Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks
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Animated “Hulk” feature film:
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Non-combative competitive Tai-Chi:
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Review of Banerjee, Duflo, and Kramer’s 2019 Nobel-winning work on the study of poverty:
Link to videoNot sure if there is an English version of such a succinct, high quality review. Please share if you find one. Otherwise I suppose you’d have to rely on English closed caption (it’s an option that you can turn on in YouTube).
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Not sure if this is affiliated with “TED Talk,” but stylistically this looks very much like a “TED Talk”.
This one is from a sociologist who did 20 years of research on mainland China’s sex service industry.
Given mainland China’s censorship regime, not sure how much she had to censor herself before she’s allowed to speak publicly on this topic. Regardless, she shows much compassion with her presentation.
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Excellent parody of Bruce Lee’s kungfu choreography:
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I do not follow figure skating as a sports. I came across this recent video and it seems to me the sports has entered yet a higher level of athleticism. Enjoy!
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Nice movie, G-rated, so quite OK to watch with kids.
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That was cool.
Reading about the Wankel, it seems like it was plagued with all kinds of problems (seals, pollution, inefficient fuel use, etc) which, ultimately, made it non-sustainable despite the clever engineering. Wikipedia talks about using hydrogen (!) as a fuel which is faster burning than gasoline and producing no emissions.
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Teenage “mean girl” dramedy:
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It’s also titled “Slap Her ... She’s French” in its European release.
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Short and cute!
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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Wang is really good with these kinds of show pieces. When I first saw her play
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The Schumann/Tausig reminds me of this gem of a transcription by Rachmaninoff:
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