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Hominides.comMeule et molette – Néolithique – Musée Arkéos Douai – Photo Kroko pour Hominides.com <a href="https://www.hominides.com/musees-et-sites/arkeos-le-musee-parc-archeologique/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hominides.com/musees-et-sites/arkeos-le-musee-parc-archeologique/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neolitique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neolitique</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neolithic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meule</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/molette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#molette</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#millstone</a> moudre <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grinding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flour</a>

Chuck Darwin<a href="https://c.im/tags/Millstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millstones</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/swords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#swords</a> In 2022, Kimber Glidden was fighting for her job as a library director in northern Idaho after refusing to cave to the book-banning demands of hard-right Christian parents who smeared her as a danger to children. At one public meeting, Glidden recalled in a recent interview, a woman looked her in the eye while quoting <a href="https://c.im/tags/Matthew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Matthew</a> 18:6, which describes a lethal punishment for anyone harming the young: “It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” “It’s like, ‘I’m not actually threatening you — I’m just quoting scripture at you,’” said Glidden, who eventually resigned because of the attacks. “You can threaten people and you can intimidate them, as long as you have a Bible tract in your hand.”Religion scholars say Christian nationalists are skilled at plucking scripture out of context to justify intolerant or conspiratorial beliefs, literalist readings that can be used to persuade worshipers that violence is a biblically sound response to perceived existential threats to their country and faith.Such cherry-picking distorts the text to suggest that ordinary Christians should be carrying out punishments that traditionally are interpreted as being meted out by God, said Kaitlyn Schiess, a theologian at Duke University and author of “The Ballot and the Bible,” which tracks how scripture is used in political speech. “It gives them a sense of belonging to some kind of exciting drama — the fight between good and evil,” Schiess said. “And that can have really disastrous effects.”  To explain why it’s permissible to engage in fiery partisan fights while simultaneously recounting the peaceful examples of Jesus, some turn to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mark</a> 12:17: “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.” To legitimatize militancy against leftist opponents, Christian hard-liners quote a verse from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Matthew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Matthew</a> that proclaims, “I came not to send peace, but a sword.”  <a href="https://c.im/tags/Millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millstone</a> references pop up regularly in calls for retribution against librarians, teachers, abortion providers, racial justice activists, LGBTQ advocates and anyone else some members of the religious far right deem a threat to the project of a White Christian nation.At a Proud Boys protest outside a drag event in Maryland last year, one man wearing the far-right group’s yellow-and-black insignia held a sign that quoted <a href="https://c.im/tags/Matthew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Matthew</a> 18:6 above the words, “It’s millstone time!”  In April, anti-fascist activists in Miami criticized the singer Jimmy Levy, a MAGA favorite who has performed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, for warning President <a href="https://c.im/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> in lyrics that he was “coming for your neck like a milly,” a millstone reference. Levy suggested the outrage was alarmist, writing on social media: “I never threatened Biden. I referenced what God says about those who hurt little ones.” Republican lawmakers in states including Oklahoma, Texas and South Carolina have introduced versions of what they call a “Millstone Act,” legislation seeking to ban gender-affirming care for young adults. Civil rights groups say the proposals are part of a bigger right-wing campaign that uses religion to vilify transgender people with unfounded accusations of grooming and pedophilia.Speaking in a small-town church last month, Mark <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robinson</a>, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, told the audience that ♦️ “some folks need killing.”♦️“It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!” Robinson, the lieutenant governor, said, according to a video of the speech surfaced by the New Republic. The recording shows Robinson shouting about “wicked people,” including liberals, socialists and communists. He was introduced at the event by a local pastor, the Rev. Cameron <a href="https://c.im/tags/McGill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McGill</a>, who told the audience: “Who’s behind President Biden, and that administration? Is it Obama. Is it Clinton? Read your Bible. It is the Devil.”  Mike <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lonergan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lonergan</a>, Robinson’s campaign spokesman, said on X that the candidate’s words referenced World War II enemies and were taken out of context in a “gutless and dishonest smear.”  In Arizona, Jeff <a href="https://c.im/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Durbin</a>, a far-right “abortion abolitionist” and influential Christian nationalist, has said that women deserve to be executed if they have an abortion — a stance he recently reiterated is “the historical position of the Christian church.”💥“You forfeit your right to live,” 💥Durbin said last month in a New York Times podcast.  After receiving backlash for the remarks, Durbin doubled down in a post on X: “We make no apologies for God’s Word and affirm that capital punishment is a just response from the state for the crime of murder

DoomsdaysCWSo, it seems the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeabrookNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeabrookNuclearPlant</a> survived the recent storms without incident, but if there was a problem, there is NO WAY nearby residents would have been able to evacuate. I came across this letter to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRC</a> from the group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMoreFukushimas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMoreFukushimas</a> expressing their concerns about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPlants</a> in 2012!Concerns regarding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeabrookStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeabrookStation</a>No More Fukushimas letter to the NRC.The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane, Chair Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852November 8, 2012Dear Chairwoman Macfarlane:We appreciated receiving a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) response to the August 28, 2012, letter that we sent to the NRC concerning Seabrook Station relicensing. The NRC's response (October 17, 2012) came from Dennis Morey, Chief, Project Manager 1, Projects Branch Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (Docket No. 50-443).In our letter, we highlighted a concern openly discussed NRC meeting April 26, 2012, on Seabrook relicensing held in Hampton, New Hampshire. Data indicates that due to climate change there could be an increase in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaLevels</a> and storm surges that would affect the Seabrook plant. Obviously, the flooding of the Seabrook plant campus should be a cause for concern, especially since it the flooding is projected to occur within the timeframe of the relicensing period, 2030-2050.In his response to our letter, Mr. Morey categorically rejected the idea that this rising sea level information was of any relevance to the relicensing of the Seabrook plant:"Regarding your concerns about the current design-basis flood level calculations.... please note that these issues are not part of the NRC's review of a license renewal application. A license renewal review is not a re-review of the facility licensing basis; rather, it is focused on managing the age-related degradation of passive systems, structures, and components to ensure they will fulfill their safety-related functions, as specified in the current licensing basis."The NRC has multiple processes to evaluate the adequacy of current plant operations and licensing bases. Should the NRC become aware at any time of information calling into question the continued safe operation of any nuclear power plant, including Seabrook Station, the NRC will take the appropriate actions as part of the agency's ongoing safety oversight, regardless of whether those plants have sought or are seeking a renewed license."In the twists and turns of bureaucratic thinking, Mr. Morey may be technically correct that climate- change-related flooding is not an "age-related" deterioration artifact. But, Mr. Morey seems to brush off the fact that new global climate conditions could completely reconfigure the safety profile of the plant. We believe that whether or not climate-change-related flooding falls within "design-basis flood calculations" is a hairsplitting issue for bureaucrats. However, for those of who live near the plant it's a major safety issue. Therefore, if necessary, we respectfully recommend that NRC modify its relicensing concerns to include global climate change/rising sea levels in its license renewal framework.Furthermore, Mr. Morey must know that the NRC has identified "alkali-silica reaction (ASR)" as a potential long-term threat to the reliability of the Seabrook plant and that structural degradation due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ASR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASR</a> is currently under the NRC's relicensing review. The flooding water will obviously raise levels of saltwater saturation, which will accelerate concrete degradation so, on that basis alone, the flooding should be within the Seabrook relicensing purview.Finally, since Mr. Morey did not identify the steps the NRC plans to take to address flooding at the Seabrook plant, we surmise that the NRC does not consider flooding due to sea-level rise to be a problem. Our concern has escalated since researchers at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in an October 31, 2012, piece in the Washington Post reported that they had conducted a study that assessed the vulnerability of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPlants</a> flooding around the world.The Stanford researchers collected information on plant height, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaWall</a> height and the location of emergency power generators for 89 nuclear plants that lie next to water. They compared this to historical information on high waves triggered by various sources, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earthquakes</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landslides</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hurricanes</a>. The study found that the U.S. plants most vulnerable to inundation are the Salem and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopeCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopeCreek</a> plants on the New Jersey / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Delaware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Delaware</a> border; the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millstone</a> plant in Connecticut; and the Seabrook plant in New Hampshire (italics added). We strongly urge you to contact the researchers and obtain this invaluable information from them directly.That said, we ask the NRC-as we did in our August letter-to review the risk that rising sea levels, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StormSurges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StormSurges</a> or increased groundwater saturation of concrete poses to residents who live in the vicinity of the Seabrook nuclear power plant. As we have stated, we believe it is entirely appropriate to do so within the purview of the license renewal process. But, in the spirit of public safety, which we believe should be paramount-we urge the NRC to use whatever regulatory tools are needed to investigate this critical issue.Sincerely yours, Bruce Skud and Joanna Hammond Co-founders, No More Fukushimas!<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1232/ML12321A328.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1232/ML12321A328.pdf</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaLevelRise</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamptonNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamptonNH</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeabrookNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeabrookNH</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlkaliSilicaReaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlkaliSilicaReaction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalSeaLevelRise</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeabrookNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeabrookNuclearPlant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MillstoneNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MillstoneNuclearPlant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopeCreekNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopeCreekNuclearPlant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewJersey</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Connecticut</a>

Zap ProductionsEye of a Millstone • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USARolleiflex 2.8 D • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2023<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FilmPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FilmPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kodak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kodak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TriX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TriX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Film</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Camera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/120film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#120film</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediumFormat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediumFormat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rolleiflex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rolleiflex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BWfilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BWfilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Outdoors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millstone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eye</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MillDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MillDistrict</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Historic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Historic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Downtown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Downtown</a>

Bo Jacobs"This nuclear waste has been sitting in CT for 50 years. Could it finally be removed?""For over half a century, Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Plant has played host to the spent uranium fuel used to power its three reactors. According to federal regulators, it will be at least another decade until that radioactive fuel has anywhere else to go. In addition to Millstone, Courtney’s district is also home to a repository of spent nuclear fuel at the site of the former Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Haddam, which was decommissioned in 1996.Together, the two sites housed 2,441 metric tons of spent uranium as of 2021, the last year for which statistics were available from the Nuclear Energy Institute."<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPower</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWaste</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvHist</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Connecticut</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Millstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millstone</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Haddam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haddam</a><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/department-of-energy-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-ct-17924070.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/department-of-energy-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-ct-17924070.php</a>

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