One reason that American life expectancy is declining is GOP opposition to public health practices that save lives https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/
Along Lake Erie, three states show how Republican lawmakers’ decisions over decades on cigarettes and seat belts are shortening life spans.
There is a nuclear weapons feed for those who have not seen it yet. Great initiative by @iamplatypus.bsky.socialbsky.app/profile/did:... To post on it: Reply to the quote below to be added to the list. Then use "#nukesky", "⚛️" or "☢️" in your posts
Probably right. Musk definitely wanted to ruin Twitter for the libs (and all non-right-wing activists), but we shouldn't underestimate how red-pilled he is. E.g., when he says "bots," I suspect he still can't grasp that the vast majority of Twitter users aren't right-wing freaks.
New in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, 2023,” by @nukestrat.bsky.social@mattkorda.bsky.socialwww.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
As we have been documenting over the past year, evidence is mounting that the USAF nuclear mission may return to the UK. In addition to the "potential surety mission," budget docs also included the UK in a list of nuclear storage upgrades, confirmed with satellite imagery.
The US Air Force's new budget documents state that they are building a "surety dormitory" at RAF Lakenheath. "Surety" is a military term often associated with nuclear weapons. After 15 years, the US Air Force's nuclear mission may be returning to UK soil. fas.org/publication/...
New U.S. Air Force budgetary documents strongly imply that the United States Air Force is in the process of re-establishing its nuclear weapons mission on UK soil.
Wrote about (the excellent) Oppenheimer for TNR. I was particularly struck by how much the movie is focused on the American left and the whiplash it experienced after WWII.
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster captures the scientific triumphs and monstrous sins of the Manhattan Project.
Honoured to be featured on the latest episode of Things That Go Boom, alongside other fantastic nuke experts! If you're looking for a new podcast, make sure to check this one out: we talk about missile accidents and the possibility of hacking a nuke 👀 https://inkstickmedia.com/can-you-hack-a-nuke/
