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squadelah 1 point ago +1 / -0

While I agree with the sentiment the graphic is presenting; Our side needs to ensure we are being accurate with the facts. Using big numbers is eye catching but if we don't read the fine print we can easily be challenged which could catch us off guard. The graphic is kind of cancer - large text is eyecatching, but misleading (minor clarification is less visible under the large text); White on gray prevents the reader from being able to read all the data (look for the details for pancreas). Lastly, there are no citations. We need a source to be able to back what we say up. from there we can argue our moral high ground with inassaultable data.

Again, I agree with the position in the graphic; it's abhorrent that a single baby is worth about as much as a honda civic in a back alley chop shop (~5.5k); i just think that we need to present our data better.

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squadelah 2 points ago +2 / -0

While I agree with the sentiment the graphic is presenting; Our side needs to ensure we are being accurate with the facts. Using big numbers is eye catching but if we don't read the fine print we can easily be challenged which could catch us off guard.
The graphic is kind of cancer - large text is eyecatching, but misleading (minor clarification is less visible under the large text); White on gray prevents the reader from being able to read all the data (look for the details for pancreas). Lastly, there are no citations. We need a source to be able to back what we say up. from there we can argue our moral high ground with inassaultable data.

Again, I agree with the position in the graphic; it's abhorrent that a single baby is worth about as much as a honda civic in a back alley chop shop (~5.5k); i just think that we need to present our data better. (spez: math)

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squadelah 2 points ago +2 / -0

That only points to the abstract. i shared a link to a reply post where someone uploaded the whole paper

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squadelah 2 points ago +2 / -0

I know they did it since i have a 40mm nonlethal-sponge grenade round i picked up there sitting on my mantle above the fireplace

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squadelah 2 points ago +3 / -1

if we go by the American Revolution type stats where 3% of the population was needed to shift the tides; with a global population of ~8.1 Billion, we'd only need roughly 243 million to be alert (theoretically)

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squadelah 1 point ago +1 / -0

well, according to the Moody Blues, we "...decide which is right, and which is an illusion..."

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squadelah 2 points ago +2 / -0

Don't forget the gulf of tonkin

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squadelah 4 points ago +4 / -0

lack of standing; supposedly he didn't prove that he had a "personal stake in the outcome of the action"

https://www.ntd.com/supreme-court-rejects-case-seeking-to-overturn-2020-election_894187.html

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squadelah 2 points ago +2 / -0

Regeneron is a pharma company. They have a facility in Tarrytown NY, you just take Exit 23 on the Saw Mill River Parkway, make the left (spez: if you're coming from CT) and then you drive through their campus as the building literally goes over the road

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squadelah 1 point ago +1 / -0

I prefer Year Month Day e.g. 20220311. I find it more straight forward

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squadelah 1 point ago +1 / -0

Thorium is a waste byproduct of mining (especially coal) and we produce a metric butt-ton of this stuff. It's like the 41th most abundant material on earth so there's a lot of it around. From a "radioactive materials handling perspective" it's already regularly dealt with in abundance so safe transport and movement of this material is already established.

I'm not suggesting that we switch to thorium exclusively as I love my gasoline and hot-rods, but the powergrid infrastructure of the USA is one of the most vulnerable targets here. The 2003 power outage on the east coast shows what could happen if there were problems with the transfer stations....those transfer stations are "protected" with what? a chain link fence and no one talking about their locations. you can google maps them and and see their locations.

In my opinion, the infrastructure should be switched to community based LFTR microreactors maybe on the county level or something... small reactors, really efficient and essentially removing the risk of large scale destruction from a single point like in 2003. this would produce real cheap energy and provide a lot of jobs as well.

There are ways to handle this material safely and this type of reactor is much safer than the RBMK, PWR, BWR, AGR, LWGR, FNR, etc. reactors. What's really neat about these is that the water would not be in direct contact with the radioactive material which greatly reduces the risk of ionizing or contaminating water.

As with anything, if these are built properly they'll be a wonderful alternative to what we are currently utilizing.

If you're bored and want to read more, this website is a pretty good start: https://www.thmsr.com/en/

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squadelah 3 points ago +3 / -0

you can reuse "spent" fuel in other reactors e.g. thorium molten salt reactors....."burn" cleaner and less hot than your uranium reactors and don't run as high of a risk of meltdown the Thorium tech wasn't pursued in the 60s because you can't weaponize the the byproducts.

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