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Captain Mark

markparbhoo

Today’s departure of the last B747-400s in the BA fleet prompted me to look through my archive and what the jumbo jet meant to me. I’ve always loved the shape

Gowhar

Gowhar_

1. Doing a thread on Mother Aisha's age. This is a transcript from @iyad_elbaghdadi's website that I found quite interesting. I'd have linked the page but it no longer exists.Q:

Mandroid

Bigbounce01

A #thread on some of the most stingy billionaires to ever live.1. Ingvar Kamprad The founder of Ikea flew economy, rode the bus, drove a decades old Volvo ...and regularly

IGBO History & Facts

IgboHistoFacts

Below are the #Thread of some events that took place in Nigeria-Biafra war:"Doctors Without Borders" was founded by 13 French doctors plus journalists who after their experience aiding Biafrans during

John Branch

JohnBranchNYT

I’m going to tell a story here. First, does anyone remember Valentine’s Day? Feels like a different epoch, right? It was the night my family and I flew out of

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

The Real Story of Conman Extraordinaire Frank Abagnale. [A Thread]Born on April 27, 1948, Frank Abagnale Jr. was raised in upstate New York. One of four children, Abagnale’s parents divorced

Kyrian Chiemelie Offor

KyrianChiemelie

Just as I left the hospital.Before I got to the intersection.They pulled before us in a black Toyota Sienna.Blocking us from moving further.These men.In black and blue jeans.And black tight

Richard Barrow in Thailand 🇹🇭🇬🇧

RichardBarrow

I just landed on an Eva Air flight from London to Bangkok. This thread is my experience today of what happens when you arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport. [1/12] #COVID19 #Thailand

Joanna Chiu

joannachiu

NEW: This Canadian couple lived in Xinjiang for 10 years. They can no longer stay silent about what they sawhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/04/21/this-manitoba-couple-lived-in-xinjiang-for-10-years-they-can-no-longer-stay-silent-ab

Crankster McGee

EvOutWest

Small Thread, history repeating: I read this over at NPR about Ammon Bundy/Idaho and opposition to state efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The piece mentioned hard right GOP

Anders Sandberg

anderssandberg

Friday physics fun: in 1778 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon estimated that the Earth was 97,000 years old. He did it by heating metal spheres in his foundry and measuring

Ken Bensinger

kenbensinger

With so much focus on Suspicious Activity Reports thanks to my colleagues' #FinCENFiles coverage, it's instructive to see a real world example of how law enforcement uses SARs to investigate

wenella x zhuyilong

wenella_subs

/1 Apr 10 CondeNastTraveler WeChat update: An insightful interview with #ZhuYilong on his travelling habits (seaside hotels!) & plans (i.e., visiting New Zealand for a road trip): https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Bh8QJSkN9Yd4Y5KKvpRRzQ (Will update

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 was in some respects one of the most critical of #WW2. With most troops evacuated & the defences of Cherbourg crumbling despite assistance from the firepower

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Here at last is some good news about the Covid-19 pandemic: In many places with strict lockdowns this spring, there were far fewer premature births than is considered normalhttps://trib.al/3M6CRWM

Sursdik

SURSDIK

Bill Gates: Crimes against humanity.1. Bill Gates: Satanist InSheep's Clothes?Theosophy And The 'New Age'By Henry Makow PhD7-9-6https://rense.com/general72/GATES.HTM 2. The Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationThe Grand Illusionhttp://www.jes