My parents just remembered than some decades ago some ukrainians wronged them, so there is a long vile pattern of wrongdoings against russians (and we aren't really russians lel).

Stay safe as well. And remember: We weirdos aren't alone as we have each other.

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Thank you.

For me, it's edging on absurdity and feeling like I'm the one who feel like we are going insane, but luckily for me I found my close knit circle of friends who share that feeling and I myself adapted to see everything through some lense of satire. Even though I live in it.

What still hurts tho is how my relatives and people around are so uninformed and hostile to everything ukrainian or just european, even if they talk about relatives there, and then they are just like 'why they don't like us' lol. Yeah, like, no reason. And then they order IKEA-like furniture for their flats because it's of european quality!

My sanity is saved by my partner, my friends and my still intact trust in people, even if they are dumb af.

1y ago

Ukrainian President Zelensky Says Western Troops in Ukraine Would Help ‘Force Russia to Peace’

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Maintaining most parts of Russia is not what Russia wants to do either, lol. And many are afraid that local governments, frustrated by how it doesn't work, would want to fight with neighbors to save face. But that's a whole other story.

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Hell yeah. We a cockroaches in their kitchen, never surrender and always persist whatever they like us or not 😉

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

The Motherland, of course. I was born into her teenage phase of 90\00s and now I see her rapidly becoming one young and salty widow (:

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

My fuckers blocked catbox.moe, most western news sites and slowed down youtube traffic, but lemmy still flies under radar thankfully. I wish you still have your ways to choose what content you want to consume.

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Some shitheads started to spam CSAM and it got cached on other instances too. db0 admin created a tool to check every upload via library of hashes of known dangerous images (not images themselves). Since then, most images are stored locally on instances and aren't cached by others.

1y ago

Saudi Arabia blocked blahaj.zone

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

I bet there's some user from there, not a stranger to reddit and it's alternatives, that happened to stumble upon it and report it.

1y ago

Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

It's like defining masculinity by looking at Musk.

1y ago

Japanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generals

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

You are right. I asked Venice AI and that's what it printed back:

Weapon-grade plutonium refers to plutonium that is highly enriched in the isotope plutonium-239 (Pu-239), which is suitable for use in nuclear weapons. It typically contains more than 90% Pu-239, with the remaining percentage consisting of other plutonium isotopes, such as Pu-240 and Pu-241.
Plutonium is not typically found in its pure form in nature and is usually produced through a process involving uranium. The production of weapon-grade plutonium involves several steps:

Mining: Uranium ore is extracted from mines.
Milling: The uranium ore is processed into a concentrated form called yellowcake (U3O8).
Enrichment: The yellowcake is then converted into uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6) and enriched to increase the concentration of the U-235 isotope, which can undergo a chain reaction.
Irradiation: The enriched uranium (typically around 3-5% U-235) is formed into fuel rods and irradiated in a nuclear reactor, where it undergoes neutron-induced reactions.
Transmutation: During irradiation, some of the U-238 atoms absorb neutrons and undergo a series of radioactive decays, resulting in the formation of Pu-239.
Reprocessing: After irradiation, the fuel rods are removed from the reactor and reprocessed to separate the plutonium from other radioactive materials.

The resulting plutonium can be further purified and separated into different isotopes using various chemical and physical processes, including solvent extraction, ion exchange, or electromagnetic separation.
The production of weapon-grade plutonium requires careful control over the neutron flux and irradiation time to minimize the formation of unwanted isotopes like Pu-240, which can make it more difficult to achieve a nuclear explosion.
It's worth noting that not all plutonium produced through this process has weapons-grade purity. Reactor-grade plutonium, for example, typically contains around 50-60% Pu-239 and is not suitable for use in nuclear weapons due to its higher content of unwanted isotopes.

So someone somehow likely obtained a noticeable amount of already enriched plutonium to sell to this yakuza guy.

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Thank you.

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

what

1y ago

Japanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generals

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andrew_bidlaw @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

The story of that plutonium is almost certainly a wild ride. Probably some side from Myanmar conflict mined it with slave labor to exchange it for guns and ammo, duped guy into buying it as the next hot thing worth millions, only to then being pillaged in some storage (likely with zero precautions) for years as the guy struggled to find anyone to sell it to... but DEA agents. This gives off Snatched vibes.