Arnold Bogis
@arnoldbogis.bsky.social
Analyst, writer. Nuke/rad, health security, disaster preparedness. Worked here, there, everywhere. Cat dad. Views my own.
Great article on CDC cuts, with some interesting conflicting comments from state public health officials, by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great article on CDC cuts, with some interesting conflicting comments from state public health officials, by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
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From the excellent and regrettably not-on-here Simon Saradzhyan:
I first listened to Black Sabbath when I was 6 or so - my much elder brothers, dressed in bell bottoms and sporting long hair at the time, played some of the early numbers on massive Soviet-made reel-to-reel tape recorder "Astra.”
I first listened to Black Sabbath when I was 6 or so - my much elder brothers, dressed in bell bottoms and sporting long hair at the time, played some of the early numbers on massive Soviet-made reel-to-reel tape recorder "Astra.”
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From the excellent and regrettably not-on-here Simon Saradzhyan:
I first listened to Black Sabbath when I was 6 or so - my much elder brothers, dressed in bell bottoms and sporting long hair at the time, played some of the early numbers on massive Soviet-made reel-to-reel tape recorder "Astra.”
I first listened to Black Sabbath when I was 6 or so - my much elder brothers, dressed in bell bottoms and sporting long hair at the time, played some of the early numbers on massive Soviet-made reel-to-reel tape recorder "Astra.”
This. This. This.
This is a good summary, but again, I am frustrated with the focus on Medicaid as the lead talking point for public health agencies around OBBBA. There are numerous other impacts to public health in this bill, are there not? Why aren’t we talking about those?
www.astho.org/advocacy/fed...
www.astho.org/advocacy/fed...
July 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This. This. This.
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Wet world summer.
Today we are diving into another deadly flood, this in New Mexico, flooding in Chicago, and flooding risk today in the Carolinas and Virginia into New Jersey. Summer of flooding continues. More below or at theeyewall.com
Deadly flooding in New Mexico, street flooding in Chicago, and more flooding risks in the East today
Tropics remain quiet
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wet world summer.
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this is also, btw, to ride one of my minor hobby horses, an example of why "emp weapons" aren't a thing. you can't get predictable effects, for one thing, and for another it is a nuclear attack and the response to zapping a few light switches will be a massive unpleasant response
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
this is also, btw, to ride one of my minor hobby horses, an example of why "emp weapons" aren't a thing. you can't get predictable effects, for one thing, and for another it is a nuclear attack and the response to zapping a few light switches will be a massive unpleasant response
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Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures h/t @theslides.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures h/t @theslides.bsky.social
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Ben Franklin would be on Pornhub within literal minutes.
I think if you grabbed any famous thinker from centuries ago and showed them Wikipedia and told them it was free for anyone to access, they would say it is humanity's crowning achievement and would be indifferent to the moon landings, modern medicine, flight, or anything else you showed them
May 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Ben Franklin would be on Pornhub within literal minutes.
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There's a new U.S. nuclear weapon in the inventory. Understand that this is a weapon meant to be used during a regional conflict.
almauroni.substack.com/p/mazel-tov-...
almauroni.substack.com/p/mazel-tov-...
Congrats, It's a Tactical Nuke!
The B61-13 mod joins the American nuclear family
almauroni.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
There's a new U.S. nuclear weapon in the inventory. Understand that this is a weapon meant to be used during a regional conflict.
almauroni.substack.com/p/mazel-tov-...
almauroni.substack.com/p/mazel-tov-...
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Keep cats safe inside and protect small furries and feathereds as well.
"Spike in avian flu cases in cats triggers worry about human spillover." www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
May 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Joe Nye was truly a gentleman, scholar, and a political science legend.
I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.
May 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Joe Nye was truly a gentleman, scholar, and a political science legend.
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Share among yourselves, esp those in the preparedness and emergency response space.
The WH scrubbed these online enviro mapping tools. So volunteers tried creating them.
EPA EJScreen: pedp-ejscreen.azurewebsites.net
CEQ CJEST: edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/...
FEMA Future Risk Index: fulton-ring.github.io/nri-future-r...
My story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EPA EJScreen: pedp-ejscreen.azurewebsites.net
CEQ CJEST: edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/...
FEMA Future Risk Index: fulton-ring.github.io/nri-future-r...
My story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Share among yourselves, esp those in the preparedness and emergency response space.
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A lot of people were clowning on the MAGA freaks who think the government is using radar to control the weather, but I saw a documentary about a terrorist group doing something similar when I was a kid and I've never forgotten it. youtu.be/Y9sa6esAWrQ?...
In the Cobra's Pit | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Mini Series | S02 | E01 | Full Episode
YouTube video by Hasbro
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May 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A lot of people were clowning on the MAGA freaks who think the government is using radar to control the weather, but I saw a documentary about a terrorist group doing something similar when I was a kid and I've never forgotten it. youtu.be/Y9sa6esAWrQ?...
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Thank you @laurensukin.bsky.social for sharing your research with us during last week’s Wednesday Seminar. ICYMI Sukin discussed how four defining characteristics of US policymaking—political party, partisanship, polarization, & divided government—affect foreign publics' perceptions...(1/2)
April 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thank you @laurensukin.bsky.social for sharing your research with us during last week’s Wednesday Seminar. ICYMI Sukin discussed how four defining characteristics of US policymaking—political party, partisanship, polarization, & divided government—affect foreign publics' perceptions...(1/2)
This is truth!
The "duvet cover" is a government program to test how docile the population is. They want to know how much Bullshit we'll put up with. They are laughing at us
April 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is truth!
We COULD have a vegan McRib. We used to be the greatest country in the world. But now? Today? I almost find it hard to believe Impossible Meat even exists...
DoD and the University of Nebraska gave us the McRib and I guarantee you DARPA can field a vegan McRib by Q4 of this year. If we dare to dream again. www.vice.com/en/article/h...
How US Army Technology Gave Rise to the McRib
The US Army pioneered restructured meats in the 1960s, and that technology found its way into beloved fast food menu staples.
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April 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We COULD have a vegan McRib. We used to be the greatest country in the world. But now? Today? I almost find it hard to believe Impossible Meat even exists...
👏 the 👏 Mc 👏 Rib 👏
The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
April 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
👏 the 👏 Mc 👏 Rib 👏
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Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, will be giving a virtual keynote on Monday morning at #nukecon.
You can still register free of charge for online participation carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
You can still register free of charge for online participation carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
April 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, will be giving a virtual keynote on Monday morning at #nukecon.
You can still register free of charge for online participation carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
You can still register free of charge for online participation carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
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"By the time political violence shows up in statistics, the damage to society is done." I wrote about the attack
on Gov Shapiro for @theatlantic.com
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on Gov Shapiro for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
By the Time Political Violence Gets Worse, It Will Be Too Late
The arson at Josh Shapiro’s residence is the latest harrowing attack on Democratic norms.
www.theatlantic.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"By the time political violence shows up in statistics, the damage to society is done." I wrote about the attack
on Gov Shapiro for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
on Gov Shapiro for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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🍱Spend your lunchtime with us!
Join us for tomorrow’s Wednesday Seminar as SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social examines how four defining characteristics of U.S. policymaking — political party, partisanship, polarization, and divided government...(1/2)
Join us for tomorrow’s Wednesday Seminar as SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social examines how four defining characteristics of U.S. policymaking — political party, partisanship, polarization, and divided government...(1/2)
April 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🍱Spend your lunchtime with us!
Join us for tomorrow’s Wednesday Seminar as SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social examines how four defining characteristics of U.S. policymaking — political party, partisanship, polarization, and divided government...(1/2)
Join us for tomorrow’s Wednesday Seminar as SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social examines how four defining characteristics of U.S. policymaking — political party, partisanship, polarization, and divided government...(1/2)
In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, SSP's @laurensukin.bsky.social tests how four defining characteristics of U.S. policymaking — political party, partisanship, polarization, and divided government — affect foreign publics' perceptions of U.S. nuclear credibility.
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youtube.com/live/NLTB3ZU...
Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad?
YouTube video by MIT Security Studies Program
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April 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Threads is the greatest nuclear war drama ever made in my opinion, and I'm POTENTIALLY excited about a remake. But let me explain why I think it eclipses the others...
A short 🧵 on 🕸️s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A short 🧵 on 🕸️s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Adolescence team to remake Threads nuclear attack epic
Sheffield-based Warp Films firm plans to turn the 1984 movie Threads into a TV series, it says.
www.bbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Threads is the greatest nuclear war drama ever made in my opinion, and I'm POTENTIALLY excited about a remake. But let me explain why I think it eclipses the others...
A short 🧵 on 🕸️s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A short 🧵 on 🕸️s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The flag of our people--er, penguins
April 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The flag of our people--er, penguins
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In his (forced) resignation letter, the #FDA's former chief vaccine regulator Peter Marks pulls no punches. He tried to work with Robert Kennedy to assuage his concerns about vaccine safety. That's not what the HHS secretary is looking for, Marks concluded. www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...
Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
www.statnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In his (forced) resignation letter, the #FDA's former chief vaccine regulator Peter Marks pulls no punches. He tried to work with Robert Kennedy to assuage his concerns about vaccine safety. That's not what the HHS secretary is looking for, Marks concluded. www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...