msalexwhat:

msalexwhat:

Basic things to understand about filming with prop guns:

• Prop guns are either fake rubber props that do not discharge anything, or real guns that are loaded with blanks.
• Blanks, which consist of gun powder and paper, can still cause injury or death. No blanks should ever be used in close range and no real ammunition should ever even be anywhere on set.
• When a prop gun is on set, it is only to be handled by the armorer when it is not in the hands of the actor for the scene
• Before a prop gun is handed to the actor, it must be checked by the armorer that there is no ammunition. If there is no ammunition, the armorer says, “cold gun,” and the cast and crew confirm they heard this by repeating, “cold gun.”
• Actors using prop guns are required to rehearse with the armorer and stunt coordinator and/or fight choreographer several times just before filming any scene it is used in.

Basic things to understand about the Rust film set shooting:

• Rust is a western film about an accidental killing and it’s aftermath starring Alec Baldwin and Jensen Ackles, filmed in Santa Fe on the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a place known for western films.
• There were at least 2 other confirmed misfire incidents during filming prior to this incident, one of which involved Baldwin’s stunt double, who fired a gun that he had been told was cold.
• A production unit manager received a text before the incident: “We’ve had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe.”
• Several crew members had walked off the set just hours prior, citing unsafe working conditions including COVID and gun safety violations. Several who did not walk off were ordered off by producers. Many of these crew were replaced with nonunion workers.
• Assistant Director David Halls picked up a prop gun from a cart prepared by Armorer Hannah Guttierez Reed and said, “cold gun,” before handing it to Baldwin. The cast and crew repeated “cold gun” as per the rule.
• Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was crouched behind a camera operator on a dolly, setting up the camera angle for the scene. Director Joel Souza was crouched behind her.
• Baldwin, Hutchins, and Souza rehearsed the scene once without incident.
• They rehearsed the scene a second time when a live round fired, narrowly missing the camera operator, striking and passing through Hutchins’ chest before finally hitting Souza in the shoulder.
• Baldwin dropped the gun and cried out, “Why did you give me a hot gun?” presumably at Halls or Reed.
• Reed took the weapon and removed the spent bullet casing before giving it to police.
• Souza was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was released later that day.
• Hutchins was airlifted to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
• Baldwin has been cooperating with police in the investigation.
• The American Society of Cinematographers president Stephen Lighthill stated, “This was not an accident. This was a preventable incident… Somebody didn’t do their job.”

People are asking for a list of my sources:

The LA Times had the most information about the situation, as well as the Associated Press.

The Santa Fe New Mexican has one of the most recent articles to obtain the affidavit.

And here’s a few more sources typical sources, such as The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, NY Times, and Time.

egirl-tgirl:

egirl-tgirl:

antifalockharts:

my fucking grandpa liked the my son/your son meme i posted on facebook i’m gonna die

this one, just to be clear

i feel like i’ve committed some kind of sin just by making his >70yo ass aware of this but in my defense it is really fucking funny and my family is well aware how leftist and trans i am and how deeply i hate america and its military gdkfghdgh

boy this post really pissed off the getting blown up for US oil interests fandom huh

arondeus:

i love that 17th century jewish poltergeist story where the family living in the haunted house calls a catholic priest for help before they contact a rabbi, because yeah, i think that would be my call too; id be like, oh? a demon in my house speaking latin and drawing inverted crosses on my wall in sulfuric bile? then without even questioning my faith i’d call up the catholic church and be like yo father, one of your boys loose come get him

hogwartsconsultingtimelady:

sandpaper-popsicle:

hello, yes. welcome to the spelling bee Mr. Cruz. Your first word is “paradise”. Please spell it

I love reading posts that are HILARIOUS but only if you are in possession of several very specific pieces of knowledge.

commodorez:

the-real-numbers:

hungwy:

another internet thing kids wont experience is toolbar stacking:

This shit was barbaric even for 2001

Before Chrome was a thing, we had the Google Toolbar, a tumor found on things like Internet Explorer and Firefox that eventually sprouted legs and became its own bloated browser, eating up RAM like it was free candy.

The thing is?  They weren’t the first.  Everyone and their brother had a stupid toolbar in the early to mid 00′s that didn’t really do much.

In some respects it was like advertising you inflicted upon yourself.  Screen real estate was at a premium, and we cluttered it up with nonsense for the sake of…  who the hell knows.

I’m glad we’ve left that era behind, but we’ve also managed to find new ways to bloat our internet experience with unnecessary crap.

panicpractice:

tilthat:

TIL that due to altitude, your tastebud sensitivity to salts and sweets are reduced 30%. And because 80% of what people think is taste is actually smell, the 12% humidity in a pressurized airplane cabin causes odor receptors not to function, food tastes twice as bland than on the ground.

via reddit.com

teamnowalls:

lebronlames:

diaryofamadmixedwoman:

lebronlames:

panera bread is the only place that’ll probably never spell my name right

Panera Bread is the only place that employs honest loyal men and then their whore employee women seduce them and basically their all a bunch of sluts.
West Saint Paul Panera whores… I hate you.

um…. ..what

mood

solarsyrup:

technophage:

solarsyrup:

Since no one else here has the frickin’ guts to do it, here’s a completely unbiased ranking of the Bokoblins from the Zelda games

Wind Waker Bokoblins

Swashbuckling seadogs! I like their spunk and their scurvy! Unfortunately, I have to dock some points for that weird mouth thing they do.

8/10

Twilight Princess Bokoblins

Oh, EW. Who let these nasty little creeps out? They look like they hang out in abandoned Blockbusters and eat nothing but asbestos. Awful.

4/10

Skyward Sword Bokoblins

These guys… huh. They’re a little too people-y, y’know? Kinda straddling the line between “monster” and “smelly dude who sits too close to you on the bus.” But they’re trying, I guess.

6/10

Breath of the Wild Bokoblins

Look at these charming little scamps! They just want to eat fruit and yell at things! And play with fire. An almost perfect rapscallion and ne’er-do-well!

9/10

???

Wait, who’s this fellow? He’s so cute! Look at him! Small but determined! I don’t know what kind of Bokoblin this is but he’s the clear winner here!

10/10

If OP is tricked by the mask, then OP is a Bokoblin

theforestofthorns:

waitinghopingliving:

mkinnon:

i mean, there’s typecasting

and then there’s playing a version of cinderella’s stepsister four times

four

separate

productions

Here’s a bit of an explanation:

God I love her.

lapies-lazuli:

trauma-thicc:

memesusofsuburbia:

tips-and-tricks-for-writin:

suburban-justice:

butches-get-smooches:

knucklesandgyros:

mysteryseeker:

jedijenkins:

oblivionsongstress:

onion-souls:

spookyscaryskeletitties:

tarradash:

sparkylurkdragon:

cerastes:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

tropiyas:

“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos

classic texts have nothing on the crazy people come up with in modern times tbh

“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”

– Joshua Graham, Who Is A Fallout New Vegas NPC, Something Most People Throwing This Quote Around Don’t Realize

“If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have.”

– Shadow the Hedgehog in what is widely considered one of if not the single worst game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise

this is the source for this text and it haunts me on a regular basis

Originally posted by itsjustme-99

“Pick a god and pray.”

-Fredrick from Fire Emblem Awakening

Huh, it’s almost like art isn’t just fine art…

this is my addition to this ever growing list of raw quotes originating from unexpected sources

@v1als

Flowers wither away. Jewelry are simply stones, decorated with fake beauty. I can give you something pure. Honest and undying love.

“A world without forgiveness is a world without compromise and a world without compromises is a world without life, for even a simple-minded beast may forgive it’s transgressors to share a watering hole in the middle of a drought”- A meme I made at 2am before deciding to quit my last job

“You fight because you want to. We fight because we don’t have a choice. Is our struggle but leisure to you?”

“What can one do in the face of such monumental loss but breathe a weary sigh, for the world is a little quieter now” is about animated french fries

ziraseal:

witchella:

historyfilia:

we think Greeks were a very rational people and all until we learn about the Buphonia, an Athenian ritual where a laboring ox had to be sacrificed but at the same time, this was considered a terrible crime. so when the priest killed it with an axe, he had to throw it aside and get the fuck out of there running for his life. then the rest of the people discovered the crime scene and blamed the axe, the only one present. the axe was immediately carried before the court of the Prytaneum which charged the axe with having caused the death of the ox. sometimes it was absolved, others, it was thrown into the sea,

You cannot tell me they didn’t do all of this with a sense of humor.

Athena, goddess of wisdom, watching her dumbass patron city do this shit: 

polliewog: