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Building a future beyond nuclear fear. We aim to reduce and eventually eliminate #nuclearweapons & promote stability where they exist.
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Netflix and Not-So-Chill: Preparing to Watch 'A House of Dynamite' - Ploughshares
Read guides, breakdowns, and reviews by Ploughshares grantees about Kathryn Bigelow's new film, A House of Dynamite.
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Feeling spoiled for choice by the wealth of commentary about #AHouseOfDynamite? We've compiled resources from Ploughshares grantees and partners on our Story Center, updated daily as the film's rollout continues ⬇️ 🎬 🍿
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
“...when we abandon diplomacy, we signal that both restraint and transparency are optional.”
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Donald Trump is pushing to resume testing nuclear weapons, leading Vladimir Putin to do the same. The legacy of nuclear tests is devastating.
www.rollingstone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“...when we abandon diplomacy, we signal that both restraint and transparency are optional.”
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city to experience the horrors of nuclear war—tens of thousands of lives lost in an instant, and countless more forever changed. Never again.
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city to experience the horrors of nuclear war—tens of thousands of lives lost in an instant, and countless more forever changed. Never again.
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
“The very notion of resuming nuclear testing ... is a disrespectful slap in the face to those who in the past have suffered from radiation poisoning from nuclear testing fallouts...”
📰 New from @kjzzphoenix.bsky.social feat. Daryl Kimball of @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
📰 New from @kjzzphoenix.bsky.social feat. Daryl Kimball of @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
Trump's order to resume nuclear testing is ‘a slap in the face’ for radiation victims
The Pentagon pointed KJZZ to Truth Social — adding nothing more at this time — when asked for more information about Trump’s post he made while overseas moments before meeting with Chinese President X...
kjzz.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“The very notion of resuming nuclear testing ... is a disrespectful slap in the face to those who in the past have suffered from radiation poisoning from nuclear testing fallouts...”
📰 New from @kjzzphoenix.bsky.social feat. Daryl Kimball of @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
📰 New from @kjzzphoenix.bsky.social feat. Daryl Kimball of @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
"As the nuclear arms race continues to heat up, the risks are beyond dangerous—they’re existential."
On our Story Center, Roger L. Hale Fellow Scott Strgacich talks nuclear testing retrospectives & the concerns about Trump's (ever-evolving) nuclear testing demands ⬇️
https://loom.ly/jQVLHEU
On our Story Center, Roger L. Hale Fellow Scott Strgacich talks nuclear testing retrospectives & the concerns about Trump's (ever-evolving) nuclear testing demands ⬇️
https://loom.ly/jQVLHEU
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Threat: What Does it Mean? - Ploughshares
Last week, on October 29, President Donald Trump announced via a late night post on his social media site Truth Social that the U.S. would “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis with other nations.”
ploughshares.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"As the nuclear arms race continues to heat up, the risks are beyond dangerous—they’re existential."
On our Story Center, Roger L. Hale Fellow Scott Strgacich talks nuclear testing retrospectives & the concerns about Trump's (ever-evolving) nuclear testing demands ⬇️
https://loom.ly/jQVLHEU
On our Story Center, Roger L. Hale Fellow Scott Strgacich talks nuclear testing retrospectives & the concerns about Trump's (ever-evolving) nuclear testing demands ⬇️
https://loom.ly/jQVLHEU
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Rebecka Green of @ploughshares.bsky.social watched over 20 films about nuclear weapons in one month, which taught her "several valuable lessons. For example, firing up Threads at 10:00 AM on a Tuesday morning can remind a person about the importance of a well-rounded, but not too heavy, breakfast."
Box office bombs: What I learned watching 20 nuclear films in a month
The quandaries posed by the nuclear film pantheon are the same ones experts in the nuclear threat reduction community face daily.
thebulletin.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Rebecka Green of @ploughshares.bsky.social watched over 20 films about nuclear weapons in one month, which taught her "several valuable lessons. For example, firing up Threads at 10:00 AM on a Tuesday morning can remind a person about the importance of a well-rounded, but not too heavy, breakfast."
💭 Did you finish watching A House of Dynamite and think: Well, what on earth can I *do*?
Worry not—@ucs.org has an action resource for you. Contact your members of Congress using their accessible & customizable form ⬇️
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Worry not—@ucs.org has an action resource for you. Contact your members of Congress using their accessible & customizable form ⬇️
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We Don't Need to Live in a House Made of Dynamite: Take Action Today
Take action to stop dangerous and unnecessary plans to produce plutonium bomb cores for new nuclear weapons. Write Congress today.
secure.ucs.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
💭 Did you finish watching A House of Dynamite and think: Well, what on earth can I *do*?
Worry not—@ucs.org has an action resource for you. Contact your members of Congress using their accessible & customizable form ⬇️
secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
Worry not—@ucs.org has an action resource for you. Contact your members of Congress using their accessible & customizable form ⬇️
secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
🚨 “While the details of this policy shift are unclear … it threatens to upend relations between nuclear-armed states and push the world deeper into a new arms race" — Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social in @newsweek.com
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump's nuclear announcement sparks alarm: 'He is misinformed'
The resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the United States will undermine national security, arms control advocates told Newsweek.
www.newsweek.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🚨 “While the details of this policy shift are unclear … it threatens to upend relations between nuclear-armed states and push the world deeper into a new arms race" — Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social in @newsweek.com
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Earlier this year, Nevada passed a (bipartisan!) resolution, AJR 13, opposing the resumption of nuclear testing. Nuclear testing comes with potential harms to people and the environment and NV doesn't want it. Here's what I told the state legislature about why any return to testing is a bad idea:
Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing
Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.
blog.ucs.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Earlier this year, Nevada passed a (bipartisan!) resolution, AJR 13, opposing the resumption of nuclear testing. Nuclear testing comes with potential harms to people and the environment and NV doesn't want it. Here's what I told the state legislature about why any return to testing is a bad idea:
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"Because of other countries testing programs" President Trump ordered the Pentagon "to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis". Normally, testing nuclear weapons refers to explosive testing of a nuclear weapon, something the US has not done at full scale since 1992.
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Because of other countries testing programs" President Trump ordered the Pentagon "to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis". Normally, testing nuclear weapons refers to explosive testing of a nuclear weapon, something the US has not done at full scale since 1992.
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he has “instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis” is reckless, needless, and dangerous for both national and world security.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he has “instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis” is reckless, needless, and dangerous for both national and world security.
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Global nuclear warhead inventories, 2025
Russia🇷🇺 4309
United States🇺🇸 3700
China🇨🇳 600
France🇫🇷 290
United Kingdom🇬🇧 225
India🇮🇳 180
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 50
Russia🇷🇺 4309
United States🇺🇸 3700
China🇨🇳 600
France🇫🇷 290
United Kingdom🇬🇧 225
India🇮🇳 180
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 50
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Global nuclear warhead inventories, 2025
Russia🇷🇺 4309
United States🇺🇸 3700
China🇨🇳 600
France🇫🇷 290
United Kingdom🇬🇧 225
India🇮🇳 180
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 50
Russia🇷🇺 4309
United States🇺🇸 3700
China🇨🇳 600
France🇫🇷 290
United Kingdom🇬🇧 225
India🇮🇳 180
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 50
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1. The U.S. does not have the most nuclear weapons (Russia does).
2. Truly don’t even know what he could mean by the second sentence. That did not happen.
3. China will not be even with us in 5 years.
4. No other country is conducting nuclear weapons testing. “On an equal basis” = not at all
2. Truly don’t even know what he could mean by the second sentence. That did not happen.
3. China will not be even with us in 5 years.
4. No other country is conducting nuclear weapons testing. “On an equal basis” = not at all
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1. The U.S. does not have the most nuclear weapons (Russia does).
2. Truly don’t even know what he could mean by the second sentence. That did not happen.
3. China will not be even with us in 5 years.
4. No other country is conducting nuclear weapons testing. “On an equal basis” = not at all
2. Truly don’t even know what he could mean by the second sentence. That did not happen.
3. China will not be even with us in 5 years.
4. No other country is conducting nuclear weapons testing. “On an equal basis” = not at all
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I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
The threat of nuclear war never went away.
📰 For the @latimes.com, @atomicbell.bsky.social & Gov. Jerry Brown of @thebulletin.org discuss the "cold, hard truth" of A House of Dynamite and the paramount importance of diplomacy and ongoing public discourse ⬇️
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
📰 For the @latimes.com, @atomicbell.bsky.social & Gov. Jerry Brown of @thebulletin.org discuss the "cold, hard truth" of A House of Dynamite and the paramount importance of diplomacy and ongoing public discourse ⬇️
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The threat of nuclear war never went away
A new thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow raises key questions about presidential authority, global security and nuclear deterrence as we sit on the brink of another world war.
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The threat of nuclear war never went away.
📰 For the @latimes.com, @atomicbell.bsky.social & Gov. Jerry Brown of @thebulletin.org discuss the "cold, hard truth" of A House of Dynamite and the paramount importance of diplomacy and ongoing public discourse ⬇️
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
📰 For the @latimes.com, @atomicbell.bsky.social & Gov. Jerry Brown of @thebulletin.org discuss the "cold, hard truth" of A House of Dynamite and the paramount importance of diplomacy and ongoing public discourse ⬇️
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
With❗100 days❗until the New START Treaty is set to expire, the nuclear threat reduction field is taking stock of the harms—past, present, & future—posed by the world’s nuclear arsenal.
Take action & contact your reps with help from @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
www.armscontrol.org/2025-10/take...
Take action & contact your reps with help from @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
www.armscontrol.org/2025-10/take...
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
With❗100 days❗until the New START Treaty is set to expire, the nuclear threat reduction field is taking stock of the harms—past, present, & future—posed by the world’s nuclear arsenal.
Take action & contact your reps with help from @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
www.armscontrol.org/2025-10/take...
Take action & contact your reps with help from @armscontrolnow.bsky.social ⬇️
www.armscontrol.org/2025-10/take...
Today marks 100 days until the New START treaty is set to expire.
Tonight, @winwithoutwar.bsky.social hosts a webinar connecting the ongoing harms of nuclear production. Feat. Mary Dickson, Allen Hester (@fcnl.bsky.social) and Maylene Hughes (@psr.org). Register ⬇️
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tonight, @winwithoutwar.bsky.social hosts a webinar connecting the ongoing harms of nuclear production. Feat. Mary Dickson, Allen Hester (@fcnl.bsky.social) and Maylene Hughes (@psr.org). Register ⬇️
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 100 Days: Preventing a Nuclear Arms Race After New START. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The last remaining arms control treaty restraining the world's largest nuclear arsenals is set to expire in February - just 100 days away. Join us for a conversation connecting the past harms of nucle...
us02web.zoom.us
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today marks 100 days until the New START treaty is set to expire.
Tonight, @winwithoutwar.bsky.social hosts a webinar connecting the ongoing harms of nuclear production. Feat. Mary Dickson, Allen Hester (@fcnl.bsky.social) and Maylene Hughes (@psr.org). Register ⬇️
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tonight, @winwithoutwar.bsky.social hosts a webinar connecting the ongoing harms of nuclear production. Feat. Mary Dickson, Allen Hester (@fcnl.bsky.social) and Maylene Hughes (@psr.org). Register ⬇️
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire in February.
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire in February.
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
Feeling spoiled for choice by the wealth of commentary about #AHouseOfDynamite? We've compiled resources from Ploughshares grantees and partners on our Story Center, updated daily as the film's rollout continues ⬇️ 🎬 🍿
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
Netflix and Not-So-Chill: Preparing to Watch 'A House of Dynamite' - Ploughshares
Read guides, breakdowns, and reviews by Ploughshares grantees about Kathryn Bigelow's new film, A House of Dynamite.
ploughshares.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Feeling spoiled for choice by the wealth of commentary about #AHouseOfDynamite? We've compiled resources from Ploughshares grantees and partners on our Story Center, updated daily as the film's rollout continues ⬇️ 🎬 🍿
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
ploughshares.org/article/prep...
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Two months ago, @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and @dexeve.bsky.social assessed that Russia was set to test this weapon - they just did www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia tests nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile, military says
The experimental weapon is hailed as having a potentially unlimited range - though Western experts have questioned its value.
www.bbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Two months ago, @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and @dexeve.bsky.social assessed that Russia was set to test this weapon - they just did www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I'm honored to be in such good company. My ow analysis takes it a step or two further. thebulletin.org/2025/10/what...
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm honored to be in such good company. My ow analysis takes it a step or two further. thebulletin.org/2025/10/what...
🧵THREAD: Reactions, reviews, and analyses of #AHouseOfDynamite, out today on Netflix, from Ploughshares grantees across the nuclear threat reduction field ⬇️
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🧵THREAD: Reactions, reviews, and analyses of #AHouseOfDynamite, out today on Netflix, from Ploughshares grantees across the nuclear threat reduction field ⬇️
"Science alone can’t do everything; it’s strongest in concert with other disciplines."
📰 Morning read: an interview with @macfound.org grant recipient, Sébastien Philippe in @thebulletin.org, on what comes next & multidisciplinary collaboration.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/seba...
📰 Morning read: an interview with @macfound.org grant recipient, Sébastien Philippe in @thebulletin.org, on what comes next & multidisciplinary collaboration.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/seba...
Sébastien Philippe on winning the MacArthur 'genius' grant, nuclear war and academic freedom
Nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, one of the 22 recipients of this year's prestigious MacArthur fellowship, explains the importance of bridging science, engineering, policy analysis, and...
thebulletin.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Science alone can’t do everything; it’s strongest in concert with other disciplines."
📰 Morning read: an interview with @macfound.org grant recipient, Sébastien Philippe in @thebulletin.org, on what comes next & multidisciplinary collaboration.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/seba...
📰 Morning read: an interview with @macfound.org grant recipient, Sébastien Philippe in @thebulletin.org, on what comes next & multidisciplinary collaboration.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/seba...
Stellar commentary in @forbes.com by William Hartung of @quincyinst.bsky.social on A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow's newest film, hitting a Netflix near you (pending your account sharing situation) this Friday 🎬 🏠 🧨
www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
‘House of Dynamite’ Shows That Missile Defense Is a Dangerous Fantasy
The new film "House of Dynamite" demonstrates that a leak proof missile shield like the proposed Golden Dome is a dangerous fantasy.
www.forbes.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Stellar commentary in @forbes.com by William Hartung of @quincyinst.bsky.social on A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow's newest film, hitting a Netflix near you (pending your account sharing situation) this Friday 🎬 🏠 🧨
www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
A huge congratulations to Ploughshares grantee @inkstickmedia.com & the Things That Go Boom podcast, which was awarded eight @signalawards.bsky.social yesterday 🥳
www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...
www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...
Signal Award Winner - Signal Awards
The Signal Awards seeks to honor and celebrate the people and content that raise the bar for podcasting.Luminaries and leaders within the industry will judge Shows, Limited Series & Specials, Individu...
www.signalaward.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A huge congratulations to Ploughshares grantee @inkstickmedia.com & the Things That Go Boom podcast, which was awarded eight @signalawards.bsky.social yesterday 🥳
www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...
www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...
“The world we inherit is the world we choose to build."
Powerful concluding words from Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social at Chain Reaction in San Francisco. An event all about mobilization, responsibility, and hope. Thanks to all who attended & who support from afar 👏
Powerful concluding words from Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social at Chain Reaction in San Francisco. An event all about mobilization, responsibility, and hope. Thanks to all who attended & who support from afar 👏
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“The world we inherit is the world we choose to build."
Powerful concluding words from Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social at Chain Reaction in San Francisco. An event all about mobilization, responsibility, and hope. Thanks to all who attended & who support from afar 👏
Powerful concluding words from Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social at Chain Reaction in San Francisco. An event all about mobilization, responsibility, and hope. Thanks to all who attended & who support from afar 👏