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Gabrielle Hecht

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Human Crap: The Idea of ‘Disposability’ Is a New and Noxious Fiction

We are demigods of discards – but our copious garbage became a toxic burden only with the modern cult of ‘disposability.’

by Gabrielle Hecht via Aeon on March 25, 2020

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A technical blueprint of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb.

From the Congo to Hiroshima: The Colonial Propaganda That Powered the Manhattan Project

How the need for uranium during WWII led the Allied governments to turn a blind eye to colonial exploitation.

by Alice Lovejoy via Big Think on August 26, 2025

A miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara mine near Kolwezi.

First They Mined for the Atomic Bomb. Now They’re Mining for E.V.s.

Miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo face few protections in the global rush for metals in energy transition—a toxic legacy from mining nuclear weapons.

by Roger Peet via The New Republic on August 30, 2023

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