Dr. Riddle

Astronomer, dad, patriot

[Dr. Riddle @drriddle]

@Gismo_Mario @jtimsuggs Any Jedi was a threat, and anyone close to Anakin who might pull him back to the light side was an even bigger threat to Sidious's plans. It was simpler to make it all Jedi or Jedi in training, that's why they killed the younglings too. They didn't want to, that's the tragedy.

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@YokoKannoCH I got tickets and set up a weekend trip from Los Angeles last week to catch both shows. Totally worth it, everything was great! Hope to catch you again sometime soon.

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@chapchae The choir really ramped things up, especially in Call Me and Gotta knock a little harder. Great show.

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@crampell "After two years of fucking the WaPo over, my job is complete and I can move on." It really does feel like he was hired to ruin the paper, so much has gone wrong since he came in.

I cut my subscription when you left, it was clear what was coming, so no surprise here.

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@DJSnM If they turned right to come back instead of left they would have had a better alignment for the runway. Or, if they turned more north after the right turn. Either saves the extra turn to land opposite of takeoff run. Hard call to make in the moment though.

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@airlinevideos There was some smoke from the landing gear as they slowed, it's possible they damaged a tire with that hard stop. Good idea to go back to the gate and check everything over. I was on a plane that stopped like that, it's pretty scary to have sudden braking on takeoff.

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@Janet_sm145 The problem is her ignorance covers the fact that Kirk was wrong. Solar flares are not warming the Earth, neither is any change in the tilt of the rotation axis (which isn't happening). Humans producing greenhouse gasses is the cause, full stop.

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@F_15_Tony @GinieSigonney @airfrance @AirFranceFR @AirFranceCA @innoutburger It's the north runway, the In'N'Out is just north of the camera frame.

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@zach_harig Some planes have turned around. I bet others either expect to get there before the tsunami hits with enough time to evacuate, or else were too far along to turn around. They will have reserve fuel and can circle until a runway is ready for them on some island.

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@Turbinetraveler We had a medical emergency on a flight headed into SLC. Over the Great Salt Lake, we did a spiraling descent and then came in under the rest of the traffic. It was rapid but well controlled and smooth. Definitely intense. Had a wind shear at landing in Tucson, that was scarier.

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@straczynski Hopefully this goes better, as the Mutara nebula was vaporized at the end.

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@aviationbrk @Glanzyspudding @FrankWCE1992 People have been running this on flight simulators, and the 787 flies away even if the flaps are up for the whole takeoff. Flaps coming up does not explain the electrical issues, and it's very unlikely a pilot would make this mistake.

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@DJSnM The rotor was spinning fast on impact, didn't look unbalanced, likely explains the bent mast and blade damage. Physically ripped off when the tumble started. Something seized and caused the rapid yaw, tore the boom off, and that was it. Maintenance issue most likely.

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@PKBirkmeyer @JuliusRuechel It is happening now, but so slowly that it has zero effect on the warming of the Earth. And I mean zero, the change over 100 years is negligible for something that will happen over 600 million (the time until the Sun's heating causes life to end).

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@TheKevinDalton That's a mobile home park that burned down, so not a lot of wealthy people, possibly uninsured. And that area was hit by a landslide before, they need to wait on that.

Stuff is happening, a friend in Altadena already had their site cleared. It's going to take time to clean up.

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@Truthful_ast The camera also moved, the image has shifted towards the top compared to before the event, it's pointing more towards the skirt than before. Obviously a major malfunction...the engine must have exploded and blown free, then vented the fuel, causing the spin.

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@RodDMartin This is a lie, it confuses total military spending with NATO support. In reality, the US covers about 16% of NATO spending.

Why do people keep lying about these things? The facts are easily found.

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@Rob_ThaBuilder Arguing that disagreeing with one bit of science means you doubt all science is disingenuous. Climate change is real and caused by humans, other science is irrelevant to that.

There are people with XY and female features, people with XXX, XXY, and do on. It's not binary.

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@DanHawkins @miami_rick I'm not a pilot, but I read about flying a lot and both of these points are pretty clear. Landing looks normal, then it seems like there's a bobble or drop with a slight roll to the right just before touchdown. Shear or reaction to a gust seems likely.

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@pcavlin ADS-B has a normal descent rate. In big crosswinds, you do drive it to landing. To me, it looks like there was a drop/roll right before touchdown, maybe a gust of wind or shear. It could also be a gear failure caused the immediate collapse. FDR will tell us if it was normal.