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Chris Wiley (Winn)
@cwiley.bsky.social
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Los Alamos National Lab, Operations
#EnvironmentalSecurity & #Resilience Student MSc
USN Vet, #NatSecsky, #Watersky, #nukesky, #CriticalInfrastructure nerd
All opinions and posts my own
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remmid.bsky.social
Tactical Urbanism in Times of War.

Inspiring examples of how urbanists can respond to crises—even war. Just as in Japan after the 2011 tsunami, we need shared knowledge and a global network of activist urbanists as such emergencies become more common. Back in the day we had #ArchitectureForHumanity
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
cwiley.bsky.social
Despite all my misgivings about 'AI' apps, I have to say using them for book suggestions has been a solid 10/10 usecase.

Anyone want to try and beat it for scifi horror recs? Similar to Annihilation, House of Leaves, Blindsight, Blood Music, or Alien Clay.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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neorsd.org
we talk a lot about stormwater management when maybe, sometimes, we just need stormwater comfort.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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cavalrysword.bsky.social
The ACAB crowd should read this.

Prejudice is pre-judging people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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lawfaremedia.org
The president’s threat to resume tests is the latest erosion of a long-standing norm, but there are steps to shore up the nuclear test ban, write Astrid Chevreuil and @doreenhorschig.bsky.social.
What Europe and Non-nuclear States Can Do to Reinforce Restraint on Nuclear Testing
The president’s threat to resume tests is the latest erosion of a long-standing norm.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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simonpratt.bsky.social
This is a fantastic article, and I'm really impressed with @jelenasubotic.bsky.social in her contributions to it as an interviewee haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Accused of genocide, internationally shunned: What can Israel learn from Serbia?
Twenty-five Years Ago, in the Aftermath of a Bloody War, Serbia Faced a World That Condemned It for War Crimes. In Conversations With Haaretz, Serbian Experts Reflect on What It Takes for a Society to...
haaretz.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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reshetz.bsky.social
So glad people are learning about the christmas bathtub carp cause in retrospect it’s a fever dream
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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energydems.senate.gov
Sen. Heinrich: Our kids and our grandkids deserve to know where they come from. And we can't tell the story of our nation without protecting the places that literally tell those stories.
Our kids and our grandkids deserve to know where they come from.
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
cwiley.bsky.social
Excellent overview and interview with @nukestrat.bsky.social, @jonatomic.bsky.social, and Daryl Kimbal. Quick but informative read, no fluff.
Experts Explain How Reviving Nuclear Weapons Tests Would Actually Happen
While it remains unclear exactly what Trump meant by "testing our nuclear weapons," we got expert opinions on the timelines and processes required to restart live detonations.
www.twz.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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alexckaufman.bsky.social
The big Bloomberg piece on Oklo seems more mild than it was rumored to be before it was published, but has some interesting details about the remarkable timing Chris Wright -- now the U.S. Energy Secretary, then a fracking exec -- had when he invested in the nuclear startup.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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falseknees.bsky.social
Improbably Compatible #oldknees
Two crows are flying in front of a gray-blue sky. One says to the other "Do you think we're best friends in other universes too?" The second panel splits into a three by three grid of different reactions of "Um"s and "Well"s from the second crow, in a multiverse sort of way. The third panel is further split again by three, so there are nine by nine squares of the same two crows flying together, the only distinction between the squares is a different sky colour. In the fourth panel, the square are again divided by three so there are now 27 by 27 filling the panel. We can see now that there is a greater pattern emerging from the colours of each square, a pixelated form is starting to emerge. In the fifth panel, the many many squares of different universes is reminiscent of a painting using pointillism, which each dot of colour represent one of many thousands of realities. We can see now very clearly that the pixelated forms are the two crows, flying in front of a gray-blue sky. We return to the visual resolution as we saw in the first panel, as if no time has passed at all. The second crow responds "It doesn't seem likely".
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
cwiley.bsky.social
Excellent article and an important reminder for those that newly serve.
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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rossengineer.bsky.social
As with everything, there is nuance & industry-specific requirements here.

Very informative video - highly recommended watching it.
sarahtaber.bsky.social Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 17d
Got the Sunday video up early this time!

If you've been seeing news about "oh no there's a spike in farm bankruptcy"- it is NOT as simple as "farms go out of business & then investors buy them all."

hoooooo boy

youtu.be/xon9A5_4tQw
Farm Bankruptcy: What They're Not Telling You
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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neorsd.org
last month, we spent 4 hours with Chad’s night crew.

it was worth every minute. here is just 6 of them.

give it a watch—because keeping watch is exactly what these crews do every single day for all
of us after dark.
@neorsd After Dark | Sights, stories of night shift
YouTube video by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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ukceh.bsky.social
🌱 Studying seeds is vital for work on restoring lost species to semi-natural UK grasslands

UKCEH plant ecologist @wagnermarkus.bsky.social chats to the Naked Scientists for their podcast on 25 years of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Millennium Seed Bank #MSB25

www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak... 🧪
Frozen Flora: 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
Preserving and restoring rare and important plant species...
www.thenakedscientists.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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taskandpurpose.com
Veterans built an interactive map of Afghanistan to record 20 years of war trib.al/lAc3JRC
Veterans built an interactive map of Afghanistan to record 20 years of war
An interactive map of Afghanistan, Project Athena is an archive to which veterans can upload photos, chronicling the war as they lived it.
trib.al
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
cwiley.bsky.social
Great, brief call for action on local high-hazard dams.
Letter to the Editor: Protect the infrastructure that protects you
Why the Santa Fe–Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District deserves your yes vote
sfreporter.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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tayloraloy.bsky.social
This framing of “legitimate discussions” on nuclear topics suggests that national security experts who work entirely with publicly accessible knowledge/data shouldn’t try to analyze what public info/tools rogue proliferators could potentially use.
mjgault.bsky.social Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23d
what's interesting here is less that Anthropic put nuke guard rails on Claude and more HOW they did it. They deployed frontier models into a NNSA-controlled Top Secret Amazon server (yes, really) and America's nuclear admins try to make the chatbot help them build a nuke
The NNSA red-teaming process—meaning, testing for weaknesses—helped Anthropic and America’s nuclear scientists develop a proactive solution for chatbot-assisted nuclear programs. Together, they “codeveloped a nuclear classifier, which you can think of like a sophisticated filter for AI conversations,” Favaro says. “We built it using a list developed by the NNSA of nuclear risk indicators, specific topics, and technical details that help us identify when a conversation might be veering into harmful territory. The list itself is controlled but not classified, which is crucial, because it means our technical staff and other companies can implement it.” Favaro says it took months of tweaking and testing to get the classifier working. “It catches concerning conversations without flagging legitimate discussions about nuclear energy or medical isotopes,” she says.
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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specialkhersoncat.bsky.social
Scale comparison: Shahed drone, STING anti-Shahed drone, and human. To date, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, has intercepted over 600 Russian aerial targets.
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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cplusc.bsky.social
Join us this Thursday, 10/16 as we launch our work with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on the war economy, climate impacts of war, & the geopolitics of the climate transition.

Follow @transitionsec.bsky.social for updates and register at the link! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...
War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch
A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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wynterrayven.bsky.social
#Photography
#BalloonFiesta2017
#Glow
October 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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lizneeley.bsky.social
The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...
Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Yellowknife Mayor describing the costs and consequences of trucks having gotten so much bigger. In the link, he explains the backlash he received for his post.
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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granttosterud.bsky.social
A record number of Flash Flood Warning were issued in New Mexico during this year's monsoon season. 379 in total, beating the old record from 2022 by just 13 warnings. Lincoln County, where Ruidoso is, had the second highest on record. Props to the NWS offices in New Mexico!
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM