Note: Plenty of profanity. Really good stuff too. UPDATE: Professor has since been suspended due to video, and is threatening to sue if not reinstated. This is a video of Ferris State University history professor Dr. Mehler’s welcome to my class Zoom speech. It’s moving. Moving in the direction of

This is a video from musician and Youtuber Andrea Boma Boccarusso providing a history of metal music, from the 1950’s to present. His lesson plan includes “a medley of metal examples accompanied by descriptions, artists, and albums that typified each era.” Neato. Of course if you don’t have time to

This is a video from Twitter user BallyMoran, who identified a famous landmark in London using Google Maps. This is a video of that. I didn’t really feel good about posting it, but I don’t feel good about a lot of things and still do them. That’s just the kind

This is a beautiful flyover of ancient Rome as it was around 4AD, digitally reconstructed in 3D by the folks at History In 3D. The eight-minute video represents about 40% of Rome, and the team hopes to reconstruct the rest in the future. Some more info about the video and

This is a video of Red Bull extreme athletes Fred Fugen, Vincent Cotte, and Mike Swanson performing wingsuit fly-bys of the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza. Stunning. You know, I hope I have the opportunity to visit the great pyramids one day. And I also hope I’m the first to

This is a full concert video from 1989 of Nirvana opening for fellow Washington-based grunge rock band Tad at Fahrenheit in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. This was after the release of Nirvana’s first studio album Bleach, but obviously prior to the band’s 1991 Nevermind and subsequent mainstream success. It also features Chad

This is another visualization comparison video from Meta Ball Studios (previously), this time comparing the depths of various known shipwrecks. The most interesting part of the video is at the very end when it zooms out so you can actually see all the wrecks at once. But the deepest wreck

This is some archival footage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), featuring a 1985 news segment of skiers versus snowboarders. According to the quintessential 1980’s ski patroller seen above: “Quite a lot of them are uncooperative. Some of them had a little bit to drink and, uh, smart alecks. You