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#Musk’s declared aim is to slash US deficits by rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. His model is 80% of #Twitter’s staff he fired — starting with its trust and safety group. If someone essential is let go in error, he says, they can be rehired. That was case for hundreds of #nuclear safety officials fired this month. It took a while to reinstate staff monitoring nuclear stockpile because #Doge misplaced their contact.
https://www.ft.com/content/9ac3fc3b-2a95-40e0-ad73-03263fde67f7?sharetype=blocked
https://archive.ph/BDS1R
Elon Musk’s wrecking ball
The world’s richest man is taking a torch to the American state on behalf of Donald TrumpEdward Luce (Financial Times)
Happy birthday to #physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) who explained #nuclear #fission. She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating whether there were any stable elements beyond uranium. They discovered bombarding nucleus of U-235 with neutrons actually triggered it to fission, or break, into 2 nuclei of roughly half the size & some free neutrons! Hahn’s chemistry lead to startling discovery of barium,🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #histsci #womenInSTEM #MastoArt
However, we are not being told the full story.
Look at the effects of #nuclear #waste look at the number of nuclear weapons test done each year.
Look at the effect nuclear actually has on the climate and our home planet.
But of course, telling the truth you will then be labeled as "Anti-Nuclear" - a crime against the industry
This is the Chernobyl Dice: a Cold War era themed quantum RNG. It uses the clicks of a Geiger counter nestled next to an array of uranium glass marbles to generate random bits displayed on Nixie tubes.
This is a *disgustingly fair* dice and I’ve run the tests to prove it, lol
Hackaday article:
https://hackaday.com/2020/01/02/roll-the-bones-chernobyl-style/
#intrductions #arduino #maker #stem #ttrpg #nuclear #physics
Roll The Bones Chernobyl Style
We’re suckers for the Fallout aesthetic, so anything with a post-apocalyptic vibe is sure to get our attention. With a mid-century look, Nixie tubes, a brushed metal faceplate, and just a tou…Hackaday