"veterans who were made to witness the tests, wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts ... claim to have been victims of a cover-up"

They have a point though. The exposure to the penetrating rays could give them a mildly elevated risk of assorted cancers, and if fallout descended on them subsequently, that would carry a rather larger risk.

But if you are in a warm place you may as well be comfortable, clothes are not going to stop any of that.

#TheObserver

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Example available.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116640409591275268

Reminds me of #AlexeiPanshin 's ruminations on heroes and spear carriers, and how each spear carrier might believe they were the hero and each hero find they were a spear carrier during the narrative.

#RiteOfPassage

This could be taken as a statement on interstitial happiness, followed I suppose by a guide to achieving it, and a course offered at a small fee.

But I think it wasn't about that.

“My capacity for happiness...you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Nevertheless, he made a lot of other people happy.

#Adams #happiness #galaxy #matchbox #InterstitialHappiness

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven/116635804683487059

Slightly tempting.