This is John Lyke, who has a very cool niche.
He went to film school and was a pro rollerblader & snowboarder.
This venn diagram of skills makes him an expert “blade camera operator”, a job that involves filming with a $100k camera while on roller blades.
You may have caught his footage in HBO’s fictional re-telling of the 1980s LA Lakers (“Winning Time”).
The basketball scenes are lightly co-ordinated and — to keep the action as real as possible — the players just go hard for 10-15 plays in a row and they take the best footage to edit.
End result is 💯.
I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…
Would you rather live in 2023 or a hundred years ago in 1923? 🕰️ Let's take a journey back to the Roaring Twenties and see if it's as glamorous as we imagine.
Our planet has just endured the hottest summer on record.
Climate breakdown has begun.
We can still avoid the worst of climate chaos. We don’t have a moment to lose.
https://t.co/PCETCQFsqW
70,000 people trapped in a desert by extreme rain, running out of food, with rumors of disease spreading, and porta-johns overflowing - but determined to keep the party going, is such a great metaphor for our civilization right now.
https://t.co/iTQj6JashK
THREAD: In 2018, a new EU law on "cross-border portability of online content" meant UK users of subscription streaming services such as Now TV or Amazon Prime Video could watch the content they paid for anywhere in the EU. (Including live sport.)
Brexit put an end to that.
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End private jets. Just fucking end them. And declare climate emergency already. Stop fucking around with irreversible Earth breakdown. Let's end this heat nightmare and dismantle the fossil fuel industry that is causing it.
The vast majority of America's debt collection targets $500-2,000 credit card debts. It is a filthy business, operated by lawless firms who hire unskilled workers drawn from the same economic background as their targets, who routinely and grotesquely flout the law.
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This is the story of one of the most inspiring schools on the planet. It's sometimes described as the 'Hogwarts for do-gooders', and when I visited the school in March of this year, I was absolutely blown away. 🧵👇