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Kyle Hill

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Award-winning science educator. Nuclear comms expert. BASILISK Head of education and outreach. CFF Dogs of Chernobyl charity ambassador. “A legend.” - Post Malone. youtube.com/@kylehill

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 5d

[NEW VIDEO] I finally found the slide rule for the end of the world youtu.be/C06yW0232Bc?si

The Nuclear Bomb Computer Slide Rule

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 5d

[NEW VIDEO] I finally found the slide rule for the end of the world youtu.be/C06yW0232Bc?si

The Nuclear Bomb Computer Slide Rule

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 5d

[NEW VIDEO] I finally found the slide rule for the end of the world youtu.be/C06yW0232Bc?si

The Nuclear Bomb Computer Slide Rule

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 12d

If you happen to be a nuclear weapons reporter meeting in a decommissioned nuclear missile silo this weekend, I’ll be doing a short talk.

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 23d

[NEW HALF-LIFE HISTORY] He didn’t know he was handling weapons-grade uranium… youtu.be/4CZ3GVntMDs?...

America’s First and Last Nuclear Fatality

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 23d

[NEW HALF-LIFE HISTORY] He didn’t know he was handling weapons-grade uranium… youtu.be/4CZ3GVntMDs?...

America’s First and Last Nuclear Fatality

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 25d

☢️The first public, brand new [OFFICE HOURS] is here! Join us on Patreon for all the episodes youtu.be/QnjWt50Vqz4?...

Chimpanzees "Went a Different Way" | New [OFFICE HOURS] #004

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · 25d

☢️The first public, brand new [OFFICE HOURS] is here! Join us on Patreon for all the episodes youtu.be/QnjWt50Vqz4?...

Chimpanzees "Went a Different Way" | New [OFFICE HOURS] #004

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Sep 20

[NEW VIDEO] I asked a nuclear weapons historian if METAL GEAR makes any sense (and I was surprised!) youtu.be/WrUMCbYmU1M?...

Is Metal Gear Actually a Good Weapon?

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Sep 20

[NEW VIDEO] I asked a nuclear weapons historian if METAL GEAR makes any sense (and I was surprised!) youtu.be/WrUMCbYmU1M?...

Is Metal Gear Actually a Good Weapon?

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Sep 12

[NEW VIDEO] It’s not even close… youtu.be/w84fO9ifzXw?...

What is History’s Deadliest Invention?

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Aug 17

[NEW VIDEO] Let me introduce you to a new existential threat youtu.be/TU3HUqUZeYw?...

Mirror Life - Biggest Threat You’ve Never Heard Of

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BASILISK @basilisk.gg · Aug 12

9 Time Evo Champ, GOAT across multiple titles, and pillar of the Fighting Game Community.

Justin Wong will be leading our efforts to discover, build, and captain Science’s FGC Team.

Welcome to BASILISK, @jwonggg.bsky.social!

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Aug 8

[NEW VIDEO] I got the rare opportunity to walk *inside* a nuclear cooling tower in Slovakia! youtu.be/N0M6GDBH50E?si

I Went INSIDE a Nuclear Cooling Tower

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Aug 7

“Become Indigestible. Grow Spikes.”

Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · Aug 5

behold the "HTML bomb"

It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to

when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper

Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Jul 30

OK it’s funny to flip the video of the Australian rocket failure. Haha they’re upside down. But when presented this way, it’s actually a fantastic, visceral demonstration of the power of gravity I’ve never seen before. Makes you feel the gravity well. I’d watch more launches like this.

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Jul 25

The top player at my esports team @basilisk.gg just became this year’s StarCraft II World Champion and the undisputed greatest SCII player of all time!

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Jul 22

When eating uranium was normal

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Jul 22

Two big pieces of news in two days!

BASILISK @basilisk.gg · Jul 22

We are teaming up with The Planetary Society! @planetarysociety.bsky.social

Co-founded by Carl Sagan and led by Bill Nye, TPS empowers the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration.

We are proud to bring their mission to the millions of global esports fans. Let's go!

Bill Nye and Serral stand next to the combined logos of The Planetary Society and BASILISK representing the new Partnership bringing Science to esports.

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Kyle Hill @khill.bsky.social · Jul 22

Here’s the first big news out of my partnership with BASILISK esports! We’ve partnered with Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter.

Together, we will demonstrate that Science, play, and curiosity are inseparable.