(((tedfrank))) @tedfrank
Passive voice in the tweet here implies that the government removed it from shelves, but the government actually encouraged the manufacture. They stopped selling it because it was $50, or a week’s wages for many people, and it was a commercial failure at that price point. — PolitiTweet.org
David Priess @DavidPriess
OK, this is bonkers: During a brief window in 1950-51, children could get the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab—a kit… https://t.co/cDT1juZYJq
