Engineering ethics professors must be having a field day with the Oceangate stuff
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call me the tacoma narrows suspension bridge, the way a design flaw causes me to vibrate at a destructive frequency.
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Tacoma Narrows seen from Point Defiance, Autumn 2023
Photo by @sexymonstersupercreep ♥
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How many cities can say their top attraction is a bridge that collapsed?
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Shrouded in Mist
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call me the tacoma narrows bridge the way i dont have structural integrity
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the narrows | tacoma, wash.
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Construction workers nicknamed the Tacoma Narrow Bridge “Galloping Gertie” because of how it moved in the wind. In 1940, wind gusts cause the bridge to undulate and collapse.
The aftermath of the dramatic collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. (Wikipedia)
When Leon Moisseiff designed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, he purposely made the structure flexible enough to move slightly with the wind, however things went terribly wrong shortly after the construction was finished in the summer of 1940. The suspension bridge spanning the Puget Sound was supposed to be a marvel of engineering, but the bridge collapsed in dramatic fashion on November 7. After the accident, researchers were able to learn that the engineers did not factor in the aerodynamic force of the high winds. The winds caused the bridge to sway in an increasingly erratic manner until the concrete broke free and the cables snapped
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One thing about the show that bugged the shit out of me (other than bruce) was the da lady who was just for some reason constantly involved in investigations???? Like a club blows up and she shows up at the crime scene. She does interragations, she does phone tracking, she puts together international task forces to conduct sting operations all as an assistant district attorney... at one point, she takes a phone to the coroner to get a dead guy's fingerprint to open it for an active investigation. As a prosecutor. It drove me absolutely insane
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As Indigenous woman filmmakers, we knew that our path through the industry would be narrow and that our film, Fancy Dance, would have a small window for success based on the abysmal record of representation for Indigenous folx in Hollywood. As such, we channeled our collective wills as granddaughters of Dust Bowl survivors, descendants of genocide and avowed followers of the indomitable Merata Mita to give this film the best shot possible.
If there existed a “how to make a successful movie in Hollywood” checklist, we followed it to a tee.
Step one: Create a compelling script (after her sister’s disappearance, a hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white grandparents and takes her to the state powwow in hopes of keeping what’s left of her family intact) – check.
Step two: Find top-tier producing partners (Nina Yang Bongiovi, Tommy Oliver) – check.
Step three: Cast amazing actors at the top of their field (soon-to-be Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone) – check.
Step four: Premiere and screen at world-renowned festivals (Sundance, SXSW, BFI London) – check.
Step five: Receive excellent reviews (THR called it “exceptional”) and festival prizes (Hamptons, L.A. Outfest, Mill Valley, NewFest, Sun Valley, Tacoma) – check.
Step six: Get a distribution deal – …crickets.
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