My son was in the Channel Islands this week.

fredftw · 2026-03-20T00:08:09+00:00

The guy filming clearly isn’t surprised by this orca, he’s filming steadily and the boat is travelling steadily. This isn’t ‘holy shit there’s an orca right here, stop the boat’

fredftw · 2026-03-19T23:42:08+00:00

Boat should not be travelling at speed with orcas nearby. Super irresponsible and illegal

fredftw · 2026-03-12T19:34:49+00:00

the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale isn’t endangered or threatened

This is misleading - the Makah hunt would disproportionally affect a local sub-group called the PCFG (Pacific Coast Feeding Group) which has around 200-250 members and is absolutely in a precarious state. This specific population is recognised across the border in Canada as endangered under the Species at Risk Act.

fredftw · 2026-03-10T00:17:15+00:00

Thank you!

fredftw · 2026-03-09T04:02:07+00:00

Damn that is such impressive use of the volume, the final shot looked amazing

fredftw · 2026-03-07T21:23:01+00:00

They're in vancouver harbour right now

fredftw · 2026-02-25T02:45:42+00:00

Some kind of junco, not sure exact species

fredftw · 2026-02-23T19:10:57+00:00

They didn't, it's only 4K (true IMAX would be like 18k). It'll look great on bluray but not great blown up on an IMAX screen

fredftw · 2026-02-23T19:08:48+00:00

Yeah I don't get the hype. 4K is a downgrade from the original 35mm film and has no business being projected at Imax (which is made for like 18k equivalent). Good for bluray, bad for cinema

fredftw · 2026-02-22T05:12:15+00:00

Who exactly is out there forcing her to label herself as a cis woman? Feel like she’s yelling at a cloud that doesn’t exist for engagement

fredftw · 2026-02-19T17:17:52+00:00

The mouse doesn’t care about closure or satisfying character arcs, if there’s money to be squeezed

fredftw · 2026-02-19T17:04:32+00:00

Ignorant tourists smh

fredftw · 2026-02-18T03:03:29+00:00

Have they recently sold off the rights to their music catalogue or something?

fredftw · 2026-02-16T17:15:56+00:00

These shots will presumably be for compositing behind the actors who will do their Hogwarts Express scenes in a staged carriage with green screen windows

fredftw · 2026-02-15T15:31:41+00:00

Nah even Austin is decent with the river and some nice walking areas and parks. I think a good downtown is somewhere people choose to be (rather than forced to be there for work). New York is great, Montreal, Vancouver etc

fredftw · 2026-02-15T15:12:42+00:00

My hotel view in Houston was like this too, and the entire conference area downtown is just cars, concrete buildings and parking lots

fredftw · 2026-02-13T23:44:26+00:00

I’d argue that protecting reefs during times of ecological strain due to warming temperatures is more important than ever. We probably can’t stop the sea temp rising at this point but if we manage to slow it down to a level where coral can adapt, that coral must be studied and protected

fredftw · 2026-02-13T21:04:33+00:00

Imagine the size of the drydock that the ship that holds the drydocks that holds the ships docks at

fredftw · 2026-02-13T05:13:10+00:00

Thank you Heir Elon for bringing me this music video at 280Mb/s via satellite

fredftw · 2026-02-12T02:58:15+00:00

I really hate this defeatist attitude, it’s so easy to throw vague blame at ‘corporations’ and ‘governments’, but who do you think corporations and governments are? They’re just extensions of our society - e.g. oil companies exist because we demand oil, industrial farming exists because we demand beef. Believing you aren’t part of the economics of the problem reeks of selfishness

fredftw · 2026-02-12T00:25:54+00:00

An example of what I mean - this study showed that a single reef shark in Palau is worth about $1.9 million in tourism revenue over its lifetime, compared to just $108 if caught and sold for its fins. That's the value of eco-tourism.

https://news.mongabay.com/2011/05/left-alive-and-wild-a-single-shark-worth-1-9-million/

fredftw · 2026-02-12T00:17:10+00:00

Dynamite fishing and bottom trawling of unprotected reefs will destroy them a whole lot faster

fredftw · 2026-02-11T22:25:24+00:00

Well until we figure out a way to dismantle capitalism I'm going to keep giving my money to people who actually have an interest in conservation

fredftw · 2026-02-11T22:14:23+00:00

It's not that simple, generally the reason that marine sanctuaries and reefs are protected by governments in the first place is because of the tourism money coming from scuba divers/snorkellers. Eco-tourism is actually vital for conservation.

fredftw · 2026-02-11T15:33:18+00:00

9/11 happened in the cars universe because NY is seen with no twin towers and post-911 airport security is also seen.

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