Even if you have zero interest in “The Mandalorian” or in cosplay, or prop helmets, or painting models, there is a “WTF” moment in this video that is worth noticing: what happens when an “affordable” Hasbro helmet is hit with a coat of cheap clearcoat from a rattlecan.
I’m comforted.
Jack and the Beanstalk for a new generation…
Wow.
Moebius Models was showing some new product at the recent IPMS National Convention in Las Vegas. The big news is an all new 2001 Space Clipper. The new model will be approximately 29 inches long and 1:72 scale. It is an all new, accurate version of the spacecraft, based on all the latest information and research. The kit will include a passenger cabin and cockpit. It will not include Pan Am decals. Final price has not been set, but is expect to be between $150 and $200.
Also forthcoming is a 1/350 scale Space Clipper and a 1/48 scale Aries Ib.
So long, bank account…
It’s nice when the whackos are open and up front.
He not only advocates for domestic violence (husbands *should* beat their wives in his worldview), but also violence in the workplace.
In short, there is a massive slab of rock on the side of the volcanic island that, if shaken loose, could slide into the sea. If that happens, it will rapidly displace a vast volume of ocean, sending a monster tsunami across the sea. Over the years estimates of such a tsunami have risen to up to hundreds or even thousands of feet high when the wave strikes the east coast of the US (though more realistically it would likely top out at around a hundred feet). And it would strike the *entire* east coast of the US. It would also trash Spain, Portugal, parts of France, Ireland and Britain.
So SpaceX has made history by both launching and safely recovering an orbital spacecraft containing four private citizens. By any rational measure, this is one of the best news events of the last few years. And yet, silence from a certain individual…
He’s still sleeping
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 19, 2021
There are lots of uses for a flamethrower on a car… lighting up carjackers being the most obvious. But flamethrowers mounted to fire directly forward seem to actually be somewhat unwise; if fired while at speed, like as not you’ll end up dousing your own car in flaming napalm. And an argument can be made that that wouldn’t be such a great idea.
Hmmm…
Not impossible, of course. But *something* just seems indefinably off about the footage:
Video of North Korea's TLBM (train-launched ballistic misisle) pic.twitter.com/tbcjBgJFco
— Colin Zwirko (@ColinZwirko) September 16, 2021
Of course it didn’t take the internet too long to mock it:
Mad props to the anonymous genius who made this pic.twitter.com/rh0CKa1xMv
— Dave Schmerler (@DaveSchmerler) September 17, 2021
In any event, it’s good to know that in this time of rapidly accelerating stress and crisis, we have such trustworthy and astute leadership.