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Several places I went by today were just under the 2k per liter mark, which I think I haven’t seen since the start of the Ukraine war, if that.

This would greatly improve Seoul traffic.

This is so goddamn vile.

holler if you’re going too!

showing up to my first NPT revcon like

Did the US just plain forgot to tell their allies what was going to happen or something? Amateur hour all around.

The Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Program Should Be a Warning to South Korea The Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran show exactly why a South Korean nuclear program would be a dangerous pursuit.

God take: Iran is South Korea (no really, read it!) thediplomat.com/2025/06/the-...

Good take: Iran is not North Korea

Easy to say now Iran should have followed the North Korea example and weaponized vice taking the latency/threshold path.

But there was no easy button to weaponization for Iran. (1/6)

For the nerds

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

You're telling me that word association tools trained on internet comments don't know how to deescalate?

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

The “fifth island chain” is just… the east coast of Africa?

Har ibland blivit stående in min port eftersom dörren till trappuppgången inte kan ansluta till internet.

Seoul is not America's launchpad - The Korea Times Fighter jets assigned to United States Forces Korea (USFK) recently conducted large-scale air drills over the high seas west of the Korean Peninsul...

Seoul is not America's launchpad - The Korea Times www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/edit...

Exclusive: US intelligence agencies tie Chinese explosive test to push for a completely new nuclear arsenal | CNN Politics US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to complete...

US intel agencies believe China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons

www.cnn.com/2026/02/21/p...

#News #WorldNews #Politics #China #Weapons #Nuclear #NuclearWeapons

APLN, Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies, and the Korea Peace Forum invite you to a special online discussion with Joel Wit, Distinguished Fellow at @stimsoncenter.bsky.social, on his new book, Fallout: The Inside Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea.
⏰26 Feb 2026, 11:00 KST

“At least the builders of Titanic built their ship before it hit the ice berg.”

Reading Allan Behm is always a treat.

Finns verkligen få uttryck på modern byråkratisvenska som jag avskyr så mycket som ”vi har landat i…”

Denna fras berövar beslutsfattaren all agens och används enbart av folk som vill få ett obekvämt beslut att låta oundvikligt.

Isn’t hyper personalization the opposite of what you want to do? The shared experience of “Did you see that ludicrous display last night?” is what makes sports such a strong cultural force.

Or maybe they are just talking about ads?

Fire on the Yekaterinburg submarine in December 2011

I have a working paper that looks into the history of (some) Soviet and Russian false alarms and nuclear weapons incidents. A short summary (and a link to the full paper) is in the post. Links below. (Image: Fire on the Yekaterinburg submarine in 2011) 1/2

Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG): Call for strengthened fail-safe measures to prevent accidental nuclear use Former and serving senior officials, military leaders, and experts from across the Euro-Atlantic region call for strengthened fail-safe measures to prevent accidental nuclear use.

(Also this morning, senior security figures from the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group released a statement "calling on all countries that possess nuclear weapons to strengthen their safeguards to prevent unauthorised, inadvertent, or mistaken use of a nuclear weapon.")

@theeln.bsky.social

“I’m not panican I’m not panican”, I yell as I breathe into a paper bag and hit publish without running spellcheck.

Lisa Magnusson: Hitta någon som älskar dig som makthavarna älskar att överdigitalisera Vi måste sluta digitalisera för digitaliserandets egen skull. Låt mig i stället komma med ett annat förslag, hittills oprövat i de här sammanhangen.

Lyssna på @lisamagnusson.bsky.social

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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Just a normal day at the office

I am happy to report that I am (and would like to remain) blissfully unaware of what a "Howler" is.

No, dear Software Application, I do not wish to "chat with the document". *I* speak through the document; the document does not speak to me. Ever.

Sweden weighs Franco-British nuclear weapons cooperation  - Breaking Defense "I say that when we joined NATO, we are fully involved in all discussions, including those in Europe revolving around nuclear weapons," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.

Interesting: "Sweden has had very early discussions with France and the United Kingdom about possible nuclear weapons cooperation, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has revealed." breakingdefense.com/2026/01/swed...

Svagt av svenska språket att använda "AI" istället för "KI" (konstgjord intelligens)

How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Deterrence Stability: A Realistic Assessment | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

Should #AI control nuclear weapons decisions? Dr Manpreet Sethi argues for keeping humans firmly in charge — and outlines practical steps nuclear-armed states can take now.

New policy brief from @apln.network: www.apln.network/analysis/pol... #NukeSky