The astonishing Ugandan cinema, Korean horror films, a lot of psychology, vaccines, phalluses and vulvas are just a few of the little things you'll find in this edition of Recommended Links, a weekend column for people who know everything they still need to know. Enjoy!
There's nothing like the action cinema of Uganda and Nigeria - VFX with paint and spectacle above all: "Nollywood is the name given to Nigerian film production. Although we haven't heard much about it, it is one of the most prolific film industries in the world, employing more than 1 million people, just behind agriculture in terms of number of employees in the country. But of course, the visual results of its films are hilarious because many are made with whatever is at hand."
10 most disturbing Korean horror films in cinema: "In recent years, Korean horror cinema (also known as K-horror) has become one of the genres most sought after by horror fans. Standing out for its mix of urban legends, human psychology, furious spirits and lots of gore. Below, we made a list of 10 most representative Korean horror films."
The two thieves, an Egyptian tale written more than 3,000 years ago: "The story of The Two Thieves is narrated by Herodotus (484 to 425 BC) in his second book of history, Euterpe, dedicated to Egypt. In this version that I made of it (respecting the original as much as possible, but omitting the unintelligible parts), it is "surprising" that the pharaoh sent his daughter to a brothel, but we must take into account that in that era there existed "the sacred prostitutes" who practiced their profession in temples dedicated to the gods. Having made this introduction, let's see the story."
Achilles and post-traumatic stress disorder: "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness produced by exposure to a threat to life or physical integrity with experiences of helplessness and terror. Soldiers sent to war are among the groups most at risk of suffering from it. Therefore, could Achilles' behavior in the Iliad be an expression of this pathology in antiquity?"
We turn everyday problems into mental disorders: "Allen Frances (New York, 1942) directed for years the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), in which different mental pathologies are defined and described. This manual, considered the bible of psychiatrists, is periodically revised to adapt it to advances in scientific knowledge. Dr. Frances led the team that wrote the DSM IV, which was followed by a fifth revision that considerably expanded the number of pathological entities. In his book Are We All Mentally Ill? (Ariel, 2014) he is self-critical and questions that what is considered the main academic reference of psychiatry collaborates in the growing medicalization of life." Thanks, Francisco!
Rosenhan experiment: "The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment on the validity of psychiatric diagnosis carried out by psychologist David Rosenhan between 1968 and 1972.[1] It was published in 1973 in the journal Science under the title "On being sane in insane places" ("Being sane in insane places").[2] The study is considered an important and influential critique of psychiatric diagnosis."
RNA vaccines, unfortunately only for rich countries and with great effort: "Vaccines, due to the complexity of having to be administered to the entire world population to stop or completely eliminate pathogens that, as in the case of the current SARS2-CoV, are putting the global health and social system at serious risk, must have a few, but very important, characteristics. Thus, vaccines must (of course) first be safe and effective against the pathogen in question, but they must also have other characteristics such as..."
Phalluses and vulvas everywhere, when explicit did not imply obscene: "Currently, the presence of explicitly visible images of genitals in public is unthinkable in most of the world. Except in places like Bhutan, it is considered vulgar and censurable that can produce an exaggerated public reaction depending on its exposure. However, this was not always the case. Centuries ago, whatever their function, they were abundant and visible naturally, even in the religious context, including the Christian one."
What is the coldest hour of the day?: "As the hours of darkness go by, temperatures drop more and more. Logically, the more hours pass since the Sun has gone, the lower the temperature we will have. Thus, what many people imagine, that it is at midnight when it is coldest, does not happen. So, we arrive at the moment when it is about to dawn. Is this the coldest moment? Not yet."
This is how the youngest of planetary nebulae is fading: "In just 20 years, the Stingray Nebula has lost brightness and changed shape, according to observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. The sudden temperature changes suffered by its central star seem to be behind this unprecedented and rapid deterioration."
The 9 oldest libraries in the world: "The first libraries appeared shortly after the first civilizations began to keep written records. Those first libraries, dating from approximately 2500 BC, served to store clay tablets. Although almost all of them have been destroyed, several complete works and fragments of their collections have managed to survive."
How to cut an enormous ship full of automobiles with a chain: "In September 2019, the 180-meter cargo ship MV Golden Ray capsized off the port of Brunswick, Georgia, due to an imbalance in its cargo of more than 4,000 cars. The ship was unrecoverable, so maritime salvage experts have done the only thing they could: cut it into slices..."
Videos
Liquid cooling in a camera, video game songs on an 80s synthesizer, how women in ancient times urinated with those dresses, jazz bagpipes, a chocolate harp, "All that she wants" on harp, Oh, noooooo, dinner time, a John Deere harvester on fire, the little bird eating wasps, the asteroids that should worry us, all the fuss about 90s porn, the Arecibo observatory falling, an apple exploding in the air, "Piano for the Wild Macaques" in a temple in Thailand surrounded by macaques, a fragment of a remastered silent film from 1906, the Overture of Overtures, exploring a nuclear shelter, the most dangerous road in Britain, the Mandalorian Rap, cannabis time-lapse, the hypnotic balls, ultrasound of an elephant fetus, why in Ancient Greece they didn't see blue, and a date between the Devil and 2020.
Galleries
Tech support nightmares, old Tom and Jerry posters, redheads around the world, "Born of Nature", the return of the Titanic survivors, woolen animals, the giant moon, if cartoons were real, portraits of Native Americans, Eda Wong's street photography, the Russian who married a sex doll, crazy DIY, radioactive dinnerware set, mothers around the world, dogs and their owners, the best photo awards of 2020, the best historical photos of the year, the Animated Dump and, of course, the Weekly Visual Dump.
https://old.neoteo.com/aprender-mejorar-ajedrez/To close, I want to tell you that the Rojo Sangre Festival this year is online. There are several crazy movies to see, from all nationalities and all completely free. It lasts a few days, so take advantage. Here you have the festival schedule. The films can be seen on Cont.ar and on Flixxo. And although it's not competing, you can also watch the Uruguayan slasher "Al Morir la Matinee" on Cine.ar, completely free. A nice program for the weekend. Enjoy!
