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When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe

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Re: When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe

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Post by aebtebeten » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #90

foobarbecue wrote: post #81

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Me too, phd at NM Tech. Loved being in Socorro. You?

Undergrad, Physics, class of '92. Did physics PhD at Cornell and wound up working as a software dev in the social science department!

Thesis topics? (either of you all)

Re: When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe

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Post by butvacuum » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 12:36 AM UTC

ninalanyon wrote: post #60

eqvinox wrote: post #43

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> Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc. Those aren't truncations of longer words though? I'd write it as spec'ed but that's German grammar with ' as a truncation mark (signifying the omitted "ifi").

It's also normal English usage.

I don't think its good for formal use, but it is common.

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