Something different on Youtube today: I interviewed Rob Waller, lead vocals & writer for @iseehawksinla.bsky.social who made my channel’s distinctive theme music I’ve been using for years. A wide-ranging interview on the band itself, songwriting, California country, and more! youtu.be/3-IEhZEnMGE

I take a look at Old Norse words that have wound up in French (and often, from there, in English). Full video on youtube: youtu.be/GQF18F24jjU

Today on Youtube: my take on why I don’t think the extinction of Icelandic is impending (complete with disclaimer in Icelandic). Full video at: youtu.be/c54KjqR_ejg

Today on youtube I’m answering a viewer question about the categorization of color in Old Norse. Full, longer video with links in the comments to my published peer-reviewed work on this subject: youtu.be/XuAOdF91YEg

Because it’s come up now & then I put a video on Youtube (full-length: youtu.be/rMW97Wl-Uh8 ) about how there’s really no evidence of a “commandment” that historical Norse pagan men needed to grow a beard, & how little we know at all about that religion’s *practice* (as opposed to its *stories*)

With a lot of people seeing the aurora even pretty far south, it’s remarkable to recall that it is *never* mentioned in Norse mythology. (As discussed here, some modern people try to make Bifrǫst the aurora, but it’s explicitly labeled as the regnbogi—“rainbow.”) Full video: youtu.be/_QLkE3mnkQk

In honor of Yggdrasil getting a headline in @theonion.com here’s a little more context about it (also on Youtube)

(ca. 2015) “I wish that American academia would fundamentally change in the next decade.”

On this “Fenrir” tattoo in the discourse today (and similar “Norse” tattoos). Cross-posting from Youtube because a lot of people are discussing it here; not sure if the dimensions look right here but it’s on Youtube at m.youtube.com/shorts/UvNfu...