Bo Jacobs
@bojacobs.bsky.social
Nuclear historian, Emeritus @ Hiroshima Peace Inst, visiting @ #UNSW. I research the global #hibakuksha, #nuclear testing, production and waste. #PDX #STS
Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022)
https://nuclearbodies.com
https://bojacobs.net
Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022)
https://nuclearbodies.com
https://bojacobs.net
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Bo Jacobs
@bojacobs.bsky.social
· Nov 20
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Historian of nuclear science & technology at Hiroshima Peace Inst. My book *Nuclear bodies: the global hibakusha* (Yale 2022) surveys harm from #nuclear production, weapon testing, & reactor accidents globally, & medical models that obscure harm from fallout particles.
nuclearbodies.com
Historian of nuclear science & technology at Hiroshima Peace Inst. My book *Nuclear bodies: the global hibakusha* (Yale 2022) surveys harm from #nuclear production, weapon testing, & reactor accidents globally, & medical models that obscure harm from fallout particles.
nuclearbodies.com
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This is such an incredible story I at first wondered if it was fake. But it appears to be real.
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www.ag.ks.gov/Home/Compone...
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is such an incredible story I at first wondered if it was fake. But it appears to be real.
www.ag.ks.gov/Home/Compone...
www.ag.ks.gov/Home/Compone...
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Today in 1961, at Gioia del Colle Air Base in southeastern Italy, two armed US Air Force Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missiles were struck by lightning, partially activating their 1.4-megaton W49 warheads. This was the second of four such incidents between October 1961 and August 1962.
December 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today in 1961, at Gioia del Colle Air Base in southeastern Italy, two armed US Air Force Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missiles were struck by lightning, partially activating their 1.4-megaton W49 warheads. This was the second of four such incidents between October 1961 and August 1962.
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Trump's imperialism is leading to murder -- at home and abroad. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Donald Trump’s Imperialism is Murdering People—At Home and Abroad
Trump's war crimes deserve legal retribution, but also show why we need an entirely new foreign policy.
www.thenation.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump's imperialism is leading to murder -- at home and abroad. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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President Trump's promise to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, serving 45 years in U.S. prison for drug trafficking, is part of a "shocking" effort to interfere in Honduran politics, says Rodolfo Pastor with the ruling left-wing LIBRE party. "It's a blow to Honduran dignity and democracy."
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
President Trump's promise to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, serving 45 years in U.S. prison for drug trafficking, is part of a "shocking" effort to interfere in Honduran politics, says Rodolfo Pastor with the ruling left-wing LIBRE party. "It's a blow to Honduran dignity and democracy."
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Twice a semester, a Victoria College classroom becomes a historical escape room!
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
History as an Escape Room: Professor Elise Burton’s Innovative Approach to Learning in HPS 205
Twice per semester, a third-floor room in Victoria College transforms into a portal to the past. Students enrolled in HPS 205 (Science, Technology, and Empire) step inside for an hour to see two…
ihpst.utoronto.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Twice a semester, a Victoria College classroom becomes a historical escape room!
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
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"U.S. Atomic Artillery Ready" - Trans-Lux Theater, NYC. Presumably from 1952.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"U.S. Atomic Artillery Ready" - Trans-Lux Theater, NYC. Presumably from 1952.
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Chernobyl : “While February’s drone strike did not lead to any release of #nuclear radioactive material, it caused significant structural damage, affecting the NSC’s designed confinement function and projected lifetime,”
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
U.N. nuclear agency returns to Chernobyl to check damage from recent Russian drone attack
The International Atomic Energy Agency is sending technicians to the site of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant to assess the current condition of an arch-shaped steel structure that was erected ...
www.washingtontimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Chernobyl : “While February’s drone strike did not lead to any release of #nuclear radioactive material, it caused significant structural damage, affecting the NSC’s designed confinement function and projected lifetime,”
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
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This edible aint shit…. *takes another*
𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻
𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This edible aint shit…. *takes another*
𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻
𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻
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"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
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UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new #nuclear power stations Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new #nuclear power stations Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
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Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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A good follow-up with some of the defendants against whom the cases were dismissed.
Many demonstrators were arrested; fewer were charged. And of those charged, many cases crumbled. Federal prosecutors declined to pursue some cases; in others, judges or grand juries declined to let them proceed.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chicago...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chicago...
Chicago Protestors Reel After Fending Off Federal Charges
The administration governs by propaganda. There’s bluster, threats, and even real violence...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A good follow-up with some of the defendants against whom the cases were dismissed.
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Today in 1958, a B-47 on ground alert at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana, carrying a sealed-pit hydrogen bomb containing no plutonium, caught fire when the Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) bottles accidentally discharged during the pilot’s acceptance check, pushing the plane into a towing vehicle.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today in 1958, a B-47 on ground alert at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana, carrying a sealed-pit hydrogen bomb containing no plutonium, caught fire when the Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) bottles accidentally discharged during the pilot’s acceptance check, pushing the plane into a towing vehicle.
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
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MAPA: Make America Poisoned Again.
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
MAPA: Make America Poisoned Again.
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New study: 1 in 8 young people use AI chatbots for mental health advice.
More than 93% report finding the advice helpful.
More than 93% report finding the advice helpful.
One in Eight Adolescents and Young Adults Use AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice
About 1 in 8 U.S. adolescents and young adults use AI chatbots for mental health advice, with the behavior most common among those aged 18 to 21.
www.rand.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New study: 1 in 8 young people use AI chatbots for mental health advice.
More than 93% report finding the advice helpful.
More than 93% report finding the advice helpful.
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Anthropocene 25 years – join us online!
Featuring leading voices including Johan Rockström, Carl Folke, Katherine Richardson and colleagues from across Earth system science, history and sustainability research.
🗓 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 09:00–17:00 (CET)
🔗 More info: buff.ly/Uhxncgr
Featuring leading voices including Johan Rockström, Carl Folke, Katherine Richardson and colleagues from across Earth system science, history and sustainability research.
🗓 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 09:00–17:00 (CET)
🔗 More info: buff.ly/Uhxncgr
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anthropocene 25 years – join us online!
Featuring leading voices including Johan Rockström, Carl Folke, Katherine Richardson and colleagues from across Earth system science, history and sustainability research.
🗓 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 09:00–17:00 (CET)
🔗 More info: buff.ly/Uhxncgr
Featuring leading voices including Johan Rockström, Carl Folke, Katherine Richardson and colleagues from across Earth system science, history and sustainability research.
🗓 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 09:00–17:00 (CET)
🔗 More info: buff.ly/Uhxncgr
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Commentary: A strategic administration in Tokyo could seize this moment to craft an Indo-Pacific strategy that leads its ally, rather than take its cues from Washington.
Takaichi finds herself with a window of opportunity
Japan can expand its Indo-Pacific role as U.S. focus narrows, but faces political and public constraints.
ebx.sh
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Commentary: A strategic administration in Tokyo could seize this moment to craft an Indo-Pacific strategy that leads its ally, rather than take its cues from Washington.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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