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Limitless energy

 A New Zealand-based company just took one step closer to creating a working nuclear fusion reactor.

Is New Zealand more advanced than the US?

This should get the Labs' attention.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/openstar-technologies-nuclear-fusion-reactor/

The truth about fusion

 This article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist on Fusion and NIF is an interesting read and may interest your readers. - https://thebulletin.org/premium/2024-11/ferreting-out-the-truth-about-fusion-interview-with-bob-rosner/

Schopenhauer: Why Society Hates Intelligence

This is a very good video -- it goes into detail about intelligence, mediocrity, and stupidity, summarizing some of the writings of a certain 19th century philosopher:

https://youtu.be/Ci7VK75sMsY?si=oF-WIHO8cs6Lb9LJ

LLNS “Empire Building”

 LLNS “Empire Building” began in 2007

You have “empire building” on steroids at LLNL, and lots of waste through misdirected resources to maintain the empires as a result.

It started with the “gray march” mass lay off in 2008, and has only gotten worse. And now the NNSA is planning to reward LLNS with a 5 year contract extension?

Looks like a race condition with the new DOGE.

The end of LANL and LLNL?

 The end of LANL and LLNL?

"After host Maria Bartiromo questioned whether the two plan to “close down entire agencies,” Ramaswamy said “mass reductions” will be made.
“We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright,” he said. “We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government.” Ramaswamy added, “I think people will be surprised by how quickly we’re able to move with some of those changes, given the legal backdrop the Supreme Court has given us.” The founder of Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, who ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, told Bartiromo that he and Musk will assess the roles of America’s 4 million civil servants, claiming “there’s just too many of them.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vivek-ramaswamy-elon-musk-delete-government-agencies_n_673a5d9de4b0ebe12e367050

Maybe not the end, but big cuts....big really big cuts could be coming. We have 4 million civil servants and maybe 8-10 million contractors? I am not for this drastic cut but anyone who is honest will tell you LLNL and LANL have way too many people for job. I am not a Greg Mello fan at all but he claims some ex LANL Directors told him that LANL has twice the number of people it needs, and behind closed doors everyone acknowledges this. I would guess the NNSA labs are probably some of the more effective labs in the DOE complex so maybe there is some low hanging fruit elsewhere.

Well do not worry my friends, if Trump gets rid of 10 million migrants tthere should be plenty of jobs opening up for the millions of people let go from the government agency who will need jobs. So maybe there is a grand plan after all and the economy will not collapse.

Could be some fun times.

Oil boss to be DOE boss

 https://nypost.com/2024/11/16/us-news/trump-taps-oil-boss-chris-wright-as-secretary-of-energy/

“As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace,'” Trump said in a statement.

LLNL contract extension

 11-14-24 ExchangeMonitor

“NNSA 'working on' LLNL contract extension;SRS final RFP out January, administrator says

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jill Hruby, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the Exchange Monitor it 'feels like we're close' to finalizing an extension for a management and operations...”

Note: Nothing beyond this is available to read for non-subscribers

https://www.exchangemonitor.com/nnsa-working-on-llnl-contract-extensionsrs-final-rfp-out-january-administrator-says/