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The X-10 graphite reactor at Oak Ridge went critical # OTD in 1943.

Built as part of the Manhattan Project, it was the second artificial nuclear reactor (after Fermi's Chicago Pile 1) and the first to operate continuously.

Photo: Ed Westcott

The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), completed in 1965, is just down the road from the X-10 site. If you like well-designed control panels from the 1960s, please enjoy this beauty.

A true 👨‍🍳🤌💋 of a control panel.

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28 years ago today, an Israeli extremist assassinated Yitzhak Rabin and arguably the last prospect of peace in the Middle East.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_

Patriots sign DL Jeremiah Pharms Jr. to the 53-man roster from the practice squad; Elevate OL Conor McDermott to the active roster: bit.ly/45ZsE9x

Mastoversary.

I created my Mastodon account around 4 years ago but it lay fallow and I only started using it in earnest approximately one year ago today, and I have never looked back. It is now the only social media site that I read regularly, and you...
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"Young Activists to Biden: Change Course on Gaza — or Lose in 2024"

Good for those kids! That's exactly what they have to do. The Democrats have to realize that our votes are not *a given.*

#USNews #USPol #Gaza #Democrats #activists

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Canada had our worst fire season ever recorded this year.

Australia's fire season is just starting and it is devastating.

The scale of fires in NW Australia is an area bigger than Western Europe has been on fire at some point over the last 6 weeks.

Stay safe down under.

The man-made climate breakdown is 1000 times more costly than getting off fossil fuels.

The time for talking has long past. We need to move quickly to transition. Canada has a lot of work to do on this front.

Like so many others here, I recently passed my one-year anniversary of joining Mastodon. It's been a joy.

I have slightly more than half of the followers here that I had on the deadbird site when I stopped posting there -- and conservatively, 10 times the genuine engagement in boosts, favorites, and replies with the Mastodon account.

My thanks to @Gargron and his team for their hard work.

(Advice: If you aren't donating to your instance, please do so.)

@purplepadma @darklyadapted I had to go to three shops - one of them twice as I forgot something - but fruit is now soaking & smells divine. Thanks for the motivation 😊.

Hey there Mastodonians. I could use a hand.

Last week I lost my #job for the third time THIS YEAR: once to a bankruptcy, once to a toxic CEO, and again last week due to an acquisition by a parent company that eliminated my position.

My background is in #solar #sales #leadership though I also have high writing proficiency (including a master's degree in creative #writing). Can you pass this around and reply if you have any job leads? I have 0 runway left at this point.

The next time you see high gas prices, remember that Exxon posted $9.1 billion in earnings for the third quarter of this year. The money is coming out of consumers’ pockets and going back to Exxon’s wealthy shareholders, to which it gave $8.1 billion in Q3.

Maybe everyone should use the term LLM (large language model) instead of AI for all such projects. But I guess then nobody will get hyped over it, especially investors who wish to make quick money out of the current trends.

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The Internet is at a point where I trust the geocities-ass page that looks like a child made it more than any slickly produced modern web experience.

I crave your shitty blogs. Give me your UNDER CONSTRUCTION gifs.

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