Manjushri

I actually care about all the waste generated by all industries. I'm just particulary concerned with waste that will remain toxic for 1,000s of years. As for storing it all in "solid geological storage", yeah, good luck with that. That's been the dream since 1982 when Yucca mountain was chosen as the site for the nation's nuclear waste. But that wasn't stopped by nimbies, it was stopped by the state of Utah and many other states. Nobody wants train or truck loads of toxic nuclear waste shipped across their state for some reason. I can't imagine why...

You may be in luck though. A private company in West Texas, Interim Storage Partners, has agreed to start taking in that waste. Except that the state of Texas has said fuck no to that. Luckily for you, SCOTUS will be hearing the case in October according to this article. Knowing the current SCOTUS, I'm sure that we will all be wondering when and the first train or truck load of nuclear waste will get dumped, because it's not a matter of if.

Statistically speaking, nuclear energy is relatively safe per kilowatt-hour. But it’s also the only energy source with a non-zero risk of catastrophic failure and waste that stays toxic for thousands of years.

Thanks. I'll take wind and solar instead. Wake me up when all this is somehow cleaned up.

As of December 2024, there were over 315,000 bundles of spent nuclear fuel rods in the U.S., and over 3,800 dry storage casks in concrete vaults above ground, located at current and former power plants across the country.

Even reactors that have been decommissioned and demolished still have concrete vaults storing radioactive waste, which must be secured and maintained by the power company that owned the nuclear plant.

The Premium section at the front of these planes will have "ergonomically contoured seat cushions, reclining seat backs and a large headrest with four-way adjustment capability."

The 36 seats between the premium section and the rest of the cabin will, in turn, also have reclining ability, alongside extra legroom and slightly more space than the higher fare class.

There will be first class with all the bells and whistles, then a section for people who want to pay more to have a reclining seat and (allegedly) more leg room.

That will leave me with a regular seat to sit in, without an upcharge, and the asshole in front of me will not be able to recline. I'm good with this.

That's a tough one. There is a spray you can get, Bitter Apple. Most cats hate the smell and will avoid it. In your shoes, I would get some and spray a little on a wash cloth or similar and tuck it in the sling. That may keep him from crowding the sling and stepping on your injury. Don't spray yourself or your sling directly though. If the odor is too offensive and makes him stay away entirely, you can toss the washcloth in the laundry and try something else.

Bitter Apple Spray - Note, this talks about the spray as a chewing deterrent, but in my experience cats will avoid areas where it's been sprayed. Just remember to start small. You wouldn't want your boy to start avoiding you completely.

No. According to an article the IDs were from people who were challenging an age determination. Still bullshit, but you don't need ID to use Discord as a general rule.

The unauthorized party also accessed a “small number” of images of government IDs from “users who had appealed an age determination.”

Small is, of course, a relative term. I would consider a small number to be 2 or 3. They may feel that 10,000 users is a small number. Who can say?

Did you notice that Trump called them "unlawful combatants" in this article? That phrase may ring a bell.

George W. Bush's cronies invented the phrase during his reign of terror, or as he called it, his war on terror. He said that there were people who were neither enemy combatants, nor civilians. They were a third category: Unlawful Combatants. The conventions that protect prisoners of war did not apply to such _unlawful _ combatants. Such people could be arrested, indefinitely detained, tortured, or even killed without charge or trial. This was the justification for G. W. Bush's extraordinary rendition program that had U.S. agencies kidnapping people off the streets of the US and other nations and shipping them to black sites where they could be tortured indefinitely.

The repeated use of the phrases unlawful combatant and narco-terrorist tells me all I need to know about where they plan to go with this.

Poe's Law. Without a clear indicator, a lot of people took it as OP believing this.

"LEAVE DONNY ALONE!" - Ted Cruz while sobbing uncontrollably.

Probably not and they have no intention to. They will give themselves bonuses and stock dividends that will eat up all the income from selling the IP (and everything else) and then leave the company with nothing but debt forcing it to declare bankruptcy.

I'm giving 5 to 1 that within the first three months some script kiddie will take one for a joy ride around campus.

This has got to be some form of vulture capitalism. They will sell off all the IP and physical property, either directly or by spinning off divisions into new companies to sell off. Then sell off any other pieces of the company that they can, and finally they'll take all that income as bonuses for the new owners and leave the remains of EA with nothing but debt and no option other than to file for bankruptcy. Same thing that was done to companies like Toys-R-Us but on a larger scale.

Laws are to protect the elite, not the common people.