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kriykat<p>Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/09/australia-obstructed-probe-into-deadly-rainbow-warrior-bombing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/07/09/</span><span class="invisible">australia-obstructed-probe-into-deadly-rainbow-warrior-bombing/</span></a><br>Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. A&amp;#8230;<br><a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secrecy</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/ChristineCabon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineCabon</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/CovertAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovertAction</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DavidMctaggart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMctaggart</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DavidRobie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidRobie</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DefenceMinisterCharlesHernu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefenceMinisterCharlesHernu</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DirectorateGeneralForExternalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectorateGeneralForExternalSecurity</span></a>(dgse) <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/FernandoPereira" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FernandoPereira</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpeace</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/LaurentFabius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaurentFabius</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MarshallIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarshallIslands</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/NewCaledonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewCaledonia</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/NuclearTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearTesting</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Op%C3%A9rationSatanique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpérationSatanique</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/RainbowWarrior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RainbowWarrior</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Tahiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tahiti</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Plan would power new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenter</span></a> with electricity from Pa.'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> reactor </p><p>Constellation Energy is prepared to invest $1.6 billion to bring the plant's surviving reactor from the 1979 meltdown back online.</p><p>By Michael Tanenbaum, PhillyVoice Staff <br>September 20, 2024</p><p>Excerpt: "Tech companies favor nuclear power for AI</p><p>"In the race to develop artificial intelligence applications, tech companies are scrambling to build data centers, which require enormous amounts of electricity to operate. Such facilities are forecast to make up a growing share of the nation's electricity use in the years to come, prompting companies to look at tapping into existing infrastructure to help meet their needs.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> is being touted as a cost-effective solution for these data centers that also limits reliance on carbon-producing power sources. Building and directly connecting data centers to nuclear plants is known as co-location, a strategy that industry leaders favor because it's cheaper and faster to do. Proponents also claim it reduces stress on the transmission grids.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"When Constellation signaled interest in restarting Three Mile Island in July [2024], doubts surfaced about the technical feasibility of the project. Not only would it be the first of its kind, but it will have to be accomplished next to another reactor whose clean-up and decommissioning is expected to continue through 2078.</p><p>"The site also remains politically contentious due to the lasting memory of the 1979 accident, which displaced surrounding communities and left a legacy of fear over whether the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> released contributed to increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> rates in the vicinity. About 2 million people were exposed to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> as a result of the meltdown. </p><p>"Public health researchers from Temple, Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh published a report last year finding that long-term studies into the impact of the meltdown were limited by research flaws."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/ai-three-mile-island-microsoft-constellation-nuclear-reactor-data-centers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phillyvoice.com/ai-three-mile-</span><span class="invisible">island-microsoft-constellation-nuclear-reactor-data-centers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRates</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2081910/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2081910/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> One gram of Plutonium: Why even whispers of nuclear leak at Pakistan’s Kirana Hills are terrifying millions <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndiaPakistanMilitaryConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiaPakistanMilitaryConflict</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KiranaHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KiranaHills</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearDefenseStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearDefenseStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearEmergencyAircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEmergencyAircraft</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OperationSindoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationSindoor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PakistanNuclearLeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PakistanNuclearLeak</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthAsiaNuclearTension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsiaNuclearTension</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1789117/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1789117/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Nuclear map exposes where 75% would die in WW3 strikes – US News – News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearApocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearApocalypse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USMissileSilos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USMissileSilos</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Russia is seeking to militarily target three Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the United Nations. Putin really needs to google what directions the wind blows over Ukraine. Spoiler: the wind blows towards Russia, douchebag. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SketchComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SketchComedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/joke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VolodymyrZelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VolodymyrZelenskyy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fallout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NuclearFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFallout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrevailingWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrevailingWinds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/winds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winds</span></a></p>
Bo Jacobs<p>As you wrap your head around particles from wildfires creating risk 1000s of km away, and even on the other side of the world, use this moment to understand how radioactive fallout particles from nuclear weapon "tests" spread radioactive particles all around the world.</p><p>They have been found on every continent, at the poles, in the Mariana Trench, even in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Hiroshima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hiroshima</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Nagasaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nagasaki</span></a>. </p><p>This is the fallout cloud from the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Bravo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bravo</span></a> test in the Marshall Islands in 1954, taken 15 minutes after detonation. H-bomb tests brought these particulates high into the upper atmosphere where they circled the Earth before "falling out" all across the globe. Many remain dangerous for 100s or 1000s of years. </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NuclearTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearTesting</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/GlobalHibakusha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalHibakusha</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sts</span></a></span> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>