Mon. 02/28 - Pres. Zelensky's Uncanny Comedy Career & the Perils of Idol-worship
That thing you’re looking at right now, it’s already fifteen seconds in the past. Plus, new findings from Apple and Harvard’s giant period-tracking study. And, before emerging as a wartime president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a prolific career as a comedian. Here’s a rundown of some of the wildest clips that have been resurfacing.
That thing you’re looking at right now, it’s already fifteen seconds in the past. Plus, new findings from Apple and Harvard’s giant period-tracking study. And, before emerging as a wartime president, Volodymyr Zelensky had a prolific career as a comedian. Here’s a rundown of some of the wildest clips that have been resurfacing––and a note on holding their humor together with the gravity of the moment.
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Links:
- Why your brain is a "time machine" living 15 seconds in the past (Inverse)
- Everything You See Is From 15 Seconds in the Past, New Research Claims (Popular Mechanics)
- Periods, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and heart health (Harvard)
- Apple's latest women's health study results focus on PCOS (Engadget)
- Apple Period-Tracking Data Powers PCOS Health Study (Gizmodo)
- Ukraine’s Courage, Putin’s Logic, and the Fox News Axis of Evil (The Problem With Jon Stewart, YouTube)
- Ukraine's President Zelensky: In the streets of a war-rattled city, a hero is born (Washington Post)
- Ukraine Elected a Sitcom Star President. His Show Tells Us What to Expect. (Slate, 2019)
- Слуга народа: Full Servant of the People episodes (Servant of the People, YouTube)
- "It's no coincidence that Trump got his start as a TV star..." (Joel Silberman, Facebook)
- President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dancing With the Stars DWTS in Ukraine in 2006. (Joel Thingvall, YouTube)
- Watch Ukraine's president perform Hava Nagila on piano "with his genitals" (Boing Boing)
- "Single Ladies"-esque music video (Студия Квартал 95 Online, YouTube)
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Did Voice Paddington (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Behind the Scenes: Zelensky recording Paddington 2 (VLGFILM Ukraine, YouTube)
- Paddington Bear, Refugee (The New Yorker, 2017)
- Volodymyr Zelensky's inaugural address (The Ukrainian Weekly)
- Ukraine conflict: Nigeria condemns treatment of Africans (BBC)
- Thread on ways to help African/Caribbean students evacuating Ukraine (Korrinesky, Twitter)
- OutRight Action International
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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