"Marco Rubio, we salute you!" - Tony McBlowdry, CBS news. How do you salute him when you have your head completely up his ass, Tony?

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I think Ted Lieu has hit upon the correct terminology here.

The good folks at Illinois Public Media interviewed me over the course of an hour about ecistential risks. I appreciate the opportunity and their focus on what’s important. will.illinois.edu/player/audio...

“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” this is sociopathic www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Bulletin Editor-in-Chief @meckdevil.bsky.social spoke with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, a Vice President and Fellow at Google, where he is the Chief Technology Officer of Technology & Society, and founder of Paradigms of Intelligence (Pi) youtu.be/NMCzPf3pW5g?...

My latest offering. Kennette Benedict is a great woman; you’re going to want to hear what she says about the organization she funded, led, and now advises

For our 80th anniversary, Bulletin editor-in-chief @meckdevil.bsky.social interviews former executive director Kennette Benedict about where the Bulletin is going and where its been:

As long correctly predicted by global #climate models... "New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole" www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

I can't pronounce this author's last name, but this piece is one of the best overviews of where the AI revolution stands that I've read. And I've read plenty of them.

Facts, for a candid world

Narcissistic ghoul.

The amount of "mainstream" reportage on Trump's unfitness for the presidency was enormous in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Enormous. Unavoidable for any American who read or watched mainstream media.

You'll laugh, and then you'll cry.

The nuclear outlook, by someone who knows what's been and what's likely coming.

This is the most interesting take I've read on the effect of AI on the possibility of nuclear war.

A lot of interesting pieces in this issue, current and past.

Exactly 80 years ago, scientists who helped build the world's first atomic bomb published a "bulletin." That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom. To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF

Not many magazines live to be 80 years old. The one I edit did and is still doing its job: explaining existential threats in a way that regular folks will read—so they can do something to make the world safer. @columjournreview.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social thebulletin.org/magazine/202...

It would surprise me to find an actual strategy that the people working in the Trump administration actually tried to follow for more than a news cycle.

A "What Me Worry" strategy that only Alfred E. Newman could love. (Yes, I know it's an old reference, but so, so apt. Look it up, young'uns.) thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-na...

vast majorities don’t like what Trump is doing re immigration. So let us do a long story about Biden. I don’t understand why this story was greenlighted, except to show that “we do negative stories about Democrats, too.” Which is a piss-poor excuse for a story. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...

I think every American should see this. No wonder they wear masks.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

Fascinating piece that should interest anyone who follows the nuclear energy industry, in the US and around the world. @ucs.org @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com thebulletin.org/2025/12/ukra...

Seeing is learning.

This is great.

Amen

I am not an international law expert—but I know a lot int’l law experts and high-end lawyers. If I were Hegseth, I would be seriously lawyering up. I can’t imagine a way he won’t eventually be prosecuted for murder.

"Black swans from the red planet" is a great headline. Try—just try—not to read the story with that head.

Good piece from a Middle East expert.

It would seem good news that Germany doesn't want the Bomb. Why do academics and think tankers of various stripes keep suggesting otherwise?

Good analysis of the geostrategic/geopolitical ramifications of the recent US-Saudi money fest. thebulletin.org/2025/11/the-...

I don't know Chicago politics any more; haven't lived in the area for decades. I don't know Ms. Abughazaleh. But she's some damn speaker.

The Atlantic piece that @hankgreen.bsky.social references is quite wonderful. This link should get you behind the paywall, if you are not an Atlantic subscriber (which you should be): www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Why we shouldn't be bringing samples from Mars back to Earth. Authoritative story, cool presentation. thebulletin.org/2025/11/mirr...

This is quite an important piece, on a subject that the major national media have mostly whiffed on. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @npr.org thebulletin.org/2025/11/trum...

This story—based on months of research by a top investigative reporter—should be read by everyone interested in the nuclear industry, pro or con. thebulletin.org/2025/11/how-...

Defeat, grasped from the jaws of victory: Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Moves to Vote as Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Autumn at Multnomah Falls4 Upper Multnomah Falls, surrounded by fall colors, as seen from the parking area in the middle of I-84. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge #stunday

Satirists should pay this administration royalties.

LOL methinks they meant global warming… Global Warning Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging, Researchers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

An important rejoinder by eminent climate scientist Michael Mann to Bill Gates recent about-face on climate change. thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

This is an unprecedented historical moment that demands an unprecedented public response. I’m incredibly thankful for the solidarity shown by elected officials, public figures, constituents, and others over the past few days.

President Trump's recent comments about nuclear testing are clueless, ambiguous, and dangerous. thebulletin.org/2025/10/the-...

I have no idea whether this woman would make a good member of Congress. But I appreciate what she's doing as she runs for office. Other Democrats could learn a few things from her approach.

This what John Roberts and his allied Supremes wrought with their legally insupportable presidential immunity decision. Shame. The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

The irrationality of this article would be funny if it weren't so divorced from reality. Yes, Justice Department officials OKed an investigation that led to ... the very, very deserved indictment of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn a valid election. www.nationalreview.com/news/garland...

A metaphor for the Trump administration's overall method.