Post AkyChjD3eHFQLtDUPI by JamesGleick@zirk.us
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 (DIR) Post #AkyChjD3eHFQLtDUPI by JamesGleick@zirk.us
       2024-08-14T18:47:48Z
       
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       The most horrific use of weapons of mass destruction in history took place seventy-nine years ago this month, when the U.S. detonated atomic bombs over #Hiroshima and, three days later, #Nagasaki. Two hundred thousand people were killed, either by blast and heat or, later, by burns and radiation poisoning. Many others were maimed and disfigured.What kind of person could think—as Musk and Trump do—that’s no big deal.https://boingboing.net/2024/08/13/musk-told-trump-that-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-bombings-not-as-scary-as-people-think-trump-thats-great.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AkyD0NDjcyfFekQLxI by drmambobob@ecoevo.social
       2024-08-14T21:27:49Z
       
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       @JamesGleick My grandma was in hiroshima prefecture (not the city) but she saw the victims being transferred to her town. She said they walked like zombies with their arms loosely extended forwards (because it hurt when they had them by their sides) and all their skin were dangling from their fingertips...so yeah, totally "not as scary as people think"
       
 (DIR) Post #AkyDxiRQNAc0Ya7jZA by JamesGleick@zirk.us
       2024-08-14T21:38:31Z
       
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       @drmambobob Thank you for sharing that. A book that was formative for me is John Hersey’s “Hiroshima,” the exemplar of nonfiction reporting. It, too, has graphic description.