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O.E. Dodd
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Aspiring writer of science fiction & post-post-apocalyptic stories. Trying my best to figure things out. (She/Her)
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Once you have fissile material your path to a nuclear IED goes from needing the resources of a nation state to like... the resources of a college engineering department or a mid-level firm.

That they're even thinking of selling this shit is fucking nuts.
The challenge of enriching or stealing U-235 or Pu-239 is like the one reason we don't see more proliferation / terrorism.

With few kg, even a small group with limited resources could build an improvised nuclear weapon.
my city just implemented a bylaw making it possible for cops to fine people if they feed the unhoused

everything is going so very well
I'm reminded of the sniper tactic of shooting to first wound a target, then waiting to fire on those who break cover to recover their injured comrade. It's similarly abhorrent.
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17 people are dead from US strikes in the Caribbean this month and we still don't really know who they are and so far the president and VP have made jokes about scared fishermen.
Trump brags to military leaders about his strikes on boats: "They don't want go fishing. I don't blame them. There will be no fishing today. It's amazing what strength will do."
Are livestream tickets still available? They don't appear to be for me when I follow the link on the AR Theatre's website.
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Many well-meaning people have told me throughout my life that I should get involved in electoral politics; unfortunately, this has been the primary reason that I've not done so. I wouldn't feel at all safe.
I've had mixed feelings about not having that strong of a reaction to this, myself. Growing up on the internet probably numbed me to it, idk.

It's meant I'm the one in my circle who looks into things that are hazardous for others to watch/read about, because I know it's difficult for others.
You gotta start running with a uranium-filled weight vest. Radmax with radium smoothies and yellowcakes to build that critical mass.
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
The people who own our media realizing years late that they need to start seeding our own crop of failson pundits to further control political discourse, so they proceed in an embarrassing way that will somehow manage to look mediocre next to an American counterpart. Damnably Canadian of them.
Here’s some reporting I checked out to jog my own memory on this as I was feeling a bit rattled and wasn't sure if it was exactly what you'd described. It was.

thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

I think I’m gonna go stare off into the middle distance for a bit. Thanks for the excellent work. 5/5
Ontario’s controversial Bill 5, explained | The Narwhal
Public commenting on Bill 5 closes in a few days. Here’s everything you need to know about Ontario’s omnibus development bill
thenarwhal.ca
...Ford’s majority defangs any parliamentary opposition. The feds seem to have given Ford their blessing to do this.

While many elite interests stand to gain from this bill, I now can’t help but see the legislative groundwork for the same kind of network state fascism being laid here. 4/5
Furthermore, it “includes protection against lawsuits for anyone involved in a project within a special economic zone.” There’s basically no accountability for this at all. Most of the opposition to this has been from indigenous, labour, and environmental advocacy groups, as... 3/5
It would grant the government the ability to exempt corporations from having to follow environmental and labour regulations, as well as the duty to consult First Nations on any resource development projects on their lands. 2/5
@miawong.bsky.social The recent ICHH episode on Abundance and SEZs hit alarmingly close to home.

Here in Ontario, Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, which allows the creation of Special Economic Zones that would exempt corporate entities from having to follow any provincial/ municipal laws 1/5
Yeah he left to full-time it as a fash podcast grifter, his dad was some kind of conservative newspaper ghoul
I can't help but love the horrifying little eyeball octopus.
Shitlib opposition has a frustrating aversion to just outright saying, in the simplest terms, "these bastards are lying."

It's mad that it's literally against the rules of Parliament here (🇨🇦) to say "this person is a liar" on the record - yet blatant falsehoods are, somehow, not.
"Oppression is the mask of fear."
Where's Christopher Walken with a Kar98 and apocalyptic visions when you need him?
"Those nordic runes on that guy's SS uniform are actually a nazi dogwhistle! Here's my three page analysis I'm also calling OSINT."