the Tenerife airport disaster was the deadliest aviation accident in history. in april, with basically no fanfare, a similar catastrophe nearly unfolded at JFK
Controllers cleared multiple planes to cross a runway as a Swiss airliner was taking off. if there had been fog -- as there was at Tenerife -- hundreds would be dead.
notice the ATC seems mildly annoyed by the swiss pilot for noticing the problem and averting catastrophe!
this is wild. in its indictment of Doug Mackey, a guy with 50,000 Twitter followers who shared a meme mocking Clinton voters, the DOJ claimed that he had more political influence than NBC News , Newt Gingrich and Stephen Colbert
This is from the factual findings of federal Judge Nicholas G. Garafus based on government arguments. Full text: casetext.com/case/united-st…
Also, no one talks about this, but the people who texted Mackey's fake number got this alert from the text service provider telling them it wasn't legitimate.
This could be why the government couldn't find a single person who was fooled by his meme
during george floyd trial, chief medical examiner & prosecution witness Andrew Baker admitted under cross examination that Chauvin's knee did not cut off Floyd's airway ... it is a travesty how this trial was covered
Baker privately told colleagues days after Floyd's death that the level of fentanyl in his system was "pretty high" and would be fatal under normal circumstances, according to a contemporaneous memo from prosecutor Amy Sweasy. Under public pressure, he later stated that neck compression -- for which there was no physical evidence -- contributed to Floyd's death.
Here's the ER doctor who treated Floyd admitting under cross-examination that low brain oxygen levels can be achieved not simply by 'neck compression,' but also by ingesting stratospheric amounts of fentanyl, especially when combined with meth (as Floyd did). He never administered Narcan during the 30 minutes Floyd was in his care however
after Chat GPT arrived, dozens of existing @ycombinator startups suddenly decided they're "AI-powered" to attract gullible investors ... behold the pivots and the B.S. that is the silicon valley startup economy .. 🧵
Juicebox in November vs. Juicebox today .. now with AI
MagnaPlay two months ago vs. MagnaPlay today .. now with AI (and a totally new pitch)