zifnab25 [he/him, any]

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Cake day: July 27th, 2020

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  • We will be more like China

    We won’t be like China. We’ll be more insulated and divorced from Chinese media, culture, and conversation.

    That’s the stated end goal. Bringing up sharp walls between nationalities in order to control the flow of information between people.

    If we keep TikTok open, we risk exposing American young people to Chinese norms, ideals, and social standards. We might even be exposed directly to Chinese mass media (ie, propaganda).

    This is a real security risk, as it raises a possibility that younger Americans won’t accept American mass media at face value.






  • In Georgia, demand for industrial power is surging to record highs, with the projection of electricity use for the next decade now 17 times what it was only recently.

    The first new nuclear plants since Three Mile Island just came online in Georgia last year. Vogtle 3 and 4 will produce a combined 1.2 GWe at peak capacity.

    These reactors took 16 years and multiple bailouts and bankruptcies to complete, costing an estimated $34B to finish.

    Hopefully, future power construction will move a little smoother.

    As a comparison, the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant took ten years to complete at the cost of around $7.5B and it has a peak generation of 3.3 GWe