Jon B. Wolfsthal
@jonatomic.bsky.social
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.
This suggests no one wanted to take Volpe. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
Yankees to promote George Lombard Jr., demote Anthony Volpe in major shift (Gift Article)
The starting shortstop position has been an ongoing debate. Now, with the deadline in the rearview, the club may have found a solution.
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This is what a Yankee rebuild looks like. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
Yankees to promote George Lombard Jr., demote Anthony Volpe in major shift (Gift Article)
The starting shortstop position has been an ongoing debate. Now, with the deadline in the rearview, the club may have found a solution.
nytimes.com
Edwin Lopez Cornejo, a young man who was detained at Delaney Hall, died this weekend. He leaves behind a family and community who deserve answers.
Red Sox and Tampa both get major upgrades while Yankees get on exercise bike and lightly pedal thinking they are in great shape. They are not in great shape.
Garcia and Ramos are nice bit players. Yankees paid too much for Ramas and neither will fix their major problems at C, 3rd and SS. AND WE ARE STUCK WITH VOLPE. #FireCashman
Are the Yankees convinced they are good enough to win with Judge and Bellinger and Stanton coming back? Are they just not offering enough to upgrade at catcher and 3rd? What am I missing @keithlaw.bsky.social ?
Yankees have 51 more minutes to demonstrate just how bad they are at this.
The Bulletin is honored to welcome Sharon Weinberger as editor-in-chief. She has been a writer and editor focusing on national security, science, and technology for over 25 years, and will guide the Bulletin's editorial efforts as it enters its eighth decade.
The Bulletin welcomes Sharon Weinberger as editor-in-chief
The Bulletin’s new editor-in-chief, Sharon Weinberger, has dedicated her career to covering the intersection of science, technology, and national security and will guide the Bulletin’s editorial…
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"It seems we are in that moment of the last weeks of July 1945 after the Trinity Test demonstrated that astonishing power of nuclear weapons, but they had still not been used against civilians. AI can already manufacture deepfakes that could prompt a nuclear crisis in minutes."
Atomic Arms + AI Commanders May Spark Doomsday War, Nobel Winners Warn
The escalating dangers of a nuclear arms race and simultaneous rush to train AI military commanders present a doomsday threat to the globe and its eight billion citizens.
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Very exciting news at the @thebulletin.org a wonderful hire. A veteran reporter and editor with real world chops. Watch this space. thebulletin.org/2026/08/the-... Congrats
The Bulletin welcomes Sharon Weinberger as editor-in-chief
The Bulletin’s new editor-in-chief, Sharon Weinberger, has dedicated her career to covering the intersection of science, technology, and national security and will guide the Bulletin’s editorial effor...
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Apparently is is much harder than I thought for people to just be decent and not be jerks. So many people seem to have trouble clearing that basic bar. Just don’t be a jerk.
Am I just 100% off base to think Garcia ends up playing some second base for Yankees? @keithlaw.bsky.social
I think Garcia ends up platooning with Jazz and Rice, Goldy gets less playing time.
A salary cap has nothing to do with competitiveness. If owners want more balance, adopt the floor and revenue sharing and encourage richer owners. A cap is meant to do one thing - save rich people money on player salaries.
Yankees going nowhere. Dead and sinking. No major trades can fix. If Judge comes back maybe but they won’t know til after deadline and Hal too cheap to invest to win. I admire Dodgers for going for it. Wish Yanks were more like them.
Trump essentially handed Straits of Hormuz to Iran, 3-5 billion in cash and more via higher oil prices, and helped IRGC consolidate control of the previously power sharing government. And left them perhaps weeks from a bomb with greater motive to go for it. How has his war benefitted US security.
Apropos of the president repeatedly backing down from public threats of a new military offensive, anyone remember this? 👇👇👇👇👇
Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · 5d agoApropos of nothin, remember how Trump in 2016 attacked Obama for publicly discussing an impending offensive against ISIS and called for a "sneak attack"? Lots of reasons to publicize, as @carriealee.bsky.social wrote @warontherocks.bsky.social. Still, memory-holed. warontherocks.com/warning-orde...
Good for the Dodgers If other teams want to compete, spend. If owners don’t have enough money to compete, sell to richer owners. It is called capitalism.
If You Got It Flaunt It Kim Lee
ALT: If You Got It Flaunt It Kim Lee
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REFLECTING POOL INFIGHTING
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w... Raises more questions about whether the Defense Department and Centcom are complying with the Law of Armed Conflict requirements of proportionality and discrimination.
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians
The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.
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So who might be responsible for the possibly illegal and certainly irresponsible no bid contract given to a subpar contractor? Let’s prosecute him.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoBreaking news: Federal prosecutors moved to drop a criminal charge filed against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool, suggesting that the damage was instead due to a rushed installation.
This is false. It was known immediately through public reporting the job was botched. The indictment was wrongful and vindictive.
Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 5d agoI especially appreciate DOJ's efforts to throw the Interior Department under the bus.
Thiessen claimed that “completing the military plan that was paused in April when the ceasefire took effect” for just two more weeks would win the war. Trump bombed for 13 more days. Iran expanded the war. Guess just one more day would have done it. apple.news/AbGhV4wdqS_C...
The Incoherence of the Iran Hawks — The Atlantic
If bombing has limited, reversible effects, then it will have to continue indefinitely.
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