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Early morning footage of the Caijia Jialing River Bridge (蔡家嘉陵江大桥), the highest elevated metro line bridge in the world, in Chongqing, a municipality-level in city in China.

Song: 大鱼 (Big Fish) by 周深 (Zhou Shen)

taskmaster contestants ask you things

[Transcript: Compilation of Taskmaster contestants from various series as well as Greg Davies and Alex Horne asking questions:

It’s not a question I would’ve expected to ask after this task but have… have you ever walked? Are you a child of divorce? Would you like to see someone with three breasts? Did you ever use an x-ray machine? When you get your eyes tested do they put like cotton buds under the eyes and flip them up? Do we strike you? Are you a French trapeze artist? What's your favourite yogurt, how do you feel about death? What's your salary? Do you think you are an old soul? What what what did you last paint blue? Well have you stolen much in your life? Do you want to see a video of a whale? What's your favourite type of quiche? Would you like a threesome: you, me, and a water cooler? Is your name Pimpinacle? Do you like ear wax removal videos? Is there some pineapple hidden in your ass? Have you ever customized your own inhaler? Did you make babies in a test tube? Do you have a necklace on, is it a big necklace, does it have a sort of amulet on it, do you think it's a waste of my time asking you more questions about the necklace? Am I right in thinking that sweat and urine are made of the same stuff? Have you ever seen or eaten a wind dried puffin? How do you feel about communal showers? Is your greatest fear an animal of some sort? Does the average 55-year-old know what a high five is? What trousers do farmers wear now? Who invented right and left and what's it for? What's your favourite meat? If I gave you a sock to put in your pocket, would you take it with you to the end of your journey? Uh-eh-ah-oh [gibberish] does your letter, does your name begin with uh- (This last question is cut off with a buzzer sound. One of the other contestants screams “Oh my god!” twice while the audience applauses. After a small “Sorry” from the original asker, Greg Davies yells “Let's go again!”) End Transcript.]

"Glass Ceiling Feeling" by Lady Parts in We Are Lady Parts season 2 episode 6 (2024) dir. Nida Manzoor

World shattering, like changing, Mitski slow dancing with a stage light.

It’s the Basic Ball!

A ball for the rest of the LGBT-cuties.

—A Black Lady Sketch Show 1x02

That “Bitch he’s not eating he’s at work” has me flatlined

this sketch cured my depression i don’t have to go to therapy anymore i’m uplifted and seen and felt and heard and held

[ID: Video of two girls playing jump rope with the long shadows of a wind turbine across an open grassy field. In the far distance, there is a farm with cows, and the blue sky is occupied by huge white clouds. The video is accompanied by a calming string instrumental with smooth whistles. End ID]

[Transcript:

Jinkx Monsoon: See, the little secret is, so there’s a condo on that side and there’s a condo building on that side and they wanted this property so very very bad, and um, we moved in and prevented the hat trick from being completed with the condo development, so [chuckles] that’s our little stick-it, fuck you gentrification [laughs] [continues talking while laughing] so in between these two luxury condos is this group house full of queer witches that just build bonfires at the solstice [laughter intensifies]

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Cover by Faith Omole of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Nina Simone in We Are Lady Parts season 2 episode 4 (2024) dir. Nida Manzoor

[Video ID: The video shows two women singing on a boat, taking turns. The woman on the right is Sofia Adriana, she starts singing a traditional Spanish song often hummed while baking bread, called Panadera. Then the woman on the left , Palestinian Singer “Terez Sliman”, follows by singing the Palestinian song 'Ya Talleen Al Jabal'. Both women show harmony and synchronization in their singing, clapping their hands on the boat to create music.]

"Ya Tall’een Al Jabal " - "يا طالعين الجبل" , a song from the Palestinian heritage was sung by Palestinian women in coded language to their imprisoned husbands and relatives in British prisons during the 1936 revolution to tell them resistance fighters would soon free them, while disguising words with the letter "L.". While "Panadera" in the Spanish language means baker, it is a traditional Spanish song that women sang during the baking process. The movement of the hands in rhythm represents the baking process.

"يا طالعين الجبل" أغنية من التراث الفلسطيني كانت تغنيها النساء الفلسطينيات عند زيارة الأسرى في سجون الإحتلال. كانت النساء يضفن حرف اللام بين مقاطع الأغنية للتمويه لإيصال رسالة للأسرى أنه الليلة سيقوم الفدائييون بتحريرهم.

باناديرا في اللغة الإسبانية تعني الخبّاز، هي أغنية تقليدية اسبانية كانت النساء تغنيها أثناء عملية الخبز. حركة اليدين في الإيقاع هو عملية الخبز فعليًا.

Sung by: Terez Sliman (to the left) | Sofia Adriana Portugal (to the right)

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Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs performing Fast Car at the Grammys