, I burned myself badly again. Can you pick up a couple of organ material refills. I need to print up some replacement skin. Wowww!)
How real is this? Doctors (headed by Dr. Atala) at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced yesterday that they’ve managed to 3D print “living” tissue and organs that functioned properly when implanted in animals. Human trials are probably not that far away.
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