Jessica Sleight
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(she/her) Nukes and nonsense. Views my own.
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The president has ordered the “Department of War” to immediately resume nuclear testing. Here’s a thread on what you need to know (1/n)
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The president has ordered the “Department of War” to immediately resume nuclear testing. Here’s a thread on what you need to know (1/n)
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October 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If we could just let him think/say this, think we might be better off
1/n - Trump says something about nuclear weapons tests...It’s hard to know what he means. As usual, he’s unclear, all over the map, and wrong.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If we could just let him think/say this, think we might be better off
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The president certainly just wants 1 to 1 flight testing, which is not the same thing as nuclear explosions (and flight testing DOES live within the DoW).
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The president certainly just wants 1 to 1 flight testing, which is not the same thing as nuclear explosions (and flight testing DOES live within the DoW).
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80 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 60+ cultural leaders are using their voices and their craft to expose the true risks of nuclear weapons and help audiences imagine a world without them. nti.org/no-more-hiroshimas #CultureAgainstNukes
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
80 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 60+ cultural leaders are using their voices and their craft to expose the true risks of nuclear weapons and help audiences imagine a world without them. nti.org/no-more-hiroshimas #CultureAgainstNukes
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Journalists: Please join us at the @outrider.org Nuclear Reporting Summit on October 9-10!
This free, two-day event will focus on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange, local economies, and the #environment.
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This free, two-day event will focus on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange, local economies, and the #environment.
🔗 APPLY NOW: outrider.org/conference/2...
2025 Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit
This fall, in a former nuclear missile silo, we'll convene journalists at the nexus of health, climate, artificial intelligence, outer space, and national security to discuss how these issues are inte...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Journalists: Please join us at the @outrider.org Nuclear Reporting Summit on October 9-10!
This free, two-day event will focus on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange, local economies, and the #environment.
🔗 APPLY NOW: outrider.org/conference/2...
This free, two-day event will focus on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange, local economies, and the #environment.
🔗 APPLY NOW: outrider.org/conference/2...
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🚨Major victory in Nevada🚨
The state legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed AJR13 urging the federal government to maintain the 30-year moratorium on explosive nuclear weapons testing.
When an entire state legislature speaks with one voice, it sends a clear message to Washington. #NoNukeTests #NVLeg
The state legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed AJR13 urging the federal government to maintain the 30-year moratorium on explosive nuclear weapons testing.
When an entire state legislature speaks with one voice, it sends a clear message to Washington. #NoNukeTests #NVLeg
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨Major victory in Nevada🚨
The state legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed AJR13 urging the federal government to maintain the 30-year moratorium on explosive nuclear weapons testing.
When an entire state legislature speaks with one voice, it sends a clear message to Washington. #NoNukeTests #NVLeg
The state legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed AJR13 urging the federal government to maintain the 30-year moratorium on explosive nuclear weapons testing.
When an entire state legislature speaks with one voice, it sends a clear message to Washington. #NoNukeTests #NVLeg
As a Sag, this feels about right.
Yes, there really is a black hole on the loose in Sagittarius
Astronomers now agree: They’ve spotted the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever seen.
www.sciencenews.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As a Sag, this feels about right.
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What a statistic: “Today, 85% of all Navajo people live in uranium-contaminated homes, according to an investigation from the Pulitzer Center.” www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Trucks with uranium cross Navajo Nation, reviving long-standing fears
Although the Navajo Nation has reached an agreement with Energy Fuels Inc. on uranium transportation through tribal land, many tribal members remain concerned it won’t protect them from the harms of u...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What a statistic: “Today, 85% of all Navajo people live in uranium-contaminated homes, according to an investigation from the Pulitzer Center.” www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
"Don’t just talk about immigration policy at your next art gallery opening, fund local clinics along border towns. Don’t just post abortion outrage; volunteer to drive teenagers 15 hours across state lines..."
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I’m a pediatrician in Texas. Things are dire and we need your support – not your condescension | Seema Jilani
Nothing I have done is more impactful than a day’s work in this battleground in the south, the graveyard of politicians’ abandoned promises
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February 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Don’t just talk about immigration policy at your next art gallery opening, fund local clinics along border towns. Don’t just post abortion outrage; volunteer to drive teenagers 15 hours across state lines..."
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