Grant W. Trent
@grantwtrent.bsky.social
Interested in all things nuclear or high voltage — our attendant histories of research and engineering.
Industrially hygienic.
All posts here do not represent my employer.
Industrially hygienic.
All posts here do not represent my employer.
Half of the primary rectifier recovered from a surprisingly high current 150kV X-ray machine power supply.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Half of the primary rectifier recovered from a surprisingly high current 150kV X-ray machine power supply.
I'd still want to put a simple Raman spec together one of these days but for now it doesn't comport with my polyprojectitis treatment. :/
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'd still want to put a simple Raman spec together one of these days but for now it doesn't comport with my polyprojectitis treatment. :/
Walked through the antiques mall today. My favorite person's booth always has a thing or two of this sort.
Old Thorium containing kodak lens in this case.
Old Thorium containing kodak lens in this case.
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Walked through the antiques mall today. My favorite person's booth always has a thing or two of this sort.
Old Thorium containing kodak lens in this case.
Old Thorium containing kodak lens in this case.
Aww, I walked into the office for a few minutes and missed a rocket launch.
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Aww, I walked into the office for a few minutes and missed a rocket launch.
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The FDA's expert panel on testosterone replacement therapy for men — specifically cis men — takes place today.
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
FDA Expert Panel on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Men
FDA Expert Panel on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Men
www.fda.gov
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The FDA's expert panel on testosterone replacement therapy for men — specifically cis men — takes place today.
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
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I would argue that caring and responsibility, traditional masculine values, are under attack by people who fantasize that masculinity is abnormally large muscles and brutality.
So if people agree with me, it's hard to know what this result means.
So if people agree with me, it's hard to know what this result means.
"Traditional masculinity is under attack these days"
Agree: 53%
Disagree: 30%
Neutral: 17%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
Agree: 53%
Disagree: 30%
Neutral: 17%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I would argue that caring and responsibility, traditional masculine values, are under attack by people who fantasize that masculinity is abnormally large muscles and brutality.
So if people agree with me, it's hard to know what this result means.
So if people agree with me, it's hard to know what this result means.
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This is how she meditates
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is how she meditates
Labrador is having a little panic over the thunderstorm this evening.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Labrador is having a little panic over the thunderstorm this evening.
I don't think I'd want a refrigerator this wired. :|
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I don't think I'd want a refrigerator this wired. :|
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This is why. This student got to write a shit essay, got to bully a minority she evidently hates, got to get a member of that group straight-up fired, got to go out and do softball interviews and now is gonna receive wingnut welfare for a few years. (3/4)
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is why. This student got to write a shit essay, got to bully a minority she evidently hates, got to get a member of that group straight-up fired, got to go out and do softball interviews and now is gonna receive wingnut welfare for a few years. (3/4)
That's a Troxler gauge box, I'd guess.
Wonder if the tool was present.
Wonder if the tool was present.
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
That's a Troxler gauge box, I'd guess.
Wonder if the tool was present.
Wonder if the tool was present.
Wow, this is the biggest lizard I've ever seen running wild in Central Florida.
Can't be good for the smaller animals normally here. :/
Can't be good for the smaller animals normally here. :/
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Wow, this is the biggest lizard I've ever seen running wild in Central Florida.
Can't be good for the smaller animals normally here. :/
Can't be good for the smaller animals normally here. :/
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Today in #Florida legal news: Woman suing SeaWorld over being hit by a duck while riding a roller coaster was not, in fact, hit by a duck, say SeaWorld's lawyers. It was a snowy egret. www.wftv.com/news/trendin...
Woman suing Sea World over being hit by duck on coaster wasn’t hit by duck lawyers say
“This matter does not and has never involved a duck,” the parks’ lawyers wrote in a court filing.
www.wftv.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today in #Florida legal news: Woman suing SeaWorld over being hit by a duck while riding a roller coaster was not, in fact, hit by a duck, say SeaWorld's lawyers. It was a snowy egret. www.wftv.com/news/trendin...
