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8/8 Some tangential nuke stuff I've consumed that came to mind:

A book, the other coast, but maybe still relevant-ish:
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II goodreads.com/book/show/158016

The Bomb, a bbc podcast exploring her grandfather's role.
open.spotify.com/show/2x5lrln4

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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7/8 The tweet author provided an interview, which isn't about Loyda Martinez? I think?

But the event spoken of is definitely real, so it's informative. I still don't know about Loyda Martinez. I don't even really care if she's a composite character, but I would like to know what's real and what isn't or what's up.
youtu.be/hH1IfbKikLg

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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6/8 A helpful thread commenter said this book about the era mentions Loyda Martinez a few times:
Land of Nuclear Enchantment: A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry goodreads.com/book/show/425071

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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5/8 In an LA Times article, I found this advocacy organization that has links and maybe more info. I didn't go down that rabbithole yet. Could she be there?
This is on the true event:
trinitydownwinders.com/

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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4/8 Detractors seem sure that Loyda Martinez doesn't exist. I don't usually put much stock in the trolls "research." But my Google search didn't reveal much either. Valdez said Loyda Martinez scrubbed her online presence due to hate whistleblowers receive. Plausible, but because I couldn't find info, I can't say.

This link was in this photo:
ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/prof

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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3/8 Second, the event is well documented and should have publicity. Maybe this was floated to do just that. But still, I would question the method if the woman doesn't exist.

I agree with the thread that we should learn about people forced off the land and disrupt the mythology around a lot of these historical events that remember white people as the star of the movie with complex feelings.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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2/8 Quote from Twitter thread: "We want more films about the "complex and troubled" "heroic" white men, who conducted their GENIUS in a "virtually unpopulated" place. These are ALL lies. This is mythology in service to white supremacy and the military industrial complex, masquerading as "nuanced." "

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Wired: ‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote wired.com/story/manhattan-proj /PhysicsandMath

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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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Wired: ‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote wired.com/story/manhattan-proj /PhysicsandMath

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IT News · @itnewsbot
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‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote - The line, from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, has come to define Robert Oppenhe... - wired.com/story/manhattan-proj /physicsandmath

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Wired: ‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote wired.com/story/manhattan-proj via @morganeogerbc /PhysicsandMath

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