@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima factory expansion, part of its global ramp-up to meet AI demand, and plans to start HBM shipments from summer 2028 (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.socialHeute vor 62 Jahren: Am 30. Juni 1964 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von #Niblick die 43. #Atombombe "Dub" (Operation Plowshare, zivile Nutzbarmachung von Nuklearexplosionen). Niblick war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 63/64 bei der insgesamt 41
@heiseonline@social.heise.deFür 8,2 Milliarden Euro: Micron baut japanische Chipfabrik aus
In Hiroshima modernisiert Micron seine Chipfabrik, die bereits in zwei Jahren die Serienproduktion aufnehmen soll. Ziel: Mehr HBM-DRAM für KI.
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@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialSemi-subtoot: there's a certain kind of anti-genocide narrative that draws comparisons between the Gaza genocide and the genocide of Jews, queer, and disabled people during WW2, with an incredulous overtone, the subtext of which is: if the good nations invaded Germany to stop the Nazis' evil in WW2, it's hypocritical for this nations not to take action to protect Gazan civilians now. There are a couple of problems with this line of reasoning, but the most obvious from an anarchist perspective (which sees "good nation" for the oxymoron it is) is that it's ahistorical. The reasons for the various allies' entrance into WW2 are varied, but they weren't about good and evil, and in fact the full depth of the evils of the Holocaust *was not known* in allied countries until after the war. Nations never really do things to "fight evil" like some humans might; they always act out of a kind of (imperfect) self-interest. The motivations for many of the allies were simply "we don't want Germany to conquer and destroy us" (and the imperfection in that motive is amply evident in the appeasement that preceded the war). America was of course not swayed by that motive, and it was the Japanese that (thinking the issue would have to come to a head eventually and that a surprise attack was worth speeding it up) put America in a situation where it joined for similar reasons.
Why is this extra relevant right now? Because neither the US nor any European country is existentially threatened by Israel (or threatened at all in fact, quite the opposite they're all benefiting economically from the situation in Gaza). The lesson of history isn't "brave, good nations will stand up to fight against anyone who commits genocide or other major evils", it's "nations act in their narrow and twisted and often mistaken self-interest (the interest of the national entity, which is often counter to the interest of it's citizens), and they always mythologize their actions after the fact as having been a fight against evil, which sometimes by luck is partially true."
To double down on this point: in the European theater the U.S. war actions were pretty good overall, defeating an evil opponent through military force and being a fairly gracious victor to the civilian populations there. In contrast, in the Pacific theater the U.S. was one of two evil empires duking it out for global dominance at the expense of civilians on both sides. The Japanese empire was a vile regime and perpetrated horrors in China, Korea, and across southeast Asia. The U.S. was barely better, between Japanese internment camps at home, and mass targeting of civilians on Japan, both with the firebombing of Tokyo and especially the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
So if your model of how we stop genocide is "convince the good guys to invade (or exert political pressure) and save the day", your model is wrong. That's not what happened in WW2. I'm not confident I know the perfect solution, but I do think it involves a mass of people making increasingly disruptive protest so that the cost *to rich companies and thus politicians* of falling to intervene is too high to stomach. That's a large part of what succeeded in South Africa, for example. Thankfully, there is already a vibrant protest movement to end the genocide in Gaza, and even though they haven't been fully successful yet, I'm optimistic that as things naturally (and through hard work) fall apart for various fascists politically, that movement will be able to succeed.
#gaza #genocide
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeTake a look at today's Metacurity for the most critical cybersecurity developments you might have missed over the long, hot weekend, including
--EU lawmaker investigating Pegasus abuse was hacked with Pegasus spyware,
--FBI disrupts NetNut-linked proxy infrastructure,
--Russian hackers expose UK gov't credentials,
--India probes iPhone 18 Pro supply-chain leak,
--UK minister compares AI risks to Hiroshima,
--Sanctioned states increasingly rely on cr…
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@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialhas been making sake in Takehara, Hiroshima since 1733
@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.socialHeute vor 17 Jahren: Am 25. Mai 2009 führte #Nordkorea seinen 2. #Atomtest durch. Die Explosion hatte etwa ein Drittel der Sprengkraft der Hiroshima-Bombe mit einer geschätzten Stärke von 2,35 Kilotonnen. Der Test löste weltweite Verurteilungen und schärfere UN-Sanktionen aus.
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialEs wurden dann in drei Wochen Japan drei lange Vorträge (bzw. zwei, da einer 2x an 2 verschiedenen Orten gehalten) und zwei kürzere, sowie insgesamt ein Dreistundenworkshop und fünf 1-2tägige Workshops an fünf verschiedenen Universitäten in Tokyo, Kyoto und Hiroshima, und tatsächlich gab es daneben noch reichlich Zeit für Entdeckungen, Erkundungen, Begegnungen und Erlebnisse der äußerst besonderen Art. #ReiseFazit
@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.socialHeute vor 62 Jahren: Am 11. Juni 1964 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von #Niblick die 39. #Atombombe "Ace" (Operation Plowshare, zivile Nutzbarmachung von Nuklearexplosionen). Niblick war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 63/64 bei der insgesamt 41
