Lucas Beveridge ☢️🚀
@nuke-luke.bsky.social
Nuclear and aerospace engineer. Trying to make a better future for humanity
Opinions are my own. He/Him
Opinions are my own. He/Him
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.
I made another episode in my YouTube series on the history of nuclear power in space, in which I try to illustrate power density: youtu.be/P2AzSeTUCts?...
Episode 2: Why We Need Nuclear Power in Space
YouTube video by Lucas Beveridge
youtu.be
July 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I made another episode in my YouTube series on the history of nuclear power in space, in which I try to illustrate power density: youtu.be/P2AzSeTUCts?...
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Thinking right now about that period 14 months ago when lefties were portraying Joe Biden as something akin to a fascist dictator. I took a lot of heat for saying people were being ridiculous and that those attacks on Biden would age extremely poorly if Trump won. And now here we are.
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thinking right now about that period 14 months ago when lefties were portraying Joe Biden as something akin to a fascist dictator. I took a lot of heat for saying people were being ridiculous and that those attacks on Biden would age extremely poorly if Trump won. And now here we are.
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This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
I'm trying my hand at making educational YouTube videos for fun. I'm starting with a series about the history of space nuclear power. I think I know some folks on here that might enjoy this: youtu.be/LjViTsIK1uQ?...
Episode 1: We Lost the Future
YouTube video by Lucas Beveridge
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm trying my hand at making educational YouTube videos for fun. I'm starting with a series about the history of space nuclear power. I think I know some folks on here that might enjoy this: youtu.be/LjViTsIK1uQ?...
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As I wrote earlier: slaughtering your golden goose (science & research, by gutting government research agencies and kneecapping non-government research institutions) is a good way to lose the 21st century
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How to lose the 21st century, in three easy steps
Trump is throwing away what could have been the next great American century.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As I wrote earlier: slaughtering your golden goose (science & research, by gutting government research agencies and kneecapping non-government research institutions) is a good way to lose the 21st century
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️
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👽 Could alien life leave energy fingerprints?
Life tends to form ecosystems that compete for energy. When that happens, high-energy chemicals get used up first – leaving a clear energy-based pattern.
Could that be a universal sign of life?
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Astrobiology #SciComm 🔭 🧪
Life tends to form ecosystems that compete for energy. When that happens, high-energy chemicals get used up first – leaving a clear energy-based pattern.
Could that be a universal sign of life?
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Astrobiology #SciComm 🔭 🧪
Energy-ordered resource stratification as an agnostic signature of life - Nature Communications
Biosignatures based on Earth-like metabolism might miss alien life. The authors’ minimal model shows that self-replication with ecological competition naturally produces spatially ordered energy gradi...
doi.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
👽 Could alien life leave energy fingerprints?
Life tends to form ecosystems that compete for energy. When that happens, high-energy chemicals get used up first – leaving a clear energy-based pattern.
Could that be a universal sign of life?
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Astrobiology #SciComm 🔭 🧪
Life tends to form ecosystems that compete for energy. When that happens, high-energy chemicals get used up first – leaving a clear energy-based pattern.
Could that be a universal sign of life?
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Astrobiology #SciComm 🔭 🧪
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Unthinkable news. ⚡️
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
White House budget cuts could eliminate most weather and climate research
The budget cuts could force closure of NOAA’s severe weather and climate research labs.
www.mprnews.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Unthinkable news. ⚡️
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
NOAA's budget ROI is calculated from 9 to 100 to 1.
The insurance industry relies heavily on NOAA research to mitigate insurance price increases.
This will hit home, and we'll all be paying more if it happens. 💰
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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relatedly: bsky.app/profile/code...
Nobel Prizes by country and year.
The dominance of Germany is striking every time. Before 1933, that is. And the utter dominance of America (and the UK) after 1945.
The dominance of Germany is striking every time. Before 1933, that is. And the utter dominance of America (and the UK) after 1945.
March 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
relatedly: bsky.app/profile/code...
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We're reading: “Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization” #OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization - Nature Communications
Here the authors develop large-scale nanomaterials to improve the performances of laser propulsion using an easily scalable structure, thus bringing us closer to relativistic travel to our closest sta...
www.nature.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're reading: “Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization” #OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Out of this world footage captured from the Moon by the #BlueGhost lander during the solar eclipse.
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk 🧪🔭 #BGM1
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk 🧪🔭 #BGM1
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Out of this world footage captured from the Moon by the #BlueGhost lander during the solar eclipse.
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk 🧪🔭 #BGM1
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk 🧪🔭 #BGM1
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"Londoners keep dying because Churchill refuses to make peace.
If he stopped asking for aid and stopped insulting Hitler, the bombs would stop falling."
— Elon Musk, 1940 (probably)
If he stopped asking for aid and stopped insulting Hitler, the bombs would stop falling."
— Elon Musk, 1940 (probably)
March 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Londoners keep dying because Churchill refuses to make peace.
If he stopped asking for aid and stopped insulting Hitler, the bombs would stop falling."
— Elon Musk, 1940 (probably)
If he stopped asking for aid and stopped insulting Hitler, the bombs would stop falling."
— Elon Musk, 1940 (probably)
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The shift from ownership to perpetual leasing threatens our long-term access to knowledge & culture. 💾 Libraries must have the right to collect, preserve & provide access to digital materials—just as they’ve done for print for centuries. archive.org/details/four...
Four Digital Rights For Protecting Memory Institutions Online : Lila Bailey : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Download a PDF of the statement.The rights and responsibilities that memory institutions have always enjoyed offline must also be protected online. To...
archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The shift from ownership to perpetual leasing threatens our long-term access to knowledge & culture. 💾 Libraries must have the right to collect, preserve & provide access to digital materials—just as they’ve done for print for centuries. archive.org/details/four...
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Colorado bill defining nuclear energy as 'clean' clears first vote
- Passed on a 8-5 vote in committee
- 4 republicans and 4 democrats voted yes, 5 democrats voted no
🔌💡 www.aspentimes.com/news/bill-de...
- Passed on a 8-5 vote in committee
- 4 republicans and 4 democrats voted yes, 5 democrats voted no
🔌💡 www.aspentimes.com/news/bill-de...
Bill defining nuclear energy as ‘clean’ clears first vote at Colorado Capitol
A bill that would add nuclear to the definition of “clean energy” under Colorado’s renewable energy standard cleared its first House committee Thursday at the Capitol. Proponents of House Bill 1040 h...
www.aspentimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Colorado bill defining nuclear energy as 'clean' clears first vote
- Passed on a 8-5 vote in committee
- 4 republicans and 4 democrats voted yes, 5 democrats voted no
🔌💡 www.aspentimes.com/news/bill-de...
- Passed on a 8-5 vote in committee
- 4 republicans and 4 democrats voted yes, 5 democrats voted no
🔌💡 www.aspentimes.com/news/bill-de...
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Oops we can't quickly reverse the NNSA firings because no one assembled their personal contact details before unceremoniously locking them out of government devices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
February 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Oops we can't quickly reverse the NNSA firings because no one assembled their personal contact details before unceremoniously locking them out of government devices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
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It's happening...
"According to an NNSA employee, roughly 300 of the agency's 1,800 staff are expected to be fired after the agency was denied a national security exemption."
#NukeSky
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
"According to an NNSA employee, roughly 300 of the agency's 1,800 staff are expected to be fired after the agency was denied a national security exemption."
#NukeSky
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It's happening...
"According to an NNSA employee, roughly 300 of the agency's 1,800 staff are expected to be fired after the agency was denied a national security exemption."
#NukeSky
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
"According to an NNSA employee, roughly 300 of the agency's 1,800 staff are expected to be fired after the agency was denied a national security exemption."
#NukeSky
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
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Found out today that one of the NSF grants that supported my PhD work was considered “woke DEI” wastes by Ted Cruz. Just in case you wanted more evidence that these ghouls don’t even believe the garbage they spew, a high intensity laser-plasma experiments by a straight white guy counts as “woke DEI”
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Found out today that one of the NSF grants that supported my PhD work was considered “woke DEI” wastes by Ted Cruz. Just in case you wanted more evidence that these ghouls don’t even believe the garbage they spew, a high intensity laser-plasma experiments by a straight white guy counts as “woke DEI”
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I think we’ve come up with the name…
February 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I think we’ve come up with the name…