Finally a real scientist with a real job and at a company! All bad opinions are my own, all good ones are my friends.https://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3musnyjek4c22Good on Germany, and good for Europe, to have this capability. It’s only a decade late to the party, but better late than never! https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/german-space-rocket-lifts-off-norway-base-2026-09-05/05 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3musnyjek4c22https://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mtuz3qgjak2wI attended a talk from an ASML physicist today and gained ever more respect for EUV lithography. It is actual witchcraft and the fact that they can make it work with 90+% up time gives me hope for laser fusion. A tiny hope, but more hope than zero!25 Aug 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuz3qgjak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mrx7rtdry22qSo aside from private companies getting little reactors, LANL also did (yet another) and before the rest! I don’t know why it took so long for a public statement, but one is finally out. https://www.lanl.gov/media/news/0730-ziacore31 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx7rtdry22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mr7m77tkc22yOh joy… I’m sure this will go great to provide a horrifying monarchy that was tied to 9/11 with uranium enrichment capabilities. I’m not sure if there is a country I want to have enrichment less. https://apnews.com/article/trump-saudi-arabia-nuclear-program-uranium-6bb82164c890a7dc335cbfc2c628a3da22 Jul 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7m77tkc22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mpx4qdhvik2aSo will Keir Starmer ask for that red card to be rescinded since that is what political leaders do now?06 Jul 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpx4qdhvik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mptim4r7ok2y250 years is a wild number to hit! Happy Independence Day! Celebrate the good of the country, fight the evil of it, and remember to play Union Dixie to make Confederate losers made as well.04 Jul 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptim4r7ok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mow4mqmfgc2cHuge news, but I have jumped ship to the private sector! As of today I am working on laser inertial fusion energy at @xcimerenergy.bsky.social as part of the experimental physics team. It's going to be a wild ride, but I am excited to be making big lasers and then soon enough a lot of neutrons!23 Jun 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow4mqmfgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3moc2bfcdas2tAnyone else reminded of those obnoxious sweet 16 parties shown in My Super Sweet 16 with Trump birthday? I keep waiting to hear that he cried about the cake being wrong or his crush not showing up. What a national fucking embarrassment that this is happening.15 Jun 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3moc2bfcdas2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mnj2f6wp4c2eSo I have to eat a lot of crow here, I didn’t think this could get done that fast. Credit to the Antares team though, this reactor is with fuel they bought themselves and a design they did themselves and got approved by the DOE. https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-celebrates-first-advanced-reactor-criticality05 Jun 2026 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnj2f6wp4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mn64cxdsvs2sThe weapons states should all agree to target one warhead per billionaire doomsday bunker. Make it clear that no one gets to try and hide, especially when they have been contributing to conflict. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/americas/peter-thiel-argentina.html31 May 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn64cxdsvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mn6443ttdc2sI think Morgan Wallen is now my nemesis. I’ve never cared for his his trashy frat boy version of country music, but now his very presence in a city has messed up two trips of mine. Now I just need to figure out how to get my revenge!31 May 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6443ttdc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mn5oobqpzc2sThis is the sad reality of it. The U.S. had (still has in many fields) the biggest budgets, best toys, and best environment for bringing in foreign researchers. Europe underfunds science comparatively while China is not a great place for foreign talent to move. Without the U.S. funding, we all lose. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 May 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn5oobqpzc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mltdwrp44c2sIf someone pulls off a crime with a Kentucky rifle more than 200 years after they became obsolete, I say we just call it a mulligan and let them go. In reality though, this is a non issue and not where you start on any gun control and I say that as someone with gun views that are not popular here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltdwrp44c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mlritjw4as27I’m watching the last season of The Boys and I wish I could call it too on the nose, but then I check the news.13 May 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlritjw4as27https://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mlmv62xf4c2sI just rewatched Children of Men, and honestly it never felt more relevant. The horrifying treatment of immigrants looked all too familiar, and the rest of the dystopia felt far too real. Hell, even the demographic collapse premise, which seemed insane in 2006, might come true as well!12 May 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmv62xf4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mkjaz3isb22sSince this conspiracy theory keeps circulating and has now made it to the White House. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/04/missing-scientists/686885/?gift=DJD47oPyuZMHANDNjF9-_EdutANoRlD-J1WKC0Az7D8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwdGRleARc1J5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeWVvV7PzrOiwTk93rSKeKFUXEdt5rCf98Qx1AnsCyJRCuJY5SDnzYLBPkq4Y_aem_gZylGnwcjKluSRQHufuGUA27 Apr 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjaz3isb22shttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mjzqy3ywyk2pNow that I am off on parental leave, it’s time to finally read @wellerstein.bsky.social latest book! My wife had rave reviews of it, so I’m excited to dig in and maybe read out loud to the baby. It’s never too early to teach the complexity of nuclear weapons!21 Apr 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzqy3ywyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/gbruhaug.bsky.social/post/3mj42wtseus24A paper I am coauthor on, which is the result of a fun idea from almost 4 years ago by @nuke-luke.bsky.social, just was published! It dives into the idea that current SETI searches are missing the best part of the EM spectrum for messages, x-rays! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-45198-610 Apr 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:i6w4rs7m3hdcghfd2on6eftq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj42wtseus24