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The construction of Douglas Dam began 81 years ago today! After Pearl Harbor the Douglas Dam Bill was signed by congress on Jan 30, 1942. That afternoon TVA received a teletype that said, “DOUGLAS DAM BILL JUST SIGNED. START DIGGING.” 🇺🇸
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One interesting tidbit this brought up is that apparently the President can exempt projects from NEPA review for national security reasons, which is interesting.
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Great piece from @johnismay et al. Fascinating.
How to Forge Shells for Ukraine's Artillery - The New York Times
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Great photos, a lot of robots, but they still paint on the labels by hand.
Threads
• Summary of an empirical paper on the "PUA-to-incel pipeline". TL;DR: When pick-up-artist advice doesn't work, it sometimes makes men simply hate women, unsurprisingly, this doesn't help them get a girlfriend.
• Continuing on the balloon thread from yesterday, the thread about why the US military is planning to use more lighter than air drones, they have many advantages over satellites.