a tiny problem
this probably hasn't made the news in other countries - huge mining company Rio Tinto managed to lose this little capsule (8 x 6 mm) somewhere in West Australia:
it's caesium-137, the stuff that has made Chernobyl uninhabitable, and you don't want to be standing within 5-10 meters of it, because it's blasting out beta and gamma rays. you REALLY don't want to pick it up, because it'll give you radiation burns.
what's nuts is it seems to have somehow escaped from its "secure" container and fallen out of a bolt hole while being transported, and then nobody noticed for TWO WEEKS.
anyway there are fire fighters on their sixth day of scouring 1,400 km (!) of desert road right now, but it's so small that it may never be found (I think the detection radius with the equipment they're using is maybe 20m). it's so small that it could have stuck in a car's tire treads, or been picked up by an unfortunate bird or other wildlife. it has a half-life of 30 years, which means it'll be dangerously radioactive for centuries.
it's just an incredible fuckup on so many levels.
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Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, Thats why I go out with the robots during company time
This one goes out to the girlies (gn) who don't really celebrate valentines day and would rather just hang out with their platonic significant other/ friend 💚🤍🩶🖤
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Continuation of @ashipiko Lipstick Challenge 💄 💋 Depper really didn't think she could just LEAVE like so, did she?
Vil had other plans..
Made sure to comence in private, can't show such undignified behavior infront of other students now can we~?
But AAAA this was so fun to make!! Please participate in Ashi's challenge if you can and want i suppose cus i wanna see more shrimps in the pot with us!💙🦐
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I went to an M&M concert and he opened with Careless Whisper and did the splits.
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How many people witnessed softie food addict horror who needed something in his mouth or he would actively kill and turn to cannibalism 🧍♀️ or was that just me.... anyways honestly it was silly.. he'd maybe get along with cook horror... I just like fanon crossovers guys*sadge
Anyways canon horror is also silly(really silly. What an asshole, man)(no seriously he's actually such an asshole.. I might love him for that but-) I don't think he would get along with the others(loser)
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A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree - or even, occasionally, the careless - may turn out to be half a life.
-- Anna Quindlen
(Taormina, Italy)
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miraculous movie very funny to me bc of how many adrichat things are just unexplained. why is he at school now? no clue. how’d he meet nino? you tell me. why did plagg choose him? yeah he just uh. he just saw a window ran in and knew. no adrien didn’t save the lives of any old men. yeah he’s just a hero now. also plagg will not stop farting
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