@nwpagan.bsky.social
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We have now achieved plasmas with pressures as high as 1.6 GPa, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust. Introducing the latest Zap device, FuZE-3... www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-ene...
Zap Energy exceeds gigapascal fusion plasma pressures on new fusion device, FuZE-3
Next generation of fusion device reaches record plasma pressures in a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch
www.zapenergy.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We have now achieved plasmas with pressures as high as 1.6 GPa, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust. Introducing the latest Zap device, FuZE-3... www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-ene...
Finally !!!! www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
WA nuclear site makes history. Radioactive waste plant launches
“This is really a historic breakthrough. After decades of effort, we are officially turning nuclear waste into glass at Hanford,” said U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
www.tri-cityherald.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finally !!!! www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/h...
Another US administration leader blowing smoke. You have to have the science talent and the money to make this happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Wright: nuclear fusion will soon power the world
AI will soon enable harnessing of the energy that powers the sun and stars, says Chris Wright
www.bbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another US administration leader blowing smoke. You have to have the science talent and the money to make this happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
SpaceX has been moving at a breakneck pace, and rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost 6x higher than the avera…
July 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
SpaceX has been moving at a breakneck pace, and rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost 6x higher than the avera…
youtube.com/watch?v=S8E1.... A good listen
The Energy Grail, with Julien Barber (Investor at Emerson Collective)
YouTube video by Arkaea Media Group
youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=S8E1.... A good listen
Took a hike and what a view!
July 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Took a hike and what a view!
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Big Oil found a loophole. A GOP senator snuck a tax break for oil drillers into the budget bill, shielding them from paying the corporate minimum tax. From @ddayen:
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil
A provision inserted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) would exempt many domestic oil and gas drillers from having to pay any corporate taxes.
trib.al
June 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Big Oil found a loophole. A GOP senator snuck a tax break for oil drillers into the budget bill, shielding them from paying the corporate minimum tax. From @ddayen:
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
https://trib.al/kmp78Ja
U.S. women's national team defender Sofia Huerta and agent Spencer Wadsworth have announced they were married on June 11.
June 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
U.S. women's national team defender Sofia Huerta and agent Spencer Wadsworth have announced they were married on June 11.
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Trump has been enriching himself at an unprecedented scale since day one of his second term—actually, since just before, given that he announced the $Trump meme coin a few days before swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. https://trib.al/WQTxA3W
You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.
trib.al
June 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump has been enriching himself at an unprecedented scale since day one of his second term—actually, since just before, given that he announced the $Trump meme coin a few days before swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. https://trib.al/WQTxA3W
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says
It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Air Force says - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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That's our CB! Deserves all the hype.
May 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
That's our CB! Deserves all the hype.
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If you were considering going to the Seattle Reign match on Friday but hadn't purchased tickets yet ...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
www.ticketmaster.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you were considering going to the Seattle Reign match on Friday but hadn't purchased tickets yet ...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
General Admission tickets in the Supporter Section are only $12.50 right now (including service fees)!!
www.ticketmaster.com/seattle-reig...
Everyone should question the use of AI for innovation and science. www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...
I got fooled by AI-for-science hype—here's what it taught me
I used AI in my plasma physics research and it didn’t go the way I expected.
www.understandingai.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everyone should question the use of AI for innovation and science. www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...
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Written by a collogue, check it out! An article on the use of high temperature metals as coolants. www.ans.org/news/2025-05...
High-temperature plumbing and advanced reactors
www.ans.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Written by a collogue, check it out! An article on the use of high temperature metals as coolants. www.ans.org/news/2025-05...
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As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
In a world full of MAGAs be a Dolly. imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In a world full of MAGAs be a Dolly. imaginationlibrary.com
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On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being "rebellious."
May 10, 1740 | South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740, Codifying White Supremacy
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1740, South Carolina barred enslaved Black people from learning to read, earning money, and gathering, and authorized white enslavers to whip and kill them for being "rebellious."
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This is wild. First shutout defeat for KC since September 2023!
First time Kansas City has been shutout since a September 13, 2024 draw with Orlando.
First shutout defeat for Kansas City since September 1, 2023 against Angel City.
First shutout defeat for Kansas City since September 1, 2023 against Angel City.
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is wild. First shutout defeat for KC since September 2023!
Lovely hike in the PNW US
May 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Lovely hike in the PNW US
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Get ready, Seattle! 🎉
@pwhl--seattle.bsky.social will begin play in the 2025-26 season. The team will play its home games at Climate Pledge Arena and train at the Kraken Community Iceplex.
📰 bit.ly/4k22VVv
@pwhl--seattle.bsky.social will begin play in the 2025-26 season. The team will play its home games at Climate Pledge Arena and train at the Kraken Community Iceplex.
📰 bit.ly/4k22VVv
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Get ready, Seattle! 🎉
@pwhl--seattle.bsky.social will begin play in the 2025-26 season. The team will play its home games at Climate Pledge Arena and train at the Kraken Community Iceplex.
📰 bit.ly/4k22VVv
@pwhl--seattle.bsky.social will begin play in the 2025-26 season. The team will play its home games at Climate Pledge Arena and train at the Kraken Community Iceplex.
📰 bit.ly/4k22VVv
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Celebrate @pwhl--seattle.bsky.social with us! 🫶
Tune in at 2PM ET/11AM PT for a live streamed press conference to commemorate this historic announcement.
📺 thepwhl.com + PWHL YouTube Channel
Tune in at 2PM ET/11AM PT for a live streamed press conference to commemorate this historic announcement.
📺 thepwhl.com + PWHL YouTube Channel
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Celebrate @pwhl--seattle.bsky.social with us! 🫶
Tune in at 2PM ET/11AM PT for a live streamed press conference to commemorate this historic announcement.
📺 thepwhl.com + PWHL YouTube Channel
Tune in at 2PM ET/11AM PT for a live streamed press conference to commemorate this historic announcement.
📺 thepwhl.com + PWHL YouTube Channel
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TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
I see sales tax and other taxes on my receipts, why can’t I see tariff taxes?
April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I see sales tax and other taxes on my receipts, why can’t I see tariff taxes?