A new study has found that nuclear war between the United States and Russia would cause two-thirds of the planet to starve to death within two years.

The dire prognosis was explained in modeling by Rutgers University, which found that 5 billion people would perish, primarily as a result of nuclear detonations causing huge infernos that inject soot ( Read more... )

China's fusion reactor ignited an artificial "sun" for 17 minutes.

According to Chinese media reports, one of the three largest fusion reactors in operation in the country was able to keep the plasma heated to 70 million °C for more than 17 minutes. pic.twitter.com/CgJnkqFGtn
- .. (@Xx17965797N) October 14, 2022

This Day In History

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I've been commemorating this day for a long time on LJ.  Sadly, considering the tragedy of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki may be all the more important today, as we drift towards a war with another expanding empire in the Pacific and beyond.  Silly, sad, stupid human race.  I guess this makes me a racist, then, doesn' ( Read more... )

I did tune into, "I Survived," last night, but not for too long, and sometimes only half-watching.  I had already seen the eipisode(s) before but it's amazing how I can forget, and see old things in a different mood/angle.  And, you know, no angle is ever right, right?  Here is one story, from that series, wherein a woman describes how she was ( Read more... )

I hope I didn't lose any friends last night.  I just took a tough-love approach to relapse from most recent exertion.  Decode that, Bucky ( Read more... )

Isn't this what all you stinkers are pissing about?  You all want to get it your own way?  Well, here it is.  Here's how everyone gets their own way.  And thank goodness for representative psychopathology.

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I thought of this song, and then it showed up in a movie I watched, maybe, "Crazy, Stupid Love."  It was first written during another end of the world, 1936, by Cole Porter, and became owned by Frank Sinatra, who probably had the most enduring career/legacy of any singer ever.  Another version was done by Nenah Cherry in 1990.

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I don't know about your experience, but mine is that avocados have really sucked this year. Too hard. Black/brown throughout. Too small. Too soft. Almost no taste. Just a bad scene all around. I know that the demand is outstripping the supply. This is why they are making a lot of guacamole out of squash these days. And this is also the reason that ( Read more... )

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Get this powerful 17-page eGuide 7 Essential Ways to Make Your Home Safe from 5G and EMF Radiation for FREE ( Read more... )

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Not so fast.

Remember this when I post again about Cuba, WiFi, and all that derangement.