Candelestine

With the Russo-Ukrainian War progressing into its third year, it’s inevitably happened that there’s been dropoff in English-language news coverage of it. Any sort of news coverage eventually exhausts part of its viewership, so news companies may wish to pivot away from coverage to something more fresh and engaging to their...

Cross-posting this from the Science Communication community over on mander....

So, before I get started, I just want to firmly lay out my own personal support for Ukraine. I’ve been banned from lemmy.ml communities before just for saying Slava Ukraini. I do my utmost to assist the Ukrainian cause, from cheering their victories to talking to other Americans about the importance of the war there. I’ve...

Assuming someone is at a somewhat beginner level and wants to learn more than simply a whole bunch of recipes....

Been running this as my background listening for a couple weeks now, and have to admit, I am extremely impressed....

The first of the three inscriptions said to be carved into the Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle of Delphi resided: Know Thyself....

I didn’t know it at the time, but hours and hours of exposure to this theme during car rides would implant within me an innate appreciation for what video game music specifically tries to do, and the limitations it tries to do it within....

Either you played the game or you haven’t. It’s the only one that has ever made me regularly let the opening cutscene play out when I fired the game up to play....

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So, finally decided to pick the game up recently, and really enjoying it. But, I do have to admit, I’m a little rusty with shooters in general, and the scout role is pretty chaotic sometimes....

I know we pretty much all hated spez for all the shit he pulled, but a few weeks ago the tone towards reddit itself around here was more neutral. People liked it here on Lemmy a lot better, but people weren’t hating on the old place so much....

Pretty much what it says on the tin.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1477104...

With fantasy season starting up here soon, and hoping none of you are in my league, thought I’d share one of my best research sources....

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Covering only the original NES title, not the entire series, Andrew is going through each game in the series (he recently released the fifth installment) with a thorough, personalized breakdown....

Bess combines hypnotic delivery and deft editing in thoughtful, reflective essays on, if we’re being honest, mostly Higurashi. She approaches her work with a keen emotional intelligence though, drawing her listeners along the placid waters of her … ah right, I just watched the Bess vid… Anyways, you get the point....

This probably leans closer to some investigative journalism into Korean gamer culture, but I think it works very well as a window into some of the problems faced by not just Koreans, but other competitive gamers as well....

JttM does narrated microscopy videos, producing a bit of a spin on the more traditional nature documentary. Just, very small. And with no silly, added sound effects in post-production.

Ryan McBeth served as a Sergeant in the US Army before he retired, went to college and became a software engineer. After the Russo-Ukrainian War kicked off, he pivoted from content for aspiring software professionals to explaining military concepts from an on-the-ground perspective....

Lyn Inaizumi was the lead vocalist for the Persona 5 soundtrack. This is her live.

An exploration of the methods and motives of holocaust deniers. Also serves as an effective exploration of some of the methods used to empower conspiracy thinking in general.

So I’ve seen a few of them, I have this strange thing for LotR reaction vids for some reason. And Schindler’s List reactions too, but let’s not get into that. Anyways though, this is the best....

My Name Is Earl is a goofy, warm-hearted sitcom from the late aughts....

Well worth a re-watch from time to time.