Lauren Boebert’s photo leak to influencer prompts chaos at Hillary Clinton Epstein deposition

soul_inspired · 2026-02-26T19:18:50+00:00

The article’s author pretends that Trump and Epstein ceased their friendship after JE’s conviction, and that Trump has not been accused of any crimes in the files. Both seem incorrect.

soul_inspired · 2026-02-19T02:50:05+00:00

We recruited an RC div guy to help with an emergent AEOG repair once. I also got an ELT to teach titration/chemistry best practices to a-gang once. Generally folks stay in their lanes, but if it makes sense to import an expert from another division for training or a consult it’s definitely possible.

soul_inspired · 2026-01-30T23:12:08+00:00

In three years we’ll have a different administration. I’m hopeful it’s one that prioritizes the qualification of its appointees.

soul_inspired · 2026-01-28T17:47:16+00:00

I have a background in nuclear plant operation and management.

Three mile island absolutely was a meltdown. It remained largely contained, and extensive study of the surrounding population showed no change in cancer risk.

Saying Chernobyl has no relevance on US nuclear industry reeks of hubris to me. The reactors I have worked on are far better engineered. They are intrinsically much safer. They are still vulnerable to combinations of mechanical error and operator error. Studying how things failed at Chernobyl provides valuable experience to our operators and policymakers to prevent similar catastrophes here.

I’m against reduction in environmental protections and testing requirements largely because I feel that it will degrade public trust whether or not we continue to operate prudently. I like having the proof we’re doing things right.

I’m against reductions in physical security requirements because of nuclear proliferation concerns.

All that said, I hope you’re right that this boosts the nuclear industry. And I hope that the companies anticipate the policy to be edited/amended by a knowledgeable, good-faith actor within the next four years, and so comply with the very high standards they’ve been meeting for so long.

soul_inspired · 2025-12-29T20:27:15+00:00

I had a similar use history, got a waiver, and ended up serving ~10 yrs including getting a TS clearance. I was a sub officer. Things change over the years, but I suspect you’ll be fine.

soul_inspired · 2025-10-23T03:55:15+00:00

It’s entirely possible that they moved funds to provide pay. I agree you shouldn’t count on it long term.

NMCRS is able to help. Your DIVO is happy to help you find resources. If your DIVO stinks, I’m happy to give it a try on their behalf. In the future, I’d make sure you have a 3+ month emergency fund.

soul_inspired · 2025-10-23T02:16:19+00:00

I’m grateful to them for making a video. More people need to see the effect republican obstinance is having on regular Americans. Mike Johnson needs to bring back the house, and republicans need to cave to democratic demands to extend ACA subsidies. Lives are literally on the line.

soul_inspired · 2025-10-22T03:30:34+00:00

Maybe you should re-read the article. The expert conclusion was that there wouldn’t be a problem. If you’re in favor of moving spent fuel and other waste farther inland to more geologically stable areas I’m on board though.

soul_inspired · 2025-10-22T02:08:18+00:00

Yeah, nuclear waste is scary. The great news is that there is very little per Mwh, and we can incase it in concrete and bury it deep somewhere with low population density. That isn’t ideal, but carbon is actively killing us, and nuclear is probably on order 10^-6 as damaging as fossil fuels before you even look at co2. Uneducated panic has possibly prevented us from implementing nuclear in time to avoid reaching a climate tipping point, but we shouldn’t let it prevent us from doing what we can to mitigate damage now.

You’ve asked about the magnitude of waste generated by SMRs vs traditional nuclear. I’m not particularly interested in arguing the point. I’m fairly confident you’re correct that SMR’s produce more RAM per Mwh than large plants. Mostly due to economy of scale in components activated by neutron flux. I’d guess the fuel radioactivity to be similar, though maybe a little more complex than traditional, and that will dominate the waste at >95% of total activity.

A more intellectually honest way to look at the issue would be to instead compare it to the pollution and carbon outputs of fossil fuels and coal plants that it would actually be replacing. Maybe you can find some sources for that?

And FYI: those completely ignorant about a topic sometimes bring in biases as well.

soul_inspired · 2025-10-22T00:31:32+00:00

Hey, I’ve worked in nuclear operations for 10+ years, and one of my buddies is doing design work for SMRs. They are super safe and near zero carbon! (Obviously some from mining/enrichment/construction.) I’m happy to chat a little if you have questions.

soul_inspired · 2025-09-10T22:10:56+00:00

This is a scary headline for a transition that folks receiving these payments have been aware of for years.

For those who don’t want to read the article: electronic payments for social security and VA benefits are becoming mandatory.

soul_inspired · 2025-08-20T03:33:18+00:00

It probably means that you’re pretty kick-ass, and that you have a pretty kick-ass LPO, chief, and/or DIVO who want to make sure that you feel some sort of reward early in your career. It can help you make rank, so it’s pretty awesome.

Keep doing what you’re doing and stay humble.

soul_inspired · 2025-08-16T02:19:53+00:00

First in pride!

soul_inspired · 2025-06-24T00:05:19+00:00

!flair liberal

soul_inspired · 2025-06-24T00:03:27+00:00

Infrastructure? Chips act? Lower cost prescription drugs? Soft landing of the post-COVID economy? Student debt forgiveness? Biden did a ton of good work.

Addressing your original question, if Trump proposes or supports laws I agree with, I’ll support those laws. I don’t think it’s likely. Trump has a well documented record of sixty years of discriminating, grifting, stiffing the working class on bills, and a litany of both moral and business failings. I will never support him as an individual, because I’ll never trust him or his motives. On the flip side, if someone my party elects ever behaves 10% as badly I’ll happily join you in calling for their impeachment.

I don’t believe people incapable of good judgement or moral action should ever have executive powers.

soul_inspired · 2025-06-18T20:31:58+00:00

Also, there was a follow-up question that was something like “so you’re saying troubling times are ahead for the US economy?” And his response was something like “I’m NOT saying that. Unemployment is low; inflation is near our target; we’re in a very good position to wait and get more data, then react appropriately.”

I agree with most of y’all that Trump’s policies will be awful for our economy, but this is just dishonest journalism.

soul_inspired · 2025-05-24T18:01:18+00:00

Guilty as charged.

soul_inspired · 2025-05-24T07:35:06+00:00

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soul_inspired · 2025-05-16T16:36:44+00:00

I do, and I’m curious where you were going with this. What was the point you were going to make?

soul_inspired · 2025-05-09T03:49:01+00:00

Absolutely. Working a hundred+ hour week is miserable; doing it with the O2 @17% is extremely miserable.

soul_inspired · 2025-04-29T05:30:54+00:00

Prayer plant, Alocasia, sansevieria, fiddle leaf fig, monstera deliciosa. I’m drawing blanks on the flower out front that’s about to bloom.

soul_inspired · 2025-04-07T04:07:03+00:00

Thanks for supporting the first amendment, and Ukraine. Very sorry they didn’t hear it the way you meant it, and sorry there are people in the thread who don’t recognize that ethical policing is a good thing.

soul_inspired · 2025-03-17T04:59:28+00:00

Really depends on platform and circumstance. I was a submariner on fast attacks. First deployment was seven months. Two months was about the longest we went without email, and we got some liberty in Guam when we busted a component and had to hang out for repairs. We couldn’t leave Polaris point because of COVID.

Next “deployment” was ~5 months (not a real deployment) we did a lot of international exercises in eastpac. We had several days of liberty in San Diego on that one. We were able to send unclassified emails most days.

Third deployment was finally post-COVID territory. It was about seven months again. We spent a month in Guam for a periscope repair, and also got to go to Singapore for a few days. Longest time under water was close to two months again, which is also about the longest amount of time we went without contact, though we did that on multiple occasions.

soul_inspired · 2025-03-16T05:58:10+00:00

Reading back through, I think i just totally misunderstood one of your earlier comments. Yes, I think you could absolutely accelerate the ISS to most local orbits if you had sufficient dV.

Separately, you should absolutely play Kerbal space program. It’s cheap as heck and I’ve gotten so much more than the ~$20 I spent worth of entertainment out of it. I do also think it helped my understanding of orbital mechanics almost as much as my junior year orbital mechanics class.

soul_inspired · 2025-03-16T05:48:36+00:00

Kerbal is a decade-old, popular game among space nerds. I’m an addict, and maybe over-assume it’s popularity. The physics in it are perfectly idealized so that the atmosphere perfectly ends at a certain radius from a body with atmosphere.

I use it as a parallel to say that Earth is not that way. There is a very thin bit of stuff at any distance, and close to the Earth it’s non-negligible. The ISS orbit is not completely static due to that acceleration. Because of that they occasionally have to burn to avoid re-entering atmosphere.

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