Chase
@chalexthegreat.bsky.social
Nuclear weapons policy wonk. Opinions my own.
RTs≠endorsements. he/him/his
RTs≠endorsements. he/him/his
iOS 26 is truly so terrible that my next phone may be a Samsung.
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
iOS 26 is truly so terrible that my next phone may be a Samsung.
I saw House of Dynamite yesterday. It’s good. I think people should absolutely see it, but I don’t think it’ll have a lasting impact.
What made movies like Threads, the Day After, etc so powerful were because they showed nuclear war. Modern nuke movies don’t, and they should.
What made movies like Threads, the Day After, etc so powerful were because they showed nuclear war. Modern nuke movies don’t, and they should.
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I saw House of Dynamite yesterday. It’s good. I think people should absolutely see it, but I don’t think it’ll have a lasting impact.
What made movies like Threads, the Day After, etc so powerful were because they showed nuclear war. Modern nuke movies don’t, and they should.
What made movies like Threads, the Day After, etc so powerful were because they showed nuclear war. Modern nuke movies don’t, and they should.
The NYTimes article about the 2019 JSOC mission to the DPRK had many interesting nuggets of info. The tidbit about a 2005 mission is the most interesting; eg how did the intel from that mission impact the six party talks?
September 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The NYTimes article about the 2019 JSOC mission to the DPRK had many interesting nuggets of info. The tidbit about a 2005 mission is the most interesting; eg how did the intel from that mission impact the six party talks?
Putting the seatbelts on without looking is pretty slick, though I suspect that was a pre-filmed sequence that was spliced into the live feed.
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Putting the seatbelts on without looking is pretty slick, though I suspect that was a pre-filmed sequence that was spliced into the live feed.
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Normal people: Yay Tuesday evening let’s relax.
OSINT people: Oh look, honey, that’s the premier of China in a limousine starting their big military parade!
(Spousal eye roll)
OSINT people: Oh look, honey, that’s the premier of China in a limousine starting their big military parade!
(Spousal eye roll)
September 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Normal people: Yay Tuesday evening let’s relax.
OSINT people: Oh look, honey, that’s the premier of China in a limousine starting their big military parade!
(Spousal eye roll)
OSINT people: Oh look, honey, that’s the premier of China in a limousine starting their big military parade!
(Spousal eye roll)
I think Kim’s wearing lifts. He looks taller than Putin today (they’re allegedly the same height).
September 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think Kim’s wearing lifts. He looks taller than Putin today (they’re allegedly the same height).
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There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
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The president does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
Where is Congress?
Where is Congress?
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The president does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
Where is Congress?
Where is Congress?
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Remember Decker's golden rule: when crisis starts, instead of immediately posting stream of consciousness, stand up, pour yourself a strong drink, and do something else. The takes can wait an hour or two.
June 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Remember Decker's golden rule: when crisis starts, instead of immediately posting stream of consciousness, stand up, pour yourself a strong drink, and do something else. The takes can wait an hour or two.
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Unfortunately if the current Iranian leadership survives we may face the worst of all worlds—an angry Iran exiting NPT and more determined than ever to weaponize its nuclear program.
What a tragedy. Trump set this disaster in motion in 2018 when he pulled out of the JCPOA while Iran was honoring its provisions. Now I expect it will pull out of the IAEA entirely and rush to build a bomb.
June 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Unfortunately if the current Iranian leadership survives we may face the worst of all worlds—an angry Iran exiting NPT and more determined than ever to weaponize its nuclear program.
A disembodied chorus of “BROOOOO” just rose up through the floorboards of my office. Oh the joys of working above a technology start-up.
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A disembodied chorus of “BROOOOO” just rose up through the floorboards of my office. Oh the joys of working above a technology start-up.
To clarify my prior comments, I want to keep San Francisco’s current rat tonnage, perhaps even lower it, but have that mass consolidated into fewer, but chonkier rats.
March 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
To clarify my prior comments, I want to keep San Francisco’s current rat tonnage, perhaps even lower it, but have that mass consolidated into fewer, but chonkier rats.
Turns out this was San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie.
Someone with a security detail is skulking around the alley behind my building. No cameras though, so at least it doesn’t seem to be a poverty porn photoshoot.
March 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Turns out this was San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie.
When you’re ordering the death of people, no matter who they are, using emojis seems unprofessional.
March 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When you’re ordering the death of people, no matter who they are, using emojis seems unprofessional.
I am perpetually disappointed by San Francisco’s rats. I’ve seen field mice that’re bigger.
March 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I am perpetually disappointed by San Francisco’s rats. I’ve seen field mice that’re bigger.
Always a good day when you get to write “the social construction of nuclear coercion (that is, the dual phenomena of deterrence and compellence) as praxis.”
February 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Always a good day when you get to write “the social construction of nuclear coercion (that is, the dual phenomena of deterrence and compellence) as praxis.”
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Sneak preview of Musk's plan for air travel and nuclear security www.vice.com/en/article/a...
Airplane Mode
In a world perpetually on the brink of nuclear destruction, there can only be so many false alarms—right?
www.vice.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Sneak preview of Musk's plan for air travel and nuclear security www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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I am fairly pleased with this table that I cobbled together for a guest lecture next week on the different narratives about the use of the atomic bomb in World War II, and creating an example of ways in which they can be compared to each other in an overarching way.
January 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am fairly pleased with this table that I cobbled together for a guest lecture next week on the different narratives about the use of the atomic bomb in World War II, and creating an example of ways in which they can be compared to each other in an overarching way.
I have, once again, patted the bomb.
January 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I have, once again, patted the bomb.
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Currently at the new IKEA bar. I’m a little bit disappointed that they don’t hand you a glass and a bunch of little bottles and make you assemble the cocktail yourself.
April 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Currently at the new IKEA bar. I’m a little bit disappointed that they don’t hand you a glass and a bunch of little bottles and make you assemble the cocktail yourself.
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one classic "interview trick" for doing oral histories with physicists and weapons scientists is to say something technically incorrect in front of them. they can't resist. it's impossible. the threat of prison time cannot constrain their inherent need to correct you. I get it. I get it.
January 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
one classic "interview trick" for doing oral histories with physicists and weapons scientists is to say something technically incorrect in front of them. they can't resist. it's impossible. the threat of prison time cannot constrain their inherent need to correct you. I get it. I get it.
Someone with a security detail is skulking around the alley behind my building. No cameras though, so at least it doesn’t seem to be a poverty porn photoshoot.
December 2, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Someone with a security detail is skulking around the alley behind my building. No cameras though, so at least it doesn’t seem to be a poverty porn photoshoot.
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#Nukesky if you’re a PhD student, postdoc, or junior faculty, apply to be a Stanton Fellow with the @carnegieendow.bsky.social’s Nuclear Policy Program.
Applications are due on Dec 20.
Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279
Applications are due on Dec 20.
Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship - Washington, DC
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a unique global network of policy research centers is accepting applications for the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow...
carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
#Nukesky if you’re a PhD student, postdoc, or junior faculty, apply to be a Stanton Fellow with the @carnegieendow.bsky.social’s Nuclear Policy Program.
Applications are due on Dec 20.
Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279
Applications are due on Dec 20.
Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279