#1979

Scott Bevan

scottylar

I’ve just had a fantastic email from one of my uncles. As some of you may know, I recently began researching my family tree. My dads parents both passed away

Steve Fenn

StatHunting

My next Tableau Development Academy class begins in a week. Enjoy learning this valuable tool by charting basketball & soccer data.After eight 2-hour sessions on Mon & Wed evenings &

Michaël Mangeon

Mangeon4

Saviez-vous que les réacteurs 5 et 6 de la centrale #nucléaire de Gravelines devaient être les tranches 1 et 2 de la centrale nucléaire de Darkhovin (#Iran) ?Un petit thread

Yung Ògògó 🇳🇬

akintonmide

A thread of the MOST disturbing movies EVER made. 1. Salò or the 120 Days of SodomThe most provocative and disturbing movie ever made in history. It explored sodomy, orgy,

Eric Garland

ericgarland

I am a guitarist. Exceedingly few people ever innovate to the point that the instrument itself is changed permanently. This Dutch kid from California did so.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7XiJgt0vY As with players like

Paul Bear DKG

2DogsInACoat

So I have a silly DJ persona called DJ 4KLYFT, which I can't begin to get into right now cuz it's a long story...That being said, I've been making short

Jimfestissumam

Jim_Rangeley

Gonna listen to some classics today while in the brewery. Starting with Converge - Jane Doe. Concubine is 1min19secs of pure carnage. Rippingliy fast, and sets the tone to the

Ask An Entomologist

BugQuestions

DDT is an incredibly potent and environmentally damaging insecticide, banned in the US since 1972, but is still used in mosquito control.In 1979, the small Brazillian town of Floresta, after

Donald Mitchell

DonaldM38768041

Turner Whitted's first ray-traced image from 1979 took 74 minutes to compute on a 1 MHz mainframe. Computer graphics includes problems of the digital and analog domains. Although graphics is

kevinchesters

hairychesters

There is one narrative around this election that the media has conveniently chosen to ignore. The entire Thatcher myth has been created that her success was due to appealing to

Iwuchukwu Stevenson

stevieiwuh5

The American Company That Generates $1.5 Billion Dollars Every 12 Months Using The ONE BELIEF Copywriting Method!Here's how they do it...[THREAD] It's True, it really does exist, and in case

Matty|| ᴹ♚ᴶ

FfsMatty_

#MichaelJackson Album Commercials [THREAD] Off The Wall (1979) Thriller (1982) 2nd Thriller Commercial (1982) BAD (1987) 2nd BAD commercial (1987) Dangerous (1991) 2nd Dangerous commercial (1991) HIStory (1995) 2nd

Melissa Ingala, Ph.D. 🦇

bat_biomes

Nobody asked but here are some thoughts I have about the 1979 Ridley Scott film, Alien: 1. Why the fuck does every spaceship have a weird room. The Nostromo has

Jiksun Cheung

JiksunCheung

Delicious first lines in flash that made me go WHATTT:A thread.In no particular order and w/o links to the original piece because of their awesome first line-y standalone goodness (but

Fidato

tequieremos

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have deep economic, political and military ties. It's history goes back to 1943 when King Abdul Aziz send the first foreign aid of £10,000 on the

Uzbekistan Tourism Ambassador

UZAmbassador

On 26 April 1966, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale ripped through Tashkent, devastating the historic city. 300,000 people were left homeless, & the city had to be