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Even keeled scuttlebutt on the fantail

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is believed to be the earliest known aerial photograph of New York City, captured in 1906 by photographer James A. Hart from a hot air balloon high above the city.

This image is widely regarded as the first known aerial photograph of New York City. It was taken in 1906 by photographer James A. Hart, who photographed the rapidly expanding city from a hot air balloon high above Manhattan.

The photograph provides a remarkable glimpse of New York in the early 20th century, long before towering skyscrapers came to dominate the city’s skyline.

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

“Today in the United States there are only 188 US flaged merchant ships and 105 Navy @MSCSealift ships.

WE NEED MORE THAN THAT

In fact the Chinese have over 11,000 merchant ships,” said @SECNAV Hung Cao in today’s senate hearing.

The days of the US Navy ignoring the US Merchant Marine and ocean logistics are over.

“We need them to thrive as a nation,”

He also provided clarity on @MSCSealift hulls ordered in foreign yards and said he will require that those overseas yards invest in the United States which will create 540,000 shipyard jobs for Americans.

[Ship Building TV @shipbuildingtv]

Boiler safety valve testing ⚙️
When pressure reaches the set limit, the valve opens automatically to release excess steam.
This test verifies that the valve “pops” at the correct pressure to protect the system.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Congrats to the Buffalo Sabres. I may start a new phase of my life. Gracious in defeat Dave.

[Gaurab Chakrabarti @Gaurab]

You cannot buy a new gas turbine until 2030. Order books at GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi stretch to 2029. Turbine prices have nearly tripled since 2019. Every AI data center needs power and every gas plant needs a turbine. And every turbine has one part that bottlenecks the entire industry: The blade. It has to survive in gas 500°C above the melting point of the metal it's made from and spin at up to 20,000 RPM under 10,000 g of centrifugal force. Each blade is grown as a single crystal of nickel superalloy, pulled through a vacuum furnace at 3 mm per minute. A set of blades costs $600,000 and takes 90 weeks to grow. The same metallurgy powers modern jet engines. Only 3 companies on Earth can build one. China spent $42 billion trying to catch up. They bought a Russian fighter engine, took it apart, and copied every part. Their copy ran 30 hours between overhauls versus 400 for the original. Modern Western engines run 4,000. You can reverse engineer the shape of a turbine blade. You cannot reverse engineer 60 years of metallurgy.

[Mac @MainEngines]

@mercoglianos @mercoglianos with the Baltic Dry moving around 2,665 does seem moderately healthy but admittedly, not exceptional trend

[N A T U R E @Globe32048]

U.S. Route 163 leading into Monument Valley ☁️🌵

[Mac @MainEngines]

@jackprandelli Wow looks similar to Dec 2025:

[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

@EmmaMAshford The Trump Administration talks a lot about ships coming through the Strait but there is no indication yet.

[Mac @MainEngines]

@StealthQE4 Your listen to the wrong people @mercoglianos has regular updates and insights

[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

Can the U.S. Load All the Empty Super Tankers | Why Is an American Carrier Beating Around the BUSH?

[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

@glennbeck There are always tankers sailing to and from the US.

But we only have the ability to offload about 5M barrels per day at Galveston and LOOP.

This is from Dec 11, 2025.

[Mac @MainEngines]

@nettermike @BillAckman These maps don’t really tell us anything. It regular tanker and freight traffic patterns @mercoglianos can probably provide a contract map of Spring 2025

[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

@jackprandelli There are always a lot of tankers sailing to and from the US.

This is Dec 11, 2025.

[Mac @MainEngines]

@dangambardello @mercoglianos anything unusual here we need a trained eye

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

And it’s accelerating rapidly

[🏒 @jhughupdates]

Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes posing with their father Jim Hughes at the Winter House in Milan, Italy.
📸: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images