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Scott Lowe

@tropicostation.bsky.social

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Mostly aviation photography here. Socal private pilot into all aspects of aviation, animation, and YIMBY/urbanism. I volunteer with a transitional housing shelter, the Civil Air Patrol and World Central Kitchen. https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlowe

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · Nov 12

Quick intro post - I'm Scott, I produce animation for a living and am a private pilot for fun. I'm into aviation photography and all aspects of aviation, as well as history, weird cars, and the NWSL. I volunteer at a transitional housing shelter and with the Civil Air Patrol to give back. 👋

Four Navy fighter jets fly over an atmospheric wide view of downtown Los Angeles as they overfly game 1 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium.

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 2h

Local RUD processes with open ended timelines (LAHD is 4+ months) and zero accountability. Without the RUD you aren't considered a complete submittal to start the shot clock.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14h

Thinking of calling this the Tinkerbell theory of politics. If Tinkerbell dies it’s because the audience was spending too much time believing the wrong thing.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14h

One way that social media has driven people insane is by convincing them that political outcomes are shaped by the net allocation of care points and so politics consists in attempting to shape the amount of caring everyone dedicates to your pet issue.

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 1d

Unlike 47, VP, & Hegseth, Governor Newsom voiced concerns for public safety about the Marines shooting artillery over I-5. Fortunately, he had I-5 closed for public safety. The Marines/Dept. Of War did NOT request I-5 to be closed. One governs to protect the people. The other doesn’t give a shit.

Marine artillery shell detonates over freeway during Camp Pendleton event

Marines are investigating after a 155mm artillery round exploded over Interstate 5, hitting California Highway Patrol vehicles with shrapnel.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

it is never okay to take out your frustration on service people and people who do have low moral character

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 1d

we lost to a Chipotle

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Jason Goes to Hell @benedictsred.bsky.social · 2d

Boomers used to not be able to set the clock on their vcr and now we’re expecting them to know that video of a Dalmatian sliding down a fire pole is AI

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 1d

Sorry but this is the funniest headline I will read all year

Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre
Andrew Harding
Paris correspondent, at the scene

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

This is one of those posts I think about a lot now. Especially on a day when the White House press secretary replied "your mom" to an earnest question about peace negotiations.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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mike 😵‍💫 @schneider.coffee · 4d

the full interview is really interesting!
media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/17/...

Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 4d

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
*********** * * * * * *
Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 4d

facing unprecedented uncertainty re: employment due to the shutdown/trump cuts 😕

if you have leads on open Emergency Management or COOP/Biz Continuity roles at state/local gov't agencies, I would love to hear about it!

especially interested in highly regulated and complex environments, dm's open

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NewHeartsRulez @fitzmacken.bsky.social · 6d

Yes! It was You Are Listening To [Place].

Looks like the links for the police scanners might not be working, but the airport scanners still do... youarelistening.to/lax

You are listening to LAX

LAX Air Traffic Control.

youarelistening.to

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 8d

Fleet Week is pretty low budget this year

pelicans flying over sf bay, with boats and the ggb in the background. blue skies, few clouds

pelicans in a blue sky with a nice gradient

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 9d

this slaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwE...

Pool Kids - "Last Word" (Full Album Stream)

YouTube video by Epitaph Records

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 10d

shot; chaser

Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 10d

Our democracy is so dysfunctional that Canada has established air supremacy over American skies with a budget and unarmed 1960s trainers

Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 10d

Canada to the rescue. Blue Angels can't perform. Thunderbirds can't perform? Why? US government shutdown has sidelined these teams. Canada's Snowbirds to the rescue. Not sure if Tr^mp has a tariff on those smoke trails!

@sentdefender.extwitter.link

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 10d

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 10d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14d

"Giving L.A. a veto over state policy would doom California to more of the same — rising costs, worsening displacement and endless obstruction." calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Opinion | Los Angeles housing permits are tanking, yet leaders want Newsom to veto a major reform

Signing SB 79 should be an easy call, despite pressure from L.A. Newsom should know better than to let L.A. dictate state housing policy.

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Max Read @maxread.info · 17d

today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

'One Battle After Another' as a car movie

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 17d

found one of them secret russian drone motherships

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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 17d

Another example of government via meme.

Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 17d

The breathtaking specificity to this moment, that it doesn't collapse under the sheer weight of its own ambition and still manages to be entertaining, the incredible casting of every single role (especially the non-actors, like the chilling interrogator Danvers), the sound design, everything. Wow.

Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 17d

I walked out thinking it was as if Children of Men was directed by Wes Anderson (complimentary)

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