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President Trump ordered the entire federal government to stop using products from the AI company Anthropic.
The confrontation that sparked the public feud: how AI might be used in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States.
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On Monday, Iran’s Ambassador to @iaeaorg.bsky.social alleged that US-Israel airstrikes targeted the Natanz enrichment facility.
The U.N. watchdog disagrees: “up to now” the agency has “no indication” that nuclear facilities have been hit.
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The film, A House of Dynamite, depicts the tense options leaders have as a nuclear weapon hovers over Chicago.
Author @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social looks at nuclear alerts and system failures of the 1980s through the lens of the modern film.
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Pleasure to join @davidsinger.bsky.social of the darkly hilarious INCOMING podcast for an interview on my AI/nuclear reporting for @outrider.org as well as New START, testing, and other things nuke-related
If you're interested in this, this week's Incoming podcast is an interview with @joshuakeating.bsky.social, @outrider.org Fellow covering the nexus of AI and nuclear weapons. It is not the feel-good story of the year!
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The world is entering a dangerous new nuclear age. ☢️
The last major treaty on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals has expired. The Trump administration is substituting a policy of vague threats and dangerous brinkmanship to replace it.
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Congressional documents & experts suggest Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States
As an atomic standoff between Iran & the US continues, this is raising proliferation concerns.
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Rewatch the @thebulletin.org / @outrider.org insightful virtual event on AI in nuclear command and control.
Introducing Nicole Sweeney, Outrider's new fellow at @complexly.org's @scishow.bsky.social.
Sweeney’s appointment marks the first fellow in the Outrider New Media Accelerator, which supports digital creators across multimedia platforms.
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In the context of volatile energy prices, there’s growing demand for communities to become energy self-sufficient.
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The world is waking up to a world without arms control, as the last remaining nuclear agreement between the US and Russia expires today.
I spoke with former nuclear negotiator Rose Gottemoeller about what that really means
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The last major US-Russia nuclear arms treaty is set to expire in less thsn a week www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
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“It’s the search for truth that has kept me here,” said Herrera Plaza. “The inhabitants of Palomares live in one of the most plutonium-heavy areas of the world. Farmers and sheep and goat herders in Palomares have been exposed to heavily contaminated land for 60 years.”
A U.S. B-52 carrying four hydrogen bombs over Spain’s southern Mediterranean coastline crashed mid-air. Seven Air Force personnel were killed instantly. Two fireballs hurtled toward the Andalusian coast and explosions rattled homes as debris, body parts, and radioactive plutonium rained down.
Filmmaker José Herrera is committed to making sure the Palomares nuclear disaster of the Cold War era never disappears from the public eye.
Paul Hockenos writes on the event's history, and the initiative — 60 years on —pushing for the U.S. to take responsibility for the clean up: buff.ly/NbJrvTT
