Justin Scholz
@justinscholz.de
Always curious, always striving to find the right balance, former founder and CEO of phelas. Worked towards making the world run on 100% renewable energy 24/7.
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good morning and happy Kyusha Wednesday: on Wednesdays we wear pink
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November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
good morning and happy Kyusha Wednesday: on Wednesdays we wear pink
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I don't want to blow anyone's mind with insight behind the curtain of international relations here, but in multi-billion dollar deals between gigantic economies, it's pretty useful to have agreed clarity on what the fuck's actually been agreed.
July 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I don't want to blow anyone's mind with insight behind the curtain of international relations here, but in multi-billion dollar deals between gigantic economies, it's pretty useful to have agreed clarity on what the fuck's actually been agreed.
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Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.
The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.
Let's take a closer look.
The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.
Let's take a closer look.
Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal
MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic
www.whitehouse.gov
July 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.
The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.
Let's take a closer look.
The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.
Let's take a closer look.
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Take your mind away from all the propaganda….
And enjoy some cuteness of an otter pup…
🦦
So precious… 🫠
And enjoy some cuteness of an otter pup…
🦦
So precious… 🫠
July 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Take your mind away from all the propaganda….
And enjoy some cuteness of an otter pup…
🦦
So precious… 🫠
And enjoy some cuteness of an otter pup…
🦦
So precious… 🫠
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This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
July 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
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A good analogy for dealing with encroaching technologies.
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/
July 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A good analogy for dealing with encroaching technologies.
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/
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Everyone, don’t fall for that fake story about SMOC reversal; the actual paper says nothing about Southern Ocean overturning circulation or deep water formation.
See John Kennedy’s thread.
See John Kennedy’s thread.
Note that the words “reversal”, “circulation”, “collapse”, and “SMOC” do not appear in the paper, only the press release.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Everyone, don’t fall for that fake story about SMOC reversal; the actual paper says nothing about Southern Ocean overturning circulation or deep water formation.
See John Kennedy’s thread.
See John Kennedy’s thread.
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YES AND stop getting any information from ChatGPT or any other "AI" because pretty much all of it is inaccurate.
I'm begging people to stop getting their medical information from ChatGPT, because it is inaccurate.
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
YES AND stop getting any information from ChatGPT or any other "AI" because pretty much all of it is inaccurate.
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At Kavli IPMU, we have openings for postdocs who were displaced from their previous jobs for whatever reason.
Please consider if this is applicable! IPMU is an international research institute working on astro, math and physics, with English as the working language.
www.ipmu.jp/en/job-oppor...
Please consider if this is applicable! IPMU is an international research institute working on astro, math and physics, with English as the working language.
www.ipmu.jp/en/job-oppor...
Special Postdoctoral Positions for displaced scientists (2025)
The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), WPI at the University of Tokyo solicits applications for its special Postdoctoral Fellowship program.
www.ipmu.jp
June 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At Kavli IPMU, we have openings for postdocs who were displaced from their previous jobs for whatever reason.
Please consider if this is applicable! IPMU is an international research institute working on astro, math and physics, with English as the working language.
www.ipmu.jp/en/job-oppor...
Please consider if this is applicable! IPMU is an international research institute working on astro, math and physics, with English as the working language.
www.ipmu.jp/en/job-oppor...
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Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
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@dmitri.silverado.org talks to Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social about whatever now constitutes the Iranian nuclear program and what might be next.
Super interesting and discusses various possibilities - but don't expect definitive answers.
Super interesting and discusses various possibilities - but don't expect definitive answers.
Hot off the press: new Geopolitics Decanted episode with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social where we dive deep into the details of the damage done to the Iranian nuclear program, prospects for reconstitution, as well as have a lively debate about the merits of this war
Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
YouTube video by Dmitri Alperovitch
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@dmitri.silverado.org talks to Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social about whatever now constitutes the Iranian nuclear program and what might be next.
Super interesting and discusses various possibilities - but don't expect definitive answers.
Super interesting and discusses various possibilities - but don't expect definitive answers.
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It's been so weird to watch a president learn things in real time when fielding a question from the press. Then, whatever word or concept he learns, he uses in the next few social media posts. It's like when a 3rd grader learns a new fact about dinosaurs.
June 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's been so weird to watch a president learn things in real time when fielding a question from the press. Then, whatever word or concept he learns, he uses in the next few social media posts. It's like when a 3rd grader learns a new fact about dinosaurs.
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I have no idea why this particular thing has been earworming me for the last several days but now I am offering it to you so it will be our mutual problem moving forward
youtu.be/XbGchfT3yMs
youtu.be/XbGchfT3yMs
Sushi Glory Hole (Official Uncensored Music Video)
YouTube video by thelonelyisland
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have no idea why this particular thing has been earworming me for the last several days but now I am offering it to you so it will be our mutual problem moving forward
youtu.be/XbGchfT3yMs
youtu.be/XbGchfT3yMs
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We ought to judge this strike by its real purpose, not the legal camouflage of preemptive self-defense. If the strike leaves the current regime, or something very much like it, in power with a nuclear option then it will have been a strategic failure. 17/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We ought to judge this strike by its real purpose, not the legal camouflage of preemptive self-defense. If the strike leaves the current regime, or something very much like it, in power with a nuclear option then it will have been a strategic failure. 17/17
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This is why I said the strike is about regime change. As late as May, DIA said Iran had not restarted its nuclear weapons program. When asked about that, Rubio said the intelligence was "irrelevant." It's only irrelevant if the problem is the regime, not the program. 16/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is why I said the strike is about regime change. As late as May, DIA said Iran had not restarted its nuclear weapons program. When asked about that, Rubio said the intelligence was "irrelevant." It's only irrelevant if the problem is the regime, not the program. 16/17
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RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER have not slowed the Iranian program nearly as much as the JCPOA. We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing. The same people who endlessly complained about the JCPOA "sunsetting" are now happy to delay Iran's bomb by much less. 15/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER have not slowed the Iranian program nearly as much as the JCPOA. We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing. The same people who endlessly complained about the JCPOA "sunsetting" are now happy to delay Iran's bomb by much less. 15/17
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But what does it say when two of the most amazing military operations in modern memory are still unable to fully eliminate Iran's nuclear program? I think that's proof that this is tactical brilliance may be in service of a foolhardy strategy. 14/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
But what does it say when two of the most amazing military operations in modern memory are still unable to fully eliminate Iran's nuclear program? I think that's proof that this is tactical brilliance may be in service of a foolhardy strategy. 14/17
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Look, I get it. Watching bombers conduct an >11,000 km precision bombing raid is awesome. I am the sort of wierdo who happily read a 528 page book about the first Black Buck raid of the Falklands War in 1982. I really do get it. 13/17
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www.amazon.com/Vulcan-607-R...
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Look, I get it. Watching bombers conduct an >11,000 km precision bombing raid is awesome. I am the sort of wierdo who happily read a 528 page book about the first Black Buck raid of the Falklands War in 1982. I really do get it. 13/17
www.amazon.com/Vulcan-607-R...
www.amazon.com/Vulcan-607-R...
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Let's say Iran decides to rush a bomb. Iran can install ~1.5 cascades a week. In six weeks, it could have 9 cascades of IR-6 machines. It would take those machines about 60 days to enrich all 400 kg to WGU. Altogether that's about five months although IMMV. 12/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Let's say Iran decides to rush a bomb. Iran can install ~1.5 cascades a week. In six weeks, it could have 9 cascades of IR-6 machines. It would take those machines about 60 days to enrich all 400 kg to WGU. Altogether that's about five months although IMMV. 12/17
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This means Iran has retained 400 kg of 60% HEU, the ability to manufacture centrifuges, and one, possibly two underground enrichment sites. That is also to say nothing of possible secret sites, which opponents of the JCPOA used to invoke all the freaking time. 11/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This means Iran has retained 400 kg of 60% HEU, the ability to manufacture centrifuges, and one, possibly two underground enrichment sites. That is also to say nothing of possible secret sites, which opponents of the JCPOA used to invoke all the freaking time. 11/17
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Let me say again: Iran said it had a new enrichment facility. The IAEA was about to go see a new (empty) enrichment facility. But before that could happen, Israel struck other facilities in Iran -- but not the new one. See the problem? 10/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Let me say again: Iran said it had a new enrichment facility. The IAEA was about to go see a new (empty) enrichment facility. But before that could happen, Israel struck other facilities in Iran -- but not the new one. See the problem? 10/17
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Also, Iran recently announced a "new enrichment facility in a secure location" and told the @iaeaorg.bsky.social it was ready to start installing centrifuges. The IAEA was set to inspect the facility, near Isfahan, before the bombing. It hasn't been bombed AFAIK. 9/17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwv...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwvH_NvDg4
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June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Also, Iran recently announced a "new enrichment facility in a secure location" and told the @iaeaorg.bsky.social it was ready to start installing centrifuges. The IAEA was set to inspect the facility, near Isfahan, before the bombing. It hasn't been bombed AFAIK. 9/17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwv...
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In 2022, Iran moved a centrifuge production line to "the heart of the mountain" there. This facility is huge -- we estimated 10,000 m2 or more -- and we don't really know what else it might house (like enrichment or conversion). 8/17
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FYI: Iran has been digging a UGF not far from Natanz that is too big for its stated purpose. It's also 80-100 m under a mountain. @madwonk.bsky.social made a model of what it *might* look like. The new centrifuge facility could be here; could be somewhere else.
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Underground Tunnels near Natanz (2022) - 3D model by JamesMartinCNS
A potential model of the underground production facilities near the Natanz Nuclear Facility, inspired by the known layout of tunnels at Parchin and Fordow. - Underground Tunnels near Natanz (2022) - 3...
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June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In 2022, Iran moved a centrifuge production line to "the heart of the mountain" there. This facility is huge -- we estimated 10,000 m2 or more -- and we don't really know what else it might house (like enrichment or conversion). 8/17
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