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Nuclear historian at the Hiroshima Peace Institute. Book - Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha - Yale 2022. I work on the global human & ecological harm from nuclear production, nuclear weapon tests, reactor accidents. I examine the impacts on communities, families & emotions; long-term ecological presence of fallout radionuclides; the legacy of our nuclear waste to 1,000s of generations of our descendants.
#histodons #nuclear #Hiroshima #peace #STS

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bojacobs, to random
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If you want to learn more about the New Apostolic Reformation (Alito's flag suppliers), start with these five podcasts "Charismatic Revival Fury," featured on the Straight White American Jesus podcast. Here is the first episode, there are five total. Or use your podcast app:

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/charismatic-revival-fury-ep-1-january-6th-and-the-new-apostolic-reformation/

bojacobs, to sydney
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New Global Hibakusha blog post:

Hybrid Lecture: How millions harmed by nuclear weapons and power have been made invisible during the Cold War and after

June 4th, in person at in and on Zoom

@sts @histodons @nuclearhumanities

https://globalhibakusha.com/page/page-2/?permalink=hybrid-lecture-how-millions-harmed-by-nuclear-weapons-and-power-have-been-made-invisible-during-the-cold-war-and-after

bojacobs, to random
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I heard Scott Galloway on his TED Talk say high housing costs were due to too many "permits":

"'I own 15,000 houses': Robert Kiyosaki says there's 'nothing wrong' with buying a house — except he uses debt to buy it and 'pay no taxes'"

Also, note that this article is a "how to" article that admires this behavior.

https://moneywise.com/real-estate/kiyosaki-says-nothing-wrong-with-buying-a-house

bojacobs, to nuclear
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Why clean up or compensate the decades old radiological contamination in when you can give tax breaks to fund further contamination?

"Missouri lawmakers approve tax break for Kansas City nuclear weapons facility expansion"

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article288552392.html

bojacobs, to random
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War criminals (reconstructed) for apocalypse conversion therapy:

"George W. Bush to Raise Money for Group That Converts Jews to Bring About Second Coming of Christ"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/george-w-bush-jews-for-jesus-messianic-jewish-bible-institute/

bojacobs, to random
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"Armed groups are likely committing ethnic cleansings and atrocities in Darfur — again.

International impunity helped allow a power struggle in Sudan to spiral into ethnic violence"

https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24153204/sudan-darfur-rsf-ethnic-cleansing-history

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I know I’m an old man yelling at clouds, but when I was a young vegetarian we didn't need our proteins to pretend to be meat.

bojacobs, to SF
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Hunter's Point is contaminated because that is where the US Navy tried to "decontaminate" ships irradiated at nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946

"San Francisco artists maintain a creative haven for 40 years—at a radioactive site"

https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/27/san-francisco-hunters-point-shipyard-artists/

bojacobs, to histodons
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Chernobyl, 38 years ago today.

Human "bio-robots" had to make homemade lead lined suits to then spend 40 seconds to 2 minutes on the roof of reactor #3 shoveling bits of the reactor core into the hole where reactor #4 used to be. 3,500 people did this task.

#Chernobyl #NuclearPower @histodons @sts

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bojacobs, to random
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Neil Young:

“Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning
and you find out that those other days are gone”

Star of Bethlehem

bojacobs, to Stoicism
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Interested in graduate study at the Hiroshima Peace Institute in Japan?

We are holding an online briefing session on admission to our Graduate School of Peace Studies on Friday, June 7.

Masters and doctorates can be completed in Japanese or in English. Details at the link:

https://www.peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/events/online-briefing-session-on-admission2024-6/

bojacobs, to random
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"Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland"

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/unstable-nuclear-waste-dams-threaten-fertile-central-asia-heartland-2024-04-23/

bojacobs, to india
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India is deploying MIRV'd nuclear missiles:

"How India’s restructured rocket force makes conflict with China more likely"

https://thebulletin.org/2024/04/how-indias-restructured-rocket-force-makes-conflict-with-china-more-likely/#post-heading

bojacobs, to random
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HOLTEC to New York State: how dare you monitor our nuclear waste dumping in your state!

https://www.reuters.com/legal/holtec-files-lawsuit-against-new-yorks-radioactive-materials-discharge-law-2024-04-18/

bojacobs, to random
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Good news for humans!

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher. Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

bojacobs, to solar
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Finally, an actual good idea about use of the former Nevada Test Site (now#NNSS).

-Cover the heavily irradiated landscape with solar panels. Allow the unusable soil to be covered with renewable energy production.

@sts

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/nuclear-test-site-cleanup-clean-energy/

bojacobs, to random
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The “move fast and break things" mob has been zeroing in on nuclear. What could go wrong?

bojacobs, to Germany
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Had long known about the radioactive boar in Germany resultant from Chernobyl contamination, but a team has shown that a significant amount of the radionuclides they are eating comes from Cold War nuclear weapon testing.

@sts

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/wild-boars-germany-nuclear-weapons-tests

bojacobs, to ai
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Why so many super excited articles about nuclear power in the press everywhere??

Techbros<>Nukebros

"AI Is Giving Nuclear Power a Big Lift. 4 Stocks Riding the Trend."

Nuclear is not coming to save the world, it is coming to feed Silicon Valley unicorns

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ai-nuclear-power-stocks-8852a830

bojacobs, to random
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Respect

"Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor, banned from second reservation in state.

At a Cheyenne River Sioux meeting, members voted 12-0 to keep the Republican out over her claims of of tribe-drug cartel nexus"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/05/kristi-noem-south-dakota-governor-banned-reservation

bojacobs, to australia
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Coming up in May and June, my book tour in Australia. Talks likely in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Details soon, also check my book webpage:

https://nuclearbodies.com

bojacobs, to random
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Fascinating look at the various sciences focused on what happens in the brain at death. A field seemingly near to important breakthroughs that reflect on the nature of consciousness. I fall on the side of seeing consciousness a a capacity of the brain rather than as something that “inhabits" as part of its independent journey.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/new-science-of-death-brain-activity-consciousness-near-death-experience

bojacobs, to Florida
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"Deerfield Beach asphalt plant worries neighbors, raises concerns about recycling radioactive waste"

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/03/deerfield-asphalt-plant-raises-concerns-recylcing-radioactive-waste/

bojacobs, to random
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The Price-Anderson Act caps the liability for nuclear power plant operators at $500 million in the event of an accident. Nuclear accidents cost billions. That puts the US taxpayer on the hook for a disaster, and also creates disincentives to pay for safety rigor. This subsidy is one more reason the true cost of nuclear is on the public while the profits are privatized. Every other industry must fund its liability.

"Nuclear industry critics take aim at liability cap extension"

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4560642-nuclear-industry-liability-cap-extension-critics/

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