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Two scientists working on Italy’s bid to host the Einstein Telescope, Europe’s next-generation gravitational-wave observatory, had their cars set ablaze in Lula, the village in Sardinia where the project would be built. https://scim.ag/4hywK1U

scim.agArson attack jolts Italy’s bid to host the Einstein TelescopeTwo scientists' cars were burned at the proposed Sardinian site, in what researchers say was an attempt to intimidate supporters of the gravitational-wave observatory

14/8/26, 4:36 pm21 reposts53 likes

mjg76.bsky.social

@mjg76.bsky.social

14 Aug

Where does the figure of 36,000 jobs mentioned in the article come from? It seems awfully large. For reference, CERN has less than 5,000 staff, and the Euregio Meuse-Rhine bid estimates between 5,000 and 12,000 job-years (not jobs) to be created.

dRac

@d-rac.bsky.social

14 Aug

I would guess it would also include additional jobs created by having however many people move there. (Your regular reminder that immigration almost always increases economic activity and growth)