1972: Post-mortem

[Murphy]

@Leo

 

[Leo]

There’s only one @Leo

and he's an Aquarius

 

[HannahB]

and he's an Aquarius

asking for a 1972 astro weather post mortem tho

 

[sufi]

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/yeoviltondata.txt the sun didnt even rise til 1983

 

[HannahB]

What?

 

[Murphy]

The data shows no sunshine for a number of years which, coming from Britain, is believable

 

[HannahB]

The data shows no sunshine for a number of years which, coming from Britain, is believable

False data, I was there

 

[mixed_biscuits]

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/yeoviltondata.txt the sun didnt even rise til 1983

'76 original heatwave and still best

 

[Murphy]

'76 original heatwave and still best

fuck off, 2018/19/20 were majestic brutality

 

[Leo]

2018/19/20 were majestic brutality

it's almost as if a pattern is emerging.

 

[sus]

Roseland, Chicago: 1972 | Call me TBD. | Substack

The serialized story of Steve Bertolucci, a 10-year-old Roselander in 1972, and what becomes of him. Also: THIS CRAZY DAY IN 1972 and MIKE ROYKO 50 YEARS AGO TODAY--directly from 1972 Chicago newspapers. Free. If anything, or anyone, is actually free. Click to read Roseland, Chicago: 1972, by...

roselandchicago1972.substack.com

Kinda cool project, combo serial novel, compilations of newspaper clippings/columns, non-fiction happenings

 

[sus]

 

[sus]

Nixon Broke With Gold 50 Years Ago. What Comes Next?

The global financial architecture is poised for another shift and, as usual, the U.S. will need to lead the way.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[sus]

 

[woops]

not content with randomly selecting1972 for a thread @suspended now branches out into equally random years of 1973 and 1975

 

[sus]

Well, even if something cataclysmic did happen in 1971/72, I think it's reasonable that you'd see bleeding effects into subsequent years. Not everything would line up perfectly, but there'd be clustered stagnation beginning around then.

 

[Leo]

The Ramones[a] were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group.[1][2]

 

[sus]

 

[william kent]

Remembering the 1972 Building Workers’ Strike

This summer 50 years ago, British building workers, long considered impossible to organise nationally, went out on strike and won the largest single builders’ pay rise ever – but they were met with state persecution and blacklisting.

tribunemag.co.uk

 

[sus]

I have figured it out

Pieced it together

By 1972 a critical amount of the population had consumed, and regularly did consume, cannabis