This is funny because those nuclear reactors in space were allowed to internally hit 3,272°F while radiantly shedding 150kw worth of heat.
Elon plans on shedding the same amount of heat - 150kw, while keeping his processors at a cool 140°F.
A satellite component at 140°F (333 K) radiates roughly 1,000 times less heat per square inch than that reactor core. Meaning Elons' radiator would need to be 1,000 times larger to actually work.
**The radiator would need to be the size of a football field**
The radiator alone would be roughly as big as the international space station. And thats not including the solar panels or AI computers yet.
It'll never work. But sure - give @elonmusk your life savings for the SpaceX IPO. Hes never lied before....
@NuCaloric Yeah, that’s kind of when I realized the game just wasn’t for me anymore. I loved crafting and the meaningful incentive to repeatedly raid, but the hard shift back to loot lottery for TFS and beyond crushed that hook.
There is a massive DOJ scandal going on in Illinois right now that national media is ignoring for reasons I think we all understand b/c let me tell you folks, if this shit was going on under Joe Biden, that's all you'd fucking hear about.
It all can be traced back to that week in April 2017, when The New York Times decided it had to be broad-minded in the wake of the election of the most narrow-minded man to occupy the White House since Andrew Johnson—or maybe ever. https://t.co/I1W2xQMRlZ
The Bulwark posted Cathy Young's October 2025 piece today with four words: never say we didn't warn you.
Here is the transaction Young documented eight months ago. In October 2024, three weeks before the presidential election, the Free Press published an editorial effectively legitimizing Trump's lawsuit claiming CBS had deceptively edited Kamala Harris's 60 Minutes interview. The Free Press demanded CBS release the raw footage. CBS did. In February 2025, the raw footage proved the edit was entirely standard practice - one portion of an answer aired on Face the Nation, another on 60 Minutes, which is normal. The Free Press's response was a brief snarky post inviting readers to decide for themselves.
The lawsuit was frivolous. Multiple legal observers said so. The Free Press helped make it seem credible anyway.
Then: Paramount settled for $16 million to Trump's presidential library plus reportedly $20 million in free advertising. Then the FCC cleared the Skydance merger - with an unprecedented condition requiring CBS to appoint an ombudsman to evaluate bias complaints for two years. FCC chair Brendan Carr went on television to brag that change was happening because Trump stood up to legacy media. Then David Ellison bought the Free Press for $150 million and made Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News.
Weiss helped launder the lawsuit. The lawsuit produced the leverage. The leverage produced the settlement. The settlement produced the merger approval. The merger produced her job. Scott Pelley said the true thing in the staff meeting. Pelley was fired for cause.
Young called it eight months ago. The warning was in print.
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce an American conspiracy theorist, podcaster & antisemite, Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO). She’s best known for spreading conspiracy theories, attacking Ukraine, promoting pro-Kremlin BS, and becoming a favorite of Russian state media.
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@Deplorable1520@notchrisvolpe No, you’re absolutely wrong. They defunded a critical monitoring program and put zero additional funding into actual prevention. Why are you providing baseless lies as top cover for gross mismanagement bordering on negligence?
The US spent millions every year tracking and releasing sterile screwworm flies to keep the population controlled and prevent it spreading north of Central America, then Donald Trump and Elon Musk paid those people to resign under the DOGE efforts.
They did this.