Some interesting shots of a brief static test firing.
STATIC FIRE! Ship 24 fires up as testing resumes for the test flight. Looked like a single engine firing.
➡️https://t.co/f5Sp0aaSMs pic.twitter.com/yaqGyeqa7X
— Chris Bergin – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) December 15, 2022
Ship 24 completes a single-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas pic.twitter.com/gF9beLcarX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 15, 2022
Tell me if this sounds familiar: convicted felon out on parole commits murder. This time, execution-style multiple murder on the street because he was asked to leave a birthday party.
Even in Illinois, it is illegal for a felon on parole to have a pistol. So yet another Gun Grab Success Story as well.
Sent in. Video of the triple homicide, 4 people shot at Central and School stemming from Vera Lounge this weekend. A cold blooded execution. #Chicago pic.twitter.com/Y9wJ2Anxsl
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) December 13, 2022
There is, of course, a solution for this sort of thing. The killer here was charged with first degree murder (in a home invasion) in 2009, but got a lesser sentence because his co-defendant admitted to the killing (which should nevertheless have made him complicit in felony murder). He was paroled in October. Had he been sentenced to life without parole or, better, death, or even better, jettisoning off Earth towards the moon via mass driver, this problem would not have occurred.
This is what “progressive” polices lead to.
GRAPHIC VIDEO
Aftermath of the scene at the triple homicide at Vera Lounge at Central/School.
An off duty nurse is seen trying to render aid.#Chicago pic.twitter.com/MUqC8yc4ZN
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) December 13, 2022
The cyanotype setup in Utah relied on direct sunlight to process the image. But the sun is difficult to find here in Illinois in December, so I decided to give technology a try. When I originally set up in 2014, this wasn’t really an option, but Amazon now has 100 watt LED UV light bars for only $30, so I decided to try one. The result is shown below:
Clearly, it looks terrible. But I judged it to be a rampaging success: this was achieved via the crude process of simply waving it over the paper and the transparency by hand for five minutes. My goal was not a pristine cyanotype, but proof that the UV actually worked to process the image. Where it shined adequately brightly for long enough, it really did the job. So I went ahead and ordered two more. I will build a framework to hold them over the print, boxed in with reflectors. Some experimentation to dial everything in, but at this point I’m quite optimistic that a technological solution will make this work reliably repeatably.
On the other hand: the UV light bars are Chinese. So… explosions? Sudden random changes in wavelength? Burst into flames? Microphones directly to the MSS? Who knows.
Bonus wisdom: if you put a rectangular piece of paper on the floor, a cat *will* occupy it.
Well, this can’t be good:
Problem with Soyuz MS-22 on the ISS right now! pic.twitter.com/V4Ymvnn2D1
— Chris Bergin – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) December 15, 2022
Good thing the US has it’s own ride now. SpaceX, stand by with a couple Dragons…
Huh.
Moroccan fans attacking police in London over the weekend after their victory over Spain in the world cup pic.twitter.com/VoQ7zyQPrp
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) December 12, 2022
Can anyone explain why a modern, rational nation concerned about the welfare and future of its people and culture would not respond to this sort of thing with mass deportations?
Unclear whether he quit or was fired. Just so long as he’s gone.
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts caught fire this morning…
Huh. Together with that shopping mall, makes ya go “hmmm.”
An impressive fire with an impressive explosion at a shopping mall in Moscow. I’m sure Ukrainians are just jam-packed with sympathy.
It seems to be either arson or lax building standards. Or both, I imagine.
AI: OK.
Ruh-roh.
Wisdom:
Here’s a thought: if someone projects an image of being a weirdo… take them at their word. They’re a weirdo. Avoid.
Details about the alleged theft are scarce, but 8 News Now stated that Brinton, 35, was charged with grand larceny with a value between $1,200 and $5,000.
Stealing *anything* should be a career-ended for someone like this. Consequently, basic games theorizing should tell you that if you are going to put your future at risk for theft… make it worthwhile. Do like the Bidens or the Clintons and go after those multi-million dollar jobs. Then if you get caught, you can simply blow it off, because for some reason those sort of crimes get a pass. But stealing *luggage?* That’s just *stupid.*
Imagine being an expert in your field. Your field is nuclear fuel, processing, waste treatment, etc. And now imagine showing up for work and being told you have to report to THIS guy.
This is how you get underlings selling secrets to the Russians or the Chinese, because you are clearly disrespecting them directly to their faces. I would feel monumentally insulted if I was told that someone so clearly insane was just installed as my boss. Pretty sure I wouldn’t sell out the country, but I’m pretty sure my work ethic would suffer.