Essential Books about Atomic Bomb Testing

These books tell the stories of people directly affected by fallout from atmospheric nuclear explosions and the effects on those who mined for uranium in New Mexico and Arizona.

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Downwinders & Atomic Bomb Testing: Chilling Consequences

Oppenheimer, the movie highlights the scientific achievement of making an atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his collaborators at Los Alamos carried out this achievement. But, there was little to no concern about those who would come in contact with the fallout from these nuclear explosions, or those who mined for uranium. The fallout from the 216 bombs dropped from 1945 – 1962 covers nearly all of the United States. People became sick and suffered severe anxiety, paranoia, and depression. Thousands died of cancer. Military and civilian personnel at these locations participated in all U.S. atom bomb tests since the Trinity test 1945.

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Could a Sweeping Indictment of Trump be on the way?

Donald Trump claims he is the target of a federal investigation of the January 6th insurrection. In this post, I speculate on one of the charges, and how, if he’s found guilty, he won’t be able to hold elected office in the U.S.

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Ocean heat is off the charts-Here’s what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world

Ocean temperatures have been off the charts since mid-March 2023, with the highest average levels in 40 years of satellite monitoring, and the impact is breaking through in disruptive ways around the world.

What’s going on

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White Male Extremism

Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is professor of history and Italian studies at New York University. I subscribe to her newsletter, Lucid and I want to share it with you. She describes Lucid as a newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy worldwide.

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Making the Cover of The Trump Files

Given that the real Donald Trump has just been indicted by a grand jury in Miami, Florida, I thought it might be interesting to share with you how the cover of my book, The Trump Files, was created.

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Trump’s Campaign Commercial Following Federal Indictment

Donald Trump was indicted today on 37 charges dealing with boxes full of documents, some classified as Top Secret. He willfully retained them, hid, and conspired to obstruct justice. He turned it into a campaign rally. It was a solemn circus.

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Particulate Matter: Some Observations

Particulate matter (PM) has become front and center because of the Canadian forest fires and wind patterns over the northeastern and middle Atlantic states. However, air quality alerts are as far south as Alabama and west to St. Louis. In this post, I use maps and images to provide information on how to understand air quality.

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From Pen to Brush

I spilled a cup of coffee on my keyboard last Sunday night. Not only as it stained with decaf Americano, but the letters “d” and “s” are unresponsive. I couldn’t get into my iMac, so I reached for my paints, canvases, boards, watercolor paper, and other artists’ accouterments in my corner art studio. I’ve decided to put down my pencil and pick up a brush.

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