Bo Jacobs
@bojacobs.bsky.social
Nuclear historian, Emeritus @ Hiroshima Peace Inst, visiting @ #UNSW. I research the global #hibakuksha, #nuclear testing, production and waste. #PDX #STS
Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022)
https://nuclearbodies.com
https://bojacobs.net
Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022)
https://nuclearbodies.com
https://bojacobs.net
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Bo Jacobs
@bojacobs.bsky.social
· Nov 20
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Intro 1/
Historian of nuclear science & technology at Hiroshima Peace Inst. My book *Nuclear bodies: the global hibakusha* (Yale 2022) surveys harm from #nuclear production, weapon testing, & reactor accidents globally, & medical models that obscure harm from fallout particles.
nuclearbodies.com
Historian of nuclear science & technology at Hiroshima Peace Inst. My book *Nuclear bodies: the global hibakusha* (Yale 2022) surveys harm from #nuclear production, weapon testing, & reactor accidents globally, & medical models that obscure harm from fallout particles.
nuclearbodies.com
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Proliferation potential of SMRs small modular #nuclear reactors that require fuels using uranium enriched up to 20% U235—that is, fuels that contain the material known as high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU).
thebulletin.org/2025/11/decl...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/decl...
Declassified cable reinforces proliferation concerns about high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel
The declassified document reveals an urgent need for an international review of the proliferation risks of HALEU.
thebulletin.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Proliferation potential of SMRs small modular #nuclear reactors that require fuels using uranium enriched up to 20% U235—that is, fuels that contain the material known as high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU).
thebulletin.org/2025/11/decl...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/decl...
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First wind farm recycles original turbine blades and re-powers with five times more capacity reneweconomy.com.au/first-wind-f...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
First wind farm recycles original turbine blades and re-powers with five times more capacity reneweconomy.com.au/first-wind-f...
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A pastor recorded footage of the U.S. citizen family, the baby struggling to breathe, after being pepper sprayed. Immigration response: It didn’t happen. apnews.com/article/immi...
Suburban Chicago dad headed to store with toddler says they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents
A suburban Chicago father says he and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A pastor recorded footage of the U.S. citizen family, the baby struggling to breathe, after being pepper sprayed. Immigration response: It didn’t happen. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Ooh, I don't often get a chance to brag about my dad who is a professor of electromagnetics. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ooh, I don't often get a chance to brag about my dad who is a professor of electromagnetics. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
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As #COP30 opens, one climate threat remains taboo: #militarism. The U.S. military emits more greenhouse gases than entire nations, yet its 750+ global bases are exempt from climate deals. COP30 must confront this silence!
The Environment: the U.S. Military Bases’ Silent Victim - World BEYOND War
The Culture of Militarism is one of the most ominous threats in the 21st Century, and with the advancement of technology, the threat grows larger and more imminent. With more than 750 military bases…
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As #COP30 opens, one climate threat remains taboo: #militarism. The U.S. military emits more greenhouse gases than entire nations, yet its 750+ global bases are exempt from climate deals. COP30 must confront this silence!
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"New U.S. #nuclear boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: Radioactive waste.
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
New U.S. nuclear power boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: What to do with radioactive waste
As government and industry, from tech giants to utilities, commit to big nuclear power plants, there is still no clear solution for radioactive waste storage.
www.cnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"New U.S. #nuclear boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: Radioactive waste.
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
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Mika Yokota, a former deputy governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, defeated two contenders to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election.
First female governor elected in Hiroshima Prefecture
ebx.sh
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Mika Yokota, a former deputy governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, defeated two contenders to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong
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Trump crash plane
If you are in line to be an Air Traffic Controller, stay in line!
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump crash plane
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Pre-1900, half the population was still working in fields, & even at peak “good middle class manufacturing jobs” in the 1950s, that was only 25% of employment. On this & so many other issues, our contemporary politics are detached from the reality of actual 🇺🇸 history.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Pre-1900, half the population was still working in fields, & even at peak “good middle class manufacturing jobs” in the 1950s, that was only 25% of employment. On this & so many other issues, our contemporary politics are detached from the reality of actual 🇺🇸 history.
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more people need to read Cyclonopedia.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
more people need to read Cyclonopedia.
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Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.
With Tesla stock at a price-to-earnings ratio of almost 300 it doesn't look like anyone is buying what Elon Musk is selling, other than Tesla shareholders finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance
Find the latest Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
finance.yahoo.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
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It‘s funny* how Very Serious People always proclaim „tough truths“ that align with their prior positions and interests…
Anyway. “The inherent tension #Gates posits between ‘quality of life’ and ‘lowering emissions’ is simply false”, writes @nitishpahwa.com.
[ *it’s actually not funny ]
Anyway. “The inherent tension #Gates posits between ‘quality of life’ and ‘lowering emissions’ is simply false”, writes @nitishpahwa.com.
[ *it’s actually not funny ]
Respectfully, Bill Gates needs to shut up
The tech billionaire's climate pivot is cowardly—and profoundly unhelpful.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It‘s funny* how Very Serious People always proclaim „tough truths“ that align with their prior positions and interests…
Anyway. “The inherent tension #Gates posits between ‘quality of life’ and ‘lowering emissions’ is simply false”, writes @nitishpahwa.com.
[ *it’s actually not funny ]
Anyway. “The inherent tension #Gates posits between ‘quality of life’ and ‘lowering emissions’ is simply false”, writes @nitishpahwa.com.
[ *it’s actually not funny ]
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Today in 1963, the “Twilight Zone” episode “The Old Man in the Cave” aired for the first time on CBS. Set in 1974, 10 years after a nuclear war, survivors in a remote town must choose whether to continue to follow the advice of their leader and an unseen old man or a cadre of newly-arrived soldiers.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today in 1963, the “Twilight Zone” episode “The Old Man in the Cave” aired for the first time on CBS. Set in 1974, 10 years after a nuclear war, survivors in a remote town must choose whether to continue to follow the advice of their leader and an unseen old man or a cadre of newly-arrived soldiers.
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Hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm not sure people outside Chicago are really getting their minds around what's happening here. Every decent human needs to watch this.
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
Daniel Biss talks with detained ICE protestor Jennifer Moriarty
In this recording from our live conversation, I spoke with Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, who was "grabbed by the neck" and then detained while peacefully protesting against ICE.
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm not sure people outside Chicago are really getting their minds around what's happening here. Every decent human needs to watch this.
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
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initially thought that this was a shadow being projected on his face. didn’t realize he was in blackface
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
initially thought that this was a shadow being projected on his face. didn’t realize he was in blackface