2023-02-24

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World’s last dedicated Meccano factory to close in France
Technological and Scientific Blind Spots

Let me remind you that “controlled nuclear fusion” assumes multiple things at once: 1) that you can do above break even nuclear fusion in a controlled way and 2) that this can happen at energy densities which are not too high as to be potentially uncontrollable or dangerous, and not too low as to be practically without value. I call this the “Goldilocks theory of controlled nuclear fusion.” There is no reason to believe that it is true or that the universe will cooperate with us in making this possible. It’s a sort of anthropomorphic idea to think that the kinds of energy densities we’re interested in will be both self-sustaining and well behaved.
On Klein on Construction - by Brian Potter
Pluralistic: This is your brain on fraud apologetics
Mysterious White Dust Blankets Parts Of West Virginia | ZeroHedge

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
How Bari Weiss broke the media - New Statesman
To My Sorrow, There Can Be No Common Ground With the Left – PJ Media

I really did want to find common ground with you people on the Left. I agree with you on the need to solve poverty, and on many points about the environment. I agree with you about Big Pharma and insurance issues. There were so many places we could have worked together. But sadly, even that part of me that was raised a Democrat has come to realize that you care nothing for anyone but yourselves. You traffic in bodies. You traffic in lives. You traffic in souls. To my sorrow, there can be no common ground.
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