Friday Nite Videos | October 22, 2021

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Multilingual Disinformation | John Oliver. Lorde | Te Ao Mārama / Solar Power. Jordan Klepper at Trump Rally in Des Moines. QAnon Conspiracies Are Tearing Through Evangelical America. India Walton and Chokwe Antar Lumumba | In Conversation.

What Dune Should Teach Us About the Beauty of ‘Wastelands’

Celina Osuna, Ed Finn and Osvaldo E. Sala Scientific American
In order to break away from the empty myth of the desert wasteland, we need to kindle collective understanding of the deep-rooted connections between sustainable drylands and a shared sustainable future.

How Developing Countries Can Make mRNA Covid Vaccines

Stephanie Nolan The New York Times
Wealthy nations are failing to vaccinate the world, health experts say. Here are 10 companies outside the US that have the production facilities, skilled workers and experience to manufacture mRNA for global distribution.

Lorde | Te Ao Mārama / Solar Power

New Zealand singer/songwriter Lorde has released a 5-song set from her new album in the Maori language. “I am richer for having sung in te reo” she says.