WATCHING—elevated radiation ☢️ levels observed at #Chernobyl reactor site—not super high yet but 65 μSv (65k nSv) is elevated above normal. There was reported shelling around Chernobyl between Russian & Ukrainian forces. Praying this doesn’t get worse.🙏 saveecobot.com/en/radiation-m…
2) the other adjacent detection sites with 58 micro-SV also show the spike today is new. Not a normal average reading. And this just happened because it just turned to Feb 25th local time. There was no spike on the 24.
3) there are credible reports there is a hostage situation going on at Chernobyl. From @guardian.
6) Here is the helpful @xkcd Radiation Dose infographic chart. 55-65 micro-SV is more than a transcontinental flight from NY to LA (40) plus dental 🦷 X-ray of 5 plus normal one day background of 10. So it’s elevated but not that high yet. 🤞🏼
7) I’ve been checking out the website. It seems legitimate site dedicated to environmental monitoring in Ukraine with both an English and a Ukrainian language version. And it has legit partners. Welcome anyone double checking if they are legit. saveecobot.com/en
8) UPDATE— just been personally told the Chernobyl situation is currently “classified”.
9) to be clear, nobody is threatening me. It was a long time friend who told me it’s currently classified when I asked if there’s any knowledge of the situation. So let’s wait and see how it shakes out. Praying for the detained workers. Praying for Ukraine 🇺🇦
10) UPDATE — Ukrainian Parliament confirms radiation levels are definitely going up in Chernobyl area.
11) many of us scratching our heads why there is an increase in the radiation ☢️ levels — some suspect maybe Russian tanks and trucks disturbed the radioactive soil and caused them to become airborne. Hence there is some rise throughout the region, not just in the reactor zone.
12) the radioactive dust particles being kicked up by Russian tanks (the attack group from Belarus, headed to Kyiv) is the possible cause of the radiation surge. Hopefully it will settle in the coming days? 🤞🏼
13) the lingering question is that why is the spike larger in some areas but not in others. Some of the highest spikes over 50,000 nano-SV aren’t along the conventional roads. Maybe it’s wind patterns by chance. But let’s hopefully know more soon.
14) UPDATE 3– the radiation levels have spiked again in the central area near the Chernobyl reactor.
⚠️The readings are now 72-93 micro-SV. 👀 This is up from 55-65 just 12 hours ago.
15) that said—while it certainly could be a dust plume, by now it should be more diffusely spread through the area. But it is not. For example in another nearby location, there is another new 60 micro-SV reading, all while areas to the west, south, east are low! Dust plume alone?
16) to be clear, the old fuel in the sarcophagus is pretty safe according to nuclear experts, unless targeted. So far the radioactive dust particles kicked up by tanks likely best explanation. Question is why it dust plumes kicked up are so uneven. Let’s hope ☢️ drops soon.
WOW—Starlink satellite 🛰 internet activated for Ukraine!!! This circumvents Putin’s attempts to cut off 🇺🇦’s internet from the world. Democracy dies in darkness—unless you circumvent Putin. Thank you @elonmusk 🙏
2) Musk was responding to the request of @FedorovMykhailo - Ukraine’s vice prime minister for satellite internet support from Musk’s starlink network. What a time to be alive on @Twitter.
3) Putin definitely will not like this. What a crazy time to be alive. Seriously, stop and think about it. No oligarch or king or emperor in history could be usurped like this. Unblocked Starlink for Russia 🇷🇺 wide next!
THE @CDCDirector NEEDS TO GO—@CDCgov says anyone with this short list of 24+ risk factors can basically go screw yourselves—“If you have one of these conditions, talk with your healthcare provider about how best to protect yourself from severe #COVID19."🔥 cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
2) “a person with any of the conditions listed below is more likely to get very sick from COVID-19. This means that a person with 1+ of these conditions who gets very sick from COVID-19 is more likely to:
📌Be hospitalized
📌Need intensive care
📌Require a ventilator
📌Die
3) Yes, basically— you have a more likely chance to “DIE” if you have 1 of 24 risk factors…. Which, checks notes 📝, is probably 3 out of 4 👀 Americans by this epidemiologist’s back-of-napkin best estimate from 18 years of doing chronic disease epidemiology.
HUMANITY—Ukraine will open a ☎️hotline for mothers, fathers, wives of Russian🇷🇺 soldiers who came to Ukraine but were captured or killed. The line for POW & the fallen will be called "Come back alive from Ukraine!" - Adviser to 🇺🇦Internal Ministry reports. facebook.com/anton.gerashch…
2) “On this "hotline" you (relative of Russian soldier) can manage whether your relatives are still alive, whether they are captive, are there injured or decide when and how you can take the body of your deceased relative.”
🇺🇦 Ukraine advisor to Interior Ministry
3) “If your loved one is captive with us, you can leave for your husband, his son a short cut.
A little later there will be an official statement of the 🇺🇦 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on this issue.”
CYBER RISK—-Senate Intel Chairman Mark Warner said in an interview that Putin's actions during the next few days risk triggering NATO's Article 5 collective defense principle & draw in NATO into the conflict indirectly or directly but inadvertently.🧵 axios.com/mark-warner-pu…
2) In a 2021 communique, NATO affirmed the alliance would weigh whether to trigger its Article 5 mutual defense pact over a cyberattack "on a case-by-case basis."—
Details: Warner foresees two ways a digital war could draw in NATO countries, including the US
3) 📌Putin deploys cyber weapons inside Ukraine that take on a life of their own and spread to NATO states. This has happened before — notably in 2017, when 🇷🇺’s NotPetya malware was unleashed in Ukraine and ended up causing billions of dollars in damage to companies worldwide.