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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18h

Lots of videos of red painted steel structural columns and beams generally to the east, blown away from the building concrete pad area. The ones from right at the explosion location probably thrown beyond immediate scene in the video. Far end of building they stayed at core site.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18h

Closeup of the loading dock just above the explosion point I believe. Dirt displaced from loading dock berm behind concrete wall that’s still standing, and out to the southwest and west. Yellow cratering red sprayed dirt. Same Newschannel5 Nashville raw helicopter video.

Raw still closeup of explosion crater area. Newschannel5 helicopter video.

Marked up still showing craters and sprayed dirt. Newschannel5 video.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18h

Crater areas in yellow and projected dirt in red.

Previous and these helicopter video stills from Newschannel5 in Nashville.

Raw still from helicopter video of Tennessee explosion, Newschannel5

Edited still from Newschannel5 video showing craters and sprayed dirt.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18h

One or two craters destroyed concrete pad and dirt visible underneath and sprayed out away from them, at southwest corner and the lower loading dock.

Tennessee explosion site overhead - Google Earth

Raw helicopter footage Tennessee explosion, Newschannel5 helicopter.

Newschannel5 helicopter shot with possible craters and dirt blown out away from them.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 19h

Southwest corner of building, up to possibly the north side of the the exterior loading area at grade level on the southwest corner.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 19h

Basically, situation unclear, waiting for more information. It’s clearly devastating, one corner of the building slab was blown away and the steel beams & columns thrown a hundred meters or more away, even at the other end of the building. But the whole slab wasn’t vaporized. We have a location.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 19h

RDX and HMX aren’t insensitive by any means but aren’t primary explosives. PETN is but wasn’t much of the product line. If this was a material mixing or use form production site it would take more accidental input energy for a detonation.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 19h

It’s unclear what functions that building had, but if it’s a nitration facility then usually you wouldn’t have a lot of machines close together and lots of people in close proximity. Not seeing internal berming or subdivisions in the debris, just one large floor area.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 20h

The buildings are generally now wire centers or internet exchange points. The long lines specific radio hardware is harmless and expensive to remove unless you’re demolishing the building…

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 20h

Friday nap time.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 21h

If that’s where they make C-4 from bulk powder RDX and the inert plasticizers etc then that’s low risk. Cast melt warheads low risk. If it’s a process facility nitrating feedstock into PETN, HMX, RDX, or TNT that’s a different story. I have no idea from building layout or post explosion debris.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 21h

Information about the specific materials and processing in that building would give us accident risks information. Some of their products are very unlikely to accidentally explode, some are more likely. I don’t know yet what we’re looking at there.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 21h

The conceptual ungrouping of attacks on US and core NATO ally facilities isn’t sensible. US soil would be an escalation of sorts but NATO article 5 has no distinction.

There is no specific evidence I am aware of that this was anything but an accident. But can’t blindly ignore the recent trend.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

Germany and UK in Arizona as well.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“The explosion was felt 15 miles away”

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

In space news, astronomers have not just confirmed but photographed the existence of a black hole pair finding two in a locked 12 year orbit of each other www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

Scientists capture an image of two black holes circling each other for the first time

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs.

www.utu.fi

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

Rarely you get reasonably true colors if they use optical and RGB or analogs filter wheel selections, but that’s usually a PR photo not a science one…

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

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The RIFs have begun.
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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

US and NATO. A couple were nearby the Ukrainian border and directly supporting them and should probably be in an intermediate category, but attempts and damage across everyone recently.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

You mean his wife?

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

This would be approximately the tenth sabotage incident either successful or foiled in 2025. It is not at all unlikely.

That is not to say it was, but there have been several times more sabotage and attempts than actual accidents this year.

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