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Azby Brown

@azby.bsky.social

Artist, designer, author. Lead researcher for SAFECAST, promoting openness and citizen science for environmental monitoring.

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Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today in 2019, Trump—as advocated by his National Security Advisor John Bolton—unilaterally and formally withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the first and only treaty to verifiably eliminate an entire class of weaponry (2,692 nuclear-armed missiles in just three years).

A color graphic titled “Missile Deployments Eliminated by the INF Treaty,” showing how many intermediate-range nuclear weapons were retired and removed from the countries where they were deployed and verifiably destroyed under the INF Treaty. An additional 430 US missiles and 979 Soviet missiles in storage or otherwise not deployed were also destroyed.A color photograph of a middle-aged male inspector from the Soviet Union at an outdoor location leaning over and carefully examining the nose section of a partially-dismantled US ground-launched cruise missile, whose deployment was banned by the 1988 INF Treaty.A color photograph of US Foreign Service Officer Eileen Malloy in Kazakhstan in 1990 observing the destruction of missiles banned by the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Malloy is wearing a blue parka and standing alone in front of five Soviet SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles laying horizontally on the ground. Numerous Soviet and US officials stand behind the missiles in the background. The nose cones (which would have held nuclear warheads) have been cut away from the rest of the missiles. The green-painted missile immediately behind Malloy is decorated with graffiti in Cyrillic and drawings of the US and Soviet flags, and includes dates which in context may indicate when the missiles on display were retired under the treaty: August 1, 1988-October 27, 1989.
Azby Brown@azby.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is a superb investigation into heat anomalies detected by the NASA FIRMS system in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, particularly at the New Safe Containment structure (NSC). Quite a few detections have been recorded there. Plausibly they are reflections of brush fires in the vicinity.

Pavlo Tkachenko@pavlentij.bsky.social · 6d ago

I closely monitor radiation safety and fire risks around Ukraine’s nuclear power plants and the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Recently, NASA FIRMS kept sending alerts about possible fires near the Chornobyl New Safe Confinement. That is not a notification I could ignore. 1/x 🧵

NASA FIRMS Thermal Anomalies: Chornobyl NSC Analysis Author: Pavlo Tkachenko, SaveDnipro / SaveEcoBot; Date: 1 Jan 2016 - 19 Jul 2026
Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵 This piece is really important, because it gets to something that is a prerequisite for and recurring feature of atrocities worldwide: selective empathy. Most people assume that when atrocities happen, it’s bc everyone involved is a sociopath. Some are. But not all. 1/

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

Gerry Doyle@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 2w ago

this is a good thread tactically/operationally the u.s. military has done everything it was asked to do. strategically, there was almost no impact it's not about "oh we need more drones" or whatever, it's understanding what military force can and cannot achieve

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2w ago

No, No, no. Look, are there lessons to learn from this debacle? Sure. Drone warfare, mag depth, etc. But the solution here is not 'yet more tactical excellence or tech.' It is 'the president asked the impossible of the military and they should have said so.' www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Azby Brown@azby.bsky.social · 3w ago

Prompt public notification of everywhere the produce was sent should be mandatory. Taylor’s owner is reportedly a big Trump donor, FDA slow-walking is likely part of this corruption.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

“At this time, Taylor Fresh Foods has not publicly provided distribution information or a list of customers who received the product that was voluntarily removed from the market,” said the FDA. The fact that they have a choice in this is a problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3w ago

Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say edition.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...

Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics

The investigation into a US strike that hit a school in Iran has sat for months with a military command while leaders have held off on ordering a critical, standard intelligence review to help determi...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.

The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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