Wasteland Wrap-up #23

Catching up on work, some holiday cheer, and some statistics on science funding...

One would think that the end of classes would mean a regaining of some time but… that is not how it worked out last week, as any time regained from teaching was eaten up in bits and pieces from various meetings. I am looking forward to faking my own death over the holidays just so I can get a little bit of much-needed work finished.

Lyndon poses in his sweater in front of a holiday-decorated bust of explorer Henry Hudson. There are about a million things named after Hudson out here, but almost nobody I have mentioned it to has known the ill-fated circumstances of his death…

Lyndon at the local reservoir — a reservoir dog, one might say. Apologies for having a finger over the lens, but this was his best pose.

I was able, finally, to get a post on Doomsday Machines about stockpile data which I was pleased with: “Exponential stockpiles.” I have given several talks over the years about stockpile data, and had been going over these numbers once again for the purposes of the final lecture for my nuclear history class, so I was in a good place to pull it together. Next week I will have something nuclear-culture related.

One bonus holiday photograph of a conked-out, totally-snuggled dog.

In the meantime, enjoy this fantastic Army drawing of what not to do during a nuclear detonation, from the U.S. Army Soldier’s Manual For Defense Against CBR Attack (1953), courtesy of Bill Geerhart: