iridaniotter [they/them]

Yes, the author chose that word and the content of the article suggests it’s meant as respecting countries’ sovereignty and reducing the concentration of global political power.

NASA does a lot of aviation experiments actually. They’re not making an airliner, they’re just making a test vehicle to learn how to reduce sonic boom noise.

Well obviously

The rest of the world won’t be affected, so it doesn’t matter.

If Japan keeps using nuclear reactors, someone might die of cancer one day. In order to protect the environment, Japan should burn fossil gas instead!

So true. In China, all the nuclear reactors are as radioactive as the elephant’s foot. They say solar is expanding really quickly, but actually it’s all a lie. Did you know under the Xi regime, absolute poverty has increased tenfold? It’s very sad. China lies about Japan’s nuclear safety for political reasons, so everything they say is wrong and actually my own dreams about them are reality.

So the yellow spots are 10 microsieverts per hour, the equivalent of a dental radiograph. A week of constant exposure will bring you up to flight attendant levels. More context can be viewed on this Wiki article.

Well, what else is there to say? You’ve gotta hand it to the Taliban.

Well, it would end the war in Ukraine. You can’t deny that part.