Al Jazeera's 'How Well Do You Know Africa?' Interactive Web Game - Like Geo Guesser with cool pictures and clues!
"Can you get a perfect score of 100? Drop a pin where you think each location is, and see how close you get."
Very nice interactive map too, you can zoom around and scroll and tilt in "3D".
Very beautiful images of the countries to guess, with educational hints. You can replay it too, it randomizes the countries every try.
Great way to put Africa on the... Map... Of the world!
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2026/how-well-do-you-know-africa-map/Open linkView original on piefed.social
Mars image sparks debate over pyramid-like rock formation
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44667145
Alongside a separate report about a shiny cylindrical-looking object on the planet's surface
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-structure-on-mars-looks-uncannily-like-an-ancient-egyptian-pyramidOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
A 7-ton, 6-foot meteor traveling at ~45,000mph released energy equal to ~250 tons of TNT, lighting up the skies and causing a loud boom across northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania and New York
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cleveland-meteor-loud-boom-sound/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
Man Trains Crows to Attack MAGA Hats
In a particularly creative expression of anti-MAGA sentiment, a man who goes by the username “biz_dave” says he successfully trained crows to attack MAGA hats. As detailed in a series of posts on Threads, the self-proclaimed “big nerd” and “very part-time artist” stuck some tasty treats, including “peanuts, chicken scraps, mealworms, and dog kibble,” underneath a MAGA hat.
“Once they were coming regularly, it was only about three months to get them to the hat removal stage,” biz_dave wrote.
https://futurism.com/future-society/crows-attack-maga-hatsOpen linkView original on piefed.socialPredictive History (metaphysics)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42476058
Jiang Xueqin, born in 1976, is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, historian, and geopolitical theorist based in Beijing. He is recognized for his work in education reform in China, advocating for creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship. He holds a degree in English literature from Yale College and has held significant positions in Chinese educational institutions, including Shenzhen Middle School and Peking University High School. His writings have been published in various prominent media outlets, and he's a researcher at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
He also hosts the YouTube channel, Predictive History, where he analyzes geopolitical developments using historical structures and game theory, drawing inspiration from Isaac Asimov's concept of psychohistory. I’ve compiled 2 of his most important video lectures related to metaphysics:
- This video presents a "Theory of Everything" that challenges conventional scientific explanations of the universe, evolution, and the human mind.
- This video explores the concept of "great books" as texts that reveal the secrets of the universe and what it means to be human, challenging the materialistic and evolutionary views often taught in schools.
