Yeah I saw that video too. The one I saw was reported to be from a live cam. I’m not seeing it being shared on the AP or CNN live updates I’m watching though, so I remain skeptical.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Jan 29, 2025 8:30:27 pm PST #4976 of 5005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cass - Jan 29, 2025 9:09:20 pm PST #4977 of 5005
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The one I saw was from Earthcam's Kennedy Center camera.
meara - Jan 29, 2025 9:36:52 pm PST #4978 of 5005
So scary—I’m sure lots of people saw it, since it was right in the middle of town. Yikes.
msbelle - Jan 30, 2025 5:54:55 am PST #4979 of 5005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Horrible night of sleep. Will a domestic crash ever not cause me to have bad dreams of losing my father? Maybe, but not yet. He stopped flying in 2002 ftr.
New added feature was intertwining losing my best friend Lisa who died in 2023 to the dream, so that’s awesome.
Everyday it seems dumber and dumber that my job is a lot of writing up forms on people for speeding or being late to work or not sweeping a building well enough.
lisah - Jan 30, 2025 6:51:20 am PST #4980 of 5005
Punishingly Intricate
My old office in DC was right on the river and it was *always* startling when those helicopters flew by—so huge and loud and distressing.
I’ve been enjoying the fednews sub Reddit. People are PISSED about how Trump is fucking with federal workers. I haven’t heard from anyone who is taking the Fork offer at face value.
Jessica - Jan 30, 2025 7:04:39 am PST #4981 of 5005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My in-laws live in Pentagon City, thank goodness my FiL wasn't at the airport last night. (He's a retired State Dept officer, a few days a week he volunteers at the airport.)
Former X employees have shared that the "buyout" offer letter was almost verbatim the same one they got at X that turned out (shockingly) to be a complete sham. So I'm glad to see that it seems to be driving more union membership than resignations!
bennett - Jan 30, 2025 7:12:28 am PST #4982 of 5005
Also, Congress still hasn't passed a budget for the current fiscal year. It'd be easy for them to Not Include the "severance" payments when (if) they get around to finalizing the budget.
msbelle - Jan 30, 2025 7:20:30 am PST #4983 of 5005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh yeah, that whole thing is a scam.
meara - Jan 30, 2025 8:00:00 am PST #4984 of 5005
Such a scam.
I am also still a bit freaked out by the plane crash. What a mess.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2025 8:20:43 am PST #4985 of 5005
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Any health ~ma you guys can spare, I'd appreciate you sending it to my mom this morning. She's about to undergo yet another transection/cauterization for her cancer. I expect the procedure to go smoothly and be easy to recover from since it's an in-office visit rather than at the hospital OR, it's just the worry of finding that the cancer has spread that's got me on edge.