Didcot power station on the horizon about 3/4 to the right is about 10 miles from Ipsden here. If a 1 megaton bomb were dropped there and you faced the fireball you'd get third degree burns on a clear day. Hide behind the car and you'd be totally safe. Neutrons would not get anywhere near that far, nor would the blast. Just wait for the shock wave to arrive in 50 seconds. Sure, if the wind was a westerly, you'd be in trouble within a few hours from fallout if there were no decent shelter a few feet thick.
A Complete Thread on Dystopia, Milgram, and Breaking the Agentic State - Why People Act Irrationally and Often Violently When a Tribal Social Structure and Its Hierarchy Are Brought Under Serious Scrutiny This is a tricky topic. Please read the Obedience Glossary of Terms before proceeding Executive Summary This piece was written from a long conversation with Grok. I had to interrogate the AI quite a bit. And was astonished at how it produced such intelligence. I've included the most pertinent parts. Do not be fooled into thinking this is just another Orwell analysis. That is just setting the scene well. For what comes later on the agentic state and how power uses it to control the masses. It may not have all the answers. It might wrong. A lot of it is very hard to believe is happening. But it still seems to fit the bizarre world of system wide dissonance we all live and partake in today, better than all the alternatives. So deserves your continued attention. By all means make yo...