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Francis Scott Keys Bridge In Baltimore Collapses

cloudballoon says...

I read the news at 4am last night after pulling some OT. Shit I had a hard time going to sleep doom scrolling for another 30 mins before I put down the phone.

From this video, seems like the ship's power was going in/out intermittently before the crash with heavy smoke billowing out, so that might be engine/fire trouble.

Why that is (poor maintenance record, sabotage or what not) is to be determined. It's just a very inopportune, and deadly, time to have that kind of power outage.

Damn stupid & cruel to politicize this accident.

newtboy said:

Of course…

Republicans are already politicizing this tragedy in multiple ways…
1) insinuating because it’s a foreign owned ship it might be intentional/terrorism
2) insinuating that because it’s a foreign owned ship it has something to do with “open borders”
3) tying the expected economic impact to automatically creating more inflation, quickly blamed on Biden and
4) blaming the collapse on poor infrastructure which they blame on Democrats despite Republicans having voted against the first meaningful infrastructure bill in decades, a Democrat written and sponsored bill they all take credit for now.

Meanwhile the White House has sent federal assistance, sent the Secretary of transportation, and already pledged the army core of engineers to clear debris and rebuild as fast as possible using federal money to be recouped from the shipping company later (not wait years to rebuild while we litigate their responsibility).

Quite a stark contrast in leadership styles on display.

Another viewpoint of the accident…

When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie

cloudballoon says...

Exactly. I'd just shelve a docufilm project as soon as I know Herzog's on the same topic, in the same year no less!

Granted, Fire of Love ain't bad at all. But Herzog just elevated the whole thing!

newtboy said:

Is any comparison to Herzog fair?

When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie

Needs A Strong Father When Young Men Disrespect Their Mother

FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA | OFFICIAL TRAILER #2

cloudballoon says...

Not getting a "Young Theron as Furiosa" vibe in Taylor-Joy. But I like most of her projects. And she can act, so looking forward to this. One of my handful of anticipated films in 2024. The other is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Fallout - Official Trailer

This Artist Has Incredible Talent

You’re An Escape Risk!

Zelensky Challenges Putin To Settle Ukraine War On The Dance

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Making a figure walk though town

cloudballoon says...

More like a short hop from a bus stop to the station's entrance...but OK.

If I'm the artist, I wonder how many cutouts I have to make to be as efficient as possible, 6-10 frames? Seems like a lot of boards to waste (even if they're recycled).

Fallout - Official Trailer

cloudballoon says...

LOL, true. I meant one of my favorite game series. I bought Fallout 3, but I haven't played it past the tutorial (the 3D weren't my thing), and I didn't get anything else that came after FO3. So I couldn't just just came the whole series a favorite so I just removed the word "series". Lazy me.

newtboy said:

That math ain’t mathing.

Hey hey hey what’s going on here

Fallout - Official Trailer

AI Trump Tells The Whole Truth

cloudballoon says...

It's no AI. Just a leaked hidden recording taken from his toilet at 3AM. Everybody knows how lax Mar-a-Lago's securities are.



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