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Tanvi Madan
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If you haven't watched HBO's Chernobyl, which won outstanding limited series at the #Emmys yesterday, you should 1/
But I'd also recommend reading one or both of these books. One's by historian Serhii Plokhii; the other by journalist @HigginbothamA. 2/
@HigginbothamA Both books have brief India-related anecdotes. @HigginbothamA's book mentions Soviet concerns about the reaction of countries like India, to whom the USSR was trying to export nuke tech, to continuing secrecy about the Chernobyl disaster simonandschuster.com/books/Midnight… 3/
@HigginbothamA Serhii Plokhii's Chernobyl book mentions that, despite Soviet officials downplaying the danger of radioactivity, students from India (among other places) in nearby Kyiv voted to leave 4/4
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Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
ARY? Journo: for the 1st time we get honest leadership like u in America.
Trump: I agree w/ u...Ppl in my position hv treated Pakistan v badly...I wouldn't say Pak has treated us too well either but maybe there was a reason. I think there was a reason 1/
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ARY Journo: in the past u hv said u don't trust Pakistan...
Trump: I trust Pakistan, but ppl before me didn't. But they didn't know what they were doing...I trust this gentleman right here. 2/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
Trump...& I do trust Pak. I hv a lot of Pakistani friends, living in NY, great negotiators btw...among the toughest. 3/
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Tanvi Madan
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Imran Khan goes on Fox News (@BretBaier's show) , says the Pakistani delegation "loved" the meeting with President Trump video.foxnews.com/v/606283028000…
@BretBaier .@BretBaier asks Imran if a drawdown from Afghanistan will make US vulnerable. Pakistani PM says Taliban "a localized movement," hasn't attacked anyone outside Afghanistan [which apparently is ok?]. Reiterates Taliban not "an int'l terrorist movt"
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Tanvi Madan
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India's headed to the moon w/ #Chandrayaan2. Both the project director & the mission director are women - Muthayya Vanitha & Ritu Karidhal respectively. Reportedly, 30% of @isro's workforce is female. 1/
There were also several female scientists in the leadership team of India's Mars orbiter mission, some of which were featured in this video 2/ #Mangalyaan
ISRO scientist V. R. Lalithambika leads India's Human Spaceflight Programme. India is aiming to send astronauts into space by 2022 #Gaganyaan 3/
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Scott Burger
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So, I binge-watched @HBO's #Chernobyl this weekend, and I have a few thoughts about nuclear (surprise!).

First off, I strongly recommend watching it. It is thrilling and terrifying, well acted and shot, and overall an excellent miniseries.

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Watching the horrific nature of the accident and its aftermath, it doesn't take much imagination to see why people who lived through the event still have an innate fear of nuclear power.

Of course the show is dramatized, but its easy to appreciate the fear avg citizens felt

2/
Thousands of people died, hundreds of thousands displaced, and millions more spent weeks to months in fear of the possible impacts of Chernobyl.

Further, scary tail risks like nuclear play into exaggerated expectation cognitive biases.

3/
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Tom Peck
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Watched episode 2 of #Chernobyl last night, where the three brave men return to the radioactive death zone to open the sluice valves.

And now, with no protective clothing whatsoever, I am on my way to Boris Johnson’s campaign launch.
Wasn’t expecting it to be even hotter and even sweatier than an exploded nuclear reactor but it is.

There’s radioactive material absolutely everywhere. Baker, Dorries, IDS...a veritable who’s who of the abysmal, lining up to turn the country into an international embarrassment.
One or two overheard words at the @BackBoris launch:

“I’ve never been in a room with more a*seholes in my life.”

*I typed out a couple more but have now decided against it.*
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I have finished watching the 3rd episode of @HBO's #Chernobyl. The second ended on a cliffhanger, so I kept on through midnight, which, in retrospect, was a bold decision... Well, "every generation must have its sacrifice." I will review it in the thread below...
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1/ With #GameofThrones done, there’s a lot of talk about #HBO’s post-GOT future. The challenge is the answer seems paradoxical or contradictory, even though it’s neither.

Thrones is an unprecedented hit; a homerun worth not 4 but 100 runs. But HBO will be thrive after it.
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