DavidM-B

@CynicalPublius SO MUCH THIS!!!!

RE: The Moon Launch OK, look, I admit it. I am an astronaut fanboy nerd (except for one ex-astronaut politician whose head resembles a scrotum). If you are a late Boomer or early Gen Xer, you remember. You heard Genesis read from an astronaut orbiting the Moon. You and all your friends wanted to be astronauts, more than anything. You remember that your parents bought your family’s first color TV to watch Neil Armstrong on the Moon. You built the LEM and CSM models and only killed a few brain cells with the glue. You were scared and prayed during Apollo 13. You had the lunchbox. You were sad when they cut off funding for the rest of the Moon landings. You were amazed when they saved Skylab. You watched all the movies. (You saw “The Right Stuff” and “Apollo 13” at least 20 times each.) You cried over Challenger and Columbia. You got older and wondered why we became so timid. Why not more of the Moon? Why not Mars? Why not beyond? The ISS seemed so…. limiting. You always said that the US space program was the one thing you did not care how much your were taxed for. Elon became a god of space travel, and you were there for it. So it’s our day, fellow astronaut nerd fanboys and fangirls. Put on your make-believe astronaut beanies and goggles, be 8 again, and remember the way you took that refrigerator cardboard box and turned it into the inside of an Apollo capsule with magic markers, Scotch tape and buttons stolen from your Mom’s sewing box. WE’RE GOING BACK TO THE FREAKING MOON BABY!!!!!🚀❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

Using Fukushima as an example: Western media (lead by the US) published article after article condemning nuclear power and implicating Japan for its role in "allowing" the disaster and "endangering millions". The reality was that the Fukushima system was brilliantly engineered and stood up to a combination of a 9.0 earthquake and resulting 50'(!) tsunami that no one would have reasonably predicted. The plants' shutdown systems worked even though they should have been overwhelmed by the elements. There were NO direct deaths as a result of the accident and only six casualties (including one death) a few years later which could be ascribed to the meltdowns. US media published fear mongering maps showing radioactive spread across the Pacific and providing little context when the reality was that the increase in radiation was roughly the equivalent of eating an extra banana. (Yes, bananas have trace amounts of radioactivity). Meanwhile the evacuation panic around the plants resulted in over 2000 deaths due to stress, suicide, or loss of medical care. Japan has nothing to be ashamed of when the discussion turns to Fukushima, but US media certainly do. Not that they are capable of shame, of course.

The past few days have convinced me that some sinister forces were running a massive social media psyop on the Japanese to convince them that Americans don’t like them, when in truth one of the few things most of us agree on is that Japan is pretty cool.

@emzanotti Audio was good, but that clumsy speech that the launch director delivered to the crew was IMHO unnecessary. It was the only time that it felt like NASA was playing for the cameras and it did not play to anyone's strengths.

The NASA *AUDIO* was spectacular. The rest of it should just be farmed out to SpaceX.

@VikingRobVWO Only time Red Shirts survive a fight is against Stormtroopers.

Never bring a light sabre to a phaser fight.

@YesThatVCharles Whaaaat? That looks absolutely amazing.

Oh my God…

I have laughed harder at the SNL UK clips on YT than I have at the vast majority of recent SNL US clips. The fake ads (Underágé anti-aging cosmetics 😆) the digs at British tourist behavior, and of course their take-no-prisoners mockery of politicians, "elites", and celebrities - all an order of magnitude more enjoyable than the current US offering.

Harsh, but fair. And way accurate

@jon_stokes Launch was 11:38AM Eastern / 8:38AM Pacific, so it fit perfectly into the morning schedule for schools. I suspect that more kids than adults actually saw it live.

I watched it on one of these, and lol no they did not wheel this into my 5th grade classroom expressly to show us a replay of that teacher & crew exploding. We watched it live along with a ton of other kids across the country.

@alexinsdorf99 Bolts taking a WR at 22. PFF Simulator has lost its damn mind.

How long until the mock draft simulator is laid off under new management

@BruvverEccles @guardian 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@DMacyBeckwith A few misspellings make it look more like a @guardian article.

This is a very weak April 1st piece. Aren't such things supposed to be funny?

@DaddyWarpig They'd never find the body.

Holy crap! That is just an elaborate suicide attempt.

@cthocas @IMAO_ Yay, Beer!

@IMAO_ Do they still make Red Stripe? I don't think I've had it since our honeymoon in the Caribbean.

It's actually four really easy straightforward categories once you figure out the word play.

@joshcarlosjosh Heisenberg's Batter

biblically accurate baseball

@TheMiddleborne Oh HELL Yes!

Lisan Al Gaibmaxxing this morning

@BlueBoxDave THIS. Shylock is so well written that many (perhaps most) people think that he is the protagonist of the play and the "merchant" in the title.

I’ll go to my grave saying Shylock is his greatest character. This was not the age of woke, but Shakespeare gave the hated, money grubbing Jew the best literary argument for equality until Huck Finn. Hath not a Jew eyes? Alright then, I’ll go to hell.

My Dad played drums in his youth and even got to sit in once with Bix Beiderbecke's band. I feel fortunate that he had me listen to big bands when I was learning to play 'cause guys like Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, and Louis Bellson made you want to put in the time to sound like that.

okay but "Sing, Sing, Sing" goes

@vbspurs 🎶 And you'll hear a tale / a tale of a fateful trip 🎶

Just sit right back.

@CLDennhardt @RobProvince Unless this particular dude is spending serious money on nail care, those are female hands.

@RobProvince Are we not commenting on his necrotic finger?

My soul died watching this….

@SandyofCthulhu I lived in San Diego for over 40 years and absolutely fell in love with fish tacos. Stopping at the local Rubio's to pick up dinner for the family was a real treat.

I like fish tacos. Please don't hurt me.

@Mathair_ @GeoRebekah @goblue5725 Whereas you are just an absolute... delight. And apparently very emotionally invested in defending the honor of the former Mrs. Bezos. Take care.

@DMacyBeckwith @GeoRebekah @goblue5725 It literally says cofounder. Jeff himself has said she was integral. You're insufferable and hopefully lonely.

Men think this is an improvement. MacKenzie Scott, Princeton graduate, writing novels at age six, studied under Toni Morrison, founded Amazon, and one of the biggest philanthropists in the history of humanity. Versus.. whatever the fuck this is.