Grant W. Trent
@grantwtrent.bsky.social
Interested in all things nuclear or high voltage — our attendant histories of research and engineering.
Industrially hygienic.
All posts here do not represent my employer.
Industrially hygienic.
All posts here do not represent my employer.
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Watching this, is just like any pre-school TV show back then, when suddenly it becomes very serious.
Bobby Kennedy Assassination
YouTube video by Tamlin Nicholl
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Watching this, is just like any pre-school TV show back then, when suddenly it becomes very serious.
Radioactive pancakes. :)
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Radioactive pancakes. :)
After a whole week off I'm diving in with a 24/7 shift starting tomorrow. :)
It's fine but man, what a nice holiday week.
Not even a single phone call from newer people seeking technical guidance. 😄
It's fine but man, what a nice holiday week.
Not even a single phone call from newer people seeking technical guidance. 😄
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
After a whole week off I'm diving in with a 24/7 shift starting tomorrow. :)
It's fine but man, what a nice holiday week.
Not even a single phone call from newer people seeking technical guidance. 😄
It's fine but man, what a nice holiday week.
Not even a single phone call from newer people seeking technical guidance. 😄
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One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do
This cool, sunny day is a good time to play.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This cool, sunny day is a good time to play.
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You’ll never see a colder group of people than Floridians waiting to start a Turkey trot when the temp is 60f…
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You’ll never see a colder group of people than Floridians waiting to start a Turkey trot when the temp is 60f…
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Happy Cold War Thanksgiving from 1962...
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Cold War Thanksgiving from 1962...
Hmm, that's not good. :|
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hmm, that's not good. :|
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post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
After unpacking some things from a temporary storage I have my last, newest scintillator and what I hope will be a more suitable photomultiplier on hand.
I have a lot of work and consolidating to do before I can start plopping anything on a bench again but that project could yield nice data. :)
I have a lot of work and consolidating to do before I can start plopping anything on a bench again but that project could yield nice data. :)
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
After unpacking some things from a temporary storage I have my last, newest scintillator and what I hope will be a more suitable photomultiplier on hand.
I have a lot of work and consolidating to do before I can start plopping anything on a bench again but that project could yield nice data. :)
I have a lot of work and consolidating to do before I can start plopping anything on a bench again but that project could yield nice data. :)
This sort of toy, anything plush with a noise maker, appears fun but only lasts for some minutes of supervised play before it has to be put up, out of sight.
I know from past dogs how determined they are to gut stuffed toys and that it will happen soon as you turn away. :/
I know from past dogs how determined they are to gut stuffed toys and that it will happen soon as you turn away. :/
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This sort of toy, anything plush with a noise maker, appears fun but only lasts for some minutes of supervised play before it has to be put up, out of sight.
I know from past dogs how determined they are to gut stuffed toys and that it will happen soon as you turn away. :/
I know from past dogs how determined they are to gut stuffed toys and that it will happen soon as you turn away. :/
Far as cheap, second hand and not too old(no vacuum tubes) rad detection equipment goes this has been some of my favorite kit for the price.
I don't know if this stuff is still trickling out of classroom stores but some years back it was very easy to find and usually operable out of the box. :D
I don't know if this stuff is still trickling out of classroom stores but some years back it was very easy to find and usually operable out of the box. :D
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Far as cheap, second hand and not too old(no vacuum tubes) rad detection equipment goes this has been some of my favorite kit for the price.
I don't know if this stuff is still trickling out of classroom stores but some years back it was very easy to find and usually operable out of the box. :D
I don't know if this stuff is still trickling out of classroom stores but some years back it was very easy to find and usually operable out of the box. :D
Look at all of those babies.
They were sitting right outside the door.
They were sitting right outside the door.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Look at all of those babies.
They were sitting right outside the door.
They were sitting right outside the door.
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What advocates for testing don't realize is that US scientific achievements (e.g. fusion at NIF) are a surrogate demonstration of the credibiliity of the nuclear stockpile and allow better understanding of the underlying physics than a mushroom cloud.
Should America resume nuclear tests?
America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a shall...
www.denvergazette.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What advocates for testing don't realize is that US scientific achievements (e.g. fusion at NIF) are a surrogate demonstration of the credibiliity of the nuclear stockpile and allow better understanding of the underlying physics than a mushroom cloud.
Mostly fireworks tonight but definitely a few celebratory bullet reports sprinkled in.
Stay safe, it's well surveilled around the stadium.
And it sounds like the helicopters left here, keep the recreational lasing to a minimum. :/
Stay safe, it's well surveilled around the stadium.
And it sounds like the helicopters left here, keep the recreational lasing to a minimum. :/
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Mostly fireworks tonight but definitely a few celebratory bullet reports sprinkled in.
Stay safe, it's well surveilled around the stadium.
And it sounds like the helicopters left here, keep the recreational lasing to a minimum. :/
Stay safe, it's well surveilled around the stadium.
And it sounds like the helicopters left here, keep the recreational lasing to a minimum. :/
Ah, she thinks she's all settled down for tonight but spent most of the afternoon tumbling in and out of a freshly excavated patch of dirt so this won't do.
But she likes the hair dryer so it's mostly okay. :)
But she likes the hair dryer so it's mostly okay. :)
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ah, she thinks she's all settled down for tonight but spent most of the afternoon tumbling in and out of a freshly excavated patch of dirt so this won't do.
But she likes the hair dryer so it's mostly okay. :)
But she likes the hair dryer so it's mostly okay. :)
Swamp things.
Been some years now.
Been some years now.
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Swamp things.
Been some years now.
Been some years now.
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Honestly? For every job I’ve had? They hired me.
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Honestly? For every job I’ve had? They hired me.