After the sequel-bait disaster that was the final season of Game of Thrones, the HBO mini-series Chernobyl is a 5-episode tour de force that reminds us of some things that we may have forgotten. Or never learned in the first place.

Chernobyl is not this.

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It's not even this.

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Chernobyl is Orwell's 1984 come to life and a serious reminder of what happens when politics comes before truth.

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The lesson is stark. We owe it to ourselves to return to reality. Now is the time, before we MAGA ourselves into a worse disaster.

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Fortunately, there are people who insist on telling the truth. After you watch the show, go through this imgur post. Over 100 images and a wealth of information.

The Chernobyl Story [Updated & Expanded] — I've assembled this collection of images surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to help people gain a better understanding of what happened. It is a very brief, but complete(ish) retelling of what happened, using edited text from a book I've written called "Chernobyl 01:23:40". The book can be bought from Amazon, if anyone's interested. Imgur