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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h

what if we didn’t have to worry about whether ICE was wearing masks because ICE no longer existed

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

"Swalwell: When we’re in majority, ICE masks coming off"

Some pickup of our interview with @ericswalwell.bsky.social:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 40m

I would be happy with some masked events, especially if there is good filtration!

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 5h

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1h

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

By an entire parsec, the Trump administration has undertaken the most illegal set of budget actions in history. This is why we desperately need guardrails to restrain and go after budget malfeasance from the White House.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

That is profoundly illegal. You may not spend money on a purpose without funding. The constitution expressly forbids it, as does the ADA.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Under the Constitution and under the ADA, it is illegal to spend money without funding for that purpose. The president may not spend money to do something unless there's actually money to carry it out and that action is expressly allowed.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C7-1/ALDE_00001095/

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Use Alt Text not A.I. @carebear2717.bsky.social · 7h

Like serious yall if you'd chastise a pregnant person for drinking, smoking or doing drugs while pregnant, it's not too far fetched that people who can be harmed by illness would ask you to mask when around other people. That's harm reduction

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 10h

time and again. But the very least you could do is not denigrate us, not suggest we're irrational for doing what we have to to not get even sicker and for wishing that others would be in solidarity with those of us who were disabled by COVID or who were already disabled. And have the humility

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 7h

Especially like, on the subway? Why wouldn’t you want to?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h

A lot of people think it’s unreasonable to expect masking in public spaces

What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it

What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever

What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 22h

I'm stoked for this mask. Willing to be a walking billboard if that's what it takes

Rack mask showing their new top voted design, white filter with black frame crest and words "it's airborne" on middle left

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 12h

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"Lia’s story is one I’ve heard from dozens of families over two years investigating the impact of #LongCOVID on kids. It’s a slow-moving spiral: first their health, then their grades, then their future":

@emcahan.bsky.social
@rollingstone.com

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

www.rollingstone.com

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 7h

I’m definitely the weird mom. 😩 But after bothering them for 3 years they agreed to let me put an air purifier in the cafeteria. None of the teachers mask and we are the only family who still does. I wish we could have a clean air school for all the families & staff that care.

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 7h

One of them has been out off and on for nearly a month now. I’m very concerned.

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Weird Al Jazeera @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 8h

As a teacher PLEASE KEEP PUSHING FOR THIS. parents are why I feel uncomfortable masking at work. Keep bringing it up to the administration, and if you see any educators masking please try and encourage them to keep going. I promise it makes a difference just knowing ppl have your back on this

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Weird Al Jazeera @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 8h

I just wanna highlight this because the left needs to take COVID seriously also as a matter of fucking labor rights. We take it for granted but teachers pre COVID were already constantly at risk of illness bc of our contact with unvaccinated children at school.

Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 2d

I have been personally funding air purifiers for my kids school and afterschool programs when I can, and the parents that don’t mask don’t seem to care one way or the other. It’s incredibly frustrating.

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 7h

I was on a call recently with two very sick coworkers with horrible fatigue and sore throats. When I asked if they tested for Covid they seemed baffled by the question. Very few people are testing.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 1d

The two scariest episodes of The Twilight Zone are the one with the monster on the airplane wing and the one where I start agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 8h

What I don’t get is like, why they can’t scroll by? If you don’t believe in solidarity with high risk people, ok, that sucks, but you don’t need to QT folks that do.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 11h

"Big news for healthier buildings in Canada: #HealthCanada has published Guidance for #IndoorAirQuality Professionals, a practical, science-based resource for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) experts, building operators, and employers":

ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol....

Policy Win: Health Canada Releases New IAQ Guidance

Health Canada announces new IAQ guidance, providing essential insights for improving indoor air quality and safety in buildings.

ospe.on.ca

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14h

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 8h

This study doesn’t seem to account for mask type? Surgical and cloth masks are not very effective. And “masks only work if they’re fit tested” is a right wing talking point. Having done a fit test, a poorly fitted “failing” n95 mask still filters out 80% or more of particles.

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Patti LuPain @pattilupain.bsky.social · 9h

We definitely need structural changes—and every time we call folks who don’t want to get sick “living in fear” or “weird” it completely dismisses the very real problem and makes those structural changes harder (bc “only cRaZy people care about clean air”). This whole discourse is incredibly harmful.

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