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I want to do a thread of video snippets that have moved me deeply over the years This bit from Neil Tyson was at the heart of my motivation to stay alive ~2013 – the idea of expanding human consciousness via space travel https://t.co/B5cc3GWp1M
if you advance frontiers, heroes are made there's a force operator on the educational pipeline you stimulate the formation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, technologists – you birth these people into society, they make tomorrow come https://t.co/PY55huB6vG
that little bit... inspires dreams we saw the earth not as the mapmaker would have you identify it the countries are not color–coded with boundaries we went to the moon, and we discovered the earth. "how does that influence culture? I got a list!" https://t.co/O4bOseRq3V
see earth as a whole, not a place where nations war 1970 – comprehensive clean air act passed. earth day. environmental protection agency founded 1971 – doctors without borders founded clean water act, ddt banned a world reacting to a new perspective on what it is to be alive https://t.co/aIwSk7efbd
musicians all over the world playing Stand By Me, together I remember crying while watching it on repeat, while I was flunking at school and my parents was mad at me for playing guitar instead of studying I would give my life to protect musicians https://t.co/I9bAsExmBC https://t.co/eEesJGuGOa
Google makes a "year in review" every year. I eagerly watch it every year. They have never once even come close to matching the raw power of the video they made in 2012. This stupid, beautiful species, I love you so much https://t.co/nxF2mKShRL
this guy teaching himself to walk again they said he couldn't do it they were wrong it was possible never underestimate what you can do when you believe in yourself, when we believe in each other never give up https://t.co/x95a9uCj6f
I used to watch a couple of motivational videos by MateusZ every single morning in 2014–2015 when I was depressed and feeling really knocked down by life. This one is from Unbroken, heavily featuring Les Brown. I've heard this 100s of times, it's tattooed into my brain https://t.co/frVw5QgKur
the last chapter to your life has not been written yet and it doesn't matter what happened to you yesterday what matters is what are you gonna do about it https://t.co/9hHuAGiCDw
even if no one else sees it for me, I must see it for myself nobody believes in you, you've lost again and again and again the lights are cut off, but you're still looking at your dream, reviewing it every day and saying to yourself IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL I WIN https://t.co/uu5afi1KqO
there are no men like me only me https://t.co/VHQZ0njIQH https://t.co/f8UmVVpKxU
mobile phone salesman Paul Potts auditioning for Britain's Got Talent in 2007, with Nessun Dorma, from Turandot https://t.co/mtGQKEvGcC
I used to think I was into very loud, fast, angry, heavy music because it was the most intense I could get – but Joss Stone taught me the most intense highs are contrasted by the lows the band holding the tension through the soft section is the sexiest thing I've ever seen/felt https://t.co/h8cCSJkjOc
This 2006 cover of REM's Losing My Religion by @ryanstar is the best cover of this song ever made, one of the best performances on a talent show ever, and IMO some of the best 100 seconds of any performance by anyone anywhere ever https://t.co/INae0sAOyr
Watching a 17-year-old @yelyahwilliams earnestly reaching out to the sweaty Anaheim crowd in 2007 changed me forever; Paramore has my heart always When they get the crowd singing with them, then kill (most of) the music... ❤️ my entire life is a pursuit of this deep intimacy https://t.co/Z4DkemDO9Q
the most legendary comeback in fighting game history https://t.co/QgNsnKrjbp
17. Nightwish's Phantom of the Opera. I kinda have a man crush on the keyboardist https://t.co/JEwese8Ddq
18. A cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters, by Thaikuddam Bridge https://t.co/PCJSo7h6xy
19. Interstellar with Indian instruments https://t.co/B40mCMvVA3
20. A great layperson's introduction to the musicality of metal https://t.co/wmlSBEjqXJ
Twitter's "2:20" video limit is an interesting frame size if you've never been interested in metal, here's something that I think is a great introduction to how it can be great – and very *musical*, lots of interesting melodies and rhythms https://t.co/95uvmEB6UF https://t.co/EX3lcemqJr
21. A snippet of IMO the greatest guitar solo ever written, a melody worth dying to – Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour. IMO the man bends the strings with the weight of existence itself https://t.co/GWp0LEtL1U
22. This low-quality, 11-year-old video of @TheGetawayPlan – a band in Melbourne – is still one of my favorites. That moment where a band is just starting to have enough fans to sing back at them. The comment I left 10 years ago is still the only 1 there https://t.co/T0GLLx2JCn https://t.co/rQLtg7ney9
23. This is a beautiful piano piece played by the late, multi-talented Reuben Kee. He made popular MUGEN characters too. He died in 2007 in a boating accident in Cambodia. He was 6 years older than me then, at 23. I can't get over how tender his playing was https://t.co/zOCl92qOVL
24. And how do I know if you're feeling the same as me? And how do I know if that's the only place you want to be? And if you want it too, then there's nothing left to do Let's start a band (Amy Macdonald) https://t.co/S6wJgzm9Ds
25. This is Heart honoring Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center. That's John Bonham's son on the drums. pay attention to the faces of Led Zeppelin in the audience. The Obamas are in attendance here. I can feel the intensity of the moment, those men taking in their life's work https://t.co/IdxECz7ZYy
26. AND AS WE WIND ON DOWN THE ROAD OUR SHADOWS TALLER THAN OUR SOUL THERE WALKS A LADY WE ALL KNOW WHO SHINES WHITE LIGHT AND WANTS TO SHOW HOW EVERYTHING STILL TURNS TO GOLD AND IF YOU LISTEN VERY HARD THE TUNE WILL COME TO YOU AT LAST WHEN ALL ARE ONE AND ONE IS ALL https://t.co/XSpOZo2xzl
27. Test Drive https://t.co/fjDZY41aB1
28. Ramin Djawadi – Driving With The Top Down [2008] https://t.co/EvSMtWtKTs
29. Hans Zimmer – Flight [2013] https://t.co/a0DU0KVJjL
30. Hans Zimmer – Why Do We Fall? [2012] https://t.co/6UDgCY1yRR
31. Two Steps From Hell – Nero https://t.co/RvuWgDal8T
32. The Force Awakens trailer theme [2015] https://t.co/4BhWyckcCQ
33. Thor: Ragnarok [2017] – this one is just fun https://t.co/cmXxWmrDWG
34. Dany arrives [S07e06] https://t.co/hAeRx111u5
35. The Matrix [1999] – lobby shootout scene, just iconic https://t.co/DKe7NcKjNn
36. Battleship [2012] – "we have no ships left" https://t.co/oPcVrs9RVp
37. insane *in-game* chase sequence from Uncharted 4 [2016] https://t.co/ZOiQZbhlav
38. Horizon Zero Dawn [2017] https://t.co/u4NZW22xZs
39. Doom [2016] being played at the highest level, on the highest difficulty. (warning: graphic violence) – this is by clockner, entire video here: https://t.co/awyY0V546c https://t.co/lmNGMIlkeb
40. This is my fav Iron Man scene from the entire MCU and it means a lot to me. The suit is not just Tony's weaponized armor; it's also a prosthesis. I used to use the 'dragging thru snow' shot as a cover photo, as a metaphor for my r/ship with my mind – both blessing & burden https://t.co/QRaRtRDBIQ
41.and this is my fav executive summary of the entire MCU up till Infinity War (before Black Panther). The music really stirs something in me https://t.co/tseKQEIivx
42. friends https://t.co/d93xFnKioo
43. "what if I can't do it?" "try your best." "what if my best isn't good enough?" "it's good enough for me." https://t.co/e3IKrcdTaK
44. have you ever been touched so gently you had to cry https://t.co/N003doe4E1
45. i'm your biggest fan / i'll follow you until you love me https://t.co/zRdJJSFsmF
46. i just want you to know who i am https://t.co/ETd9wI4J83
47. upon these poor souls i'll build heaven and call it home and i live with my hatred and i live with my jealousy god, i live with the notion i don't need anyone but me don't drink the water don't drink the water there's blood in the water don't drink the water https://t.co/sLsNvw9USw
48. this was too much chemistry for two humans to have https://t.co/QuImDLb1Gb
49. ben susak and pam chu [2008] https://t.co/qAF7UXU2JW
50. katee and josh, SYTYCD 4 https://t.co/79Nh3AqsUG
51. Tim and Taisia - strength goals - tenderness goals - ... grip strength goals https://t.co/1UGDElPHjn
51b. they are so beautifully extra, I love it https://t.co/IShHVkNIZe
52. "All my Decepticon life, I've never did a thing worth doing until now. Optimus, take my parts, and you will have a power you have never known. Fulfil your destiny." I'm not a fan of the Transformers movies, but... selfless sacrifice is a trope that will always fuck me up https://t.co/hWA0mc2X3C
53. I get by with a little help from my friends https://t.co/3Iwz9nGUxg
54. Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence https://t.co/M4IDj6Wn8h
55. Bono's speech in the middle of U2's performance of Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1987, about the Remembrance Day bombing that took place in Enniskillen just that morning https://t.co/XBrI8En98o
56. U2 again, this time in 2002, at Superbowl 36 – less than half a year after 9/11. Those are the names of all the people who died in the attacks https://t.co/gQ0gIRcI8d
57. If I Were A Boy, by Beyoncé and her all-woman band. This would've been around 2008–2009 https://t.co/e6lXrBXCms
58. Two makers at the top of their game, making stuff together https://t.co/GDNFG6ODQl
59. I cry every time https://t.co/bKeiF0yN1R
60. Bo Burnham's Make Happy the truth is my biggest problem's you I want to please you but I want to stay true to myself I want to give you the night out that you deserve but I want to say what I think and not care what you think about it https://t.co/xH7DeIaKae https://t.co/i2XcQdlpwz
61. this 10+ year old, 144p video of @blinktwice4y with yarn taped to his face singing about Mario Kart is still one of the most moving things I've ever encountered The finish line is just around the bend I'll pause this game so our love will never end let's go again https://t.co/mugBw7nu8m
62. Impromptu NYC Subway saxophone duel in 2013 https://t.co/TJezxRC20F
63. School of Rock [2003] https://t.co/ZO1tMnziyA
you know what's a trope that gets me good like, in School of Rock – Dewey, after trying to challenge and inspire the kids, gives up and decides that he's a loser but the kids decide otherwise this is one of the best feelings in the world. and you can incubate it https://t.co/KjTLNGkdcH
64. Óscar Figueroa (@oscarfiguera10), Colombian weightlifter via his Twitter bio: "At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." – Lao Tzu https://t.co/HCbCaSqUob
@visakanv Probably my favorite scene in that entire series but I just wish the writing was tighter; would make the payoff even better. (It’s a bit too much “Tell not show” about Thor’s journey, Odin’s approval, and duty as a source of strength.)
@visakanv 📈https://t.co/IwjNzs4ucJ