#technological disasters

[happilylovingchaos]

911 Lone Star Countdown - Disasters Week Questions

Hello and thank you for including me @lonestar-s5countdown! This is a little trickier for me to answer tbh. I think 9-1-1 might stand to have longer-lasting consequences from their natural disasters (no need to skip past tsunami wreckage recovery or months-long rebuilding of the highway collapse, those would make some meaty dramatic narrative arcs), but otherwise it so far edges out Lone Star when it comes to order of experience (like, which state got which disaster first).

1) My favorite disaster… okay, gonna have to divvy btwn the 9-1-1s for this!

The plane crash in 9-1-1 (OG) would probably be my underrated favorite in terms of narrative developments for Buck, Bobby and Abby.

Season 4’s heat wave was more glossed over for plot setup, but I didn’t mind this natural disaster precisely because it was a little smaller in scale and because the plot setups (even the Iris arc tho that definitely needed fine tuning in hindsight) hooked me in already. (I also didn’t mind Brianna and Caleb in this one b/c this time Caleb’s situation was not his own fault.)

2) Since they’ve already done tornadoes (though, there’s always a chance they’ll do those again), a volcanic eruption, wildfires and a winter storm, I would think the only disasters LS hasn’t gotten down yet are freeway collapses, floods (barring how the cast would look while soaking wet, don’t ignore areas like Galveston, writers! There’s WAY more to the state than farmland, Dallas, Austin and El Paso yk! Let’s just say before I digress I kinda wish the showrunners were able to film in actual Texas), a border skirmish (just out of genuine interest— not getting any more political and no Owen’s refugee rescue doesn’t count) or droughts/ water shortages (no, heat waves also don’t count). I also just realized that the domestic terrorist arc could have waited for a later season too! O’Brien and Owen had chaotic good vibes much akin to him and Billy Tyson (if the three of them worked together tho? The 126 should probably move their whole firefighter team out of Travis County b/c they ain’t gonna go through the second-hand pain again).

3) They had and lost me at meteor/ asteroid, so I’m not sure I’d say looking forward to it. It all depends on execution, I suppose? (Sorry for the question mark, I’m just baffled since that usually needs film-length amount of time— I’ve seen the film Deep Impact. Scientific nitpicks aside the investigations, action and future implications in that film were well-paced enough.)

4) My top 3? Judd b/c he’s a great all-around leader whenever shit hits the fan— honest (sometimes to a fault but I can kinda relate), strong integrity and conscientiousness, and so dad-like even before he became a dad. Mateo b/c he’d be like the underrated badass youngest brother of any group— speaking as an only child tho. Third… boy, I can’t break this tie. It’s a draw between Tommy (she’s very composed and professional even during the times she isn’t) and Paul (I’d like to learn memorization-observational skills from him, and he fits the “cool Zen mode” temperament a little better than Carlos, don’t @ me).

5) This is painful… okay I’m so sorry. I don’t think I can answer this one as of now.

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[lenbryant]

File this one under: Not Clear On The Concept. Thanks, Tech Guys!

My cartoon for the latest issue of New Scientist.

[nando161mando]

'Uh, We Seem To Be Experimenting Some Technological Differences."

[lilstrawberryghost]

My TikTok’s gone.

Idk how to get it back.

Whenever I try to send the code it says that my “phone number isn’t registered yet”.

Help.

[keferon]

Oh wow. I did in fact just forget to post this….anyway

HEAR ME OUT Perceptor who originally was a scientist and invented a new, his own way to connect humans with machine.

His technology was (in theory) safer and less painful and had much less nasty side effects. Which is awesome and all but the thing is - it was also much more expensive. So his research got rejected. Spending more money to make pilots lives more comfortable?? Bruh what a waste of money! It’s much more effective to put the same budget into weapons!

No one said that out loud of course. Officially they rejected the idea as “underdeveloped” “untested” and “unsafe”.

So Perceptor went “Fine I’ll do it myself” and became a pilot just to prove his point.

Government: We don’t approve! The technology is untested!

Perceptor: Can you ask around if someone would be willing to test it?

Government: No.

Perceptor: Fine. I’ll test it on myself.

Government: But…but but YOU DONT HAVE A PILOT LICENSE!

Perceptor: i’ll take a training mech. They can legally be piloted without a license.

Government: We aren’t gonna just give one to you for free!

Perceptor: Okay. *takes one of already broken mechs and repairs it* I’ll take this one. It was in the trash so it’s free.

Government: wh..hu….but BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY WEAPONS! Your behaviour is clearly suicidal we can’t let you!

Perceptor: I upgraded the mech to have a laser.

Government: A laser??? Like a laser gun?? NOT ALLOWE

Perceptor: no. Just a laser. A really big one. It’s a lab equipment. I have a permission to use it.

Government: YOU BITCH. YOU KNOW WHAT. WE WILL ASSIGN YOU TO THE MOST DANGEROUS AND SUICIDAL MISSIONS. GOOD LUCK STAYING ALIVE YOU BOOKWORM

Perceptor: Fine. But if I will be alive in five years and still have no side effects from my drift technology? I will share it worldwide. You will have to admit that the only reason you had of rejecting it is your own greed.

Every single pilot: God he is so hot I wonder if he’s single

[curarems]

Sam Vimes deserves to have a blog. That man spends every second of every day thinking. He has Opinions. His inner monologue is a treat. No no, let him cook. Let him speak

[karpachev]

When your kid thunder doesn't like selfies :(

[doccywhomst]

future archaeologists excavating our dumps, painstakingly sifting through plastic and soil for broken jewelry, mugs, beads, laminated paper, household bills, keys, guns, coins, rings, toys; people who love spoons, pennies, magnets, and rare license plates. specific object collectors of the world, rejoice! thy inheritants shall prosper

[lengthofropes]

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[gregor-samsung]

サバイバルファミリー [Survival family] (Shinobu Yaguchi - 2016)

[macadamiastudies]

Intro Post

Hi Tumblr! I'll be going by H on here and just wanted to introduce myself.

☕ I enjoy studying technology, psychology, languages, and

☕ Hobbies: scrapbooking, coffee making (with how many things I try, yes, it's a hobby at this point) and baking, skincare, travelling

☕ I'm 21

☕ ENTJ

☕ I'm an indecisive girlie but working on it

☕ Just finished my bachelors in IT/Business Analysis but continuing to study for a couple reasons:

School didn't teach me most of what I need

I'd like to shift towards being a developer but don't feel confident

I LOVE studying

I'm preparing for an MBA in the future, and thus studying for an admissions test (GMAT)

☕Formerly @macademiastudies, but I'm having issues with my email linked to that account

[a-typical]

Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, scientists have discovered a black fungus capable of feeding on deadly gamma radiation.

Scientists believe this mechanism could be used to make biomimicking substances that both block radiation from penetrating and turn it into a renewable energy source. (x)

How it works:

Melanin and Radiation: The fungus contains melanin, a pigment also found in human skin, which appears to capture ionizing radiation and convert it into chemical energy—a process scientifically termed "radiosynthesis," somewhat analogous to photosynthesis in plants but using radiation instead of sunlight.

Radiotrophic Behavior: This extraordinary capability, known as "radiotrophic" behavior, allows the fungus to use radiation as an energy source to grow and sustain itself, even in high-radiation environments like the remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Implications:

Bioremediation: These radiation-consuming fungi could potentially be used in cleaning up radioactive waste sites, offering a biological approach to absorbing and potentially neutralizing harmful radiation.

Space Exploration: Their remarkable ability to survive in extreme radiation environments makes them a fascinating subject for astrobiology. They could provide critical insights into the potential for life on radiation-exposed planets or help develop innovative strategies to protect astronauts from cosmic radiation during long-duration space missions.

Medicine and Research: The intricate mechanisms by which these fungi process and potentially harness radiation could inspire groundbreaking advances in radioprotective medicines, materials science, and our understanding of biological radiation resistance.

p.s. It's not just fungus. The overall family of extremophiles that live on or despite radiation includes both fungi and bacteria, and different species have different mechanisms for absorbing or tolerating radiation. (x)

[allonsyisabelli]

My phone did a factory reset out of nowhere and I lost ALL of my drawings. So fuck it, here are the sketches I've managed to recover by screenshotting and sending them to my friends.

[bedlamsbard]

the 2010 film Centurion is deeply frustrating to me because it desperately wants to be about the Varian Disaster, every single beat in this movie would fit near-perfectly for the Varian Disaster, you could relocate this film temporally and geographically to Germania and not change literally anything except some of the names, and yet because Hollywood considers Britannia way sexier and more exotic than Germania it is set in Britain. this movie should be about the Varian Disaster! in every way but geographically including the drawback of the frontiers this movie is about the Varian Disaster! and yet. it is not about the Varian Disaster.

(the movie itself is fine. like, it's Agricola slander and Tacitus is rolling over in his grave, but my tolerance for historical inaccuracy is pretty high these days. don't go out of your way to watch it, but like, it's fine. if I had a nickel for every time Olga Kurylenko has played a Roman-hating British woman warrior I'd have two nickels, which is not a lot but it's weird it's happened twice etc.)

[llamaisllama777]

Mood.

[tatatatatara]

Tatara 🤝 Roma: having their badass abilities and dope kakujas introduced only to be killed by an artificial ghoul in their 20s by just a few pages later