What is the opposite of Knicks in 5? Wells rounds 2nd going for 3rd
Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Nuclear Fellow @ Pax Sapiens, former Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and State Department International Sec Advisory Board, CNAS Sr. Fellow, former National Security Council. No #manels, Yankees/Gunners.
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Vote like your democracy depends in it. Because it does.
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Fire Point is also developing a larger ballistic missile, the FP-9, that would be able to reach Moscow and strategic defense industry targets. Ukraine says that missile . . . is expected to be ready later this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
Ukraine Reports First Combat Use of Its Own Ballistic Missile
While the missile fired on Thursday has a limited range, Kyiv is developing a larger weapon that could strike Moscow.
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thanks to @davekearnjr.bsky.social for his insightful piece proposing alternatives to the use of nuclear weapons for the defense of Taiwan. He is right that the logic of those calling for US enhanced reliance on NSNW is debatable and that US has options. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/H6RJT...
Limited nuclear war and the defense of Taiwan
This article assesses proposals to address the challenge of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan with the threat of first use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States. While it is not clear that a ...
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Hi all! So crazily enough - academic publishing takes time - my Taiwan article was just published in the print version of the Journal of Strategic Studies. There’s fifty free downloads of anyone is interested. I think it may actually be more relevant now. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/H6RJT...
Limited nuclear war and the defense of Taiwan
This article assesses proposals to address the challenge of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan with the threat of first use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States. While it is not clear that a ...
tandfonline.com
Only the American voter can save America. They got us into this mess and only they can get us out again.
AI doesn’t need rogue "superintelligence" or evil intent to start a nuclear war. In @thebulletin.org, Paul Slovic & Herbert Lin show how today’s AI—combined with ordinary human fallibility—could trigger catastrophe. 🧵
A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/t... AI companies is the only acceptable answer.
Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
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Congratulations to PAX sapiens co-founder Cynda Collins Arsenault on receiving Boulder Rotary’s 2026 Jim Swaeby Peace Award, which honors her more than five decades of work advancing a more secure and sustainable world. https://bizwest.com/2026/09/17/cynda-arsenault-wins-boulder-rotary-peace-award/
Cynda Arsenault wins Boulder Rotary peace award – BizWest
Cynda Collins Arsenault has been named the recipient of Boulder Rotary's 2026 Jim Swaeby Peace Award.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul named Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, as special prosecutor to investigate the 2024 Cornell University case.
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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You think things are bad? You don’t know the half of it. Despite Pete Hegseth’s bizarre braggadocio, our armed forces have never been weaker nor our adversaries more emboldened. It’s grim out there. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/time-to-re...
Time to Resume the Fetal Position
Need to Know by David Rothkopf is a reader-supported publication.
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Honored, as always, to speak with @djrothkopf.bsky.social and @joecirin.bsky.social on Need to Know on how the US military has been undermined by the current Administration and how that is fueling interest in nuclear weapons among US allies. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/time-to-re...
Time to Resume the Fetal Position
Need to Know by David Rothkopf is a reader-supported publication.
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Three billionaires gave more than 90% of the money raised by Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, according to state campaign finance reports filed on Wednesday night.
3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.
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If you have a son, today is a good day to not only discuss their obligations around consent, but also their obligation to step up and step in if they know someone is being hurt or harmed - even when their friends are the ones doing harm.
“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."
Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case
The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.
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As if this were not worrying enough, this is your reminder that this Administration believes the President has the full and unconstrained legal authority to launch nuclear weapons whenever he feels like it. The Pentagon fires anyone who disagrees. substack.com/@thinkingnuc...
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoI recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
More work on detecting "decoupled" explosions continues
NNSA Conducts Nonproliferation Experiment to Strengthen America’s Nuclear Explosion Detection Capabilities
The National Nuclear Security Administration today successfully conducted a subsurface, non-nuclear chemical high-explosive experiment at the Nevada National Security Site, increasing the United State...
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The labs developing AI frontier models do not understand how they work and do not have the answers to controlling AI. They are not the ones we should be looking to for regulation and standards. They need to be part of the conversation, not the deciding actors.
FT exclusive: OpenAI’s models took data from 55 websites belonging to businesses, non-profits and government agencies including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the International Energy Agency ft.trib.al/tjGT9QJ
A Way Out of the A.I. Arms Race? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w... If I had a nickel for every poorly adapted nuclear/AI analogy.
A Way Out of the A.I. Arms Race?
New research points to how the world could stop short of the brink of disaster. Even with the agreement signed at the White House by tech leaders, it won’t be easy.
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Tennessee Fails to Execute Woman After 2 Doses of Lethal Injection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Chapman is now able to get infected by another tattoo with no time constraints.
I can understand why Sunny Gray hates New York. He’s unable to pitch well there.