The news for the last couple of weeks has been pretty depressing, faith-in-humanity-wise. I’m going to turn off CNN/MSNBC for now and put this video on instead.
Or maybe this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdqjp3yK1Co
Feel free to share your own chillout/de-stressing techniques — videos, music, books, meditation techniques, whatever. Or any other brain bleach you want to pass along.
Consider this another open thread for uplifting stuff. No trolls, MRAs, etc.
If people are still needing a laugh, I present to you: Google Translate Sings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLreV7uVy0
“I’ll Make A Man Out of You” is my favorite. I can’t watch it without laughing so hard I ugly cry.
Another Ghostbusters review. I wonder of they added some lines to reflect the controversy when they filmed the pick-ups; sounds like they might have.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/10/i-love-ghostbusters-and-i-love-paul-feig-so-why-do-i-only-like-his-female-remake
Thanks for the congratulations everyone.
@14 Cats And Counting!
The paper is about biochemical identification methods for bacteria. (Spoiler alert: They don’t work very well for my organism.) It’s going to be in BMC Microbiology. If you’re interested, I can let you know when it gets published. It’s an open access, online journal, so anyone can read it.
I’d love to read that, ej, if you don’t mind the fact that it links your real name to this website.
Her Grace Phryne-No probs! I have always loved those frogs. 😀
@Alan
They did change a scene. I’m looking forward to it; sounds hilarious.
http://www.themarysue.com/ghostbusters-internet-troll-scene/
@EJ (TOO)
Sure. I’m not sure how interesting it will be to someone outside the field, but I’ll let you know when it goes up.
Honestly, I’ve dropped enough information on this site that you could probably figure out my real name with a little bit of effort (but it would be a bit creepy if you did). Thankfully, my name is extremely common, so it does give me a bit on anonymity online. I don’t mind sharing this one paper.
But the important question is: are you as mysterious as the dark long of the shoe??
I love so many of the Google Translate Sings videos!
@EJ
Apparently, the journal was really quick with this one and the paper just went up. Enjoy!
http://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-016-0768-6
@Arctic Ape I think you might enjoy this:
https://youtu.be/vsINANZ6Riw
It’s Swahili, but it’s rich and uplifting in a very similar way.
Also, I highly recommend both the app Viridi, and the soundtrack for said app.