Walker and Walker | rectangles, trapezoids, a pyramid and a fire on the horizon [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 11 July 2018

Rawene: photo by bobsan88, 11 July 2018

Cash only [Adams Blvd, south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 July 2018

Western Ave. churchscape [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 15 July 2018

Girl with red hair [KTown, LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 July 2018

Hollywood Hills: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 July 2018

Portra desert [Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert]: photo by Andrew Murr, 13 July 2018

Sicilian wheat [central Sicily, near Valledolmo]: photo by Andrew Murr, 27 June 2018

Wingspan [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 4 October 2011

Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, 13 July 2018

Rawene: photo by bobsan88, 12 July 2018

Northland

Now, as the sea birds

circle the sky above Northland

you will not take my hand, my love

and go with me to Northland

and my heart is as desolate

as a solitary pier, my love

on a gray deserted beach

beneath th'occluded sun

of far secluded Northland

and O, O, you would not go! *

* "perhaps silly, yet no less silly than the day before!"

Rawene, Hokianga, Northland | by bobsan88

Rawene, Hokianga, Northland: photo by bobsan88, 12 July 2018

Rawene, Northland, New Zealand, 17 October 2007 | by PhillipC

Rawene, Northland, New Zealand: photo by Philip Capper, 17 October 2017

Alchemy | Intersecting everything Canon Road, Kowloon [Hong Kong]: photo by martyr_67, 17 April 2018

Downtown South Orange,New Jersey | by Nexis4Jersey09

Joseph Ceravolo: A Railway Stop (Orange, N.J.)

Two students kiss goodbye.
He boards the train laughing.
She disappears down the stairs,

disappears into the night.
It comes soon enough
against the spread apart clouds,
or one penis smokestack
in this old industrial valley.
The hills are not high
but they surround the houses
that face the empty desolate industries.

Morning mixes into night.

The world of sorrows begins to part.

Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): A Railway Stop (Orange, N.J.), from Millenium Dust (1982)

The Metro | Paris Rectangular shape that fast moving objects can go though. Congrats to France on their World Cup win.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2018

A horse is stranded on a rooftop after torrential rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan Photo @Peace Winds Japan/Handout via REUTERS: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 July 2018

Turkey's last nomads roam Anatolia: Half a century ago, 1,000 nomadic Yoruk families roamed the Anatolian steppe but now there are just 86 Photo Osman Orsal: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 July 2018

elon doubles down all over again on blast impact at the dq binger

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | by jurvetson

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | Out on the battlefield... as the fires still burn. "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" — the incredible SpaceX Blooper Reel just came out. My videos were incorporated, including this image. On Aug 22, 2014, we were at the Texas facility and witnessed the final F9R test flight. We started the day with a fun DQ binger, and as we drove out to the launch site, I joked about the big bada boom to come. Not sure why. It was the first flight with three engines going, and a lot more fuel than prior flights. It arched over and something was clearly wrong. Then BOOM!I suggested to Elon that we should go out to the debris field for post-flight analysis... and artifact collecting! Someone tried to cheer Elon up with a quote about learning coming from life's failures. Elon replied: “Given the options, I prefer to learn from success.” That is the quote I am using on the placards for the wreckage remains.: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 10 September 2017

We were wailin' away at the Dairy Queen when Elon came up with one of his crazy ideas and when that happens everybody listens up because Elon runs the show and it's his way or the highway and this is Texas so the highway seems like maybe not the best idea, out here a highway might run off 200 miles straight into the middle of nowhere and if you get lost or make a wrong turn and aren't linked into GPS, you're soon going to wish you'd done it Elon's way

A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas | by jurvetson

A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 24 December 2014

A screen grab of a tweet sent by Elon Musk and subsequently deleted.: Photograph: Screen grab/Twitter, 15 July 2018

Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue a 'pedo' in baseless attack: Accusation directed on Twitter at Vern Unsworth, who called Tesla CEO’s offer of ‘mini-sub’ to help rescuers a ‘PR stunt’: Sam Levin in San Francisco for The Guardian, Sun 15 Jul 2018 16.56 EDT

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, tweeted Sunday: ‘Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.’: photo by Morgan Sette/EPA-EFE, 15 July 2018

Elon Musk came under fire on Sunday after launching an extraordinary attack on a British diver who helped rescue the boys trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, baselessly calling him a “pedo” on Twitter and then doubling down.

Twelve boys and their football coach were rescued from the Tham Luang cave complex by an international team and after a week of intense drama.

The chief executive of the tech giant Tesla offered to assist the rescue mission by providing a submarine. The request was turned down. Musk lashed out on Sunday, saying he would make a video proving that his “mini-sub” would have been successful and adding: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”

The accusation, presented without evidence or context, was directed at Vern Unsworth, a British cave explorer who recently said Musk’s attempt to help the rescue effort was a “PR stunt”. No evidence has emerged to substantiate Musk’s claim of pedophilia.

“It just had absolutely no chance of working,” Unsworth said in a widely shared interview.“He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine, I believe, was about 5ft 6in long, rigid, so it wouldn’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles.”

Musk visited the cave system himself. Unsworth said the billionaire “was asked to leave very quickly”. He also told CNN Musk could “stick his submarine where it hurts”.

On Sunday, when a Twitter user pointed out that Musk was “calling the guy who found the children a pedo”, the billionaire responded: “Bet ya a signed dollar it’s true.”

Intense criticism followed. Some Twitter users pointed out how “dangerous” and irresponsible it was to make such a serious allegation and to broadcast a potentially libelous insult to his 22 million followers.

Spokesmen for Musk and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Later on Sunday, Musk deleted the “pedo” tweet and its follow-up.

Unsworth could not immediately be reached.

Some users reported Musk’s comments to Twitter, one saying he “shouldn’t be allowed to use Twitter to unleash [his] followers on people like this”.

Musk has repeatedly come under fire for his behavior on Twitter and for Tesla's PR strategy, under which it aggressively attacks critics and journalists. James Anderson, a partner at Baillie Gifford, Tesla’s fourth-largest shareholder, said in a recent Bloomberg interview the company needed a period of “peace and execution”, adding: “It would be good to just concentrate on the core task.”

Asked about the “pedo” tweet, Anderson told the Guardian in an email: “I intend to convey my – predictable I trust – feelings to the company tomorrow.” He declined to elaborate.

Musk had pledged to be less combative on social media, saying earlier this week: “I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. That is my mistake. I will correct it.”

The billionaire attracted controversy for his approach to the Thai rescue after Narongsak Osatanakorn, head of the joint command center, said the mini-submarine would not have been practical.

Musk responded by saying Osatanakorn was “not the subject matter expert” and that he had been “inaccurately described as rescue chief” and should have been labeled the “former Thai provincial governor”. Osatanakorn stepped down as Chiang Rai governor during the rescue, but was still acting as commander.

Musk’s Sunday tweets came in response to a New York Times opinion piece entitled “What Elon Musk Should Learn From the Thailand Cave Rescue”. The Tesla CEO appears to be committed to proving his design would have worked. He wrote: “We will make [a video] of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo.”

He also responded to one critic who had called the submarine idea “absurd” a week earlier, writing: “Stay tuned jackass.” That tweet too was deleted.

Remember when volunteer rescue cave divers were saving young lives in Thailand #ElonMusk was reading thank you cards from the GOP for donating 100s of thousands of dollars to one of their PACs.: tweet via Harry Leslie SmithVerifiedaccount @Harryslaststand, 15 July 2018

Lotta Elon Musk fans have been very Mad at me for the last few months because I criticise him. They ask "what have you done to help? At least he's doing something" Today I have an answer. What I did was "Not donate thousands of dollars to the Republican party": tweet via elan mush protector @NormsRespecter, 14 July 2018

I just can not stop laughing... #ElonMusk #ThaiCaveRescue: image via Eaaaw @Eaaaw, 10 July 2018

Just as well #ElonMusk has all that $$$ so he can hire peeps to help with that bloody great chip on his shoulder: tweet via Greg Boyed @GregBoyed, 15 July 2018

Not a fan of comparing Elon Musk to Hank Scorpio because Hank Scorpio actually cares about his workers: tweet via stilyagi @SugarCSour, 15 July 2018

elon musk has good fans: image via libby watson @libbycwatson, 14 July 2018

Gotta say, Musk's fanboys are some real class acts: image via elan mush protector @Norms Respecter, 15 July 2018

Who is the real hero though, the guy who saved the Thai children or the petulant man baby who showed up uninvited with a shitty submarine?: tweet via Fred Delicious @Fred_Delicious, 15 July 2018

Me - "I dunno man. I don't think that submarine would fit inside your ass" Elon Musk [reaching for lube] "well prepare to look stupid bitch": tweet via Fred Delicious @Fred_Delicious, 15 July 2018

hey @elonmusk i saw that hero cave rescuer that saved those kids eating pizza at comet freakin ping pong! sick!: tweet via TRILLIONAIRE @maltyhops, 15 July 2018

and i’m sorry this is how you had to find out: tweet via TRILLIONAIRE @maltyhops, 14 July 2018

thank you for your honesty: image via TRILLIONAIRE @maltyhops, 14 July 2018

“i’m going to solicit in this neighborhood, sign or no sign” [a little jewish kid barrels into me at 25 mph, killing me instantly]: image via TRILLIONAIRE @maltyhops, 12 July 2018

2 comments:

TC16 July 2018 at 04:36
Might have put me in mind of someone we know, this. Don't know why.

Stan Ridgway: Big Dumb Town, from Black Diamond (1996)

Now when the city was in flame you were on the phone
Sellin' fire hoses at a premium loan
Yeah the bankers all smile but when you pass they frown
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now we seen you drivin' down the boulevard
You throw that trash but not in your backyard
But like Newton and the apple what goes up comes down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb town

We'll all applaud when you break on through
"He's a genius, boys, but then we always knew..."

Yeah, lofty possibilities, you never had a doubt
We'd all scream from the bleachers when you'd always strike out
But now you're way out in front and you look glory bound
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now when the world is over, clocks run outta wind
Somebody will scrape through the ruins and find
A little picture of you and in a file they found
Sayin' just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now you speak so soft but in your heart you're cold
In a tower of glass you've got a mountain of gold
Yeah you talk real sharp but we'll soon cut you down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb town
TC16 July 2018 at 05:10
Stan Ridgway: It's a Lonely Town

TOM CLARK

Monday, 16 July 2018

certain geometrical shapes and a fire on the horizon | elon doubles down | Northland | Joseph Ceravolo: A Railway Stop

Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue a 'pedo' in baseless attack: Accusation directed on Twitter at Vern Unsworth, who called Tesla CEO’s offer of ‘mini-sub’ to help rescuers a ‘PR stunt’: Sam Levin in San Francisco for The Guardian, Sun 15 Jul 2018 16.56 EDT

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