Space people of Bluesky, what do we think?
29.12.2025 16:29
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Space people of Bluesky, what do we think?
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Kinda sounds like the hiring of prohibition agents in the 1920s. Although they weren't paid very well, but they still recruited a lot of people that supported the policies. Of course, they were out of a job once political winds changed...
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.
I made another episode in my YouTube series on the history of nuclear power in space, in which I try to illustrate power density: youtu.be/P2AzSeTUCts?...
Thinking right now about that period 14 months ago when lefties were portraying Joe Biden as something akin to a fascist dictator. I took a lot of heat for saying people were being ridiculous and that those attacks on Biden would age extremely poorly if Trump won. And now here we are.
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
I'm trying my hand at making educational YouTube videos for fun. I'm starting with a series about the history of space nuclear power. I think I know some folks on here that might enjoy this: youtu.be/LjViTsIK1uQ?...
As I wrote earlier: slaughtering your golden goose (science & research, by gutting government research agencies and kneecapping non-government research institutions) is a good way to lose the 21st century
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️
👽 Could alien life leave energy fingerprints?
Life tends to form ecosystems that compete for energy. When that happens, high-energy chemicals get used up first – leaving a clear energy-based pattern.
Could that be a universal sign of life?
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Astrobiology #SciComm 🔭 🧪
Unthinkable news. ⚡️
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
I'm really sorry, it seems like nobody is safe. I went through that recently too. At least nuclear engineers are still in high demand if it doesn't work out
Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
relatedly: bsky.app/profile/code...
We're reading: “Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization” #OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out of this world footage captured from the Moon by the #BlueGhost lander during the solar eclipse.
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk 🧪🔭 #BGM1
Actually, looking at it again it seems they are relying on semiconductors to improve efficiency. Those might work well for a while, but they'd degrade over time with radiation
Not really, afaik it was all done in the 50s-70s, with the exception of TOPAZ I and II. I don't see anything in the design that looks very sensitive to radiation though, unless they're relying on semiconductors
Typically they handle it fine. The radiation ionizes the plasma between the electrodes which decreases space charge effects, and increase emission. The biggest issue is changes in gap distance, but thermal expansion is a greater contributor to that. TOPAZ flew with thermionics in the fuel assemblies
"Londoners keep dying because Churchill refuses to make peace.
If he stopped asking for aid and stopped insulting Hitler, the bombs would stop falling."
— Elon Musk, 1940 (probably)
The shift from ownership to perpetual leasing threatens our long-term access to knowledge & culture. 💾 Libraries must have the right to collect, preserve & provide access to digital materials—just as they’ve done for print for centuries. archive.org/details/four...
Colorado bill defining nuclear energy as 'clean' clears first vote
- Passed on a 8-5 vote in committee
- 4 republicans and 4 democrats voted yes, 5 democrats voted no
🔌💡 www.aspentimes.com/news/bill-de...
Officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) attempted to notify some probationary employees who had been let go that they are due to be reinstated – but they struggled to find them because their contact information was missing.
Oops we can't quickly reverse the NNSA firings because no one assembled their personal contact details before unceremoniously locking them out of government devices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
It's happening...
"According to an NNSA employee, roughly 300 of the agency's 1,800 staff are expected to be fired after the agency was denied a national security exemption."
#NukeSky
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JFC
