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Edging closer to nukes

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10626267/US-military-fears-Putin-planning-use-nuclear-bomb-Kyiv.html   US military fears Putin is planning to use a nuclear bomb in Kyiv and reveals he is working on new nuclear weapons that can BEAT Western defenses so he can 'inflict unacceptable damage on the West' DIA Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier revealed the concerns in a report Thursday The report on global threats noted that Putin would be likely to threaten use of nuclear weapons if Ukrainian defense forces continue to push back It's also believed that Putin intends to 'overturn the U.S.-led rules based post-Cold War international order' and reclaim former Soviet territories.The report also notes that Russia claims to be developing missiles that are capable of circumventing Western defenses It has already deployed non-nuclear weapons that come equipped with decoy projectiles, in a possible sign of what's to com

'Whiteness’ In Introductory To Physics Classes

  In light of a possible world war in which the US needs to have the best science to insure our stockpile it is in good shape it is very reassuring to know what kind of top research in being published by the American Physical Society. https://theparadise.ng/seattle-based-researchers-publish-study-on-whiteness-in-introductory-to-physics-classes/ Observing whiteness in introductory physics: A case study Amy D. Robertson and W. Tali Hairston Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18, 010119 – Published 11 March 2022 Within whiteness, the organization of social life is in terms of a center and margins that are based on dominance, control, and a transcendent figure that is consistently and structurally ascribed value over and above other figures. In this paper, we synthesize literature from Critical Whiteness Studies and Critical Race Theory to articulate analytic markers for whiteness, and use the markers to identify and analyze whiteness as it shows up in an introductory physics classroom intera...