Stefan Bohacek

Nuclear semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research with the goal of communicating nuclear waste warning messages well into the next 10,000 years. Attempts include written messages, physical markers, artificial satellites, and a song designed to be "so catchy and annoying that it might be handed down from generation to generation over a span of 10,000 years".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn3kn0XPLQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

#language #linguistics #communication #music #NuclearSemiotics #NuclearWaste #TenThousandYears

10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Resettlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don't Change...

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Show threadTanguy FardetMay 30, 2025

@stefan the bandcamp page of the group has several versions and the lyrics too :

https://emperorx.bandcamp.com/album/10000-year-earworm-to-discourage-settlement-near-nuclear-waste-repositories

I think it's a really good way to understand just how insane the consequences of current nuclear power plants are.

10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories, by Emperor X

8 track album

Emperor X
Show threadTypeartureMay 30, 2025
@stefan And we still don't have Ray Cats after almost 40 years...
Show threadgenevieveMay 30, 2025
@stefan i know this is a serious topic but this wikipedia image is extremely funny
Show threadMitchell May 30, 2025
@stefan If I were from the distant future and came across these warnings, the disturbing faces alone would keep me away. Hopefully the expressions of fear and disgust are universal across cultures and times.
Show threadStefan BohacekMay 30, 2025

@mitchell I hope so too, but you know how curiosity works! I wonder if it would be better to use reverse psychology.

"This way to free gold!"

Who'd fall for that!

Show threadkatzenbergerMay 30, 2025

@stefan

We'll have wonderfully designed and durable door signs, lying on the remains of rotten doors.