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I had the fortune to see an Oppenheimer premiere because I helped research one of the Trinity scenes for historical accuracy. It is a beautiful portrait of a very, very, flawed human being. 3 hours was not long enough.
Saw the news that Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away. I was first exposed to his music in Nebulous; with many of his melodies influencing the development of Seong and Tenzing. Not to mention how his soundtracks buttressed a great number of events run by @Dallas .
It's incredible where one finds inspiration. Thank you, Sakamoto-san.
성할머니는 여러분을 사랑합니다
Where have you gone, king.
Holding plutonium for the first time today...
One of the most visceral things you can't prepare for is the heat. It's like a freshly-brewed cup of coffee in a thin-walled ceramic mug. Except it never cools down. Ever.
Los Alamos lost every phone (landline and cell), television, and internet connection simultaneously between 11:30 pm on Saturday to 3:15 am on Monday. The fact that only our town went down was a bit suspicious. More than a handful of my coworkers and I thought this was the prelude to something a bit more... strategic.
Oh to not be manic depressive on a day like today. I wonder what it's like to have a hopeful view of the world.
A two and a half hour long polygraph examination. Add that to the list of experiences I never thought I'd encounter.
Another September 11th, another day where I try to avoid as much of the remembrances as possible. Mostly because of the anger it produces inside of me. Anger directed towards the perpetrators, their enablers, and how global politics were so badly pushed off the rails because of it.
The things you find at work. This was given to me as a gift by a couple colleagues of mine from the lab archives:
Clyde
He yell
Clyde
He sleep
So I got to give a presentation to the Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency this morning. He and his representatives were some of the most engaged people I've ever met. A ton of good conversations!
Jem
MUST PLAY
Went to my first social event in nearly 2 months, and got Covid as a parting gift from a friend's friend. God damn it all to hell.
Okay, so updates: Successfully finished my multi-year replication experiment. And now teaching courses on nuclear history to engineers.
If my activity drops even lower than it is now, it's because Russian attacks on Los Alamos IP addresses have tripled in the last 2 weeks.
Had a roundtable over beers with some lab nonprolif experts. Concensus: 50% chance of a sub-10kt tactical weapon used by Rus in 48 months.
Holy hell... After my day at the office is done, I'm ordering an obscene amount of food and getting shit-faced drunk. -
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