In addition to this statement Trump is now giving vaccine advice. “I’m just making these statements from me I’m not making them from these doctors… they talk about different results, different studies. I talk about a lot of common sense.”

“Don’t take Tylenol… don’t take it…. Fight like hell not to take it…”

Today in 1979, a United States Vela nuclear-test-monitoring satellite detected the distinctive double-flash signature of a nuclear explosion over the South Atlantic Ocean. Although a White House scientific panel later dismissed the possibility, many speculated it was a clandestine Israeli test.

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Nuance fails in online platforms designed to boost and sustain engagement and promote content likely to provoke a reaction from users. www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

NEW: Conservative influencers react with grief and anger at Charlie Kirk's assassination. www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

Charlie Kirk is dead, according to Trump.

This image is taken around 5-10 yards away from where Kirk was shot ( 40°16'39.12"N 111°42'50.41"W). An email from a Utah Valley University and seen by NPR said “a shot ran[g] out from a building about 200 yards from the speaker." The location of the arrest is not consistent with the statement.

BREAKING: Video shows Charlie Kirk apparently shot at Utah Valley University in Orem Utah. Shooting geolocated to: 40°16'39.12"N 111°42'50.41"W Original video (graphic): x.com/JewishWarrio...

Drone problem? Who you gonna call?

BREAKING: Polish MOD confirms "Drone-type objects" have violated Polish airspace and are being intercepted by NATO aircraft.

POLAND ROUNDUP: I think there's been enough going on it's worth a bit of a roundup of what we know right now. First it appears that there's a NOTAM to stay out of the Eastern part of the country was issued earlier this evening...

In Chinese, “Crisis” and “Opportunity” are the same character….

This seems to suggest they are on high alert but nothing confirmed yet. bsky.app/profile/anth...

It appears the Russians may be striking in Poland. The reports are sketchy so far but there is some activity. In addition to the Polish Air Force aircraft running laps around Rzeszow, a Dutch/NATO Airbus appears inbound.

A few months ago, I noticed a huge increase in the amount of AI-generated religious content in my feed. Here's why one company is generating AI Bible content at speed. Fantasy or faith? One company's AI-generated Bible content stirs controversy www.npr.org/2025/09/07/n...

Surprisingly effective and easy social engineering intelligence gathering method.

Best pickleball conspiracy yet.

NEW: US Space Command will be located in Huntsville Alabama, according to President Trump, "forever to be known, from this point forward, as 'Rocket City'."

Here you go.

Running into the room to share this with my wife like Mac Bundy did to JFK

This is incredible pickleball OSINT work from the NYT's @ethansinger.bsky.social. I love everything about it--the concept, the use of databases, aerial imagery, and ML to crack the case. This should win an OSINT blue ribbon. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Guardsmen on the mall with their M4s this morning. To my memory this is the first time I’ve seen the guard with long guns. Even during the days after Sept 11 they only carried sidearms.

And this is as good a time as any to announce that I've moved over to a team at NPR that covers the intersection of tech and government. I'll still be following Nuke-ey stuff, but I'm also doing this kind of thing now. So if you know stuff about keywords like "Cyber" and "Interweb," hit me up.

NEW: A whistleblower complaint alleges that Trump officials at the Social Security Administration copied the SSA's primary database of Americans' Social Security Numbers into a private server, sparking security concerns. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

Surprise guest on tonight's starship webcast by SpaceX.

For those interested in a slightly more accurate depiction of what went down in Fordo (and what we don't know), James Glanz and the NYT team have done a very nice infographic laying it all out, along with some good reporting: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down. In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

Worst incident in a while.

Spent the morning walking around central DC. Where the national guard at?

New Grok imagine is really going for it with other people's IP...

Just watching the GPT5 preview and it generated code for a Bernoulli simulator... Impressive... but I gotta say that wing shape...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force carried out a rare mid-winter medivac from McMurdo station in Antarctica. Three American staff are now in NZ receiving medical attention. As an AvGeek, I would love to know the details of how you land at McMurdo in midwinter. Source: www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre...

all your favorite stuff together at last!

Did not have AI-generated nuclear moon slop on my bingo card for today….

Our Dumb Century was one of the greatest works of literature in the 20th century.

This eruption is an interesting … coincidence?? Seismically triggered eruptions are not really my specialty, but I answered the phone on Sunday morning when @npr.org’s @gbrumfiel.bsky.social called, so here you go: Russian volcano erupts days after monster quake shakes www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...

Savannah River workers found FOUR radioactive wasps nests, not just one... Statement below.

Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to position themselves "in the appropriate regions" in response to statements by former president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.

Now do DC.

Early videos from Kamchatka show some damage from the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck off the coast but so far it appears fairly modest. Source: t.me/zvezdanews/1...

I've got so many questions about how this will go without Massey's: ⁉️ Will their jury-rigged fueling/testing system work? ⁉️ Can they static fire long enough to really have confidence? ⁉️ Do they risk damaging the pad ahead of the next launch?

News: @GlennKesslerWP, better known as The Fact Checker for The Washington Post, is joining the ranks of journalists taking the buyout

"Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years." job-boards.greenhouse.io/newsweek/job...

"Cosmologists are the conspiracy theorists of astronomy..." COME AT ME BRO!

As someone who spent a brief period of his career working around superconducting solenoid magnets there are SO MANY RED FLAGS in this story 🚩🚩🚩 apnews.com/article/mri-...

Incredible work from @wgbh.org here.

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)