By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/06/2026Massive craters pockmark the barren landscape of the Nevada desert, remnants of nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s and subsequent decades. thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8188616... 37714
tiuksueloi @tiuksueloi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026so the gaps are where a test failed, and the "device" is still there underground, right? finders keepers? 100
Colonel Sharki @lugashpd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026There is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine when Quark the Ferengi travels back in time to 1950’s Earth. Initially puzzled due to high levels of radioactive particles the computer detects in the atmosphere, he is astonished to discover that humans tested nuclear weapons on their own planet. 020
Todd Knarr @tknarr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Impressive sight. Don't try to see it in person, the security will not be amused. Thank gods for the geology too, else we've have contaminated ground water for hundreds of miles around. 000
