Paul Wilson
@gonuke.bsky.social
Nuclear engr prof @ UW-Madison, S/W developer, energy analyst (he/him/his). My postings here are my own & do not necessarily represent my employer.
Few things are more pleasing than hearing a variety of languages being spoken organically in my community - give me more neighbors who speak a different language please!!
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Few things are more pleasing than hearing a variety of languages being spoken organically in my community - give me more neighbors who speak a different language please!!
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I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
The interesting logical outcome of this for me is that now the major press agencies can ONLY report based on leaked/unofficial information, which is precisely what the Pentagon was trying to prevent 🤷♂️
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The interesting logical outcome of this for me is that now the major press agencies can ONLY report based on leaked/unofficial information, which is precisely what the Pentagon was trying to prevent 🤷♂️
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Two extraordinary UW–Madison professors — nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe and atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza — have been named 2025 MacArthur "genius grant" fellows by @macfound.org.
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
news.wisc.edu
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Two extraordinary UW–Madison professors — nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe and atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza — have been named 2025 MacArthur "genius grant" fellows by @macfound.org.
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
Congratulations and On, Wisconsin!
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Sébastien Philippe for being selected as a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His contributions and creativity are only just beginning and we’re excited to have him as a colleague in NEEP.
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
news.wisc.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Sébastien Philippe for being selected as a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His contributions and creativity are only just beginning and we’re excited to have him as a colleague in NEEP.
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
Also congratulations to my new colleague Sébastien Philippe for his recognition as a MacArthur Fellow!
Congratulations to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, the Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chair of Climatology in @uwmad-aos.bsky.social for being awarded a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship--also known as "Genius Grants."
Fellows receive an $800,000 stipend with no conditions.
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
Fellows receive an $800,000 stipend with no conditions.
news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
news.wisc.edu
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Also congratulations to my new colleague Sébastien Philippe for his recognition as a MacArthur Fellow!
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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Wow! “Crazy Train” on the xylophone! That kinda shreds!😃🫶🏽 #resteasyozzy 💔
July 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Wow! “Crazy Train” on the xylophone! That kinda shreds!😃🫶🏽 #resteasyozzy 💔
Here's what WPR had to say about yesterday's hearing on nuclear energy in Wisconsin
'The nuclear renaissance': Wisconsin lawmakers discuss pro-nuclear energy bills
Wisconsin could become a leader in nuclear technology and should consider building new nuclear reactors, scientists and lawmakers say.
www.wpr.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here's what WPR had to say about yesterday's hearing on nuclear energy in Wisconsin
It was great to share my thoughts and expertise with the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy today, who were discussing two bills offering support for nuclear energy in our state. Here is my testimony to the committee. (Link to video will come soon)
2025-04-23-Wilson-Testimony-AB108-132
drive.google.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It was great to share my thoughts and expertise with the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy today, who were discussing two bills offering support for nuclear energy in our state. Here is my testimony to the committee. (Link to video will come soon)
In case you are interested - tune in live to watch the hearing at the WI legislature on nuclear energy
Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy - WisconsinEye
On April 23, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy will hold a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 108 Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final ...
wiseye.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In case you are interested - tune in live to watch the hearing at the WI legislature on nuclear energy
TFW you find your WI self in NYC when the Brewers are in town for opening day at Yankee stadium (and don’t care)
March 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
TFW you find your WI self in NYC when the Brewers are in town for opening day at Yankee stadium (and don’t care)
It is taking all my concentration to not lay hands on the computer driving this workshop that has not maximized the Zoom screen for the remote presentations....
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It is taking all my concentration to not lay hands on the computer driving this workshop that has not maximized the Zoom screen for the remote presentations....
This captures things pretty succinctly...
Opinion | Canadians Know Americans. They Don’t Want to Be One. (Gift Article)
Donald Trump wants to make Canada the 51st state. Canadians have a lot to say about that.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This captures things pretty succinctly...
Maybe monoatomic graphite? Or monoatomic coal?
Passive Resistance
For those being forced to remove mention of the element with an atomic number of 12 from govt documents about climate and biogeochemical cycling, how about using an old term: Carbonic anhydride
For those being forced to remove mention of the element with an atomic number of 12 from govt documents about climate and biogeochemical cycling, how about using an old term: Carbonic anhydride
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Maybe monoatomic graphite? Or monoatomic coal?
“A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas”
Profs. Huff, Corradini and I shared our concerns with @sciam.bsky.social about a dangerous Executive Order from last month
Profs. Huff, Corradini and I shared our concerns with @sciam.bsky.social about a dangerous Executive Order from last month
The Feb. 18 E.O. stripping regulators of independence is dangerous and undermines new nuclear energy.
Profs. Wilson, Corradini, and I told @sciam.bsky.social : The NRC must remain independent to provide public confidence in the safe implementation of this important technology. @gonuke.bsky.social
Profs. Wilson, Corradini, and I told @sciam.bsky.social : The NRC must remain independent to provide public confidence in the safe implementation of this important technology. @gonuke.bsky.social
Killing a Nuclear Watchdog’s Independence Threatens Disaster
A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas
www.scientificamerican.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas”
Profs. Huff, Corradini and I shared our concerns with @sciam.bsky.social about a dangerous Executive Order from last month
Profs. Huff, Corradini and I shared our concerns with @sciam.bsky.social about a dangerous Executive Order from last month
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February 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is a great program and I'm excited to see my students participating to share their work more broadly
Kudos to @nuclearkatie.com who drafted an extra chapter for her dissertation as part of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy's "Communicating PhD Research to the Public" program. Read it for yourself here:
scifun.org/Thesis_Award...
scifun.org/Thesis_Award...
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is a great program and I'm excited to see my students participating to share their work more broadly
This headline should simply be “Less than 1% of fentanyl is smuggled across the Canadian border, despite Trump lies.”
And maybe don’t bury the lede…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...
And maybe don’t bury the lede…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This headline should simply be “Less than 1% of fentanyl is smuggled across the Canadian border, despite Trump lies.”
And maybe don’t bury the lede…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...
And maybe don’t bury the lede…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...
Thanks to @nuclearkatie.com for teaching me so much about state-level approaches to safeguards and how our Cyclus software can support those needs. Her diverse interests and leadership drive are sure to translate into a career of leadership in nuclear science and technology.
January 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to @nuclearkatie.com for teaching me so much about state-level approaches to safeguards and how our Cyclus software can support those needs. Her diverse interests and leadership drive are sure to translate into a career of leadership in nuclear science and technology.
While an immediate funding freeze is a blunt instrument that impacts a wide swath of people from many backgrounds, I can’t help but wonder if the impacts are more concentrated in institutions/organizations and their workforces that are less aligned with the new administration - #itsafeaturenotabug
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
While an immediate funding freeze is a blunt instrument that impacts a wide swath of people from many backgrounds, I can’t help but wonder if the impacts are more concentrated in institutions/organizations and their workforces that are less aligned with the new administration - #itsafeaturenotabug
If you want to dissect the outcome of the last Presidential election, maybe start here 👇
Opinion | Surprise! The media just discovered Bidenomics works.
Trump is getting a strong economy. If only the media had explained the Biden economic achievements.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you want to dissect the outcome of the last Presidential election, maybe start here 👇
As an engineering professor, I agree with all of this.
We may need more engineers, but we need a lot more folks educated to think critically with other ways of knowing the world!
In the best case, they all know and value each other’s ways of knowing the world than many do today.
We may need more engineers, but we need a lot more folks educated to think critically with other ways of knowing the world!
In the best case, they all know and value each other’s ways of knowing the world than many do today.
So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
As an engineering professor, I agree with all of this.
We may need more engineers, but we need a lot more folks educated to think critically with other ways of knowing the world!
In the best case, they all know and value each other’s ways of knowing the world than many do today.
We may need more engineers, but we need a lot more folks educated to think critically with other ways of knowing the world!
In the best case, they all know and value each other’s ways of knowing the world than many do today.
FAFO
WAPO POLL: “.. Would you support or oppose the Trump administration doing each of the following?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 18, 2024 at 11:27 PM
FAFO