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Nuclear historian at the Hiroshima Peace Institute. New book - Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022). Active posting on Mastodon: @bojacobs@hcommons.social Book & personal websites: nuclearbodies.com bojacobs.net
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"This area is still slightly RADIOACTIVE. Avoid excessive exposure." #OTD in 1960, civil defense official Lewis E. Berry wrote a memo about post-apocalyptic billboard messages...

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There was indeed a ticker tape parade in NYC for Lindbergh in 1927, the same year Donald Trump's father was arrested at a KKK parade. FWIW, however, on Lindbergh's famous flight he landed in Paris, not NYC.

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I've tried to locate this ad on YouTube, but can't find it. Seriously, click through and watch it. They've taken an iconic Billy Graham speech warning about the need for evangelicals to stand on guard against false prophets, and then Trump fitting every part of his description.

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In his Wisconsin speech today Trump has positively referenced Lindbergh, and also said that we should let no immigrants in from dangerous countries, so while I’m not saying he definitely would have sent fleeing Jews back to the Nazis I’m not NOT saying that

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CBS says it will be up to viewers to provide their own news stories during nightly newscast.

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Wow it sounds like maybe we should make 'pandemic-level funding' to schools permanent.Wow it sounds like maybe we should make 'pandemic-level funding' to schools permanent.

Schools Face More Uncertainty as Pandemic-Era Funding Ends
Schools Face More Uncertainty as Pandemic-Era Funding Ends

Covid relief money showed real promise in ameliorating learning loss and closing education gaps. But is it expiring too soon?

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If you are a US taxpayer, you will be funding Microsoft's catastrophic attempts to make the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant power their AI fantasies.

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NEW: After the COVID public health emergency ended, states were free to “unwind” people off Medicaid. Texas moved aggressively. More than 1 million lost coverage for bureaucratic reasons, like failing to return a form, not because they weren’t eligible.

Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.

The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were children forced to forgo or postpone life...

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Bo Jacobs
@bojacobs.bsky.social
Nuclear historian at the Hiroshima Peace Institute. New book - Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022). Active posting on Mastodon: @bojacobs@hcommons.social Book & personal websites: nuclearbodies.com bojacobs.net
121 followers166 following140 posts