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More than 50 years after India’s first nuclear bomb tests, health issues persist in the blast areas.
While the Smiling Buddha operation marked the country's entry into the nuclear age, it left behind a haunting legacy.
Read the full piece from @anujbehal.bsky.social 👇
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While the Smiling Buddha operation marked the country's entry into the nuclear age, it left behind a haunting legacy.
Read the full piece from @anujbehal.bsky.social 👇
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December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
More than 50 years after India’s first nuclear bomb tests, health issues persist in the blast areas.
While the Smiling Buddha operation marked the country's entry into the nuclear age, it left behind a haunting legacy.
Read the full piece from @anujbehal.bsky.social 👇
buff.ly/qYNTUo4
While the Smiling Buddha operation marked the country's entry into the nuclear age, it left behind a haunting legacy.
Read the full piece from @anujbehal.bsky.social 👇
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There is not—nor has there ever been—a single line item in the federal budget for nuclear weapons.
Author @atomicanalyst.bsky.social follows the money, finding the answers to how nuclear weapons get funded through lab budgets and Congress funding.
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Author @atomicanalyst.bsky.social follows the money, finding the answers to how nuclear weapons get funded through lab budgets and Congress funding.
Watch the full video 👉 buff.ly/UGcNpnR
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There is not—nor has there ever been—a single line item in the federal budget for nuclear weapons.
Author @atomicanalyst.bsky.social follows the money, finding the answers to how nuclear weapons get funded through lab budgets and Congress funding.
Watch the full video 👉 buff.ly/UGcNpnR
Author @atomicanalyst.bsky.social follows the money, finding the answers to how nuclear weapons get funded through lab budgets and Congress funding.
Watch the full video 👉 buff.ly/UGcNpnR
It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. 🧊
Outrider fellow Caitlin Looby writes on the U.S. National Ice Center's seasonal outlook.
Outrider fellow Caitlin Looby writes on the U.S. National Ice Center's seasonal outlook.
The 2025-'26 Great Lakes ice forecast is out. What's in store?
Another year of normal conditions would be a reprieve. Winter is the fastest-warming season in the region, becoming increasingly warmer and wetter.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. 🧊
Outrider fellow Caitlin Looby writes on the U.S. National Ice Center's seasonal outlook.
Outrider fellow Caitlin Looby writes on the U.S. National Ice Center's seasonal outlook.
Arms race instability and crisis instability are fueling the new nuclear arms race.
@mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social breaks it down. What do these developments mean for all nine nuclear nations?
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@mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social breaks it down. What do these developments mean for all nine nuclear nations?
See more 👉 buff.ly/UTTA04L
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Arms race instability and crisis instability are fueling the new nuclear arms race.
@mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social breaks it down. What do these developments mean for all nine nuclear nations?
See more 👉 buff.ly/UTTA04L
@mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social breaks it down. What do these developments mean for all nine nuclear nations?
See more 👉 buff.ly/UTTA04L
“Once missiles are launched...they're going to their target. There's no recall button. And you have about seven minutes to make this decision.”
Sharon K. Weiner of American University shares what psychology and economics studies tell us: we’re not the rational people that deterrence was based on.
Sharon K. Weiner of American University shares what psychology and economics studies tell us: we’re not the rational people that deterrence was based on.
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Once missiles are launched...they're going to their target. There's no recall button. And you have about seven minutes to make this decision.”
Sharon K. Weiner of American University shares what psychology and economics studies tell us: we’re not the rational people that deterrence was based on.
Sharon K. Weiner of American University shares what psychology and economics studies tell us: we’re not the rational people that deterrence was based on.
We're in a new nuclear landscape.
Author @nktpnd.bsky.social's new book, The New Nuclear Age: At The Precipice of Armageddon, attempts to explain the changes that have occurred – why, how, and what can be done about it.
Read the Q&A with @zoemas0n.bsky.social ⬇️
Author @nktpnd.bsky.social's new book, The New Nuclear Age: At The Precipice of Armageddon, attempts to explain the changes that have occurred – why, how, and what can be done about it.
Read the Q&A with @zoemas0n.bsky.social ⬇️
New Nuclear Weapons Testing ‘Would Be Really Damaging to U.S. interests,’ Expert Says
International security expert Ankit Panda discusses his new book and the challenges of the new era of nuclear politics
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December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We're in a new nuclear landscape.
Author @nktpnd.bsky.social's new book, The New Nuclear Age: At The Precipice of Armageddon, attempts to explain the changes that have occurred – why, how, and what can be done about it.
Read the Q&A with @zoemas0n.bsky.social ⬇️
Author @nktpnd.bsky.social's new book, The New Nuclear Age: At The Precipice of Armageddon, attempts to explain the changes that have occurred – why, how, and what can be done about it.
Read the Q&A with @zoemas0n.bsky.social ⬇️
"What's my hot take? Well...we need nuclear energy."
Theo Kalionzes, Senior Director of The Oppenheimer Project talks about what it might mean to "electrify everything," where abundant power is needed, and how nuclear power plays a role.
Theo Kalionzes, Senior Director of The Oppenheimer Project talks about what it might mean to "electrify everything," where abundant power is needed, and how nuclear power plays a role.
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"What's my hot take? Well...we need nuclear energy."
Theo Kalionzes, Senior Director of The Oppenheimer Project talks about what it might mean to "electrify everything," where abundant power is needed, and how nuclear power plays a role.
Theo Kalionzes, Senior Director of The Oppenheimer Project talks about what it might mean to "electrify everything," where abundant power is needed, and how nuclear power plays a role.
Now accepting submissions for the Outrider AI + Nuclear Reporting Fund. ✍️
Are you a journalist explaining the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons in your work?
Submit your project proposal today 👉 buff.ly/djZtBHZ
Are you a journalist explaining the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons in your work?
Submit your project proposal today 👉 buff.ly/djZtBHZ
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now accepting submissions for the Outrider AI + Nuclear Reporting Fund. ✍️
Are you a journalist explaining the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons in your work?
Submit your project proposal today 👉 buff.ly/djZtBHZ
Are you a journalist explaining the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons in your work?
Submit your project proposal today 👉 buff.ly/djZtBHZ
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Appreciated this opportunity to speak to @outrider.org about my book outrider.org/nuclear-weap...
New Nuclear Weapons Testing ‘Would Be Really Damaging to U.S. interests,’ Expert Says
International security expert Ankit Panda discusses his new book and the challenges of the new era of nuclear politics
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December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Appreciated this opportunity to speak to @outrider.org about my book outrider.org/nuclear-weap...
An exciting fellowship for journalists – with the deadline closing this week! 📣
Designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science, health or environmental reporting (or all three).
@sejorg.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org
Designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science, health or environmental reporting (or all three).
@sejorg.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org
📢 Final week to apply! SHERF Fellowship closes Dec. 19. Get mentoring, training and more — don’t wait! Apply here ➡️ healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
The SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting.
healthjournalism.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An exciting fellowship for journalists – with the deadline closing this week! 📣
Designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science, health or environmental reporting (or all three).
@sejorg.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org
Designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science, health or environmental reporting (or all three).
@sejorg.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org
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Hey journalists: @outrider.org has substantial funding for reporting projects in all media examining the intersection of #AI and nuclear weapons/war. Still open for submissions. outrider.org/projects/out... #journalism
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey journalists: @outrider.org has substantial funding for reporting projects in all media examining the intersection of #AI and nuclear weapons/war. Still open for submissions. outrider.org/projects/out... #journalism
“AI can’t distinguish between the bullet and the bullshit.”
It’s now being claimed that AI will make it possible to hit a bullet with a bullet. Director Paul Jay shares that isn’t fact – AI can't tell the difference between a missile and the decoys that surround it.
It’s now being claimed that AI will make it possible to hit a bullet with a bullet. Director Paul Jay shares that isn’t fact – AI can't tell the difference between a missile and the decoys that surround it.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“AI can’t distinguish between the bullet and the bullshit.”
It’s now being claimed that AI will make it possible to hit a bullet with a bullet. Director Paul Jay shares that isn’t fact – AI can't tell the difference between a missile and the decoys that surround it.
It’s now being claimed that AI will make it possible to hit a bullet with a bullet. Director Paul Jay shares that isn’t fact – AI can't tell the difference between a missile and the decoys that surround it.
“If human beings were primarily driven by logic rather than emotion, we wouldn’t live in a world where nuclear weapons exist.”
@emmapike.bsky.social shares her take on why human-centered storytelling is so essential when reporting on nuclear weapons.
@emmapike.bsky.social shares her take on why human-centered storytelling is so essential when reporting on nuclear weapons.
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“If human beings were primarily driven by logic rather than emotion, we wouldn’t live in a world where nuclear weapons exist.”
@emmapike.bsky.social shares her take on why human-centered storytelling is so essential when reporting on nuclear weapons.
@emmapike.bsky.social shares her take on why human-centered storytelling is so essential when reporting on nuclear weapons.
If you give A.I. a nuclear weapon...
Outrider fellow @joshuakeating.bsky.social joined @slate.com's podcast What Next: TBD to talk nuclear security, technology, power, and the future.
Take a listen:
Outrider fellow @joshuakeating.bsky.social joined @slate.com's podcast What Next: TBD to talk nuclear security, technology, power, and the future.
Take a listen:
If You Give A.I. a Nuke
Grokenheimer, you are become death.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you give A.I. a nuclear weapon...
Outrider fellow @joshuakeating.bsky.social joined @slate.com's podcast What Next: TBD to talk nuclear security, technology, power, and the future.
Take a listen:
Outrider fellow @joshuakeating.bsky.social joined @slate.com's podcast What Next: TBD to talk nuclear security, technology, power, and the future.
Take a listen:
This fall, in a former nuclear missile silo, we gathered journalists at the nexus of health, climate, artificial intelligence, and more to discuss how these issues are interconnected in the new nuclear landscape.
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Curious? Watch the session recordings 👉 buff.ly/rzPIwCy
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This fall, in a former nuclear missile silo, we gathered journalists at the nexus of health, climate, artificial intelligence, and more to discuss how these issues are interconnected in the new nuclear landscape.
Curious? Watch the session recordings 👉 buff.ly/rzPIwCy
Curious? Watch the session recordings 👉 buff.ly/rzPIwCy
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At Outrider, Jessica Urwin, author of CONTAMINATED COUNTRY, discusses nuclear colonialism in Australia and the Aboriginal movement against out-of-sight, out-of-mind nuclear activity.
The Exploitation, Survival, and Resistance of Aboriginal Australians in ‘Contaminated Country’
Environmental historian Jessica Urwin talks about her new book on Australia’s nuclear weapons testing and its impact on the country’s indigenous people
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December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
At Outrider, Jessica Urwin, author of CONTAMINATED COUNTRY, discusses nuclear colonialism in Australia and the Aboriginal movement against out-of-sight, out-of-mind nuclear activity.
Many of the uranium mining and nuclear testing events in history took place on indigenous lands. ☢️ And then, the harmful contamination spread.
@benetickmaddison.bsky.social of the Marshallese Educational Initiative’s message: “Nuclear weapons know no borders.”
@benetickmaddison.bsky.social of the Marshallese Educational Initiative’s message: “Nuclear weapons know no borders.”
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Many of the uranium mining and nuclear testing events in history took place on indigenous lands. ☢️ And then, the harmful contamination spread.
@benetickmaddison.bsky.social of the Marshallese Educational Initiative’s message: “Nuclear weapons know no borders.”
@benetickmaddison.bsky.social of the Marshallese Educational Initiative’s message: “Nuclear weapons know no borders.”
What do you think about the U.S. military starting to use AI in their decision support systems to enhance decision making? 🌐
@istorg.bsky.social's Sylvia Mishra shares more about where things stand.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/a07fYLY
@istorg.bsky.social's Sylvia Mishra shares more about where things stand.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/a07fYLY
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What do you think about the U.S. military starting to use AI in their decision support systems to enhance decision making? 🌐
@istorg.bsky.social's Sylvia Mishra shares more about where things stand.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/a07fYLY
@istorg.bsky.social's Sylvia Mishra shares more about where things stand.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/a07fYLY
Years of timecard fraud at a nuclear weapons plant have harmed production timelines and operational safety procedures.
What followed? Subsequent firings have caused quality control issues with the nuclear weapons produced there.
Outrider fellow @winkie.bsky.social reports:
What followed? Subsequent firings have caused quality control issues with the nuclear weapons produced there.
Outrider fellow @winkie.bsky.social reports:
Timecard fraud at nuclear weapons plant led to quality issues, delays
The Department of Energy's official watchdog probed the impacts of a timecard fraud scandal that rocked the northern Texas plant.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Years of timecard fraud at a nuclear weapons plant have harmed production timelines and operational safety procedures.
What followed? Subsequent firings have caused quality control issues with the nuclear weapons produced there.
Outrider fellow @winkie.bsky.social reports:
What followed? Subsequent firings have caused quality control issues with the nuclear weapons produced there.
Outrider fellow @winkie.bsky.social reports:
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Hear from Scoville Fellow '18 Sylvia Mishra.
What's the concern re: AI and nuclear weapons? Sylvia Mishra of @istorg.bsky.social breaks it down.
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hear from Scoville Fellow '18 Sylvia Mishra.
“The Cold War didn’t end. We are in the midst of it.”
Director Paul Jay considers today’s nuclear rhetoric in a discussion about how documentaries can confront nuclear history and spark dialogue.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/GVlCiYj
Director Paul Jay considers today’s nuclear rhetoric in a discussion about how documentaries can confront nuclear history and spark dialogue.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/GVlCiYj
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The Cold War didn’t end. We are in the midst of it.”
Director Paul Jay considers today’s nuclear rhetoric in a discussion about how documentaries can confront nuclear history and spark dialogue.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/GVlCiYj
Director Paul Jay considers today’s nuclear rhetoric in a discussion about how documentaries can confront nuclear history and spark dialogue.
See more and watch the full video from Outrider's 2025 Nuclear Reporting Summit: buff.ly/GVlCiYj
“We’re in a high-interest, low-understanding environment.”
Science Educator and Nuclear Communications Consultant @khill.bsky.social talks about nuclear war’s presence in pop culture and news media — and the problem communicators face.
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Science Educator and Nuclear Communications Consultant @khill.bsky.social talks about nuclear war’s presence in pop culture and news media — and the problem communicators face.
See more: buff.ly/bymgUCO
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“We’re in a high-interest, low-understanding environment.”
Science Educator and Nuclear Communications Consultant @khill.bsky.social talks about nuclear war’s presence in pop culture and news media — and the problem communicators face.
See more: buff.ly/bymgUCO
Science Educator and Nuclear Communications Consultant @khill.bsky.social talks about nuclear war’s presence in pop culture and news media — and the problem communicators face.
See more: buff.ly/bymgUCO
How do other countries feel about President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system? 🌏
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins shares that the risk of introducing an idea like the Golden Dome is to create a desire from other countries for more weapons.
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins shares that the risk of introducing an idea like the Golden Dome is to create a desire from other countries for more weapons.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How do other countries feel about President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system? 🌏
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins shares that the risk of introducing an idea like the Golden Dome is to create a desire from other countries for more weapons.
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins shares that the risk of introducing an idea like the Golden Dome is to create a desire from other countries for more weapons.
"The stuff that makes you squirm in your seat and sends you marching into the streets yelling, “No nukes,” has often happened just off screen..." 📽️
@nytopinion.nytimes.com Spencer Cohen's latest, after attending this year's Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
@nytopinion.nytimes.com Spencer Cohen's latest, after attending this year's Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | Why Didn’t ‘A House of Dynamite’ Show a Nuclear Explosion?
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"The stuff that makes you squirm in your seat and sends you marching into the streets yelling, “No nukes,” has often happened just off screen..." 📽️
@nytopinion.nytimes.com Spencer Cohen's latest, after attending this year's Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
@nytopinion.nytimes.com Spencer Cohen's latest, after attending this year's Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
What's the concern re: AI and nuclear weapons? Sylvia Mishra of @istorg.bsky.social breaks it down.
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What's the concern re: AI and nuclear weapons? Sylvia Mishra of @istorg.bsky.social breaks it down.
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”
“A lot of these AI tools...could have downstream errors or automation biases and creates the challenge of emergent behavior. There is a lack of opacity on how AI models interact with each other.”