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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 4d

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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Ping @pinguino.me · 7d

noooo you're just gonna encourage them

Ping @pinguino.me · 8d

I've always been a huge fan of the Seattle Mariners, the greatest baseball team in the universe.

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Ping @pinguino.me · 9d

I have dropped more than 1 visual novel because the intro cutscene played in my 3rd or 4th session.

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Ping @pinguino.me · 19d

Why would I go see Twice when these guys are one better?

A promotional email imploring me to buy tickets for Twice as well as Thrice

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Ping @pinguino.me · 21d

Alas no amount of hedge fund money will change the fact that they are the Mets.

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Ping @pinguino.me · 21d

Thank you, The Mets. I love you.

Ping @pinguino.me · 21d

Yes. Very good.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22d

Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year.

Latin superstar Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show

Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that the Grammy winner will perform at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8.

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Ping @pinguino.me · 21d

If the New York Mets (the greatest baseball team in the universe) don't want to play in the postseason we simply must respect their decision.

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 18

More convinced this is true every day.

Ping @pinguino.me · Nov 10

The only possible explanation is that the Mets winning the World Series would have restored the karmic balance the Cubs broke by winning in 2016. So really everything is Los Angeles's fault.

Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 14

how do we defeat the horse ladies

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 12

I'm pretty sure I finished aging. This is the oldest I'll ever be.

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 12

The things we do for Nintendo Directs

Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 10

Just imagine I'm in the chat doing this

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 5

Love that Steven Lenhart is still finding ways to get suspended

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 5

Oh this is good stuff

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Ping @pinguino.me · Sep 2

Juan Soto is the greatest baseball player in the universe, so by the transitive property the New York Mets are the best at whatever it is they're doing.

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 29

a man says they said that to me at a dinner with his arms crossed

ALT: a man says they said that to me at a dinner with his arms crossed

media.tenor.com

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 29

I would play this but unfortunately ACAB also applies to Christmas-dancing police zombies.

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 29

(because she's a zombie)

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 26

I have a full time job and that's probably the only thing keeping me from getting into Ys.

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 23

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Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 17

We appreciate the update

Ping @pinguino.me · Aug 10

Maybe the Mets aren't a baseball team after all.

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · Aug 9

The greatest thing anyone's ever done in a video game trailer is when Kojima put olive wreaths around preorder bonuses to make them look like prestigious awards

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