Jeffrey Epstein liked to believe he was a big thinker and collected scientists in much the way he collected young girls, although he seems not to have considered them quite as disposable. Some names are surfacing again and again – Stephen Pinker, Martin Nowak, Lawrence Krauss, and the whole MIT Media Lab. (With the exception …
Two Ways To Die From Radiation
I’ve been asked to do a post on what would make the body of a victim of a radiological accident radioactive. [Trigger warning: This is an unpleasant subject. Descriptions of seriously damaged bodies follow. I am posting this as a public service for those trying to figure out what happened at Nyonoksa and those writing …
Emergency And Medical Personnel Speak Out On The Nyonoksa Explosion
Two accounts of caring for the victims of the accident at Nyonoksa on August 8 were published Wednesday, August 21, in Meduza (English version) and Novaya Gazeta. The sources are an emergency responder and two doctors. The emergency responder was not on duty that day and relies on the reports of co-workers. The sources want …
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Respite Open Thread – Find This Big Boi A Home
I wouldn’t be surprised if he were already spoken for, but this is definitely of interest to this blog. OMG, big boi Mr. B is a CHONK. He’s a chonk of a chonk. He redefines the term. Can you guess how much he weighs? More importantly, can you give him a home? Adopt this jumbo-sized …
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The 1619 Project
The New York Times magazine this week is completely The 1619 Project, The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the …
Disinformation Watch: The Open Skies Treaty
Some weird stuff has popped up in my Twitter feed this week. Fortunately, I follow experts who are trying to figure it out. Steffan Watkins is a Canadian who follows ships and planes via the internet. If you like that sort of thing, I recommend you follow him. He is also very sensitive to …
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Update On The Nyonoksa Explosion
First: We have no more information than when I wrote about the Nyonoksa* accident on Monday. If anything, we may have less because the Russian government has gone back and forth in its announcements, contradicting earlier announcements and sometimes coming back to what was said earlier. So everything they say must be questioned. Because the test …