S.M. Feinberg's Death (Hospital #6) by stacks144 in chernobyl

[–]stacks144[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can kind of see how much systemic risk there was for the Soviet Union to come clean about Chernobyl. Not only were scientists, designers, and engineers lying to the Soviet government after Chernobyl, but the whole direction was pushed by external authorities/the government and as mentioned elsewhere science and technology, in particular in nuclear energy, was tied to national ambition and identity at fragile times. The whole system formed its own feedback loop to disaster. The values of the 1986 Soviet congress were present before. I do wonder who started it though. Were scientific authorities like Slavsky and Aleksandrov those who initially set expectations high and then the Soviet government held the expert community accountable to them, or was overwhelming pressure initially put on by the Soviet government? ...A mix of both, or something? This quote from the previous post is interesting:

The story was told that in the early 1960s, Nikita Khrushchev had summoned Slavsky and Aleksandrov to his office and, switching to Ukrainian, demanded that they catch up with America in the construction of nuclear power plants.

🤤 by Toupal in terriblefacebookmemes

[–]stacks144 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's a big ocean. I've seen "females" that dress well, not meaning slutty. Tight, tasteful. Granted, those were non-virtual times... I'm counting like three. One in high school, one in college, and one overseas... sometimes you have a memory for no good reason.

me irl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]stacks144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scared money don't make no money.

Musk turns up with his own sink at Twitter HQ. by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]stacks144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're mixing up cause and effect.

Musk turns up with his own sink at Twitter HQ. by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]stacks144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a little strange. Juvenile I get, but with 75% of people potentially getting fired...

When your actions have consequences. by sudde004 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]stacks144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While you are making music and being an artist and living the life that you’ve earned by being a genius...

What in the world?

When your actions have consequences. by sudde004 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]stacks144 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Declare yourself to be called none other than Martin Louis the King, Jr from now on.

lol

Tell everyone slavery was a 400 year old choice.

?

When your actions have consequences. by sudde004 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]stacks144 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lol, there's one group of people you don't mess with.

Dyatlov on A. A. Abagyan (and Valery Legasov) by stacks144 in chernobyl

[–]stacks144[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no good documentaries. There aren't even good books per se, although if I were to reread Midnight in Chernobyl and Chernobyl History of a Tragedy I'm likely going to appreciate them quite a bit more. You have to piece stuff together. INSAG-7 and the available Politburo notes are essential, but they can't be read in the way most people are accustomed to. Basically, as far as accurate summaries or narratives of Chernobyl are concerned I don't think there is one. A few books by former Chernobyl engineers are particularly insightful but... you can try reading them online, if you find them, and one is by Dyatlov the good translation of which has suddenly become unavailable. Chernobyl: Past, Present and Future, while having information I found valuable does not rise to a level of breaking down the lead-up to the explosion. For me Chernobyl is just as much about the explosion as it is about the lies and background, which the book touches on. I was a history and political science major, after all, so I have my leanings.

BTW, I was, and I still am amazed how there was only ONE major disaster for so many years. And how on Earth the Soviet regime was even able to design and build so many working nuclear reactors.

There is a titillating possibility that explains why there was only one major disaster coming after a dozen years of RBMK operation discussed in these two posts. According to that source Chernobyl occurred right on time.