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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Total world energy generation (TWh) from nonHydro renewables is approaching double the generation from nuclear.

2022 2023 2024
Ren* 4206.7 4748.4 5415.2
Nuc 2679.6 2737.7 2817.5

* nonhydro renewable

www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

Chart. Global Generation (1965-2022). Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022.

Nuclear (TWh)
Non-Hydro Renewables (TWh)
Nuclear (∆TWh)
Non-Hydro Renewables (∆TWh)

[Probably should read "(1965-2021)."]

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3d

"Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, independent and objective press." apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20h

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue missouriindependent.com/2025/10/14/a...

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue • Missouri Independent

A Missouri appeals court unanimously rejected arguments by the attorney general that abortion regulations do not cause "irreparable harm."

missouriindependent.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

www.propublica.org

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 10d

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📣 Disability Pride NYC
📆 Sunday, October 19, 2025
⏰ 10:30 AM Meet Up / 11 AM Parade Start
📍Madison Square Park to Union Square Park
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Disability Pride NYC, October 19, 11am to 1pm, meet up 10:30am
More info bit.ly/dpp25

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 1d

"Modeling wick dewetting… involves complex interaction btwn meniscus shape changes, gravitational effects, capillary forces. Hi-fidelity models needed to resolve these interactions are not yet fully developed, and current modeling techniques struggle to capture detailed dynamics of wick dewetting."

DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 1d

Important paper. Unfortunately, paywalled.

Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) for heat pipes

Heat pipes are advanced passive thermal management devices that utilize phase change and capillary action to achieve efficient heat transfer. However,…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we indeed have a serious problem.

A tweet by Robert Reich reads:
“The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.”

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

Recycling nuclear fuel is also expensive. Very, very expensive.

"The cost to build the reprocessing plant, including new safety measures, has ballooned to ¥3.1T ($20.57B). The initial estimate was ¥760B. 💸

"The total budget has reached ¥14.7T." 💸💸

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

Recycling nuclear fuel is slow. Very, very slow.

"[I]n order to obtain significant reductions in total inventories of Am or other TRU, adv nuclear fuel cycles would have to be maintained for a very long period of time – on the order of several hundred years."

—EPRI. Adv Nuclear Fuel Cycles… 2010.

https://www.epri.com/research/products/1020307

EPRI, 2010. Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles -- Main Challenges and Strategic Choices

TRU burning in fast reactors is the only way to reduce the TRU inventories going to waste disposal using fission reactor technology. However, such reductions in the TRU content of HLW streams are counter-balanced by large increases in the total fuel cycle inventory of TRUs. For example, as far as Am is concerned, the comparison between once-through fuel cycle and TRU burning in Fast Burner Reactor shows a reduction of the inventory going to waste by a factor larger than 100. But it would take more than 108 years of operation at equilibrium to compensate for the higher Am inventory in the fuel cycle.

These results indicate that in order to obtain significant reductions in total inventories of Am or other TRU, advanced nuclear fuel cycles would have to be maintained for a very long period time – on the order of several hundred years.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 2d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Susie Sunshine🙏🏼🌎 ☮️ @suzwarto.bsky.social · 2d

2) The Reality:

“Canada’s Nuclear Safety Commission decision to approve this location was made without proper consultation with Algonquin Nations in violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”

- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak

Appeal hearing on Chalk River disposal site set for Wednesday

Political leaders were in Ottawa on Tuesday to show their continued opposition to a proposed nuclear waste disposal site at Chalk River.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

reut.rs

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

In the US, there are ~90,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel in storage at reactor sites. US reactors add about 2000 tn each year.

The statutory limit for Yucca Mountain is 70,000 tn.

Tripling nuclear by 2050 would require reprocessing or dozens of Yucca Mountains.

DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · Nov 16

At a nominal growth rate of 1.8%, we would need 10 Yucca Mountain Project-sized repositories, or improve the utilization of the first repository by a factor of 10. At a growth rate of 3.2%, which results in 370 GWe of installed capacity in 2050, we would need an improvement factor of 22.

As a part of the waste management objective, the AFCI program wishes to avoid the technical need for a second geological repository this century. At a nominal growth rate of 1.8%, we would need 10 Yucca Mountain Project (YMP)-sized repositories, or improve the utilization of the first repository by a factor of 10. At a growth rate of 3.2%, the highest rate considered in this year’s report to Congress [2], we would need an improvement of a factor of 22. The 3.2% growth rate results in 370 GWe of installed capacity in 2050, similar to the MIT high-growth scenario of 477 GWe [10, 11]. The DOE laboratory directors published a report [12] with targets that imply a growth rate of 4.5%/yr at least until 2050. Dixon and Piet estimated the growth rate by noting the objective of “50 percent of U.S. electricity and 25% of U.S. transportation fuels produced by nuclear energy by 2050,” this results in 700 GWe installed capacity by 2050 [10]. If continued to 2100, this would require an improvement of a

DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

"At equilibrium the reactor inventories increase by a factor of 6 to 10 when recycling is performed."

Nuclear may be the only energy technology for which recycling waste creates more waste.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

As @rns.org documented in August, apparent ICE/federal immigration agents have conducted operations near or even *on the grounds* of churches at least 10 times this year so far.

One LA pastor personally confronted agents on her church property, demanding they leave. religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

www.propublica.org

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 2d

Secular community service duties like working polls shouldn't be tied to religious oaths. That's why we're suing South Carolina.

Read the full story ➡️ ffrf.us/4hbIm8U

#ffrf ##ffrf #pollsc#southcarolinat#christiannationalism

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

Suffer the little children.

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · Jun 25

Religion.

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · Jun 25

There are a LOT of problems with what meatfluencers are selling, but a big one is the very idea that if our ancestors did it, we should do it. (They didn't eat only meat, but that's a different problem.) What are your favorite examples of ancestral experiences we're better off without?

To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything

Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way

www.scientificamerican.com

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 2d

President Trump was just caught on a hot mic talking with the president of Indonesia.

He may have been talking about his business interests in the country–which would be exactly the kind of conflict of interest we’ve been warning about for years. 🧵

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 2d

Hot dog man meme

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this."

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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