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.
It's going to be a clean sheet night.
That means all of the little dogs are about to go in the shower.
They're cooperative at least with Olive even sitting politely for a blow drying because she doesn't like to feel cold air drying.
That means all of the little dogs are about to go in the shower.
They're cooperative at least with Olive even sitting politely for a blow drying because she doesn't like to feel cold air drying.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It's going to be a clean sheet night.
That means all of the little dogs are about to go in the shower.
They're cooperative at least with Olive even sitting politely for a blow drying because she doesn't like to feel cold air drying.
That means all of the little dogs are about to go in the shower.
They're cooperative at least with Olive even sitting politely for a blow drying because she doesn't like to feel cold air drying.
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A week late, but 6 days and 66 years ago, Dresden Generating Station Unit 1 went critical for the first time. Dresden 1 was the first privately financed nuclear power station in the United States (note all the qualifiers here)
So when we say the first nuclear power plant, what do we mean? 🧵
So when we say the first nuclear power plant, what do we mean? 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A week late, but 6 days and 66 years ago, Dresden Generating Station Unit 1 went critical for the first time. Dresden 1 was the first privately financed nuclear power station in the United States (note all the qualifiers here)
So when we say the first nuclear power plant, what do we mean? 🧵
So when we say the first nuclear power plant, what do we mean? 🧵
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My favorite is the chunk of graphite I have labeled as coming from Obninsk. I'm slightly dubious that it was used, but the soviets did lots of stupid things. It definitely has the "visiting scientist gift" vibe. And Obninsk is just obscure enough that it's possible
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My favorite is the chunk of graphite I have labeled as coming from Obninsk. I'm slightly dubious that it was used, but the soviets did lots of stupid things. It definitely has the "visiting scientist gift" vibe. And Obninsk is just obscure enough that it's possible
One of the very first sources I ever found - from a cool neighborhood store that sells minerals and artifacts.
Inside a wrap of lead foil marked "uranium hexafluoride" sat this small ampoule.
Almost certainly just UF₄ which is safer at least.
Provenance is sadly unknown but the price was fair. :)
Inside a wrap of lead foil marked "uranium hexafluoride" sat this small ampoule.
Almost certainly just UF₄ which is safer at least.
Provenance is sadly unknown but the price was fair. :)
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One of the very first sources I ever found - from a cool neighborhood store that sells minerals and artifacts.
Inside a wrap of lead foil marked "uranium hexafluoride" sat this small ampoule.
Almost certainly just UF₄ which is safer at least.
Provenance is sadly unknown but the price was fair. :)
Inside a wrap of lead foil marked "uranium hexafluoride" sat this small ampoule.
Almost certainly just UF₄ which is safer at least.
Provenance is sadly unknown but the price was fair. :)
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Blue Origin Nailing the landing like that on the second flight of new Glen while also delivering useful payload to MARS is wild. A certain somone is probably gonna be fuming about it lmao
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Blue Origin Nailing the landing like that on the second flight of new Glen while also delivering useful payload to MARS is wild. A certain somone is probably gonna be fuming about it lmao
Frog is too cold. :/
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Frog is too cold. :/
Seems like there's always a few people pushing for mycoherbicides but none have yet successfully made a case for its use in controlling drug crops.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Seems like there's always a few people pushing for mycoherbicides but none have yet successfully made a case for its use in controlling drug crops.
Seems like yesterday. :)
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Seems like yesterday. :)
They caught the chicken finally. He'll be going to a home this evening.
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
They caught the chicken finally. He'll be going to a home this evening.
Too chilly this morning.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Too chilly this morning.
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I make no claim of being a landscape or night sky photographer but the Aurora borealis was so spectacular last night I had to go out and try to get a few shots. #auroraborealis #northernlights #Aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I make no claim of being a landscape or night sky photographer but the Aurora borealis was so spectacular last night I had to go out and try to get a few shots. #auroraborealis #northernlights #Aurora
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Aurora over Moab tonight. I've been waiting my whole life to see this. 🌌
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Aurora over Moab tonight. I've been waiting my whole life to see this. 🌌
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Well folks, we did it. The billions upon billions of dollars have finally paid off! I hope @edzitron.com will be issuing Sam Altman an apology in light of this important development in AI capabilities.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well folks, we did it. The billions upon billions of dollars have finally paid off! I hope @edzitron.com will be issuing Sam Altman an apology in light of this important development in AI capabilities.
Breaking in the first new sofa in over a decade.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Breaking in the first new sofa in over a decade.
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It's like with LLMs generally, they take advantage of our tendency to project our own sense of self and personhood, something that produces output that looks like human speech must have a human intellect, etc. It's a deliberate trick
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's like with LLMs generally, they take advantage of our tendency to project our own sense of self and personhood, something that produces output that looks like human speech must have a human intellect, etc. It's a deliberate trick
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The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
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One way of thinking about the AI bubble is that it's the final gasp of a grift based on specialized GPU's instead of tulips, a logical continuation from crypto and NFT's and the metaverse.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One way of thinking about the AI bubble is that it's the final gasp of a grift based on specialized GPU's instead of tulips, a logical continuation from crypto and NFT's and the metaverse.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
