quick reminder that everything russia’s doing to ukraine isn’t new. there were 170 governmental bans on ukrainian language in the last 150 years. most of ukrainian writers from the basic school literature curriculum were murdered or oppressed for speaking out for ukraine. an average person doesn’t have to know executed renaissance or slovo house or the ems ukaz or forced russification or literally hundreds of similar precedents, but please do note that this all was a thing long before putin
Holodomor was recognized as genocide by the very man who coined the term „genocide” - a Polish-Jewish lawyer Rafał Lemkin. Born in 1900 Lemkin was alive to observe both holodomor and holocaust and this is what he had to say about the former:
The third prong of the Soviet plan was aimed at the farmers, the large mass of independent peasants who are the repository of the tradition, folklore and music, the national language and literature, the national spirit, of Ukraine. The weapon used against this body is perhaps the most terrible of all – starvation.
Between 1932 and 1933, five million Ukrainians starved to death, an inhumanity that the 73rd Congress decried on May 28, 1934. There has been an attempt to dismiss this highpoint of Soviet cruelty as an economic policy connected with the collectivization of the wheat lands, and the elimination of the kulaks, the independent farmers was therefore necessary. The fact is, however, that large-scale farmers in Ukraine were few and far-between.
- Soviet genocide in the Ukraine by Raphael Lemkin
Not that I believe the commenter above is interested in broadening their horizons or having a good faith conversation, but the rest of you should know. Recognizing holodomor does not in any way diminish the suffering of persecuted Jewish people.
My family is (partially) Volga German. The UdSSR did some truly heinous shit to my ancestors. There's simply no benevolent interpretation to forcefully relocating an entire people.
In the context of this conversation, it also needs to be mentioned that the presence of ethnic Germans in the Volga region is, in itself, a result of russian imperialism. That didn't just happen out of nowhere.
the doctor told me aliens keep killing his companions so I asked how many companions he has and he says he just goes to earth and gets a new companion afterwards so i said it sounds like he's just feeding his companions to aliens and then he started crying
NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky
by Clive Neal, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame
In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would allow the United States to gain a foothold on the Moon by the time China plans to land the first taikonaut, what China calls its astronauts, there by 2030.
Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is critically important. A source of nuclear energy will be necessary for visiting Mars, because solar energy is weaker there. It could also help establish a lunar base and potentially even a permanent human presence on the Moon, as it delivers consistent power through the cold lunar night.
As humans travel out into the solar system, learning to use the local resources is critical for sustaining life off Earth, starting at the nearby Moon. NASA plans to prioritize the fission reactor as power necessary to extract and refine lunar resources.
As a geologist who studies human space exploration, I’ve been mulling over two questions since Duffy’s announcement. First, where is the best place to put an initial nuclear reactor on the Moon, to set up for future lunar bases? Second, how will NASA protect the reactor from plumes of regolith – or loosely fragmented lunar rocks – kicked up by spacecraft landing near it? These are two key questions the agency will have to answer as it develops this technology.
Where do you put a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
The nuclear reactor will likely form the power supply for the initial U.S.-led Moon base that will support humans who’ll stay for ever-increasing lengths of time. To facilitate sustainable human exploration of the Moon, using local resources such as water and oxygen for life support and hydrogen and oxygen to refuel spacecraft can dramatically reduce the amount of material that needs to be brought from Earth, which also reduces cost.
In the 1990s, spacecraft orbiting the Moon first observed dark craters called permanently shadowed regions on the lunar north and south poles. Scientists now suspect these craters hold water in the form of ice, a vital resource for countries looking to set up a long-term human presence on the surface. NASA’s Artemis campaign aims to return people to the Moon, targeting the lunar south pole to take advantage of the water ice that is present there.
Dark craters on the Moon, parts of which are indicated here in blue, never get sunlight. Scientists think some of these permanently shadowed regions could contain water ice. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
In order to be useful, the reactor must be close to accessible, extractable and refinable water ice deposits. The issue is we currently do not have the detailed information needed to define such a location.
The good news is the information can be obtained relatively quickly. Six lunar orbital missions have collected, and in some cases are still collecting, relevant data that can help scientists pinpoint which water ice deposits are worth pursuing.
These datasets give indications of where either surface or buried water ice deposits are. It is looking at these datasets in tandem that can indicate water ice “hot prospects,” which rover missions can investigate and confirm or deny the orbital observations. But this step isn’t easy.
Luckily, NASA already has its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover mission built, and it has passed all environmental testing. It is currently in storage, awaiting a ride to the Moon. The VIPER mission can be used to investigate on the ground the hottest prospect for water ice identified from orbital data. With enough funding, NASA could probably have this data in a year or two at both the lunar north and south poles.
How do you protect the reactor?
Once NASA knows the best spots to put a reactor, it will then have to figure out how to shield the reactor from spacecraft as they land. As spacecraft approach the Moon’s surface, they stir up loose dust and rocks, called regolith. It will sandblast anything close to the landing site, unless the items are placed behind large boulders or beyond the horizon, which is more than 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) away on the Moon.
Scientists already know about the effects of landing next to a pre-positioned asset. In 1969, Apollo 12 landed 535 feet (163 meters) away from the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which showed corrosion on surfaces exposed to the landing plume. The Artemis campaign will have much bigger lunar landers, which will generate larger regolith plumes than Apollo did. So any prepositioned assets will need protection from anything landing close by, or the landing will need to occur beyond the horizon.
Until NASA can develop a custom launch and landing pad, using the lunar surface’s natural topography or placing important assets behind large boulders could be a temporary solution. However, a pad built just for launching and landing spacecraft will eventually be necessary for any site chosen for this nuclear reactor, as it will take multiple visits to build a lunar base. While the nuclear reactor can supply the power needed to build a pad, this process will require planning and investment.
Human space exploration is complicated. But carefully building up assets on the Moon means scientists will eventually be able to do the same thing a lot farther away on Mars. While the devil is in the details, the Moon will help NASA develop the abilities to use local resources and build infrastructure that could allow humans to survive and thrive off Earth in the long term.
NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy Missions
NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. The media briefing will take place at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. Leadership will discuss program progress, including new industry partners and mission plans. Subject matter […]
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As you die peacefully of old age everything goes white and you find yourself strange place, vision blurry, you sense someone approach and you hear them say, "ok, you lived an entire lifetime as a human. What do you think? Are they worth keeping or should we start over?"
Khan emotionally neglected his daughter for most of her childhood, as well as leaving her for dead (even if it was kind of a “sacrifice one for the sake of many” type deal).
Nori, despite working towards finding a patch for the Solver for many years, never once made an attempt to reconnect with Khan or Uzi, or even so much as let them know that she was still alive, all out of a guilt she felt towards what her daughter inherited from her.
What I’m trying to say is, as much as Khori is cute, and as much as I do think they’ll stay together post-canon, someone is going to come to the realisation of what the other did, sooner or later.
And no matter who realises first, somebody’s gonna be sleeping on the couch for a while…
The problem with Tumblr politics being centric around myopic ideologues that are probably being sponsored by Qatar is… well. A lot of things. But my current problem is that no one will meme the Falkland Islands War 2 with me. No one on tumblr even knows about the Malvinas
There’s no way Argentina will actually try to invade The Falklands again right? I mean it is not a good idea objectively. And the people on the islands don’t even want to be Argentinian
The problem with Tumblr politics being centric around myopic ideologues that are probably being sponsored by Qatar is… well. A lot of things. But my current problem is that no one will meme the Falkland Islands War 2 with me. No one on tumblr even knows about the Malvinas
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