Mackenzie Knight-Boyle
@mknight.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate @ Federation of American Scientists - Nuclear Information Project
Mother to a demonic chihuahua named Pippin 🐾
Views are my own
Mother to a demonic chihuahua named Pippin 🐾
Views are my own
Even including retired warheads, we estimate that Russia has more
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Even including retired warheads, we estimate that Russia has more
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
don't worry guys there's gonna be a coffee bar at the new F-35 complex at Kleine-Brogel
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September 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
don't worry guys there's gonna be a coffee bar at the new F-35 complex at Kleine-Brogel
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The president has sole authority to order nuclear use- How did we get here? How does it work? What’s the issue? Can we solve it?
My new @scientistsorg.bsky.social report on nuclear launch authority in the U.S. - “All the King’s Weapons” - is out! Read it below 👇
fas.org/publication/...
My new @scientistsorg.bsky.social report on nuclear launch authority in the U.S. - “All the King’s Weapons” - is out! Read it below 👇
fas.org/publication/...
September 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The president has sole authority to order nuclear use- How did we get here? How does it work? What’s the issue? Can we solve it?
My new @scientistsorg.bsky.social report on nuclear launch authority in the U.S. - “All the King’s Weapons” - is out! Read it below 👇
fas.org/publication/...
My new @scientistsorg.bsky.social report on nuclear launch authority in the U.S. - “All the King’s Weapons” - is out! Read it below 👇
fas.org/publication/...
If u need me I'll be grumbling in the corner about China calling the new ALBM the JL-1
September 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If u need me I'll be grumbling in the corner about China calling the new ALBM the JL-1
My sister and I are running the Chicago Marathon this October to raise money for the American Liver Foundation, and we’re just over $1000 away from our $5k goal! Please consider donating at the following link to help us reach the finish line 🤩🏁: liverlifechallenge.org/chicago/supp...
August 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My sister and I are running the Chicago Marathon this October to raise money for the American Liver Foundation, and we’re just over $1000 away from our $5k goal! Please consider donating at the following link to help us reach the finish line 🤩🏁: liverlifechallenge.org/chicago/supp...
It’s not every job where you get to teach a roomful of aspiring OSINT practitioners how to dissect and analyze satellite imagery for nuclear weapons research. But this is a real workplace hazard at @scientistsorg.bsky.social. Inaugural OSINT Bootcamp was 💯🤩
Let's do it again every day, ok guys? 🥹
Let's do it again every day, ok guys? 🥹
July 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s not every job where you get to teach a roomful of aspiring OSINT practitioners how to dissect and analyze satellite imagery for nuclear weapons research. But this is a real workplace hazard at @scientistsorg.bsky.social. Inaugural OSINT Bootcamp was 💯🤩
Let's do it again every day, ok guys? 🥹
Let's do it again every day, ok guys? 🥹
Like I said- unfortunately timely 🫣
June 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Like I said- unfortunately timely 🫣
Married my best friend yesterday 🤍 @kjboyle.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Married my best friend yesterday 🤍 @kjboyle.bsky.social
Zero percent surprised that Mike Waltz's defense is "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but...."
March 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Zero percent surprised that Mike Waltz's defense is "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but...."
Love coming across Scoville and @scientistsorg.bsky.social history in the wild 🤩
From nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/eb... posting on Jimmy Carter's nuclear targeting directive
From nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/eb... posting on Jimmy Carter's nuclear targeting directive
February 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Love coming across Scoville and @scientistsorg.bsky.social history in the wild 🤩
From nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/eb... posting on Jimmy Carter's nuclear targeting directive
From nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/eb... posting on Jimmy Carter's nuclear targeting directive
No there aren't, @sengillibrand.bsky.social. Are you comfortable placing all of your faith in the idea that a subordinate military service member might risk treason by refusing to follow an "illegal" nuclear order (after presumably having the time and legal training to know it's illegal)?
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
No there aren't, @sengillibrand.bsky.social. Are you comfortable placing all of your faith in the idea that a subordinate military service member might risk treason by refusing to follow an "illegal" nuclear order (after presumably having the time and legal training to know it's illegal)?
Congressional Republicans' fear of Donald Trump is so starkly apparent in this piece
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Congressional Republicans' fear of Donald Trump is so starkly apparent in this piece
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
Mike you might be surprised to hear this but I am very uncomfortable with BOTH Joe Biden and Donald Trump having sole authority over the US nuclear arsenal.
Sole authority is a threat no matter who the president is.
Sole authority is a threat no matter who the president is.
December 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Mike you might be surprised to hear this but I am very uncomfortable with BOTH Joe Biden and Donald Trump having sole authority over the US nuclear arsenal.
Sole authority is a threat no matter who the president is.
Sole authority is a threat no matter who the president is.
P.S. DOD- would love to know what is included in “other” and “silo” here if you feel like clarifying <3
December 18, 2024 at 8:11 PM
P.S. DOD- would love to know what is included in “other” and “silo” here if you feel like clarifying <3
The chart they include makes me think by process of elimination that CSS-10 Mod 3 = DF-31AG
Interesting suggestion of silo version in that case
Interesting suggestion of silo version in that case
December 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
The chart they include makes me think by process of elimination that CSS-10 Mod 3 = DF-31AG
Interesting suggestion of silo version in that case
Interesting suggestion of silo version in that case
Curious if folks think “CSS-10 Mod 3” is just referring to the silo-based version of the DF-31A or if it’s referring to the DF-31AG (and if the latter, indicates dev. of a silo version of the AG?)??
media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/18/...
media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/18/...
December 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Curious if folks think “CSS-10 Mod 3” is just referring to the silo-based version of the DF-31A or if it’s referring to the DF-31AG (and if the latter, indicates dev. of a silo version of the AG?)??
media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/18/...
media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/18/...
If you’re in DC, you HAVE to go to KooKoo on 14th st in Columbia Heights. I’ve been 4 times now, and every single time it’s some of the best food I’ve ever had in my life. Chef/owner Yahya - whose Persian dishes are authentic, generations-old family recipes - needs more love!!
November 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
If you’re in DC, you HAVE to go to KooKoo on 14th st in Columbia Heights. I’ve been 4 times now, and every single time it’s some of the best food I’ve ever had in my life. Chef/owner Yahya - whose Persian dishes are authentic, generations-old family recipes - needs more love!!
Fully expecting the next headline to be something like “President-elect Trump selects the reincarnation of Curtis LeMay as Supreme Ruler of US Nuclear Forces”
November 16, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Fully expecting the next headline to be something like “President-elect Trump selects the reincarnation of Curtis LeMay as Supreme Ruler of US Nuclear Forces”