Andy C

Hit the deck

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

Søren Kierkegaard on the Importance of Walking

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.”

[La Vermu ツ🍸 🇪🇸 @Vermutin2]

Pasada total la del skater profesional olímpico y los fotógrafos 🔝🔝🔝

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

This scene in Transformers will never not be hilarious 😂

[culture @notgwendalupe]

Snoop Dogg meeting Katy Perry, listening to California Gurls for the first time, and adding his verse.

[Harrison Ford @HarrisonFordLA]

May the fourth be with you

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[Factus8 @FACT290]

Joy Division's TV debut.
Shadowplay on Granada Reports in 1978.
#FactoryFriday

[On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦 @dailysimpsons]

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers.

#TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996. @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill

[NASA @NASA]

A new milestone for humankind: The crew of Artemis II are now the farthest any human has ever travelled, reaching a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth.

This surpasses the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by about 4,102 miles.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Tirah valley - the land of pure hashish .....

In the heart of Tirah Valley, a farmer keeps the old traditions alive, selling his hash bucket and chopping it with an axe to measure the weight. A glimpse into the rugged, timeless practices of the valley, mountainous region located in Orakzai District and southern part of Khyber District, positioned between Khyber Pass and Khanki Valley in Pakistan 🇵🇰

Pakistan today is a conservative, Islamic country, but it was a far different place in its younger days. In 1960s and '70s, Pakistan's elite, many of them educated in West, could publicly indulge in more liberal acts, including drinking alcohol. Pakistan was also part of "hippie trail," from Türkiye to India, which young Westerners traveled.

Today, trekking through the secret, narrow passes in the mountains of Tirah, Landikotal and Jamrud tehsils of Khyber Agency, Haji Zubair Afridi and his aides smuggle goatskins in a pickup through Kacharo Kosa. Hidden underneath it are kilos of hashish – what Afridi refers to as his “black gold.”

Their final destination is a clandestine warehouse in Jamrud Bazaar, where Zubair exchanges the animal skin for bundles of cash. He hands out Rs5,000 to the pickup driver and Rs3,000 to a teenage assistant. The rough terrain, he says, has nothing much to offer except for the unending clashes between rival groups. It is, however, rich in abundance as far as hashish is concerned.

The moderate climate and red soil make it a child’s play for Tirah Maidan’s local farmers to grow cannabis. The crop’s stems are hung for two weeks to dry, after which a thin cloth is used to carefully thresh the plant to extract the dust power called “garda.”

Converting garda into consumable hashish is a long process. It must be wrapped inside a fresh goatskin for as long as three months until it turns into a greenish black substance. One skin can contain around 10 kilogrammes of garda.

The skin provides the oil needed to solidify ingredients, said Nisar Afridi, a veteran hashish dealer. The longer the garda is kept inside the skin, the better it tastes. June, July and August are the best months to do this, but direct sunlight should be avoided so the final product is not dry, he added.

Hashish is supplied to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as well as Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi where consumers are willing to pay nearly 10 times more than those in Jamrud, Nisar said.

“We don’t transport it. We just sell it in the agency,” he said, adding that people buy it from them and smuggle it through the Karkhano check post on mules, horses and in vehicles.

Taj Muhammad, a real estate agent and builder in Hayatabad, while loading his cigarette with moist green hashish said that if the hashish is dry, it loses its effect and gives a headache. He has been addicted to it for 15 years and believes it is less harmful than tobacco.

There are no official statistics on total hashish production in the valley. A tribesman familiar with the matter, however, said that a banned outfit controls the price and is heavily invested in the business. In November and December last year, a kilogramme was being sold for Rs65,000 while in June, July and August, the supply increased, dropping the price down to Rs45,000. There are about 250 shops selling hashish in the Wazir Dandh area, Jamrud.

Wahid Gul Afridi, a khasadar force official, is known for recovering thousands of kilogrammes of hashish and has been especially posted at a checkpoint to do just this.

“My instincts can catch hashish dealers, even when the drugs are hidden in vehicles,” he said, adding that he can sense traffickers by their “strange looks”. Gul claims that his resolve has not been broken by the numerous bribes offered to him. “I do this work to get a promotion; I don’t do it for bribes.”

🎥 : Credit to the Owner

© Mohammad Irfan / The Tribune

#archaeohistories

[Mike Constantine @Moonpans]

Apollo 16 Lunar Rover Onboard Footage HD

Longer version in comments

This spectacular footage was filmed by Charlie Duke on board the Apollo 16 Lunar Rover using the 16mm DAC Film Camera. It shows the drive piloted by John Young from Station 11 to Station 13.

The footage has been upscaled, interpolated to 60FPS and synchronised to mission audio by Moonpans

Original footage source : Apollo Flight Journal

[DS @DorkSirjur]

Next we go back 40 years with a mixtape from one of the biggest artists in music:

This is @drdre - Cuts Like These Roadium Mixtape 1986

One of the many mixtapes sold at Roadium Swapmeets in the 80's and early 90's, this is a young Dre showing his skills on the deck with some outstanding early hip hop.

Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.

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[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

Sunday Albums of Guitar Gods: Black Sabbath – Master of Reality

1/5 – Intro

Tony Iommi tuned down, and metal got heavier. Master of Reality helped spark doom, sludge, and stoner rock years ahead of its time.

Here is "Sweet Leaf" live audio from 1973.

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

🚨: Quantum entanglement visualised for the first time ever

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

🚨: You are looking at NOBLE PRIZE WINNING work.

This is timelapse of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of the Milky Way over a period of nearly 20 years.

[DS @DorkSirjur]

Next up a legendary act with a fantastic set, 28 years ago:

This is Daft Punk @ The Arches, Glasgow 24.01.97

Thought I'd use a pic without the helmets this time! I posted this last Jan, but here's a better quality version. Tracklist in first comment.

Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.

👇🔥👇

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Rage Against The Machine plays at Zed's record store in Long Beach in March 1992, seven months before the release of their debut album.

[Andy C @AndyC793]

@joeroganhq Quality tune. Underworld

[Andy C @AndyC793]

@earthcurated @CrispeThe

[Andy C @AndyC793]

@QTarantino_news What does it mean Mr. Quentin