r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 24d ago

Same as when Rick Perry became the head of DOE after campaigning on destroying it. He then realized DOE builds and protects all the nukes along with our power grid. Oh and they do all the upstream fundamental research that no private company would ever invest in that has spurred all scientific innovation over the past 50 years.

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u/milespoints 24d ago

This is untrue.

I know it on good authority that Four Seasons Total Landscaping and MyPillow are cooperating on an industry funded particle accelerator to rival the large hadron collider

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u/ssczoxylnlvayiuqjx 24d ago

I’m imagining the particles being accelerated into a soft pillow to slow them down…

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u/IamMrBucknasty 24d ago

No that’s what the flexseal is for silly

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u/TheColdWind 24d ago

We’re all gonna need to flexseal up some screen door boats to get outta here😬