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Weekly Wasteland Wrap-up

Weekly Wasteland Wrap-up #11

Ancient Egyptian granaries, scientific credit in the ancient world, and some Manhattan Project narratives...

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Alex Wellerstein
Sep 22, 2024
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Between teaching and working on the new book, I’ve been very pressed for time this week, but here’s a very quick little update…!

I came back from teaching one day last week to find that Lyndon had made an epic dog fort.

ICYMI: In Doomsday Machines, I put up a short post guaranteed to trigger Gen X nostalgia, about two early 1980s pop songs from West Germany with nuclear overtones: “‘Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?‘” For next week, I think that I will either write up something relating to the game (it has been awhile), or, if I have the time, edit the next interview transcript (recorded a few weeks ago) and get that up…!

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