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Bo Jacobs

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Nuclear historian, Emeritus @ Hiroshima Peace Inst, visiting @ #UNSW. I research the global #hibakuksha, #nuclear testing, production and waste. #PDX #STS Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022) nuclearbodies.com bojacobs.net

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 3h
Yarvin is basically one hop from the tech billionaires shaping US policy, and has been praised by VP Vance
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 9h
When do they award the #Nobel Prize for Fantasy Fiction? What do they call it? Oh yeah, #economics.
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 10h
these are the stories to hold in balance every time you read a scare piece about cannabis. you should also keep them in mind when pro-alcohol people say that weed is dangerous.
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have issued a formal statement
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gerd Ludwig has spent more than four decades photographing #Chernobyl. Now his own iconic images have become part of the #nuclear story he set out to document. amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo...
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Inside Chernobyl - 40 years of photographing the ongoing global nuclear catastrophe
Gerd Ludwig has photographed Chernobyl for more than 40 years. His new book explores how the disaster, its imagery and his own photographs have changed.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chernobyl drone attacks are ‘really gambling with the safety of millions of people’, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warns, following a visit to the #Chernobyl #nuclear power station. www.lawnews.co.uk/legal-news/c...
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Chernobyl Drone Attacks Gamble With Safety of Millions, UNDP Warns - Law News
Chernobyl drone attacks are ‘really gambling with the safety of millions of people’, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Alexander De Croo warned on Thursday, following a visit t...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 06/10/2026
Jacob D. Miller, 44, pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium and selling it.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to selling radioactive material from Russia
Jacob D. Miller, 44, pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium and selling it.
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GetHiroshima @gethiroshima.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Around 110 nishikigoi carp were released into the moat of Hiroshima Castle, aka Carp Castle, on Oct. 5. 🎏 Konishi Koi Farm in Nishi Ward has donated over 1,500 koi since 2018 and feeds them twice a week. Koi can't breed in the moat, so the farm keeps restocking it. #HiroshimaNews
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Truly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case.
From CBS News: "Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“NOT IN OUR TOWN. NOT ON OUR WATCH.” Protests at the Factory in FRANKLIN, TN against a Christian Nationalist ‘Holy War’ conference headlined by Hegseth’s buddy Doug Wilson. Full: www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Jon Reinsch @jonreinsch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Changing wildlife in central Tokyo's Imperial Palace sends quiet warning "Researchers believe climate change was highly likely a factor in the arrival of the new dragonfly species." And perhaps, the disappearance of other species. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
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Changing wildlife in central Tokyo's Imperial Palace sends quiet warning - The Mainichi
TOKYO -- The Imperial Palace forest in the heart of Tokyo has long served as a refuge for wildlife. A 30-year project studying the forest has now reac
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San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace @mothersforpeace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Newsom signs nuclear energy bills to boost clean energy
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law this week that deal with the development of nuclear energy sources in California, pushing forward an effort to increase sources of cle...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
English physician & epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart is best-known for her pioneering research in the 1950s that established a strong link between prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood leukemia. Her work influenced radiation protection standards. She was born #OTD in 1906. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky
Black-and-white photograph of English physician and pioneering epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart (1906–2002) working at her desk, symbolizing her groundbreaking research linking prenatal X-ray exposure to childhood leukemia. The composition positions Dr. Stewart on the left side of the frame, angled slightly toward the camera. She sits at a wooden desk with her body turned forward, leaning her forearms against the surface. Holding a pen in her right hand, she is captured in the act of writing on loose-leaf papers, looking directly at the viewer with a slight, knowing smile and an intelligent, engaged expression. Her dark hair is short, textured, and styled in loose curls around her face. She wears a crisp, light-colored medical lab coat over a textured collared shirt or blouse. The setting is a research lab or office environment. Positioned prominently in the background on the desk to her left is a large, classic black compound microscope. Stacks of research papers, documents, and reference materials are scattered across the workspace. The overall mood is intellectual, professional, and deeply focused, capturing a legendary scientist whose rigorous data collection transformed global radiation protection standards.
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Tim Reierson @holdspacefree.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Engineering and Erosion of Trust www.academia.edu/109214232/En... +his work on distortion of info w/in orgs. for example: gradebuddy.com/doc/508038/s... The Dark Side of Organizations and a Method to Reveal It cognexus.org/darkside.pdf Emergence and Evil paperzz.com/doc/8982863/... keep going!
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Engineering and Erosion of Trust
Engineering is a social enterprise. What makes this enterprise worthy of public trust? A model is developed to explain how disciplinary communities within engineering evolve credible bodies of knowled...
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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 04/10/2026
guys if you don’t follow UK politics this is like getting owned by paul ryan but worse
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/r...
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Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing - emptywheel
Russia's interference in the 2016 election is not the past. On the contrary, the latest news shows how much Russian has simply relentlessly pursued the very same plan it put in place starting a decade...
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This was a two act play by the Russians. It’s both a tragedy and a comedy.
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Susie Sunshine 🙏🏼🌎 ☮️ @suzwarto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This says the 2022 LLNL experiment was even worse: “The experiment produced 3.15MJ of fusion energy, while the laser system consumed about 422MJ of electricity — more than 100 times the fusion energy produced.” www.ft.com/content/ef51...
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Nuclear fusion’s moment of truth
Start-ups are attracting record investments. Some scientists think their timelines are far too optimistic
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Susie Sunshine 🙏🏼🌎 ☮️ @suzwarto.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
"The science of fusion energy, as with nuclear fission, is rooted in efforts to develop nuclear weapons." No more decades of research and billions of dollars! #RenewablesForPeace☮️ #NuclearBan #TPNW #ClimateActionNow #PhaseOutNuclearEnergy #PhaseOutFossilFuels newsroom.carleton.ca/story/nuclea...
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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
The U.S. Department of Energy reported a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion science in December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Decommissioning #nuclear reactors too expensive ? Don't worry, just switch from a private liability to a public liability. Problem solved ... www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hin...
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Hinkley Point B becomes second AGR plant transferred for decommissioning
Ownership of the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset, England - which was permanently shut down four years ago - has transferred from EDF Energy to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Fukushima company that once had virtually no expertise in operating machinery remotely is now setting out to develop #AI-powered robots for use in the high-radiation environments that remain a major challenge in decommissioning crippled Fukushima #nuclear plant. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
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Fukushima firm uses decommissioning know-how to develop AI robots - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Fukushima company that once had virtually no expertise in operating machinery remotely is now setting out to develop AI-powered rob
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ah that stabilizing social force that was the Manhattan Project
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As I note here, everything that happened in 2016 has come to pass. www.youtube.com/shorts/8piSZ...
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How Putin grabbed Trump by his balls
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The explosion effectively vaporized the HMS Plym, although some extremely hot metal fragments landed on Trimouille, setting fire to the brush. The blast carved a crater in the lagoon 20 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide. The mushroom cloud rose to 15,000 feet.
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Dramatic Footage of Britain Testing An Atomic Bomb (1952) | War Archives
YouTube video by War Archives
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
40 years ago today, 680 miles northeast of Bermuda, the Soviet Yankee 1-class ballistic missile submarine K-219 was on patrol when seawater leaked into a missile tube on the port side, triggering an explosion of the missile’s volatile liquid fuel that killed three sailors and crippled the submarine.
A US Navy color photograph of the K-219 at sea, with the damaged missile tube clearly visible on the port side, as well as a plume of orange rocket fuel vapor (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UDMH) coming from the hole in the hull.A US Navy black and white photograph of the K-219 at sea, zoomed in on the sail and missile tubes and showing damage to missile tubes on the port and starboard sides of the hull. Four crew members can be seen sitting on the port side of the sail.A color photograph from aboard the K-219 looking aft and showing a close-in view of the twisted metal and damaged missile tubes, with orange rocket fuel vapor (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UDMH) streaming from the tube on the port side.A second color photograph from aboard the K-219 looking aft and showing a close-in view of the damaged missile tubes, with orange rocket fuel vapor (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UDMH) streaming from the tube on the port side, and also showing the hatches of the tubes directly in front of the ones torn apart in the explosion, which are also deformed and no longer properly sealed.
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Bill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NUKE 'EM (Hermes Press, 2019): six complete Cold War comic books from the 1950s. Introduction by Arne R. Flaten, Purdue University.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Physics Today @physicstoday.aip.org · 02/10/2026
The postwar funding boom in US physics came to a halt at the end of the 1960s, when officials in the Nixon administration made major cuts to the federal science budget. As historian Julia Menzel of @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social notes, the lessons learned then may be helpful to today’s scientists. #histSTM
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The last crisis of US physics
At the end of the turbulent 1960s, the postwar funding boom in US physics came to a crashing halt. The lessons learned then may be helpful to today’s physicists.
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 02/10/2026
Elvis Costello definitely left money on the table by *only* releasing the 49th anniversary My Aim Is True box set as CDs, when sickos like me would have bought it twice to have the vinyl too.
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now, where did I put that plutonium…?
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Japan to develop low-cost cruise missile that overwhelms air defenses
Civilian components will be used to significantly reduce production expenses
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 02/10/2026
We will reveal the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in just one week! Stream the announcement live on www.nobelprize.org. Quick facts: - Number of peace prizes: 106 - Individuals awarded the peace prize: 112 - Organisations awarded the peace prize: 28 - Youngest laureate: 17 - Oldest laureate: 86
Announcement graphic for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, scheduled for 9 October at 11:00 CEST, displayed on a dark green background.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/10/2026
Manny's cafe was once a hotspot for public chats about politics. But it avoided any discussion of San Francisco's role in incubating tech fascism. Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims. sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...
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Manny Yekutiel drops out of SF supervisor race
In the hours after the Standard reported new allegations of sexual assault against the candidate, Yekutiel had lost numerous endorsements, including Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At #Hanford during the #MED every run was a #GreenRun
Map showing where radioactive iodine-131 was found on vegetation following the Green Run. Technical Steering Panel of the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project, “The Green Run” (Fact Sheet #12, Mar. 1992).
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from me: Hegseth's new Pentagon initiative is weirdly obsessed with...homeschooling?
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What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per classified briefing to Congress:
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Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button
Not that Congress cares
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seems like this #Kaliningrad stuff has been percolating. What the fuck is this sick game?
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 01/10/2026
In Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape blocks of ice destined for some of the world's trendiest bars. The luxury product, believed to melt more slowly than regular ice, is a staple of Japan's cocktail culture. 👉 ebx.sh/noAk7B
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 01/10/2026
Japan finalized sweeping revisions to its permanent residency rules on Thursday, including higher income and language requirements. 👉 ebx.sh/7FpoS7
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can only get a song out of your head with another song
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 01/10/2026
Today, because I wished last night not to have the chorus of "Run to Me", a good Bee Gees song, running through my head over and over, the monkey's paw has blessed me with the chorus of "You Win Again", a bad Bee Gees song.
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 30/09/2026
Thread. There is a clear pattern here. The first sign of a bubble popping is when the ads (in the US) are telling "ordinary" white people to invest. But you know it will pop *right away* when they start targeted advertising to *Black* investors.
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DrCrlsnPEJD @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And the risk would be considerable. "Valar CEO Isaiah Taylor has called limits on exposure to radiation a top barrier to industry growth."
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DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator
In its rush to boost nuclear energy, the Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry. “The safety culture is under threat,” a former h...
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So...the other side in the talks wants to negotiate this away? "In #nuclear campus talks, #Idaho Gov. Brad Little says protecting Snake aquifer is ‘nonnegotiable’“ idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/25/i...
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In nuclear campus talks, Idaho Gov. Brad Little says protecting Snake aquifer is ‘nonnegotiable’  • Idaho Capital Sun
In July, U.S. Department of Energy officials announced Idaho is a finalist to host one of the new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses.
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All risk from this would be on taxpayers: "The facility would include data centers & some 456 small #nuclear reactors, along with a facility to produce nuclear fuel and for storing nuclear waste, according to a proposal from the company to federal regulators.” #SMR www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Göktuğ Kayaalp @igoktugk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
tagging @bojacobs.bsky.social
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Bo Jacobs @bojacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Nazi Germany Couldn’t Have Built a Working Reactor, Let Alone a Bomb, Study Finds Contrary to historical documents, Nazi Germany’s #nuclear program was far from achieving criticality.” #MED gizmodo.com/nazi-germany...
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Nazi Germany Couldn't Have Built a Working Reactor, Let Alone a Bomb, Study Finds
Contrary to historical documents, Nazi Germany’s nuclear program was far from achieving criticality.
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