The Internet Almanac

Spectacular article. Of course there was an inexplicable loophole in the engine maintenance rules, which non-US owners also took advantage of, shock. Also interesting that trouble-shooting flow-chart design was an indirect factor in the crash and deaths.

My favourite jet engine factoid is that the combustion temperature in the engine is substantially higher than the melting point of any of the components, single-crystal nickel alloy blades not excluded.

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Also, man that site is a time sink. The Potomac crash essay is huge, impressive, and also gives the impression that the US is rotting from within and the disaster was a symptom.

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Dunno what you mean mate, all these air disasters are because of woke.

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While I have a proven track record of underestimating the stupidity of voters, I can’t imagine the separatist vote going higher than 20% (really 10%, but with my track record I’ll lean high). This is a fringe movement in a party that got 52% of the vote in the last election. I feel like the number of people this has angered will outweigh any additional separatists found by their software…

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I mean, if it’s someone like Hegseth providing “tactical” “assistance”, it’s hard to see how the Alberta separatists are getting their water and oil’s worth.

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https://apnews.com/article/ilhan-omar-home-searched-8e18c2aea948bd90f4d7a4eb32b9ec3a

Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed scrutiny to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid.