Max Schalz
@maxschalz.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Nuclear Verification and Disarmament Group @RWTH Aachen University | nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, physics | posts mostly in 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇱🇺
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Max Schalz
@maxschalz.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production
Reports suggest that Pakistan’s indigenous, military nuclear program faces a natural uranium shortage, limiting fissile material production. However, Pakistan has recently built three new plutonium...
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Happy to share our new article in SGS: "Assessing Pakistan's Fissile Material Production", by E Branger, C Gustavsson, S Grape (Alva Myrdal Centre), @mgoettsche.bsky.social (@prif.org ) and myself. #nukesky
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
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RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER have not slowed the Iranian program nearly as much as the JCPOA. We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing. The same people who endlessly complained about the JCPOA "sunsetting" are now happy to delay Iran's bomb by much less. 15/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER have not slowed the Iranian program nearly as much as the JCPOA. We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing. The same people who endlessly complained about the JCPOA "sunsetting" are now happy to delay Iran's bomb by much less. 15/17
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D’DP versenkt léiwer zegdausenden Euro u Steiersuen, wéi fir d’Sécherheet vun de Foussgänger an der Stad ze suergen.
Et war absolut kloer, datt de Stater Schäfferot géif géint @zug.lu virun der Cour administrative verléieren. Polfer a Goldschmidt hunn sech komplett verrannt.
Et war absolut kloer, datt de Stater Schäfferot géif géint @zug.lu virun der Cour administrative verléieren. Polfer a Goldschmidt hunn sech komplett verrannt.
Luxemburg-Stadt / Ein Sieg für die Transparenz: ZUG gewinnt Zebrastreifenstreit gegen Gemeinde Luxemburg
Ursprünglich ging es um die Sicherheit an Zebrastreifen, später auch um Transparenz. Dafür kämpft das „Zentrum fir urban Gerechtegkeet“ (ZUG) seit mehr als drei Jahren – und wurde nun noch einmal von ...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
D’DP versenkt léiwer zegdausenden Euro u Steiersuen, wéi fir d’Sécherheet vun de Foussgänger an der Stad ze suergen.
Et war absolut kloer, datt de Stater Schäfferot géif géint @zug.lu virun der Cour administrative verléieren. Polfer a Goldschmidt hunn sech komplett verrannt.
Et war absolut kloer, datt de Stater Schäfferot géif géint @zug.lu virun der Cour administrative verléieren. Polfer a Goldschmidt hunn sech komplett verrannt.
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Oh, ffs.
I continue to assess risk of nuclear weapons use by Russia, in, over, about, or on Ukraine as low, high confidence, (ceteris paribus) shirt- to mid-future.
A)
If you don’t want your nuclear capable planes to be targeted then don’t use them to invade your neighbor.
B) bombers
1/n
I continue to assess risk of nuclear weapons use by Russia, in, over, about, or on Ukraine as low, high confidence, (ceteris paribus) shirt- to mid-future.
A)
If you don’t want your nuclear capable planes to be targeted then don’t use them to invade your neighbor.
B) bombers
1/n
Kremlin and Trump aides raise nuclear war fears after Ukraine drone strike
Vladimir Putin has warned Russia will respond to Kyiv’s attacks on nuclear-capable aircraft at airfields
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, ffs.
I continue to assess risk of nuclear weapons use by Russia, in, over, about, or on Ukraine as low, high confidence, (ceteris paribus) shirt- to mid-future.
A)
If you don’t want your nuclear capable planes to be targeted then don’t use them to invade your neighbor.
B) bombers
1/n
I continue to assess risk of nuclear weapons use by Russia, in, over, about, or on Ukraine as low, high confidence, (ceteris paribus) shirt- to mid-future.
A)
If you don’t want your nuclear capable planes to be targeted then don’t use them to invade your neighbor.
B) bombers
1/n
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Workshop History of Digital History between East and West (5-6 February 2026)
📣❗ Extended deadline for abstracts: 27 June
#digitalhistory #dhist #digitalhumanities
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📣❗ Extended deadline for abstracts: 27 June
#digitalhistory #dhist #digitalhumanities
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
Call for Papers: Workshop History of Digital History between East and West
This workshop will address these blind spots by focusing attention on the question of how the local and the transnational intersected in the technology-inflected reshaping of historical research pract...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Workshop History of Digital History between East and West (5-6 February 2026)
📣❗ Extended deadline for abstracts: 27 June
#digitalhistory #dhist #digitalhumanities
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
📣❗ Extended deadline for abstracts: 27 June
#digitalhistory #dhist #digitalhumanities
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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Gott a wuel och e lëtzebuerger Geriicht. 🤷🏼♀️
De Sport spillt eng grouss Roll beim Krééiere vu Virbiller.
Wa mer eppes géint « toxesch Maskulinitéit » maache wëllen, da komm mer weise Jongen, dass gewalttäteg Behuelen net toleréiert gëtt an Täter net och nach eng eenorm Bühn kréien.
De Sport spillt eng grouss Roll beim Krééiere vu Virbiller.
Wa mer eppes géint « toxesch Maskulinitéit » maache wëllen, da komm mer weise Jongen, dass gewalttäteg Behuelen net toleréiert gëtt an Täter net och nach eng eenorm Bühn kréien.
May 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gott a wuel och e lëtzebuerger Geriicht. 🤷🏼♀️
De Sport spillt eng grouss Roll beim Krééiere vu Virbiller.
Wa mer eppes géint « toxesch Maskulinitéit » maache wëllen, da komm mer weise Jongen, dass gewalttäteg Behuelen net toleréiert gëtt an Täter net och nach eng eenorm Bühn kréien.
De Sport spillt eng grouss Roll beim Krééiere vu Virbiller.
Wa mer eppes géint « toxesch Maskulinitéit » maache wëllen, da komm mer weise Jongen, dass gewalttäteg Behuelen net toleréiert gëtt an Täter net och nach eng eenorm Bühn kréien.
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New from Bellingcat - How deepfake videos are getting mainstream coverage in the conflict between India and Pakistan
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India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream - bellingcat
A manipulated video falsely claiming to show a General in the Pakistani army stating two of its fighter jets had been shot down was picked up and spread by Indian media outlets.
www.bellingcat.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New from Bellingcat - How deepfake videos are getting mainstream coverage in the conflict between India and Pakistan
www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...
www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...
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Hey #nukesky, there's still time to apply to the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age Fellows Scheme!
The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely!
atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely!
atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open!
Are you interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of…
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December 12, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Hey #nukesky, there's still time to apply to the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age Fellows Scheme!
The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely!
atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely!
atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
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🚨 4️⃣ positions to be filled! Join us in Frankfurt/Darmstadt for exciting work in #nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament at the crossroads of #science and policy! DLs mid-December and later, vary per position. Working language English. And we move into new fancy office spaces! 🚨
November 27, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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I need some unfollow Starter Packs
November 16, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I need some unfollow Starter Packs
Happy to share our new article in SGS: "Assessing Pakistan's Fissile Material Production", by E Branger, C Gustavsson, S Grape (Alva Myrdal Centre), @mgoettsche.bsky.social (@prif.org ) and myself. #nukesky
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production
Reports suggest that Pakistan’s indigenous, military nuclear program faces a natural uranium shortage, limiting fissile material production. However, Pakistan has recently built three new plutonium...
tandfonline.com
October 23, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Happy to share our new article in SGS: "Assessing Pakistan's Fissile Material Production", by E Branger, C Gustavsson, S Grape (Alva Myrdal Centre), @mgoettsche.bsky.social (@prif.org ) and myself. #nukesky
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
Free copies: tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVGB4... (dm me if copies are used up)
Our findings👇
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My article "Nuclear archaeology to assess fissile-material inventories for nuclear safety and security, transparency, and disarmament" is finally out in The Nonproliferation Review!
Link to free copy: tandfonline.com/eprint/VAVCH...
So: What can a nuclear archaeologist achieve? 1/5
Link to free copy: tandfonline.com/eprint/VAVCH...
So: What can a nuclear archaeologist achieve? 1/5
March 28, 2024 at 7:16 AM
My article "Nuclear archaeology to assess fissile-material inventories for nuclear safety and security, transparency, and disarmament" is finally out in The Nonproliferation Review!
Link to free copy: tandfonline.com/eprint/VAVCH...
So: What can a nuclear archaeologist achieve? 1/5
Link to free copy: tandfonline.com/eprint/VAVCH...
So: What can a nuclear archaeologist achieve? 1/5
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@vespotec.bsky.social has made it here! Follow for updates on our interdisciplinary nuclear verification research for nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament!
November 23, 2023 at 2:07 PM
@vespotec.bsky.social has made it here! Follow for updates on our interdisciplinary nuclear verification research for nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament!
@iamplatypus.bsky.social Could you please add me to the NukeSky feed?
November 20, 2023 at 4:20 PM
@iamplatypus.bsky.social Could you please add me to the NukeSky feed?
👇👇👇Spannende Hybridvorlesungsreihe zu Nuklearwaffen an der UDE uA mit @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social, @drfranksauer.bsky.social, @frankkuhn.bsky.social , MdB Merle Spellerberg, Malte Göttsche, ...
October 9, 2023 at 8:52 PM
👇👇👇Spannende Hybridvorlesungsreihe zu Nuklearwaffen an der UDE uA mit @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social, @drfranksauer.bsky.social, @frankkuhn.bsky.social , MdB Merle Spellerberg, Malte Göttsche, ...
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Eine wichtige Story, eigentlich ein ganzes Story-Paket der @nytimes.com : Malaria und andere von Moskitos übertragene Krankheiten auf dem Vormarsch - auch und gerade in Städten: Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/h...
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Eine wichtige Story, eigentlich ein ganzes Story-Paket der @nytimes.com : Malaria und andere von Moskitos übertragene Krankheiten auf dem Vormarsch - auch und gerade in Städten: Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/h...
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Ween sech nach e Bild vum Paulette #Lenert maache wëllt: Si war am „Reporter Live“-Interview, deen dir lo kënnt nolauschteren. Ech hunn et ganz interessant fonnt: www.reporter.lu/podcast-spez...
Reporter Live: „Ech si keng Teppechhändlerin“ - Reporter.lu
Wéi wëll d'Paulette Lenert Premierministerin ginn an déi grouss Fuerderungen aus hirem Programm ëmsetzen? Dës Woch huet sech d’Spëtzekandidatin vun de Sozialisten am „REPORTER Live“ de Fro...
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September 29, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Ween sech nach e Bild vum Paulette #Lenert maache wëllt: Si war am „Reporter Live“-Interview, deen dir lo kënnt nolauschteren. Ech hunn et ganz interessant fonnt: www.reporter.lu/podcast-spez...