Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

This is a picture of the first moments of a nuclear explosion taken in 1952. The blast radius at this moment is less than 20 meters wide.

There are so many extraordinary things about this photo. First off the fact that they had a camera in the 1950's capable of such insanely high speed frame rates (they created a movie from this) that it was capable of 1,000,000 frames per second. In many ways that is more impressive than the nuclear bomb itself.

Second the fact that you can see, in real time, a nuclear explosion as it happens. Those spikes at the bottom are called the "rope trick effect" which is caused by the support cables inside or holding up the bomb. The light radiation is so intense it vaporizes anything nearby causing things to explode just from the intensity of the light itself (before radiation has any effect at all). So those spikes are literally just the support cables exploding in the extraordinarily bright light from the bomb.

#Science #STEM #Physics #History @Science

I remembered this epic quote from Good Will Hunting and now I need to watch it again:

You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you... I don't see an intelligent, confident man... I see a cocky, scared shitless kid. But you're a genius Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine, and you ripped my fucking life apart.

A quick little clip from this weekends cave diving session. Went down about 100 feet into this cave system. #SCUBA

https://youtu.be/i8s6nJ53b-g

"The things we fear the most have already happened to us" -- Robin Williams

#Quote #RobinWilliams #Fear

Good Will Hunting was an **amazing** movie and this analysis of the first therapy scene was really insightful. Really appreciated this:

https://youtu.be/fsIbs7mR0CE

#GoodWillHunting

Someone needs to make a movie called "Bad Won't escaping" about a troubled psychiatrist who finds help from his well adjusted client struggling with the loss of his wife.

#Covid-19 virus does not infect #human #BrainCells, study suggests | #MedicalResearch | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/covid-19-virus-does-not-infect-human-brain-cells-new-study-suggests

#Science #Pathology

#Meat #carcasses sent to #EU for #butchering amid #UK #WorkerShortage | #Food & drink #industry | The Guardian

#Brexit going as well as can be expected, I see.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/03/meat-carcasses-sent-to-eu-for-butchering-amid-uk-worker-shortage

#UK #Politics

#QAnon is just astrology for meth heads.

What does #tech take from us? Meet the writer who has counted 100 big losses | #Internet | The Guardian

Some advantages of eschewing #StreamingServices.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/03/what-does-tech-take-from-us-meet-the-writer-who-has-counted-100-big-losses

Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming

Nature conducted an anonymous survey of the 233 living #IPCC authors last month and received responses from 92 scientists — about 40% of the group. Their answers suggest strong scepticism that governments will markedly slow the pace of #GlobalWarming, despite political promises made by international leaders as part of the 2015 #ParisClimateAgreement.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02990-w

Nearly 300 dead today and over 1000 admitted to hospital with Covid-19. Great job by the Tories.

#UK #Pandemic #Coronavirus #Sarcasm

#MartinRowson on #RishiSunak’s ‘age of optimism’ #budget – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

Marking as #NSFW on grounds of taste.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/oct/27/martin-rowson-on-rishi-sunaks-age-of-optimism-budget-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire

World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds | #ClimateCrisis | The Guardian

A stark reminder of how far we have yet to go.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/world-failing-make-changes-avoid-climate-breakdown-report

#Enviornment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #Industry #Infrastructure

@freemo @oddtail @stux
As mentioned earlier, this is mostly covered by Polish-language sites, but I've found this article about it:

https://polishnews.co.uk/the-kaja-godek-foundation-submitted-to-the-sejm-a-bill-stop-lgbt/

Cuntonese, the official language of the Australian Government.

#climate #COP26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIyKmqEdgR4