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The big upcoming reveal will NOT be some political, computer, or financial slop.
What if it will be that the power structure has developed a race of highly intelligent and incredibly strong chimpanzees that will take over the world and keep you in line in the New World Order?
Or is this old news I missed?
The US economy is splitting in two. Thereโs a rip-roaring AI economy. And thereโs a lackluster consumer economy. Last quarter, spending on AI outpaced the growth in consumer spending.
Yet, the whole 'AI economy' is itself a house of cards. Companies are losing hundreds of billions and all gains are in speculative valuation. The only winner here is Nvidia, and all it does is just flip Taiwanโs chips to cash-burning companies.
derekthompson.org/p/how-ai-conโฆ
wheresyoured.at/the-haters-guiโฆ
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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Have you seen this?
I'm glad the likes of Dan Astin Gregory [and Catherine Ybarra] are getting more on the case. They can bring the concerns to a wider audience than a mouth-frothing "conspiracy-theorist" alarmist-hippie socially-inept-autist like me can, with all my too far too fast for most people. Are we looking up yet?
#eyesopen #nofear #lookup
#danastingregory #catherinybarra
#aria #climatechange #geoengineering
#weareinalotoftrouble #facethehorror #wecanstillmendthis
#speakup #writealetter #foi #dosomething
#informedconsent #billionaires #depopulation
#aerosolisedvaccines #dystopian #itsnotavaccine
#freespeech #transparency #informedconsent
US lawmakers spending summer break with AIPAC touring Israel
Dozens of tone deaf American politicians are on tours and CODELS. They might be better off spending time in their own districts.Stavroula Pabst (Responsible Statecraft)
Rebuilding a Universal Head for the Zayer Milling Machine! ๐ | Part 1
Weโre starting the rebuild of a universal head for our Zayer milling machine โ and itโs not looking pretty! This head was salvaged off a scrapped Zayer mill,...YouTube
Kulturelle Bereicherung oder Verarmung durch Zuwanderung? Beispiele aus der deutschen Geschichte - ANSAGE
Lassen Sie mich Ihnen, verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, bereits zu Beginn dieses Beitrags eine kurz und knappe Definition anbieten, die es Ihnen sicherlichKlaus Riรler (Ansage.org)
@Halo if you still downloading yt videos you should watch for getting 360p and below video resolution because of the new SABR video format which currently haunts yt-dlp. like many new feature its pure luck if your IP's are affected
github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issueโฆ
[youtube] `web` only has SABR formats
Checklist I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a supported site I've verified that I have updated yt-dlp to nightly or master (update instructions) I've checked that all provided URLs are playabl...coletdjnz (GitHub)
Flash floods kill at least 10 people and leave 33 missing in northwestern China
https://apnews.com/article/china-floods-dead-missing-yuzhong-gansu-cacb9cb24274183675f39f35abb24d93?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#uk #ukcomplicity #gazagenocide
libertytree.ca/quotes/Fredericโฆ
"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?"
-- Frederic Bastiat
(1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat]
Quotation by Frederic Bastiat
"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is nโฆLibertyQuotes
My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen
"Yellow Brick Road" Found On Pacific Ocean Floor During Groundbreaking Volcano Expedition
Still no sign of Toto, a lion, or a dancing tin man.Rachael Funnell (IFLScience)
The "tacit emotional contract" refers to the unspoken agreements that often exist in relationshipsโthose invisible terms and expectations that can deeply influence how we interact. ๐ซ๏ธ These silent clauses can become toxic when one partner expects certain behaviors or feelings without ever expressing them openly. This lack of clarity can lead to misunderstandings, resentment, and emotional harm.
Recognizing these unsaid rules is a crucial step toward healthier connections. It's important to foster open dialogue about needs and boundaries instead of assuming or enforcing unspoken demands. ๐ฌโจ Awareness empowers both partners to negotiate their emotional needs consciously, preventing the silent contract from becoming a source of pain.
If you suspect you're trapped in such a tacit contract, start by reflecting on what expectations feel unstated yet pressuring. Then, gently bring those feelings into conversation. Healing from these unspoken bindings can lead to more authentic, respectful relationships. ๐ #EmotionalHealth #NPD #HealingTogether
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"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur."
-- James Bovard
(1956- ) American author, lecturer
Source: Lost Rights, 1994
Quotation by James Bovard
"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur." ~ James BovardLibertyQuotes
Sendikalara dair sรถylem ve gerรงek!
Fikret Baลkaya
Varlฤฑฤฤฑnฤฑ โterรถrle mรผcadeleโ retoriฤine borรงlu bir rejim!
Yazฤฑnฤฑn baลlฤฑฤฤฑ โsendikalar aslฤฑnda kimin รถrgรผtรผ veya sendikalarฤฑ sendikacฤฑlardan kurtarmakโ da olabilirdiโฆ Maalesef bu dรผnyada reel bir karลฤฑlฤฑฤฤฑ olmayan ลeylerin varlฤฑฤฤฑna inanmak oldukรงa yaygฤฑn bir saplantฤฑdฤฑrโฆ Eฤer sendikalar adฤฑna layฤฑk รถrgรผtler olsalardฤฑ, aรงlฤฑk sฤฑnฤฑrฤฑnฤฑn altฤฑnda iลรงi รผcreti olur muydu? Gelir daฤฤฑlฤฑmฤฑ adaletsizliฤi skandal boyutlara ulaลฤฑr mฤฑydฤฑ? Demokrasi standartlarฤฑ yerlerde sรผrรผnรผr mรผydรผ?
1923-1947 aralฤฑฤฤฑnda Tรผrkiyeโde sendika (dernek) kurmak yasaktฤฑ. Emperyalistler arasฤฑ savaล sonrasฤฑnda Tรผrkiyeโnin egemenleri โKรผรงรผk Amerika olmaโ tercihi yaptฤฑ. 1947 yฤฑlฤฑnda Cemiyetler Kanununda bir deฤiลiklik yapฤฑlarak sendika kurmanฤฑn รถnรผ aรงฤฑldฤฑ. Birรงok iลkolunda รงok sayฤฑda sendika kuruldu, fakat grev ve toplu iล sรถzleลmesi haklarฤฑ yoktu. ฤฐรงi boล kabuktularโฆ 1952 yฤฑlฤฑnda Tรผrkiye ฤฐลรงi Sendikalarฤฑ Konfederasyonuโnun kurulmasฤฑna izin verildi. Sendika yรถneticileri ABD tedrisatฤฑndan geรงirildilerโฆ 1963 yฤฑlฤฑnda dรถnemin azฤฑnlฤฑk hรผkรผmetinin รงalฤฑลma bakanฤฑ Bรผlent Ecevit iลรงilere grev ve toplu iล sรถzleลmesi, patronlara da lokavt hakkฤฑnฤฑ tanฤฑdฤฑ. 1967 yฤฑlฤฑnda Tรผrk-ฤฐล Konfederasyonundan ayrฤฑlan sendikalar, Devrimci ฤฐลรงi Sendikalar Konfederasyonunu โDฤฐSKโi kurdular. 12 Eylรผl NATOโcu, Amerikancฤฑ askeri darbe DฤฐSKโi yasakladฤฑ, yรถneticileri hapse atฤฑldฤฑ. Tabii Kutsal Devletin ve sermayenin has รถrgรผtรผ olan TรRK-ฤฐลโe dokunulmayacaktฤฑโฆ รstelik TรRK-ฤฐลโin genel sekreteri Sadฤฑk ลide askeri cunta hรผkรผmetinin รงalฤฑลma bakanฤฑ yapฤฑldฤฑโฆ Daha sonra kurulan HAK-ฤฐล ve Memur-Sen Konfederasyonlarฤฑ da sermayenin, devletin ve AKPโnin has รถrgรผtรผdรผrโฆ
Elbette gerรงek sendika, tanฤฑma uygun sendikalar ve sendikacฤฑlar da var ama onlar istisnadฤฑr. Devede kulak bile deฤildirโฆ Malรปm, โistisnalar kuralฤฑ doฤrulmak iรงindirโ denmiลtirโฆ Sendikal รถrgรผtler bidayetten itibaren bรผrokratik yozlaลmayla malรปldรผโฆ Rosa Luxemburg, โBรผrokrasinin olduฤu yerde her tรผrlรผ canlฤฑ yaลam รถlรผrโ demiลtiโฆ Aslฤฑnda bizde sendikalar profesyonel sendikacฤฑlarฤฑn, dolayฤฑsฤฑyla sermayenin ve devletin รถrgรผtleridirโฆ Sendikacฤฑlฤฑk bir meslektirโฆ Sendikacฤฑlar asla direniล, grev istemezler, hak mรผcadelesi yapmak istemezlerโฆ Grev durumunda sendika fonlarฤฑnฤฑn erimesini istemezlerโฆ Hayat standartlarฤฑ mรผsteลar-milletvekili maaลlarฤฑnฤฑn รผstรผndedirโฆ Ortalama iลรงi รผcretinin 20-25 katฤฑ maaล alanlarฤฑ vardฤฑrโฆ Fakat hepsi o kadar deฤil, sendika fonlarฤฑnฤฑ da kullanma yolu aรงฤฑktฤฑr. Lรผks makam araรงlarฤฑ ve sรผrรผcรผleri vardฤฑrโฆ Dolayฤฑsฤฑyla gelirleri sadece aldฤฑklarฤฑ รผcretten ibaret deฤildirโฆ Sรถzde asgari รผcret pazarlฤฑฤฤฑ yapanlarฤฑn aslฤฑnda kimler olduฤu, neyin pazarlฤฑฤฤฑnฤฑ yaptฤฑklarฤฑnฤฑn sorun edilmesi gerekmiyor mu? Siz hiรง bu gรผne kadar โTรRK-ฤฐล Konfedarasyonuโ baลkanlarฤฑnฤฑn veya baฤฤฑmlฤฑ sendika yรถneticilerinin insanรฎ-toplum sorununa dair bir รงift sรถz sรถylediฤini duydunuz mu?
Check-off sistemi de (sendika aidatlarฤฑnฤฑn iลveren tarafฤฑndan kaynaฤฤฑndan kesilerek, ilgili sendikaya aktarฤฑlmasฤฑ) iลรงilerin รถrgรผtlerine yabancฤฑlaลmasฤฑnฤฑ kolaylaลtฤฑrฤฑyor. Aidatlar devlet tarafฤฑndan รผcretten kesilip sendika bรผrokratlarฤฑna sunuluyorโฆ Doฤru hatฤฑrlฤฑyorsam memur sendikalarฤฑnฤฑn aidatlarฤฑ devlet tarafฤฑndan รถdeniyorโฆ Aidatlarฤฑ devlet tarafฤฑndan รถdenen bir sendika olur mu? Boลuna โfinanse eden yรถnetirโ denmemiลtirโฆ
Bu yoz รถrgรผtlerin aslฤฑnda neyin-kimin hizmetinde olduklarฤฑ neden sorun edilmiyor, teลhir edilmiyor. Sendikalardaki yozlaลmanฤฑn baลlฤฑca nedeni profesyonelliktir. Herhangi bir iลรงi รถrgรผtรผne [ve sol รถrgรผte] profesyonellik musallat olduฤunda, รถrgรผte รถldรผrรผcรผ bรผrokrasi virรผsรผ de nรผfรปz etmiล demektir. Mesleฤi sendikacฤฑlฤฑk olan biri iรงin asฤฑl kaygฤฑ, kendi konumunu, statรผsรผnรผ ve รงฤฑkarlarฤฑnฤฑ gรผvence altฤฑna almaktฤฑrโฆ Sendika bรผyรผdรผkรงe bรผrokrasinin gรผcรผ de artar.
Marx, Paris Komรผnรผโyle ilgili bir yazฤฑda, sendikalardaki bรผrokratik yozlaลmaya karลฤฑ iki รถnlem รถnermiลti: ฤฐลรงi รถrgรผtรผnde profesyonel olarak รงalฤฑลanlara kalifiye bir iลรงinin รผcretinden fazla รผcret รถdememek ve sendika yรถneticilerinin iki seferden fazla gรถrev yapmasฤฑna izin vermemek, rotasyon yoluyla bรผrokratik bir kastฤฑn oluลmasฤฑnฤฑ รถnlemekโฆ Bugรผnรผn dรผnyasฤฑnda bu รถnlemlerden birincisinin etkinliฤi tartฤฑลmalฤฑdฤฑr. Zira o dรถnemde ortalama iลรงi รผcretleri sefalet รผcretleriydi, bugรผnkรผ seviyelerin รงok altฤฑndaydฤฑ. ฤฐkincisi, sendika yรถneticilerinin geliri sadece aldฤฑklarฤฑ รผcretten ibaret deฤildir. Sendikanฤฑn kaynaklarฤฑnฤฑ โkolektifโ olarak tasarruf etme yolu da aรงฤฑk olduฤu iรงin, hayat standartlarฤฑ sฤฑradan iลรงiyle karลฤฑlaลtฤฑrฤฑlamayacak kadar yรผksektir. Sendika fonlarฤฑnฤฑ kolektif olarak kullanarak reel gelirlerini yรผkseltmenin yolunu buluyorlar. ฤฐkinci รถnlem daha etkili gibi gรถrรผnse de bir baลฤฑna bรผrokratik yozlaลmayฤฑ รถnlemenin garantisi deฤildir.
Tรผrkiyeโde 30-40 yฤฑl sendikacฤฑlฤฑk yapanlar var. TรRK-ฤฐล baลkanฤฑ Ergun Atalay 43 yฤฑllฤฑk sendika yรถneticisi ve o bir istisna deฤilโฆ Bizde sol kesim sendikalardaki yozlaลmayฤฑ hiรงbir zaman sorun etmedi. โEn kรถtรผ sendika bile sendikasฤฑzlฤฑktan iyidirโ safsatasฤฑ geรงerliydiโฆ Osmanlฤฑ ฤฐmparatorluฤunda padiลahlarฤฑn tahtta kalma aritmetik ortalamasฤฑ 17 yฤฑl 3 aydฤฑโฆ Fakat bu durum sadece sendikacฤฑlar iรงin geรงerli deฤilโฆ 25-30 yฤฑl millet vekilliฤi, oda, dernek baลkanlฤฑฤฤฑ yapanlar var. Belediye baลkanlฤฑฤฤฑ da sayฤฑlฤฑrsa, R. Tayyip Erdoฤan 27 yฤฑldฤฑr yรถnetiyorโฆ ฤฐลte size โTรผrk demokrasisininโ manzarasฤฑโฆ Bu sefil durum da sฤฑnฤฑf mรผcadelesi zaafฤฑnฤฑn, demokrasi bilinci zaafฤฑnฤฑn sonucuโฆ
Siyasi partiler var, seรงimler yapฤฑlฤฑyor diye bir rejim demokrasi olmuyorโฆ Geride kalan dรถnemde rejim, โkazanฤฑlmฤฑล haklarโ temelinde deฤil, โbahลedilmiล haklarโ temeli รผzerinde yol aldฤฑโฆAma artฤฑk yol alamฤฑyorโฆ Tam bir seรงim ve temsil yanฤฑlsamasฤฑ sรถz konusuโฆHiรงbir zaman seรงilenler seรงenleri temsil etmediโฆ Onlar kimi temsil edeceklerini iyi biliyorโฆ
Siyaset yapma tarzฤฑ da dahil artฤฑk her ลeyin radikal deฤiลikliฤe uฤratฤฑlmasฤฑ gereken zaman gelip รงattฤฑโฆ Artฤฑk hiรงbir ลey eskisi deฤil ve olmayacakโฆ Bu aracฤฑn bu rotada yol almasฤฑ mรผmkรผn deฤilโฆ Tรผrkiye tam bir รงรถkรผล tablosuna hapsolmuล durumdaโฆ Emekรงi halk รงoฤunluฤu sahayฤฑ inip, gereฤini yapmadฤฑkรงa, รงรถkรผล derinleลmeye, iลler sarpa sarmaya devam edecekโฆ Artฤฑk โsayฤฑn seyirciliฤinโ sonu gelmiล olmalฤฑdฤฑrโฆ
Geride kalan dรถnemde bu รผlkenin tรผm zenginliฤini รผreten ama รผrettiฤinden yeterli payฤฑ alamayan emekรงi halk sฤฑnฤฑflarฤฑnฤฑn sรผrece bilinรงli mรผdahale etmesine, ลeylerin seyrini deฤiลtirmesine bir engel yokโฆ ฤฐnsan irade sahibi bir yaratฤฑk olduฤuna gรถreโฆ
libertytree.ca/quotes/Benito.Mโฆ
โAgainst individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State ... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual.โ
~ Benito Mussolini
(1883-1945) Italian dictator during WW2, founder of Italian Fascism, 'Il Duce'
"Fascism," Italian Encyclopaedia, 1932, from Michael J. Oakeshott, The Social and Political Doctrines of Contemporary Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1939)
Quotation by Benito Mussolini
"Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State ... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual." ~ Benito MussoliniLibertyQuotes
California Senate Bill 549 permits LA County to buy fire-destroyed lots using taxpayer funds for low-income housing.
naturalnews.com/2025-07-16-calโฆ
Another โconspiracy theoryโ confirmed: California moves to seize fire-ravaged Palisades for low-income housing โ NaturalNews.com
California Senate Bill 549 permits LA County to buy fire-destroyed lots using taxpayer funds for low-income housing. Critics accuse Democrats of intentional mismanagement, leaving homeowners vulnerable to government seizure. The bill follows $17.NaturalNews.com
6:00 AM: I don't want to be responsible for server stuff. Let someone else deal with all that.
12:00 PM: I must be in complete control of everything. ::installs FreeBSD::
8:00 PM: Dang it, now I'm responsible for everything. What was I thinking?
California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas
https://apnews.com/article/trump-california-texas-redistricting-democrats-republicans-congress-bb965ed28d9ad752e3ce68014181fe14?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Happy #808day!
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"The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer [...] was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Tโฆ
#music #history #MusicHistory #DrumMachine #808 #EightOhEight
ยปThe Israeli Governmentโs plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza strip must be immediately halted. It runs contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must bring its occupation to an end as soon as possible, to the realisation of the agreed two-State solution and to the right of Palestinians to self-determination.ยซ
ยปTรผrk: Israelโs plan for complete military takeover of Gaza must be immediately haltedยซ
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/20โฆ
ยปOn all evidence to date, this further escalation will result in more massive forced displacement, more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction and atrocity crimes.
The war in Gaza must end now. And Israelis and Palestinians must be allowed to live side by side in peace.ยซ
Klingt erstmal nach einer richtigen Entscheidung.
Nur, was heiรt das jetzt konkret?
Ist das liefern von Rรผstungsgรผtern weiterhin erlaubt, die fรผr die Besatzung eingesetzt werden? Was ist mit Panzern?
Was gilt fรผr Komponenten, von Bombern die Gaza bombardieren, oder Booten, die Gaza bombardieren?
ยปBis auf Weiteres wรผrden keine Ausfuhren von Rรผstungsgรผtern mehr genehmigt, die im Gazastreifen zum Einsatz kommen kรถnnenยซ
tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoliโฆ
Gaza-Krieg: Bundesregierung schrรคnkt Rรผstungsexporte nach Israel ein
Deutschland stoppt bis auf Weiteres den Export von Rรผstungsgรผtern nach Israel, die im Gazastreifen eingesetzt werden kรถnnen. Das teilte Bundeskanzler Merz angesichts der geplanten israelischen Offensive mit.tagesschau.de
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Oder werden die Rรผstungsgรผter bei der Lieferung oder Genehmigung einfach nur mit einem Zettel versehen auf dem steht "nicht in Gaza einsetzen"?
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Hier wird versucht zu zeigen um was es bei den Rรผstungsgรผtern geht.
Ein Satz ist m.W.n im Artikel mindestens falsch ยปIn der Vergangenheit hatte Deutschland aber auch U-Boote geliefert, die in Gaza nicht zum Einsatz kommen.ยซ Soweit ich weiร bombardiert Israel auch vom Meer aus Gaza. Die UBoote spielen natรผrlich auch eine Rolle bei der Durchsetzung der illegalen Blockade von Gaza, als Teil der Besatzung
tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoliโฆ
Um welche Waffen geht es beim Rรผstungsexportstopp nach Israel?
Deutschland schrรคnkt ab sofort Waffenlieferungen an Israel ein. Wie erklรคrt Bundeskanzler Merz den Schritt? Und was ist รผber Art und Umfang von deutschen Rรผstungsexporten nach Israel bekannt? Ein รberblick.tagesschau.de
Deren Strategie: Geiseln erwรคhnen, so tun als wรคre das was in Gaza lรคuft ein Krieg, denn die israelische Armee sagt ja dass sie gegen die Hamas kรคmpfen.
Und damit schlieรen, dass es die israelische Armee schon am allerbesten weiss was das richtige Vorgehen ist. Und noch eine Drohung hinterschieben.
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DIG kritisiert Entscheidung der Bundesregierung - Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft e.V.
Volker Beck, Prรคsident der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft, erklรคrt: Die Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft kritisiert die Entscheidung der Bundesregierung, die Entscheidungen รผber Waffenexporte an...shartmann (Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft e.V.)
$50 MILLION reward leading to the arrest of Nicolรกs Maduro.
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Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation
Link: github.com/Nicholas-L-Johnson/โฆ
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Iran Still Has It
The utter #lunacy of the #USAโs #foreign #policy pretensions can be seen by the fact that the USA still has no ability to #enrich #uranium.
#America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium.Pause. Rewind.
America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium โ I only learned myself this year โ which meant it could no longer fuel itself without the help of foreign governments. Mostly, that placed us at the mercy of Europe, which refused to fuel our military bases. But we were also #buying enriched uranium from #Russia. In fact, we were buying it that very afternoon in November 2023, as war raged in #Ukraine. Our government hadnโt included enriched uranium in its initial sanctions against Russia on account of it really couldnโt. Fuel-dependence was not only a risk to our grid, but a risk to our national security.
#NuclearEnergy, despite its somewhat confusing status in our culture, where battles for its adoption are often waged with great, righteous indignation, as if attempting to persuade some alternative course for our civilization, presently accounts for nearly 20% of American energy production.
In labs across the country, reactors produce critically important medical isotopes for use in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and neurology. Then, military applications are obvious, as are their critical importance to our nationโs security, and require significantly greater enrichment than anything used by civilians.
In all of this, we need fuel. American companies used to enrich it. They no longer do. Today, nuclear enrichment is dominated by #Russiaโs #Tenex (#Rosatom), #Europeโs #Urenco, #Franceโs #Orano, and #Chinaโs #CNNC, all of which are state-backed or closely aligned with national governments. Here, a few (foreign operatives) would probably quibble. There is one plant in America. But while Europeโs Urenco operates a facility in #NewMexico, it uses European centrifuge tech and security protocols, which means โ via braindead policy agreements โ while there is technically some capacity to enrich on the U.S. mainland, our government doesnโt control that capacity, and canโt even use it to power our military bases.
But donโt worry, theyโre working on it!
General Matter is a nuclear enrichment startup, which means once its enrichment facility is up and running in Paducah it will be producing fuel for nuclear power plants, including the classic giants cooked up in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the sexy sleeker modern microreactors and small modular reactors (SMRs).
In the meantime, I suppose we could just buy some from #Iran. Itโs a good thing that whole โtotally destroying Iranโs nuclear infrastructureโ thing was nothing more than an expensive sound-and-light show.
If it wasnโt already clear to you before, then it should be now that there is absolutely no way the USA is in any position to fight a war with either Russia or China. Free trade theory has entirely hollowed out not only its industrial infrastructure, but its military power as well.
Iran Still Has It - Vox Popoli
The utter lunacy of the USAโs foreign policy pretensions can be seen by the fact that the USA still has no ability to enrich uranium. America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium. Pause. Rewind.VD (Vox Popoli)
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Right? like, people act as if we aren't capable of making useful judgements of people's abilities to do things we ourselves know how to do without making them do a completely separate thing that has nothing to do with the thing we're grading
When grading welds in shop class, we sure as shit didn't sit down with a test paper, the teacher fucking had us weld and then judged our results with a hammer.
McDonald's global sales slumped in the second quarter, marking the first decline for the fast-food giant since 2020 as inflation-weary consumers pull back on eating out.
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McDonald's sales are slumping because people can't afford fast-food
McDonald's sales fell for the first time since 2020 as the world's biggest restaurant chain plays catch-up with rivals.Megan Cerullo (CBS News)
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