Nice summary of @stpp-um.bsky.social's new report on small modular #nuclear reactors, often touted as an unproblematic solution to the energy thirst of #AI and data centers.

We'll be hosting a webinar on the report on December 11th at noon Eastern. Sign up here! umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Honored to have co-authored this @stpp-um.bsky.social report, a technology assessment of advanced nuclear reactors and their systemic implications based on what we learned from analogous technologies in society. Webinar on Dec. 11 at 12-1pm ET! myumi.ch/2rp9w

I am so proud of this 🚨new report🚨, and its analysis of the environmental, social, economic, and justice impacts of advanced nuclear reactors, frequently touted as simple solutions to the problems of climate change, energy needs, and data centers. Learn more at our Dec 11th webinar! myumi.ch/2rp9w

I learned so much about nuclear energy and the history of an incredible assortment of technologies (dynamite! cook stoves! sewers!) working on this project, and I am so glad that it is finally out in the world.

For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project stalled.

In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.

"To the conservatives who might underestimate me—you have no idea what I’m capable of fitting into a slideshow about the value of norms."

“Our university is pleased to present this updated org chart that most accurately captures our system of governance (which management scientists term “Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,” though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements).”

‘Chemists fought no battles for Jews,’ historian Helmut Maier has said. ‘They fought no battles for immigrants. They only fought … a battle for their professional interests.’