Darren Pearson

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is real footage from 120 years ago.

None of the people in it knew that the city around them had four days left...

What you are watching is a cable car gliding down Market Street in San Francisco, filmed on the 14th of April, 1906.

The camera was mounted on the front of the car, so you see the city exactly as it was: the crowds, the horse-drawn carriages, the early automobiles weaving through traffic, the men in hats, the great buildings rising on either side. An ordinary spring afternoon in a thriving American city.

Four days later, on the morning of the 18th of April, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck. The shaking lasted under a minute, but it ignited fires that burned through the city for days...

By the time it was over, more than 3,000 people were dead and roughly 80 percent of San Francisco had been destroyed. Almost every building you see in this footage was gone.

And the film itself nearly went with it.

The negative was placed on a train bound for New York on the 17th of April, the day before the earthquake. Had it left a single day later, it would have burned in the fire along with the studio that made it.

This entire moving record of a lost city survives because of one day...

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@adambspencer Yeah, totally. How long was your driver stuck in a single lane queue because the idiots at the front triple parked and blocked it all up?

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Legend says they’re still looking for the ball.. 😂

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Curie point of iron, which is approximately 770°C, the temperature at which iron loses its ferromagnetic properties and becomes paramagnetic, the iron no longer being attracted to the magnet above

[TechDay Australia @techday_au]

WA's 34th INCITE Awards in Perth recognised leading achievements in tech innovation, gender equity, and STEM excellence, with Norwood Systems among the honoured. #INCITEAwards #TechInnovation #GenderEquity #STEM https://t.co/VoCbVMk17y

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This surreal phenomenon called Lāhainā Noon, also known as a zero‑shadow day, happens twice a year in Hawaii when the Sun passes directly overhead at solar noon, causing vertical objects to cast no visible shadow.

[David Carroll @Dac3064David]

@blakandblack #LNPNeveragain Nailed it.

[Don Keith @RealDonKeith]

🤣Two guys try stinky Chinese tofu. Funniest thing I’ve seen in ages.

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@9cuddles So any commentary about how candidates are directing preferences is solely referring to their how to vote cards?

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

Anyone know how to find out where each candidate is directing preferences? #auspol

[It's Not A Race @ItsNotARace2025]

Q: Why do people say the Coalition has a 'woman problem'?
A: Oh. My. God.

#ausvotes2025 #auspol
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[Daily Dose of Joy @DailyDJoy]

I though this happens only to humans 😀

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

A few years ago, I wrote a book. It was the culmination of my most important posts and the stories behind them. Writing this book also helped keep me sane during insane times, and as of today, I'm giving it away for free 😊 https://t.co/wb6LZptUWx

[T. Bernadetti @MrsRoyKeaneo]

The last one!😂😂😂😂
Turn it up!😂😂😂

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@troyhunt @KITKAT Thanks for sharing, that’s pretty much the exact opposite of what I thought a Microsoft Regional Director was.

[Interesting STEM @InterestingSTEM]

How to make symbols with Keyboard

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@kayosports @ChasGulden2024 How do we do that in the Kayo app?

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@sewistwrites I’m re-reading Anne Rice series at the moment (starting with Mayfair Witches).

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@BlackCheesebur1 @briski715 I only use vegetable oils in my pole saw. Much nicer for the tree than petrochemical oils.

[Darren Pearson @Darren_Pearson]

@speedbird020 @weather_wa @coffeevanishere @perthovalman @ImTheOnlyAstro @ManjitK6987 @baxlex @WendyBirdOZ @drstip @KoomenRile24659 @Richard_Kreider @BunburyWeather @sivideoaviation @Sparrow_65 @Barnsy_Lisa @2017Ferret @BigV2011WCE @Rob_lebob @aussie_robbob @N8aviation @perthobs Awesome shots!