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@whymehector @bluuplanet @GnosisWolf Correct, assuming the trailer is equipped. It reverses the force differential.

@bluuplanet @Innovalen @GnosisWolf Applying trailer brakes is the only answer according to this vid. youtube.com/watch?v=nc0ndz…

Ok, so what did this guy do wrong? Far too impatient obviously, but what else?

Speed was not the issue. The truck changed lanes, which induced a small oscillation. They were going downhill where frontal drag slowed the truck in relation to the boat. The boat, without as much drag, accelerated from going downhill (gravity), pushing into the truck and creating a delta in force (f=ma). This amplified the oscillation. By accelerating the tow vehicle, that force differential equalizes or moves in favor of the tow vehicle. This reduces oscillation and restores equilibrium between the two. As previously mentioned, by moving the trailer wheels back or the tongue weight heavier, the physics are more friendly in these situations.

@Innovalen @GnosisWolf NOOOOO... That is the 2nd worst thing you could do besides trying to correct the sway. You let off the accelorator and coast until you can center the weight better.. Speed was the top issue in the first place, adding more would have killed them.

@CryptoTony__ …which overcame the prior 45 days of regression

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US stock market added nearly $11 TRILLION in market value in the last 45 days. This is bullish for crypto because at some point this money will rotate to crypto and send everything higher. IMAGINE WHEN THIS ROTATES TO CRYPTO

@BraddrofliT There’s only one conclusion, as long as rich people can pay more tax, they should pay more tax. Because rich people should be poor and I need free stuff.

The craziest part? The wealthy stayed wealthy. The middle class didn’t get hit. The sky didn’t fall. Almost like the panic was always propaganda.

@jeremyct That level of price escalation is unusual. I’m dubious. If true, it’s an anomaly and doesn’t represent 95% of boomer experiences. Also, the post makes an assumption that a person is entitled to something without working for it. That argument wont go far in any generation.

a friend’s parents bought their house in 1993 for $67,000 same house is worth $1,200,000 today he’s their only son spent years quietly knowing that house was coming to him someday they sold it last week to fund their retirement he found out over dinner just sat there nodded said “that’s great mom” went home and did the math $1,200,000 gone before he ever touched it boomers didn’t just win the housing market once they won it twice

@sciencegirl I think it would be super good to not do that.

Scientists have suggested that existing aircraft like Boeing 777s could, in theory, be adapted to help cool the planet through a controversial geoengineering method. The idea is called stratospheric aerosol injection, where aircraft release gases such as sulfur dioxide high in the atmosphere. These gases would form tiny reflective particles that scatter sunlight back into space, slightly reducing global temperatures. Until recently, most models assumed this process would require specialised planes flying at extreme altitudes of around 20 km above Earth. However, researchers at University College London found that injections carried out closer to the poles at lower heights around 13 km- might still have a measurable cooling effect, potentially within the reach of modified long-haul aircraft such as Boeing 777 freighters. Their simulations suggest that releasing around 12 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide annually over polar regions during spring and summer could lower global temperatures by roughly 0.6°C (about 1.1°F), similar in scale to the temporary cooling observed after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. However, the study also highlights significant limitations and risks. Operating at lower altitudes would be less efficient, meaning much larger quantities of material would be required, increasing the likelihood of side effects such as acid rain and atmospheric disruption. Researchers also emphasise that this approach would not address the root cause of climate change. It would not reduce greenhouse gases or ocean acidification, and abruptly stopping such an intervention could lead to rapid rebound warming.

@OurWorldInData The chart makes it look like a blip. It was a 4-year trough. Now fill in that trough with real revenue and economic machinery. In economic terms, Covid so decimated many supporting businesses and livelihoods that it should not be trivialized with dismissive chartsmanship.

How quickly has global air travel recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic was the worst shock the commercial airline industry has ever faced. In 2020, global passenger traffic collapsed almost overnight. How much has the industry recovered since? Passenger traffic was back above its pre-pandemic peak by 2024, as you can see in the chart. The share of available seats filled by paying passengers has also fully recovered, and now sits slightly above its 2019 level. Our colleague Veronika Samborska recently updated this data, which comes from the International Civil Aviation Organization, compiled and published by Airlines for America.

.@magattew delivered a keynote speech at @canstrongfree Ottawa conference last week arguing that free markets are among the greatest drivers of human dignity and opportunity. Full speech to be shared soon. Stay tuned.

@thatsKAIZEN We are one race, the human race.

I interviewed a man who called himself a racist. He wasn’t. But people calling him one made him say he is.

@CollinRugg Mall cop heard saying, “hey, can’t park there!”

NEW: Motorcycle ends up dangling from a traffic signal pole following a crash in Canada near the Surrey-Delta border. The bike appeared to launch into the air at the light after colliding with the front end of a BMW in an intersection. According to police, the rider suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The BMW driver was not injured. "I was looking down and then I looked up and the [motorcycle] was above. Kind of crazy," said one observer who explained that he saw the damaged BMW but had a hard time figuring out where the other vehicle involved in the crash was. Wild.

@ThrillaRilla369 Styx, Grand Illusion

What tape does he have loaded in his 8-Track?

@sciencegirl Any guesses on how fast he was moving in relation to the water?

In Nazaré, at Praia do Norte, Sebastian Steudtner rode a 26.21metre wave, and it was officially recognised as a world record for the largest wave ever surfed.

@timrwild @Bradybits @ns123abc Bingo. The agenda is revealed.

@Bradybits @ns123abc You’re an Elon shill who doesn’t understand how courtrooms work.

🚨 Musk vs OpenAI's lawyer — the cross-examination exchanges William Savitt — Wachtell Lipton's lead defense lawyer, Supreme Court clerk, trained to break witnesses. Savitt opens with a misleading premise. Musk: "You're being misleading. What you're saying is false." Savitt tries again with a different loaded frame. Musk: "Your questions are not simple. They are designed to trick me." Savitt demands a yes or no answer to a complicated question. Musk: "If you ask a question where there is no possible simple answer, I must give a longer answer because any simple answer would be misleading the jury." Musk reaches for an analogy: "The classic answer to a yes or no question is not so simple. For example, if you ask the question 'will you stop beating your wife?'..." Judge Gonzalez Rogers cuts him off: "No, we're not gonna go there." The courtroom laughs. Savitt apologizes for the question. Musk: "I find it funny you saying it wasn't an unfair question since you're only asking unfair questions." Savitt: "I'm doing my best." Musk: "That is not true." OpenAI's lawyer came to break Musk. Musk wasn't having it.

@WallStreetApes Why would you start an entry level position and a middle (average) level rent? In the 80s I rented what I could afford. Studio apartment, next to the tracks, no a/c, no dishwasher.

Florida middle school teacher job listing - Bachelors Degree required - 1-2 years experience required - Full time - Starting at $35,000 per year This is roughly $28,000 take home pay. $2,333 per month Average 1 bedroom apartment cost in Florida is $1,700 per month That means that all other bills in your life for each month have to be paid with the $633 you have left You can’t live on this wage. Not even close

@Tim_Denning Sowell is brilliant, whether you agree or disagree with his informed viewpoints. By the way, to the extent one agrees with his viewpoints is the extent their life is better.

Thomas Sowell gets it: He's 94 years old and has never held political office, never had a viral moment, never begged for your attention. He just wrote 30 books, spent 50 years dismantling bad ideas with data, and let the work speak. No green room. No cable news contract. No ideology to sell you. While academics were chasing grants and politicians were chasing polls, Sowell was in the library proving them all wrong. The most dangerous intellectual in America isn't the loudest one. It's the one who doesn't need you to agree with him.

@AlexPereir73706 @Tim_Denning I’m impressed! I’ve never read from anyone who has claimed a higher intellect than Sowell. This is truly a first.

You give him too much credit. Nothing of intellectual substance in his 20+ books (I read 3), just recycling ideas from different sources that make it seem like he's bound to no specific ideology which can be easily identified from his lack of nuance in socioeconomic topics. The man disproves the existence of systemic advantages that favor a specific ethnicity, with all the documented evidence available and yet people still call him an intellectual lol. Thomas Sowell is an educated man, but he is not an intelligent man.

@CalltoActivism Taking more simply because you can is ill-conceived tax policy.

🚨HUGE! In a stunning win for his tax the rich plan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani just reached a deal with Governor Kathy Hochul tax second homes valued over $5 million owned by out-of-state residents. The taxes will generate $500 million annually for the state. This is amazing.

@TheFP Insufferable.

In an interview with The Free Press, President Trump’s former national security adviser assesses that the U.S. may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. thefp.com/p/john-bolton-…