@Scarry

Nuclear weapons RISK: it's real. Can our minds cope with it?

 Madison, WI
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21M! #Oppenheimer youtu.be/bK6ldnjE3Y0
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The global nuclear order—built on policies of nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament—is unjust. In our latest for @BulletinAtomic @franziskastaerk & I examine Nuclear Injustice along two axes: political & temporal. A 🧵 thebulletin.org/2022/10/nucl… via @BulletinAtomic

Nuclear injustice: How Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows the staggering human cost of deterrence

It is time for nuclear scholars, policy makers, and the general public to (re)politicize the ongoing and future negative effects of nuclear injustice and push for fundamental change in the role of...

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Before Ukraine we were playing "nuclear Russian roulette" every 15 years. Now it's every year. If we will give up security blankets that no longer work, we will build a world that we can be proud to pass on to future generations. Read why: www-ee.stanford.edu/~hellman…
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Joe Scarry retweeted
Seth Baum@SethBaum19 Oct 2022
If we keep having nuclear crises, odds are that eventually one will end in nuclear war. In the dark depths of the current crisis, we should imagine a future in which Russia and the West get along. Fortunately, there are ideas for how to do this.
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If you think you don’t have a nuclear posture, yours is “prone.”
Joe Scarry@Scarry16 Oct 2022
Replying to @DouglasBShaw
We ALL have "de facto nuclear postures" ... AND ... they could really mean something if they were yoked to those of economic players in some way (since that's who has the power in our world .... )
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The notion that big tech companies have de facto nuclear postures is getting louder in my head.
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Joe Scarry retweeted
ICAN@nuclearban14 Oct 2022
NATO’s yearly exercise in the use of nuclear weapons, #SteadfastNoon, is going ahead this year, despite heightened tensions and explicit nuclear threats. Here's what you need to know 🧵
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<THREAD>Sorry, but nuclear deterrence is a two-way street. Just as NATO’s nuclear weapons deter Russia, so Russia’s deter us. This isn’t fair or just. But it's the reality of life under the shadow of the Bomb. Ignoring the risk of escalation is a recipe for catastrophe. (1/17)
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“If the world survives this latest nuclear confrontation, a new sense of urgency and dedication must address the reality that the only way to avoid nuclear instability and danger is through coordinated, effective, verified steps among all states to eliminate nuclear weapons.” 🎯
The New Republic
@newrepublic12 Oct 2022
The world has failed to learn the fundamental lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis: As long as nuclear weapons exist, the risk of nuclear war will be a recurring and constant danger requiring skill and luck to manage, @JBWolfsthal writes. newrepublic.com/article/1680…

We Never Learned the Key Lesson From the Cuban Missile Crisis

Putin says he’ll do whatever it takes in Ukraine. Biden is warning of “Armageddon.” Sixty years after the U.S.–Soviet standoff over Cuba, why is nuclear war still an ever-present worry?

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Nuclear weapons are not abstractions—they are concrete threats to all of us. The Ukrainians huddled in bomb shelters and subway stations know this all too well. When will the rest of us?
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Totally normal mainstream media conversation is now will Putin use nuclear weapons? what kind? under what conditions? how should US respond? Folks, this isn't normal. In fact it's very very bad. We can't live like this. The risks are unmanageable. These weapons have got to go.
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Without good faith, obligations are no more than promises. Nowhere is good faith more important than in the Non-Proliferation Treaty. And nowhere is it more absent than in the interpretation and implementation of #ArticleVI by the nuclear weapon states.
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Good explainer from ⁦@CameronJJJ⁩ on Putin’s latest nuclear saber rattling and potential options: “How to decode Putin’s nuclear warnings” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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We're proud and excited that @AlvamyrdalCNTR first annual conference is approaching quickly. Interested in nuclear disarmament? Want to learn about the latest research? Join us in #Uppsala 19-22 Oct! Find out more & registrer: bit.ly/3rMthCc #AlvaMyrdalCentre2022
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In 2003, WA State dodged "a bullet" (a very large kiloton bullet) that potentially could have irradiated significant portions of Washington State (and possibly even reached Canada).
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Joe Scarry retweeted
SMT@SocialMoveTech30 Aug 2022
Extensive series of trainings Sep - Dec for campaigners & activists to build people power in the digital age. Graphic design intensive starts soon. In English, Spanish, Arabic, French with global instructor team + interpretation. Join us! socialmovementtechnologies.o…
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For those wanting to see why I estimate that the risk of a major nuclear war is roughly 1% per year in “normal” times: thebulletin.org/2021/03/an-e…

An existential discussion: What is the probability of nuclear war?

“Father of the internet” Vinton Cerf and “father of public key cryptography” Martin Hellman agree that the US needs to understand the risk of nuclear war. However, they disagree about the best means...

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Replying to @Scarry @TheNatlInterest
So grateful to you Joe for sharing, so appreciate your call for peace, and for all you do every day for peace, for inspiring me and so many in this movement!
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Our new direction will focus efforts on Peace Literacy. Here are our highlights in Peace Literacy education for 2019 as well as a sneak peak at what's in store for 2020! buff.ly/2U62yAt
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Joe Scarry retweeted
ICAN@nuclearban29 Jan 2020
There is already an unacceptable threat of #nuclear weapon use. But emerging technologies can put that risk off the charts → icanw.org/emergingtechnologi… There’s no time to waste in joining #nuclearban
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