Jackson du Pont
@jacksondupont.bsky.social
Research Fellow @ CSRisks and fmr Kerry Fellow @ Yale | focusing on how to bring kind solutions to wicked problems | posts my own
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The article chronicles findings from a multiyear research project exploring the utility of open-source info & traditional intelligence methods to address #biosecurity risks and opportunities.
These include mitigating dual-use concerns, improving transparency, & leveraging innovative tech for good.
These include mitigating dual-use concerns, improving transparency, & leveraging innovative tech for good.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The article chronicles findings from a multiyear research project exploring the utility of open-source info & traditional intelligence methods to address #biosecurity risks and opportunities.
These include mitigating dual-use concerns, improving transparency, & leveraging innovative tech for good.
These include mitigating dual-use concerns, improving transparency, & leveraging innovative tech for good.
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Are you an #AI × #nationalsecurity expert with:
🇺🇸 US citizenship
💼 10+ years of experience
🏛️ Residence in the DMV
⬇️ If that sounds like you, apply now for CRL and @futureoflife.org’s new Fellowship. Activities include networking, scenario exercises, a bootcamp course, and a 1-day workshop.
🇺🇸 US citizenship
💼 10+ years of experience
🏛️ Residence in the DMV
⬇️ If that sounds like you, apply now for CRL and @futureoflife.org’s new Fellowship. Activities include networking, scenario exercises, a bootcamp course, and a 1-day workshop.
Call for Applications: AI & National Security Convergence Fellowship - The Council on Strategic Risks
Applications are now open for the project’s AI and National Security Convergence Fellowship, which is aimed at mid-career professionals with experience in the national security and emerging technology...
councilonstrategicrisks.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Are you an #AI × #nationalsecurity expert with:
🇺🇸 US citizenship
💼 10+ years of experience
🏛️ Residence in the DMV
⬇️ If that sounds like you, apply now for CRL and @futureoflife.org’s new Fellowship. Activities include networking, scenario exercises, a bootcamp course, and a 1-day workshop.
🇺🇸 US citizenship
💼 10+ years of experience
🏛️ Residence in the DMV
⬇️ If that sounds like you, apply now for CRL and @futureoflife.org’s new Fellowship. Activities include networking, scenario exercises, a bootcamp course, and a 1-day workshop.
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📢 Calling all #AI × #nationalsecurity experts: applications are now open for the newest Fellowship from CRL & @futureoflife.org
Activities to include a bootcamp course, scenario exercises, a day-long workshop, and opportunities to connect with peers & senior officials.
➡️ Learn more + apply now:
Activities to include a bootcamp course, scenario exercises, a day-long workshop, and opportunities to connect with peers & senior officials.
➡️ Learn more + apply now:
Call for Applications: AI & National Security Convergence Fellowship - The Council on Strategic Risks
Applications are now open for the project’s AI and National Security Convergence Fellowship, which is aimed at mid-career professionals with experience in the national security and emerging technology...
councilonstrategicrisks.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
📢 Calling all #AI × #nationalsecurity experts: applications are now open for the newest Fellowship from CRL & @futureoflife.org
Activities to include a bootcamp course, scenario exercises, a day-long workshop, and opportunities to connect with peers & senior officials.
➡️ Learn more + apply now:
Activities to include a bootcamp course, scenario exercises, a day-long workshop, and opportunities to connect with peers & senior officials.
➡️ Learn more + apply now:
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No matter how many times I see these photos, there's just no inuring oneself to the terrible suffering of Hiroshima.
It's always worth connecting our work back to this reality—we carry the risks of this (+ much worse) every day
And dismissing that means embracing a festering analytical blindspot
It's always worth connecting our work back to this reality—we carry the risks of this (+ much worse) every day
And dismissing that means embracing a festering analytical blindspot
80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No matter how many times I see these photos, there's just no inuring oneself to the terrible suffering of Hiroshima.
It's always worth connecting our work back to this reality—we carry the risks of this (+ much worse) every day
And dismissing that means embracing a festering analytical blindspot
It's always worth connecting our work back to this reality—we carry the risks of this (+ much worse) every day
And dismissing that means embracing a festering analytical blindspot
Acton on the money here. It is deeply troubling that a spat over sanctions could escalate to "nuke threats by tweet" from Medvedev and Trump but there are likely no changes to US posture, force deployments, nor readiness. Nonetheless, this is still something we would all be better off without~
As much as I deplore nuclear signaling by tweet--can't believe I just wrote that--I would NOT necessarily assume there's a been change to the US nuclear posture. The U.S. always keeps ~4/5 SSBNs at sea ready to fire.
August 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Acton on the money here. It is deeply troubling that a spat over sanctions could escalate to "nuke threats by tweet" from Medvedev and Trump but there are likely no changes to US posture, force deployments, nor readiness. Nonetheless, this is still something we would all be better off without~
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So lovely to be among such great company with my fellow Center for Climate and Security authors. If you haven't already, read the books in this post by @busbyj2.bsky.social and all the others who are apparently too cool to have @bsky.app accounts :)
@councilonstrategicrisks.org
@councilonstrategicrisks.org
New on the CCS Bookshelf: Climate Change on the Battlefield - The Council on Strategic Risks
CCS Director Erin Sikorsky releases new book, Climate Change on the Battlefield: International Military Responses to the Climate Crisis.
councilonstrategicrisks.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So lovely to be among such great company with my fellow Center for Climate and Security authors. If you haven't already, read the books in this post by @busbyj2.bsky.social and all the others who are apparently too cool to have @bsky.app accounts :)
@councilonstrategicrisks.org
@councilonstrategicrisks.org
“If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately." James Mattis
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately." James Mattis
They fired the entire staff working on multilateral nuclear weapons issues connected to the NPT. Utterly disheartening and terribly dangerous.
700 diplomats at State are set to be laid off. This amounts to 60% of all foreign service officer currently based in DC. 60%!
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
They fired the entire staff working on multilateral nuclear weapons issues connected to the NPT. Utterly disheartening and terribly dangerous.
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Don't forget that foundational investments in the #NNSA's nonproliferation capabilities mean we have off-the-shelf tools for out-of-the-ordinary situations. With at least 400 kgs of enriched uranium in the wind, what would a regime collapse mean for global security? 1/5
June 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Don't forget that foundational investments in the #NNSA's nonproliferation capabilities mean we have off-the-shelf tools for out-of-the-ordinary situations. With at least 400 kgs of enriched uranium in the wind, what would a regime collapse mean for global security? 1/5
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You should follow my colleague @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social, who specializes in Iran and works with Farsi language sources.
Allegedly strikes in Natanz, Khondab, and Khoramabad — sites affiliated with Iran’s nuclear and missile programs
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You should follow my colleague @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social, who specializes in Iran and works with Farsi language sources.
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The JCPOA was very good, actually.
June 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The JCPOA was very good, actually.
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Just going to point out that in just the last month we’ve seen the most intense, multi-modal warfare between two nuclear-armed states ever (India & Pakistan) and now possibly the largest-ever attack on nuclear-capable assets in a nuclear state (UA vs Ru, today).
The times they are a-changin’.
The times they are a-changin’.
June 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just going to point out that in just the last month we’ve seen the most intense, multi-modal warfare between two nuclear-armed states ever (India & Pakistan) and now possibly the largest-ever attack on nuclear-capable assets in a nuclear state (UA vs Ru, today).
The times they are a-changin’.
The times they are a-changin’.
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Lab director: Hey so, you guys haven't been doing anything to piss off the gods, right?
Me: no
LD: nothing Forbidden.
Me: no!
LD: because I don't know how often you read the news lately,
Me: *nervous* haha yeah the Chicago Pope
LD: No? I mean the-
*13 solid gold pebbles fall out of my pocket*
Me: no
LD: nothing Forbidden.
Me: no!
LD: because I don't know how often you read the news lately,
Me: *nervous* haha yeah the Chicago Pope
LD: No? I mean the-
*13 solid gold pebbles fall out of my pocket*
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider
In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
phys.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Lab director: Hey so, you guys haven't been doing anything to piss off the gods, right?
Me: no
LD: nothing Forbidden.
Me: no!
LD: because I don't know how often you read the news lately,
Me: *nervous* haha yeah the Chicago Pope
LD: No? I mean the-
*13 solid gold pebbles fall out of my pocket*
Me: no
LD: nothing Forbidden.
Me: no!
LD: because I don't know how often you read the news lately,
Me: *nervous* haha yeah the Chicago Pope
LD: No? I mean the-
*13 solid gold pebbles fall out of my pocket*
They are taking our lunch money
#Trump envoy #Witkoff relied upon #Kremlin translator during meeting w #Putin on April 25
Witkoff on his own as Putin accompanied by top foreign policy and financial advisors, Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev
"If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn't know what they are saying"
#Ukraine
Witkoff on his own as Putin accompanied by top foreign policy and financial advisors, Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev
"If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn't know what they are saying"
#Ukraine
#UkraineWar, Day 1,172: #Putin Rejects 30-Day Ceasefire, Attacks #Kyiv with Drones
#Ukraine #Russia
eaworldview.com/2025/05/ukra...
#Ukraine #Russia
eaworldview.com/2025/05/ukra...
May 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
They are taking our lunch money
If you are, like me, trying to follow whats happening between India and Pakistan, please look to @nktpnd.bsky.social and his expert analysis in this moment.
Short thread (hopefully in plain English) on the nuclear deterrence dynamics in the India-Pakistan relationship and where this goes if escalation continues. <1>
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you are, like me, trying to follow whats happening between India and Pakistan, please look to @nktpnd.bsky.social and his expert analysis in this moment.
With the events occurring in South Asia, this is a full court press moment for the international community. Anyone with levers anywhere should be putting all they got into pulling back from the brink.
May 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
With the events occurring in South Asia, this is a full court press moment for the international community. Anyone with levers anywhere should be putting all they got into pulling back from the brink.
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I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
Context here is key, the "space" that both states have to operate with is razor-thin—and narrowing.
A thought on nuclear escalation as "signaling"
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
May 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Context here is key, the "space" that both states have to operate with is razor-thin—and narrowing.
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A thought on nuclear escalation as "signaling"
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
May 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A thought on nuclear escalation as "signaling"
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
The idea comes up a lot: that Pakistan, say, will reach for a tactical nuclear weapon to demonstrate resolve / draw the final red line.
Look at this map. There's almost nowhere you could slip a 20kt blast without obliterating multiple towns.
So...
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"This historically bipartisan national security bulwark has quietly prevented nuclear, chemical, and biological weapon risks for three decades. Despite its hefty mission, this program costs the average American only around one dollar annually."
➡️ Jess Rogers on why cutting #CTR is reckless:
➡️ Jess Rogers on why cutting #CTR is reckless:
America Will Regret DOGE’s Cuts to Our Nuclear Security
One potential target of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should alarm Americans across the political spectrum: the CTR Program. Its comprehensive nuclear strategies have guided t...
nationalinterest.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"This historically bipartisan national security bulwark has quietly prevented nuclear, chemical, and biological weapon risks for three decades. Despite its hefty mission, this program costs the average American only around one dollar annually."
➡️ Jess Rogers on why cutting #CTR is reckless:
➡️ Jess Rogers on why cutting #CTR is reckless:
As an American, I send my heartfelt thanks to the President and people of Lithuania who dignified and honored our fallen. May we ourselves do better.
"I understand many of you aren’t familiar with dignified transfers and why what Trump has done here is so disgusting and unbecoming and insulting to the memories of these soldiers... so, I'll explain."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
Trump Picks Golf Over Dead American Soldiers
Because of course he did.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As an American, I send my heartfelt thanks to the President and people of Lithuania who dignified and honored our fallen. May we ourselves do better.
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"I understand many of you aren’t familiar with dignified transfers and why what Trump has done here is so disgusting and unbecoming and insulting to the memories of these soldiers... so, I'll explain."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
Trump Picks Golf Over Dead American Soldiers
Because of course he did.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"I understand many of you aren’t familiar with dignified transfers and why what Trump has done here is so disgusting and unbecoming and insulting to the memories of these soldiers... so, I'll explain."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
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📢 Applications open!
Join CSR's International Mid-Career #Biosecurity Fellowship: a month-long program for a cohort of experts across various professions to deepen understandings of biological risks—and discuss how to reduce these risks.
➡️ Learn more and apply online:
Join CSR's International Mid-Career #Biosecurity Fellowship: a month-long program for a cohort of experts across various professions to deepen understandings of biological risks—and discuss how to reduce these risks.
➡️ Learn more and apply online:
Call for Applications: International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellowship (2025) - The Council on Strategic Risks
CSR is pleased to announce this call for applications for our newest program, the International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellowship, a month-long program to commence virtually mid-May and conclude with ...
councilonstrategicrisks.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📢 Applications open!
Join CSR's International Mid-Career #Biosecurity Fellowship: a month-long program for a cohort of experts across various professions to deepen understandings of biological risks—and discuss how to reduce these risks.
➡️ Learn more and apply online:
Join CSR's International Mid-Career #Biosecurity Fellowship: a month-long program for a cohort of experts across various professions to deepen understandings of biological risks—and discuss how to reduce these risks.
➡️ Learn more and apply online:
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How to (Self-)Destroy a Hegemon in 6 Easy Steps:
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
How to (Self-)Destroy a Hegemon in 6 Easy Steps:
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
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Civilization VII launches tonight! 🤓 It's exciting bc there's a new game mechanic where civilizations collapse periodically no matter what you do and there's a whole crisis thing. Imagine living through something like that???
February 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Civilization VII launches tonight! 🤓 It's exciting bc there's a new game mechanic where civilizations collapse periodically no matter what you do and there's a whole crisis thing. Imagine living through something like that???