Retired after 32 yrs.with the VSB. as a Spec. Ed. / Resource teacher. 2018 Van. Green nominee for school board. Public education is the great equalizer.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined August 2014
Apparently this retractable lightsaber is real.
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Bobby “Boris” Pickett performing Monster Mash (1962) — the ultimate Halloween anthem that never dies. 🧛‍♂️🎶 Still the grooviest graveyard smash over 60 years later. 💀🕺
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Speaking of the 1964 Judy Garland Show, that was almost destroyed by CBS, had the editor not stolen all the master tapes and saved them for 40 years... Here is a reunion between Judy Garland and Ray Bolger, Dorothy and the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz 🖤❤️
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Absolutely amazing✨🎶
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Amazing performance by these beautiful girls, the singer's voice is magical! ❤️
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One of the iconic songs of Simon & Garfunkel💙💙
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My 13 year old Daughter died from #BrainCancer 4,679 days ago. 💔 I would LOVE to see my Ashley’s name 4,679 times in comments for all the days she’s been missing. When you lose a Child, the most beautiful word you can hear is their name. ❤️ A Repost & Follow would mean the world to us to keep our Ashley’s story alive. 💜 𝒜𝓈𝒽𝓁𝑒𝓎 💜
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Neil Levang - Ghost Riders In The Sky (1961)
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"Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny remains a cultural touchstone, often associated with late-1950s Americana, romance, and melancholy. Its simplicity and emotional depth continue to keep it relevant.
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The only film footage of Mark Twain, filmed by Thomas Edison in 1909 at Twain's Connecticut home. xitter.cf/fluxfolio_/status/1980…
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California man successfully restores one of the first ever mercedes-benz from 1886 and gets it to start again 🔥
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The Brennan Monorail, 1902. Ended by the fear and misunderstanding of gyroscopes. They would 60 years later help us reach space…
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The giant 2 ton precision ancient Egyptian diorite scarab at the British Museum
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10 drives in with FSD v14.1 and here are all my thoughts. First of all- wow. Zero disengagements or interventions thus far. The confidence and overall human like driving is next level. The steering inputs are so smooth, braking inputs are earlier and more linear than before. It gives off Robotaxi vibes with how it navigates parking lots, plus how it drives and how quickly it backs into a parking spot. Such a nice experience to ride along with it. Seeing FSD now navigate parking garages is so cool. When you enter it waits for the arm to open after you get your ticket, proceeds in and finds a parking space. When you leave it does the same thing, gets close to the ticket stand and then proceeds. Really fascinating to see in person. It really sometimes feels like FSD can now read signs in the garage to guide it to the exit. Brought it to the back corner of a garage and it found its way out. Hurry mode is awesome, quick and more assertive than before, while also being smoother with less unnecessary lane changes. Sloth mode is what you’d expect- exact speed limit and gentle driving. Icons are cool and easy to change. When you start FSD from park, there’s no delay. It starts right away and leaves in a split second. Really good improvement. I love being able to select the Arrival Options if I am parking curbside or in a charger, it also automatically chooses depending on where you navigate to. It perfectly parks at Superchargers, tried it at the Tesla Diner and at the Santa Monica supercharger and both times it was excellent. Always centered in the lines and it parks better and quicker than the majority of humans do. Only thing so far to note is one instance of slight braking when going around a bus blocking a lane, was probably not even 1/2 of a second and dropped 1-2mph but felt it. Super super minor. Had FSD v14 move over for construction, a loose cone on a dark road, and obey a worker holding a stop sign. All of them were smooth and felt human like or better. It pulls in and out of my driveway great, doesn’t hesitate at all as well as when at chargers. Everything has a quicker response time. Curbside is cool too as it pulls right up against the curb perfectly in a parking spot. This release now means now 100% of your driving can now be done on FSD. From your driveway into a parking garage. Elon was right when he said it would feel sentient, and this isn’t even v14.2 yet. The Tesla AI team COOKED with this update. It’s phenomenal. Huge congrats to them for such an epic release. This is a HUGE update and I can’t wait to drive it more. It’s now 5am so I’m going to attempt to get some sleep, but tons more driving and videos coming later today as soon as I can. Thanks everyone for following along.
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Germans are going on patriotic hikes proudly raising the German flag. I don’t think you understand how BIG this is. When German self-loathing is over, the REVOLUTION is only just beginning‼️ Can you feel it? 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
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Ralph Fraatz retweeted
GREATER THAN THE PYRAMIDS!? 🤯 A massive labyrinth structure underneath the surface of Egypt has been discovered and its confirming ancient myths. For thousands of years stories circulated about a giant stone labyrinth that existed under Egypt. Now we have proof. 👀
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virtual reality in 1830
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SUBMERGED CITY IN THE ATLANTIC. During a mission coordinated by Paulina Zelitzki and Paul Weinzweig, two Canadian explorers working in collaboration with the Cuban government, a sensational discovery was made. The initial objective of the research was to locate colonial shipwrecks and underwater deposits in the area of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, in the province of Pinar del Río, near Cuba. But the researchers found something they couldn't believe! Off the west coast of Cuba, at a depth of about 650 meters, the researchers discovered artificial structures resembling buildings, roads, and even pyramids. It is a real submerged city. According to the images from the bathyscaphes attached to this post, these formations are up to 400 meters long and 40 meters high. The sonar images showed large square blocks of stone, aligned in a consistent pattern, with structures resembling multi-story buildings and stepped pyramids. According to initial surveys, the blocks appeared to be composed of granite, a material not found in Cuba or the Yucatán, but characteristic of central Mexico, where the Maya used it in numerous constructions. Thanks to an ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle), detailed footage and rock samples were obtained. It appears that the structures found do not have characteristics compatible with a natural origin and seem to date back many thousands of years. There is no other explanation for the fact that these granite structures, including some pyramids, are located at a depth of 650 meters. In our recent history, there is no record of an entire city sinking at that point on Earth. According to scholars, the city may have stood on an ancient land bridge about 150 km long that once connected Yucatán to Cuba. This strip of land, which later sank, may have been home to advanced populations, wiped out by some kind of cataclysm, still unknown. This discovery by researchers Paulina Zelitzki and Paul Weinzweig adds to the many findings that are coming to light thanks to modern satellites and automatic drones, which indicate that ‘before us’ there was a previous civilization around the world that existed during the Ice Age and was destroyed. – at Temescal Valley, CA
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Tofig Aliyev from Azerbaijan did the world’s first full “full at the World Games in Spain. A “full” “full” is a triple backflip with a 360° twist in each somersault. xitter.cf/gotrice2024/status/196…
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