Here’s another one from an another friend’s son @ucla. Protestors take over access to area near school library demanding wrist bands and approval to each student passing.

“So you won’t let me in because I’m Jewish?”
“Ummm no… we have a couple Jewish students here … are you…

OTD in 1975, this iconic photograph was taken in Saigon. It captured people boarding an Air America Bell 205 on top of an apartment building during 'Operation Frequent Wind,' the evacuation of U.S. and U.S.-aligned South Vietnamese civilians in the Vietnam War's last battle.

🧵Remember the OUTRAGE when the FCC ended so-called Net Neutrality a few years ago?

We were told that the federal government must force “common carrier” rules on internet providers, lest we face the utter destruction of the internet as we know it!

It didn’t happen.

On the left -Paul the day he went home from Children's National Hospital 🏥 after his first open heart surgery 16 years 10 months ago. On the right -Paul going home today after his 5th open heart surgery at Children’s. Thanks to the amazing doctors and nurses at the hospital- Paul’s prognosis is…

'A terrible beauty is born.' On this date in 1916, Irish militants launched the Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Though crushed by April 29, it presaged an independent #Ireland and inspired W.B. Yeats' famous poem 'Easter 1916.' history.com/this-day-in-hi…

OTD in 1953, having been granted permission by the The FCC to explore the feasibility of 3D television, ABC News ran a live 3D broadcast trial of the series 'Space Patrol.' Affiliate KECA-TV (now ABC7 Community) aired the show, which required viewers to wear a pair of Polaroid lenses.

Extreme up-close video of the destructive Elkhorn, Nebraska wedge #tornado on April 26

A climate activist who smeared paint on a Degas sculpture at DC’s National Gallery of Art sentenced to 60 days in prison and 150 hours of community service (10 of which must involve cleaning graffiti). She’s also barred from DC and all museums and monuments for two years. yahoo.com/news/climate-a…

Monet posing with his Water Lilies

Everything in the Universe Fits in This One Graph. Even the Impossible Stuff universetoday.com/163927/everyth…

“It’s plausible that what we see from inside our Universe is simply the result of being inside a black hole that formed from some parent Universe.”

Sweet dreams, boys and girls!

Hypothesis:
The law does not apply to university professors.

Study design:
'I impulsively hit him on the head very lightly to get his attention and...'

Results:
'...they grabbed me threw me to the ground and arrested me.'

Conclusions:
The proposed hypothesis was incorrect.

OTD in 1981, Xerox introduced the the Xerox 8010 Information System, colloquially known as the Xerox Star. It was the 1st commercial personal computer to feature now-standard technologies like a mouse, graphical user interface, and e-mail. A single unit sold for around $16,000.

Australians when they are surprised

19th century email: OTD in 1884, the The New York Times reported the House of Representatives was considering “bills authorizing the building or buying of telegraph lines for the purpose of establishing a postal telegraph—that is, of sending mails by electricity.” timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1…

Wanna see what economic self-sabotage looks like?

Wedge tornado near Minden Iowa. #iawx