To get started for free, visit https://brilliant.org/Aperture/ and the first 1000 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/these-missing-nuclear-weapons-could-end-humanity Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch While the U.S. has historically been at least semi-transparent about its nuclear mess-ups, other nations have been much more secretive. We know very […]
Michael Kosta unpacks the latest in Musk and Trump’s messy bromance breakup: Elon doubling down on critiques against the Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s parent-level guilt, Kanye West calling for a ceasefire, and threats of an Epstein files leak. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt explains that the president is merely playing a game […]
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155 Irish soldiers versus thousands of Katangese and their mercenaries. Sounds like a losing battle, right? You’re correct – but what if the Irish had some whiskey…? “The siege of Jadotville was an engagement during the Congo Crisis in September 1961. “A” Company, 35th Battalion (UN service) of the Irish […]
Mexican cartels are infamous for their brutality – you probably shouldn’t mess with them. But that’s what Alejo Garza Tamez did. “Alejo Garza Tamez (1933 – November 14, 2010), better known as Don Alejo, was a Mexican businessman and hunter. Don Alejo made news when he died heroically after having […]
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Jon Stewart breaks down Netanyahu’s “urgent” strike on Iran’s nuclear program, MAGA’s sustained focus on battling protesters and immigrants in Democratic cities, and how Trump’s unattended parade of weaponry explains America’s muted response to the Minnesota assassination. #DailyShow #MiddleEast #MAGA #Minnesota Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily […]
To get started for free, visit https://brilliant.org/aperture the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/storytelling-a-double-edged-sword Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch Humans are incredible at pattern recognition, and that is one of the reasons stories are so powerful. We’re able to make connections between the […]
Jordan Klepper covers the latest on a potential war with Iran, including the fight between Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz that was heard across the MAGA-verse and Trump’s big decision to ignore the problem and focus on erecting flagpoles. #DailyShow #Trump #TuckerCarlson Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow […]
Take our audience survey here: https://to.pbs.org/2025SurveyRH King Philip’s War was the deadliest conflict of the colonial period. What scared the colonists most was the sophistication of Philip’s forces. Indigenous warriors used guerrilla tactics that the English, trained in European-style warfare, were completely unprepared for.So while the colonists were the ones […]
