Post #2458743

2026-05-11 09:52 UTC

@Landa@graz.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com I've often thought of it like the 1950's fascination with radiation. Radioactive substances and nuclear engineering can do some amazing things. In the 50s however businesses insisted on marketing nuclear science into everything including things like the "Gilbert U-238" science kit made for children and the countless 'amazing glow in the dark' products. Not to mention all the government projects where people were accidentally exposed to contamination

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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-05-11 09:54

@Chrisgodwin@mastodon.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com Some of the government exposure was totally "witting" no "un" about it. People were used like test animals to find out what would happen "for national security" ... which really makes one question if you want to help keep a nation that would do such things secure at all. And of course, you can guess which people were deemed disposable enough for this research.

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@Landa@graz.social 2026-05-11 10:09

@Chrisgodwin@mastodon.social Radium toothpaste! Radithor! Complimentary Foot X-Ray every time you shop for shoes! Radium-paint wristwatches! There's definitely some kind of pattern visible if one wants to look. @futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com

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@byteborg@chaos.social 2026-05-12 14:29

@Chrisgodwin@mastodon.social "accidentally"? 🤔 @Landa@graz.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com

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