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Wrongdoing at NIF

 Is it OK to push a NIF FTE employee into EIT status by purposely falsifying (SKAs) of that employee’s historical skill set? Hmm, maybe ask LSEO Superintendent

non-degreed not technically skilled or accredited Ron Darbee, how this actually works. Prospective tech workers beware. Suicides occurred during this man’s leadership, sad and preventable for sure if only LLNL established “lessons learned” practices actually applied here. but nope.

AI threat

The International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.

 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/

A culture of incompetence at the DOE

 A funny excerpt from the article:

" A recent proposed DOE standard for the efficiency of the distribution transformers used by electrical utilities were so weak that even the utilities thought they needed to be strengthened! " 

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/25126-a-culture-of-incompetence-at-the-department-of-energy/

Cold fusion breakthroughs

 https://youtu.be/vifpBK5WI4E?si=kiSRMJjZDpboDmJL

"Recent cold fusion breakthroughs" cited in video -- record amounts of money going into various companies which attempt to commercialize it.

Sending messages to the past

 https://youtu.be/RZrHrw1ubqs?si=HY4UFjJAtvA-ju8J

These Physicists Claim They Can Send Messages To The Past

Multiple violations at the GKN Aerospace facility

 There have been multiple violations and notices cited at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, CA prior to the current chemical leak.

How many Garden Grove, CA GKN Aerospace like potential disasters exist in the high density SF Bay Area, that similarly, have subpar accident mitigation plans?