Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

The weekend is here...





I remember reading George Orwell's "1984" back in high school and pondered how exactly a society would get to the point where people aren't allowed to say "2+2 = 4". Impossible! I couldn't imagine that level of tyranny as anything other than fantasy fiction.



That is, until I saw this:

Math professor claims equation 2+2=4 'reeks of white supremacist patriarchy'



July 14, 1945, plutonium for Trinity test was inserted into "the gadget", which was hoisted to the top of a 30m tower specially built for the occasion. Humanity was less than 48 hours from its first atomic explosion.




"Can Movies Teach History?" The New York Times Richard Bernstein on FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY. Letters responding to Richard Bernstein's critique of the atom bombs, including from the filmmaker Roland Joffe and historian Richard Rhodes.


Full 1989 article


"Fat Man Bombs" - One of the reasons it has been nearly 35 years between Oppenheimer movies...



FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY (1989) [IMDB] is riddled with historical inaccuracies...


Atomic Heritage Foundation



The Nuclear Secrecy Blog


An article about The Bomb in the Santa Fe New Mexican - in the region that hosts Los Alamos and gave birth to the first atomic bombs.


The Congressional Budget Office (USCBO) just published its latest update on the costs of US nuclear weapons. Bottom line: US nuclear weapons and (some) weapons-related programs will consume $52.4 billion in 2023 and $756 billion through 2032, $122 billion more than its last estimate.



Excluded are all costs to manage and “clean up” large amounts of radioactive waste left over from manufacturing tens of thousands bombs and warheads, compensation for people harmed by past production and testing activities, nonproliferation/threat reduction, and ballistic missile defenses.

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032