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Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit nuclear security, loans office, sources say WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, including employees at the nuclear security administration and the loans office, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Democratic lawmakers also said the layoffs include workers at national labs and hydroelectric plants, and Cold War legacy nuclear sites that pose safety risks. The DOE has about 14,000 federal employees and 95,000 contractors. The two sources said the layoffs come after three people representing billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the agency. Some 325 workers have been let go from the department's National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the U.S. nuclear weapons fleet and works to secure radiological materials around the world, two of the sources said. "It's insane," the sources said, pointing out the losses at the NNSA occur at a time when nuclear power plants have been at risk in Russia's war on Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia, the largest in Europe. Another source said the NNSA is still working to secure radiological materials in the region. The DOE press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A copy of a letter seen by Reuters and sent to some DOE employees says: "DOE finds that your further employment would not be in the public interest. For this reason, you are being removed from your position with DOE and the federal civil service effective today." The department laid off workers' access to government-issued laptops and phones just after midnight Eastern Time (0500 GMT) on Friday, which left many with no way to receive the notifications and no knowledge they had been fired, one source said. Some 45 workers were let go from the Loan Programs Office, which has hundreds of billions of dollars in loan authority for clean energy, nuclear and clean vehicle projects, one source said. In addition, 18 of 148 people were let go at the Grid Deployment Office, which seeks to modernize the power grid, making it resilient to extreme weather and able to transmit power from clean energy and fossil fuel-fired power plants. In Washington state, at least a dozen workers at the Hanford nuclear site - a 1940s site for plutonium and uranium production for atomic bombs - now decommissioned but highly contaminated - were laid off, including safety engineers who clean up and monitor the site, according to Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray. "These reckless firings will slow down critical cleanup work and make workers less safeβtrying to run Hanford with a skeleton crew is a recipe for disaster that could have irreversible impacts," she said. "These layoffs will hurt companies, workers and their families across Eastern Washington." Murray said there were layoffs at other DOE-run facilities in the Pacific Northwest, including the Bonneville Power Administration hydroelectric facility and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which carries out research on everything from nuclear energy to battery storage. Murray's office reported layoffs of over 600 electricians, scientists, cybersecurity experts at BPA.
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After watching the most recent Severance episode last night, I checked out The Gorge (also on Apple). It starts out promising with an interesting setup, setting, and premise. Once you hit about the middle, it starts to drag, gets really predictable, and ends as an irredeemably dumb mess. Basically, someone in Hollywood had one interesting idea and fed it into an AI machine, which shit out a cliched action movie full of tired tropes.
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bolverk replied to Eastwood's topic in Daily Texan
@Schulz2.0 I was just coming to post about that. Russian Drone Damages Radiation Shield at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the damage βsignificantβ but said there were no signs of radiation leaks. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had carried out the strike. Russiaβs military used a drone with a high-explosive warhead to hit the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine overnight, damaging the protective shelter that prevents radiation leaks, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Friday. In a post on social media, Mr. Zelensky called the damage βsignificantβ but said that there were no signs of increased radiation at the plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in history. Denys Shmyhal, the Ukrainian prime minister, said Friday morning that emergency crews had extinguished a fire at the site. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had attacked the plant. The structure that was damaged was designed to seal in vast quantities of radioactive isotopes from the fire and meltdown in 1986 at Chernobylβs Reactor No. 4, and was intended to last generations. The strike comes as pressure grows on Ukraine and Russia to sit down at the bargaining table three years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion. It also comes as world leaders are gathered in Munich for an annual security conference where the war in Ukraine β and recent statements by President Trump and his team indicating that they want to pursue a quick peace deal β will probably dominate conversations. Many attending the Munich conference will remember the radioactive clouds that spread over parts of Europe after the accident at Chernobyl, which happened when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The accident was initially covered up by the Soviet authorities. βNow the atmosphere is such that everyone is very angry about this news here in Munich,β Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office in Ukraine, posted on social media. βNot βconcerned,β as is often the case, but really angry.β Mr. Yermak noted that the whole world had helped the Kremlin rebuild after Chernobyl. βThen the whole world invested in the shelter, and today these Russian idiots have launched a drone at it,β he added. The Kremlin denied that Russiaβs military had struck the plant. Its spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, said, βThe Russian military does not do this.β βMost likely, we are talking about provocation and fraud,β he added. The structure at Chernobyl that was hit on Friday is a huge arching shelter covering what remains of the crippled reactor. The meltdown spewed radiation into the atmosphere and contaminated an 18-mile zone around the plant that residents were forced to leave. The protective structure, which resembles an aircraft hangar, was completed in 2016. It covers another structure known as the sarcophagus that was built immediately after the disaster. The exploding drone breached the outer shield but did not damage the older, interior containment structure, Leontiy Derkach, a radiological engineer at the site, said in a telephone interview. The explosion sprayed shrapnel into the space between the two structures, damaging both, he said, but did not spread radioactive materials. Emergency crews responded at about 3 a.m., he said, as the fire still burned. The first people to approach the site were workers with radiation meters, to ascertain if radiation was leaking, he said. βWe are not kamikazes to immediately go into the danger zone,β he said. Air samples determined no radiation was leaking, Mr. Derkach said. Ukrainian military chemists and radiation specialists are still working at the site to gain a fuller picture of the damage. By around noon, he said, crews had not yet entered the outer containment structure for a closer view. The drone, he said, had hit about 60 yards from where protective plates covered highly radioactive debris from the 1986 accident. Had it hit at that location, he said, the exploding drone could have spread radiation at least inside the outer containment structure. Emergency crews, Mr. Derkach said, were assessing how to repair the hole. βThe Russians caused us great damage,β he said. βThe whole world built this shelter and the Russians destroyed it in one second.β Greenpeace, the conservation group, issued a statement on the strike on the Chernobyl plant, saying it was βa further escalation of the threat to Ukraineβs nuclear power plants and must be condemned and punished.β Chernobyl was among the first locations targeted in Russiaβs invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as the Russian army captured and occupied the decommissioned plant and used the site as a base for attacks on Kyiv, to the south. Radiation levels rose for several days, most likely from columns of heavy weaponry stirring dust. During the monthlong occupation of the site, Russian soldiers dug trenches in irradiated soil, and electrical power to a cooling pool for nuclear waste was briefly cut, raising alarms. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that its staff members at the site of the former nuclear plant had heard the explosion overnight. The strike on Chernobyl, about two hours north of Ukraineβs capital, Kyiv, and the recent increase in military activity around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied zone βunderline persistent nuclear safety risks,β said Rafael Grossi, the agencyβs director general. -
One interesting thing I noticed at the funeral was the dot matrix banner had the numbered quarters that Irving had worked printed out. I paused and did some quick math, showing that Irving had worked for three years and that it was quarter 800-something, meaning theyβve been doing this ongoing mysterious and important work for 200+ years, and they've been measuring it in sequential quarters.
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My gawd. I'd forgotten all about that one.
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But it was assigned Gulf of Mexico at birth.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
bolverk replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Are you suggesting the children should be back in power? Let's see what @realgreggym has to say about that. -
In refining 0xA251AB : 0xCC7AB7 (Moonbeam) in 00h 05m 05s 705ms I have brought glory to the company. Praise Kier. 7οΈβ£7οΈβ£7οΈβ£5οΈβ£9οΈβ£ 4οΈβ£5οΈβ£2οΈβ£2οΈβ£8οΈβ£ 2οΈβ£7οΈβ£1οΈβ£0οΈβ£2οΈβ£ 5οΈβ£7οΈβ£1οΈβ£8οΈβ£3οΈβ£ 6οΈβ£5οΈβ£6οΈβ£0οΈβ£3οΈβ£ #mdrlumon #severance π§ππ’π― lumon-industries.com
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He didn't get schlapped down for groping Herschel Walker's campaign guy. Let's see if he does this time.
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Somehow, I missed this thread previously or skimmed over it, but I just spent some time going through this thread reminiscing old shows. One that immediately popped up in my head but hasn't been mentioned is the Twin Peaks theme. Yeah, it's not a rocking anthem or a hummable earworm, but it embodied the iconic and mysterious nature of the show pretty damn well. It's certainly memorable.
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It's the 2+2=5 test.
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Friendship - Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson, A24, May 2025
bolverk replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Movies and TV
It's not like I haven't given the guy and his brand of humor a shot or have dismissed the guy. In fact, I've watched every sketch of every season of ITYSL, and it's not like I don't appreciate absurd, irreverent, and clever wit. I just think he's kinda shitty at it -- at least to my satisfaction. I'll admit to not having seen The Detroiters, so I'll try to check it out and maybe change my opinion. Anyway, it's not a huge deal, and I'll likely watch this show when it comes out on streaming. I just wanted to chime in and let HOTB know he's not alone. -
The coup thread. Fuck the traitors to the Constitution.
bolverk replied to Willfully Horn's topic in Cloak Room
Is it really an "extreme hypothetical" that Trump "feels empowered to violate federal law" while conducting his official presidential duties? -
The coup thread. Fuck the traitors to the Constitution.
bolverk replied to Willfully Horn's topic in Cloak Room
@Ojo Rojo @TwiceHorn This is the argument @wildcat09 was referring to: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/seal-team-6-assassination-hypothetical-scotus-presidential-immunity/story?id=111583216 -
In other Kid Rock news (yes, I know we have a thread about him somewhere but I'm too lazy to look it up): Kid Rock Throws Tantrum Because No One Clapped for Him During Guest Appearance: βFβk Yβallβ The singer appeared during Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryanβs birthday celebration in Nashville over the weekend, but didnβt warm to the crowdβs reception At 54 years old, Kid Rock has not yet outgrown the tantrum-throwing evident in young children who donβt understand that other peopleβs celebrations arenβt about them. On Saturday evening, the musician stormed offstage at JBJβs Nashville, where he made a special appearance during Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryanβs birthday jam session. βFuck them,β Rock said about the audience as he abruptly cut the band off. βIf you ainβt gonna clap, we ainβt gonna sing. Thatβs how itβs gonna go.β The set continued from there, but only for a moment. Rock didnβt seem to be warming to the crowdβs lackluster reception. βYou know what, fuck yβall,β he said. βYou ainβt gonna clap, Iβm gone.β Bryan continued to play with the rest of the band following Rockβs departure, and the festivities went on as planned. Rock has rarely shied away from throwing a fit. In fact, he embraces it, particularly when it comes to politics. βIβm part of the problem,β he told Rolling Stone last year. βIβm one of the polarizing people, no question. Sometimes I bitch about other people, then I look in the mirror and Iβm like, βOh, yeah, why donβt you shut the fuck up too?ββ When asked if this attitude is a product of a broader impulse-control problem, he replied: βItβs a rich-guy issue. No fucks left. Iβm not going to get it right every time, but I know my heartβs right.β Rock will embark on the traveling festival Rock the Country with Nickelback in 11 cities across America between April and July.
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Friendship - Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson, A24, May 2025
bolverk replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Movies and TV
You're not alone. I just don't get it. He's like a fucking one-trick pony doing a really annoying (AND LOUD) schtick, and I've been completely flabbergasted at his wide appeal. There's nothing remotely clever about it. -
Take it to the football music board. But, seriously, rap is fundamentally poetry with a beat. If that's not your thing, cool, but categorically stating that poets who engage in wordplay with a backbeat have "no talent" is pretty dumb. You can, obviously, tell me to shove that opinion up my ass, but I can also say the same to you. With that said, I hope we can agree that posters who copy/paste memes that depict Taylor Swift getting bent over (let's face it: raped) are more deserving of our attention and scorn.
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