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NNSA flip-flops on plutonium

 It looks like the NNSA wants to run before walking!

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-u-s-governments-dangerous-rush-to-produce-new-plutonium-pits/

Another source on the emergency in South Carolina nuclear site

 Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after lab fire

Officials declared a Site Area Emergency shortly after 5:30 p.m., tellingWRDW there had been “an unfiltered ground-level radiological release.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/4783678/emergency-south-carolina-nuclear-site-savannah-river-site/

Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/emergency-declared-south-carolina-nuclear-site-after-fire-erupts-lab

Savannah River Site, a Department of Energy industrial and nuclear complex located in South Carolina, declared a site area emergency Wednesday near Aiken, SC.

I bet LANL will be hit with a ton of new rules now.

Interesting Futurism articles

 https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-financial-situation-dario-amodei-ai-bubble

Anthropic’s Financial Situation May Explain Why Dario Amodei Looks So Terrified All the Time

https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-openai-billions-failure

AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents

https://futurism.com/future-society/imf-ai-bubble-world-economy

IMF Warns That AI Bubble Could Take Down the Entire World Economy

A disastrous AI-driven market correction isn’t the only economic catastrophe potentially looming. The IMF is also worried about an increase in government bond yields, or interest rates, or a potential major cyberattack targeting critical government and financial institutions — a strike that could feasibly be assisted by powerful AI models.

https://futurism.com/future-society/openai-php-exploit-millions-web-servers

Frontier OpenAI Model Exposes Stunning Exploit That Leaves Millions of Web Servers Open to Attack

Former Employee LLNS Scott Sailors Obituary

TRACY, Calif. - Scott Franklin Sailors, 41, formerly of American Falls, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Tracy, Calif., surrounded by his family

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/idahostatejournal/name/scott-sailors-obituary?id=46820107

Will the tech oligarchs replace the human race?

 Bernie has a new rant about not letting AI take over the world and make humans extinct :

https://youtu.be/vjtMGKzyhNs?si=snahNjTSSeT9kJHZ