[–] 2 points 6 months ago

The WWII section:

During the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, a group of German scientists stole all the thorium they could while in occupied France. The Allied Alsos Mission thought they were using the heavy elements for the refinement of uranium to be used in an atomic bomb. However, after Allied agents captured and investigated a German chemical company's representative, it was revealed that the scientists were not seeking to develop an atomic bomb at all, but to make thorium toothpaste.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    You’re naming the presidents when these happened, and we can tie that to the crises being addressed — Obama and GFC, Trump and COVID. What about now?

    Also, let’s just say since 2012. Because the 90s don’t count in this; Clinton ran budget surpluses

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    I once saw a presentation where someone correlated the opening of banking and credit services to women and their steep rise in the 70s with the corresponding drop in deaths by poisoning.

    I’ve half-heartedly tried to find these numbers, but failure hasn’t stopped me from propagating this story

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Slight clarification that no one will care about, this is from the Irish Star, not the Irish Times. The Star shares the same parent company as the UK’s Daily Mirror, and more or less aims for similar demographics.

    But yeah, worked on me, I clicked

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Need to just say i love that stock photographers are insightful enough for cybersecurity shots to use go-to classic lockpicking locks, like the Master No 3, Master 140, and this Abus Ti64/35

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