"Outrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago became banal. His vileness is unremarked upon, his rottenness unworthy of further commentary. Trump’s offensiveness is an unspoken assumption. Rules and norms exist for him to break. More, he is rewarded. Meta, after discarding monitoring of hateful content and disinformation on Facebook, is paying him $25m in tribute to settle his lawsuit against it for having banned him after his attempted coup on January 6 and his potential “instances of violence” and threats to “public safety”. All is forgiven, if not forgotten. There are no gates; there are no gatekeepers. Let the bad times roll."
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"Outrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago became banal. His vileness is unremarked upon, his rottenness unworthy of further commentary. Trump’s offensiveness is an unspoken assumption. Rules and norms exist for him to break. More, he is rewarded. Meta, after discarding monitoring of hateful content and disinformation on Facebook, is paying him $25m in tribute to settle his lawsuit against it for having banned him after his attempted coup on January 6 and his potential “instances of violence” and threats to “public safety”. All is forgiven, if not forgotten. There are no gates; there are no gatekeepers. Let the bad times roll."
Trump blamed the FAA for the accident at DCA, more precisely FAA's DEI hire policy. I watched a couple of reconstructions, both with the recording between traffic controller and the two pilots. It was an accident. I could not see how trump could blame the ATC or it has anything to do with DEI.
I don't know anything about the cause of the collision, but people who regularly fly there at night, have remarked that the visual scene at night is incredibly confusing with lots of light from the ground and a confusing criss crossing of aerial pathways. I have heard, as you likely have, the tape of air traffic control asking the military copter pilot, had he visual contact with the closing jet and instructing him to pass behind, but one commentator said he could easily have confused another plane's lights for the one he was being warned to avoid.
Both crashed air craft DID have ADSB units on board - they are the systems which generate what we see on flighradar24 and other air tracking systems. Every second they transmit their exact position, and the receivers in range show what is moving where and at what altitude.
Driving the car last night in a bright, busy roadscape in town, I could see how easily one can be confused by a chaotic light background of moving stuff in the dark. Cars with bright lights, dazzling shop fronts, bicycles, motorcycles, pedestrians.... I thought about this accident. I could see how it could happen.
The helicopter's mission has now been identified as 'continuity of government drill'. Highly likely that some normal safe guards will be set aside for that.
I'm wondering what effect the changing of the runway for the plane had: they were only crossing the river because of that, otherwise would have stayed opposite side to the heli. Perhaps heli was not up to date with plane's instructions.
I'm wondering what effect the changing of the runway for the plane had: they were only crossing the river because of that, otherwise would have stayed opposite side to the heli. Perhaps heli was not up to date with plane's instructions.
FAA Leader Quit Before D.C. Plane Crash—Thanks to Elon Musk
The world’s richest man apparently thought it was a good idea to bully the Federal Aviation Administration chief out of his job.
newrepublic.com
MIT researchers uncover self-healing secret of ancient Roman concrete's durability
Romans used hot mixing with quicklime, giving their concrete self-healing abilities.
www.jpost.com
Roman Seawater Concrete Holds the Secret to Cutting Carbon Emissions - Berkeley Lab
At the Advanced Light Source, scientists analyzed samples from a Roman breakwater that has been submerged in the Bay of Naples for over two millennia, revealing the secrets of crystal chemistry that allow Roman seawater concrete to resist chemical attack and wave action for centuries. The...
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Pilots tried to pull passenger jet’s nose up within seconds of deadly DC helicopter collision, preliminary NTSB data shows
Boeing Warns Airlines About Switch On Boeing 787 Dreamliners That Could Have Caused LATAM Flight to Nose Dive Injuring at Least 50 People
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Boeing Warns Airlines About Switch On Boeing 787 Dreamliners That Could Have Caused LATAM Flight to Nose Dive Injuring at Least 50 People
Boeing Warns Airlines About Switch On Boeing 787 Dreamliners That Could Have Caused LATAM Flight to Nose Dive Injuring at Least 50 People
Embattled aircraft manufacturer Boeing has sent out a memo to all airlines worldwide that operate the 787 Dreamliner because of a ‘known condition’ with a secondary switch on both pilot’s seats that could have caused a LATAM flight to Auckland to suddenly nose dive on Monday. At least 50...
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Rent caps should be part of government reforms, Jeremy Corbyn says
The former Labour leader says current plans do not go far enough to protect tenants from high costs.
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It's not bird flu, it's man flu. They made it in the same lab that they made the covid one in Ukraine. Hopefully, the Russians will soon be within drone strike range, and we'll all be able to go back to healthy living again. Wishful thinking!
Did you know that the female pilot was previously an Aide to Biden's press Secretary?
Did you know that DARPA awarded $6 million to install AI into those helicopters, to be tested in early 2025?
No and no. The jet had priority, the helicopter pilot confirmed taking responsibility for visual separation.
Are you saying that the helo was piloted by ai or the helicopter pilot does not understand English?
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Are you saying that the helo was piloted by ai or the helicopter pilot does not understand English?
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No mention of Global Varming or Klimate Change, ah yes, hadn't been invented yet, no kerching.
Surely burning all that coal, oil, gas, diesel, petrol, wood, etc, would have made the weather much warmer? And Electricity failed guvnor ;-)
With little house insulation, and all those Greehaus Gases, weather should have been toasty, hehe.
Well, at least it can't happen again now, oh it did
2009
Yes, overall. Still not enough to cancel winter.
About the kerching, petrol and gas companies have been cashing in for a very long time. It is now on the decline. If you go over to the middle east now, you'll see the scale of their investments in solar and wind, second only to China, for when petrol money stops.
Variables. The population of Britain in 764 was under 1 million.
And all those recent headlines were gross exaggeration, two snowflakes and the media gets hysterical.
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UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’
Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops
"“Essentially, the PRM we have developed acts like a sponge that absorbs phosphates,” said Pearce, who set up Rookwood Operations with her partner, Liam, and a friend, Josh Hares. “It sits in the water in an open container until it has absorbed as much phosphate as possible and it is then transferred to farmland. PRM is made entirely of natural materials, so it can be put on to a field and left there for its phosphate fertiliser to be taken up by crops. On its own, PRM will enhance the quality of the soil. "
Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops
"“Essentially, the PRM we have developed acts like a sponge that absorbs phosphates,” said Pearce, who set up Rookwood Operations with her partner, Liam, and a friend, Josh Hares. “It sits in the water in an open container until it has absorbed as much phosphate as possible and it is then transferred to farmland. PRM is made entirely of natural materials, so it can be put on to a field and left there for its phosphate fertiliser to be taken up by crops. On its own, PRM will enhance the quality of the soil. "
Oh no!
Our good friend and helper has fallen down the rabbit hole of the social media toilet again, and the shock of it, has sent me down the rabbit hole of mixed metaphors. We are all doomed - even the sensible ones.
EDIT:
I made a mistake in this post, because I misread a graph on the BBC page. I mistook a minus sign for a decimal point and the remark I made, based on the mis-reading of the graph is wrong. I had mislaid my reading glasses.
That said - the graph itself is nonsense and the text says it is a hypothetical scenario so it makes little difference that I read it without my glasses on.
The cautionary note is of course that we don't know how long a shutdown might take as humanity has never carried out this fossil fuels experiment before. Future generations will learn that in due course.
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