From Kyle Hill. On February 14th, 2025, a large drone struck the side of the New Safe Confinement, the megastructure that was designed to contain and eventually decommission the exploded Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The damage was worse than anyone realized. In collaboration with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,…

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From Kyle Hill. On October 10th, 1957, a nuclear reactor fire broke out at Windscale in the UK becoming the first nuclear disaster to directly impact the public. Long before Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Chernobyl disaster, This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] is the true story of the Windscale nuclear fire, the attempted government cover-up and…

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From Kyle Hill. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code KYLEHILL at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/kylehill Nuclear fusion is potentially the last energy technology humanity will ever need. So why don’t we have it yet? Despite major breakthroughs, fusion reactors still face enormous engineering challenges. From…

From Kyle Hill. On September 30, 1999, the Tokaimura nuclear accident became the worst criticality accident in modern nuclear history. At a uranium processing facility in Japan, workers accidentally triggered a self-sustaining nuclear reaction while preparing fuel for an experimental reactor. One of the technicians, Hisashi Ouchi, received a massive radiation dose and spent 83…

From Kyle Hill. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code KYLEHILL at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/kylehill Once again, the Fallout TV show introduces a piece of technology with planet-destroying potential, this time a mysterious “cold fusion diode” in the Season 2 finale. Mr. House claims that if…

From Kyle Hill. AI data centers are consuming enormous amounts of power and cooling. Now, some billionaires have proposed a bold solution: move them to space! They cite“free” solar energy and cosmic cooling. But when you actually run the numbers, the idea collapses under basic physics. Noted fake physicist Kyle Hill explains why the problem…

From Kyle Hill. I see Demon Core memes almost every single day. But recently, they’ve evolved into something new: Demon Core WEAPONS. As the self proclaimed CEO of Demon Core memes, I decided to take a look and rank what could truly be the Internet’s worst nuclear weapons ideas ever to see if they’re designed…

From Kyle Hill. A new book by long-time AI researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argues that superintelligence must stop. Now. It’s a conclusion that they didn’t want to come to, but the stakes are just too high.This is an essay in support of their argument against artificial superintelligence, the reasons why “If Anyone Builds…

From Kyle Hill. I have been working with the Clean Futures Fund for a while now and one of the best parts of the year for me is receiving ‘pupdates’ about the wild dogs of Chernobyl, the cute furry friends roaming the 1,000 sq mile exclusion zone. Recently, images and rumors have been circulating the…