Since 1985, Emacs has outlived the mainframe era, the desktop era, and modern IDEs. Its secret? It was never just a text editor—it's an endlessly malleable Lisp machine in disguise. It is hidden on most Linux and Mac computers.

You wake up in 1985. What does software development look like? How do people write code? Where do you go to study — and where do you go to work? We break it all down in the video:

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: In October 1985, I dared to write Wendell Berry a letter with some of my poems. A few weeks later, Berry wrote back. So began a 40-year correspondence and friendship, writes Christopher de Vinck.

🇯🇵 A video shot in 1985 shows the area around Ginza 4-chome. You can really feel the pre-bubble energy when Tokyo was stepping into its global prime. Only a year later everything would completely change.

September 16, 1985 — Kate Bush released Hounds of Love, her fifth studio album. 🎶 Its iconic lead single, “Running Up That Hill,” reached No. 3 in 1985 and decades later topped the UK chart in 2022, becoming Bush’s second UK No. 1 and introducing her music to a new generation🎶

On August 7, 1985, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (now JAXA) announced that Mamoru Mohri, Chiaki Mukai (then Chiaki Naito), and Takao Doi would be Japan’s first-ever astronauts to fly aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle. Selected from a competitive pool of 533 applicants, these three pioneers would go on to lay the foundation for Japan’s future manned space activities. The landmark announcement marked a monumental first step for Japan as it stepped boldly into the era of space exploration.