Connor Murray

The @thebulletin.org experts were clear: the Doomsday Clock is a call to action. We all have a role to play here. Talk to your friends, colleagues and whoever will listen. The time for action is now.

It is 85 seconds to midnight.

Grateful to @repgaramendi.bsky.social, @beyer.house.gov, @repvalhoyle.bsky.social, @repmcgovern.bsky.social, @repmarktakano.bsky.social, @titus.house.gov for speaking out on the dangers of New START expiration!

Thank you to @repbillfoster.bsky.social for organizing House floor speeches on the dangers of nuclear weapons and the need for arms control! Great to see so many @livableworld.bsky.social champions speaking out on these issues!

How the U.S. Maintains Its Nuclear Arsenal—Without Explosive Testing The U.S. ended explosive nuclear testing in the 1990s, but that does not mean we are unprepared. In its place, the U.S. uses a science-based program that checks the health of the stockpile…

The U.S. maintains its nuclear arsenal using advanced simulations, continuous monitoring, and rigorous assessments—methods that provide more accurate insights than past explosive tests ever did, explains NTI’s Dimitri Kusnezov, former Chief Scientist at the National Nuclear Security Administration.

I’m also struggling breaking through to my friends who are saying the right things (on social media) and not following through with “IRL” action.

I hear you. At the same time, there is a serious need for it to be more obvious to people what they can do to push back and also a lack of understanding from others how fragile democracy can be if left unattended.

@jackieschneider.bsky.social: Keeping a human in the loop in nuclear decisions is such a resoundingly logical decision...but the devil is in the details... AI can mimic human behavior but it has significant bias, and that bias tends toward escalation. #CACNP2025

"Resilience by autonomy can become escalation by default" says Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick at #CACNP2025 when discussing AI in nuclear command, control and communications. It's why we need to ensure there are guardrails and multiple authentication.

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@mjgault.bsky.social: We have avoided nuclear war because we've been lucky, but also because we've been human... The real danger of nukes at the dawn of AI is that justified by efficiency in the name of modernization, AI will replace the next Stanislov Petrov

We are lighting taxpayer dollars on fire every year by the hundreds of billions and making everyone on the planet less safe. I think nuclear weapons being part of everyday discourse should be encouraged.

#AHouseofDynamite #ArmsControlNow
#NoNewArmsRace

If you know enough about the subject matter to have a detailed/nuanced opinion, consider that you may not be the target audience. Use your expertise to shape the conversation and inject facts/increase knowledge.

There are books, films, etc. that are meant to inform and there are ones meant to entertain/provoke thought. Don’t completely dismiss something clearly meant to entertain/start a conversation because you find the premise or details implausible.

#AHouseofDynamite

Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.

Good reporting here from @nickturse.bsky.social - Trump has deployed 35,000 troops against his own people theintercept.com/2025/09/17/t...

This is great. We know servicemembers must be asking themselves whether this is really the mission they signed up for. Great to see some public pushback against the echo chamber.

The latest from @scientistsorg.bsky.social colleagues @mknight.bsky.social and @mattkorda.bsky.social...

Another question I would pose: why are we unwilling to consider that a 1:1 replacement of current missiles is even strategically necessary given investments in other areas?

Don't forget that foundational investments in the #NNSA's nonproliferation capabilities mean we have off-the-shelf tools for out-of-the-ordinary situations. With at least 400 kgs of enriched uranium in the wind, what would a regime collapse mean for global security? 1/5

Don’t let them tell you these weapons are necessary, efficient, or making us safer!
#NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl

@livableworld.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social

Another awesome piece by colleagues at @scientistsorg.bsky.social! I wonder how many of my friends outside the #nuclearweapons space are aware that any U.S. president can single-handedly start a nuclear war whenever they want.

AI has a long way to go before it is a truly reliable source of information. This is especially true when it comes to #nuclearweapons. The example in the @thebulletin.org piece here is illuminating...

YouTube video by Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard On Her Visit To Hiroshima

So this is … odd. Out of nowhere, the top US intelligence community official posts a three-and-a-half minute slickly-produced video across social media platforms on the dangers of nuclear war.

What is the context? And why is this coming from the DNI and not the secretary of state, or the president?

Great work by the Nevadans Against Nuclear Weapons Testing coalition. State-level action can lead the way for federal officials and sends a clear sign that a return to nuclear weapons testing is unnecessary and harmful!

Trump to announce $25B funding for Golden Dome project The price tag matches the amount in the president’s “big, beautiful bill” that lawmakers have yet to approve.

Here comes the Golden Boondoggle. It will cost upwards of $2 Trillion and not work. Almost every thing Trump and his military officials say in this story is simple not true. It will NOT protect America. But it will make contractors, like SpaceX, very rich. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Great work from my colleague, Shawn, on the tensions between India and Pakistan. We need responsible international engagement to keep the worst from happening. Reminder: both of these nations have nuclear weapons...#armscontrol #diplomacy

Actions speak louder than words. Trump is trying to paint himself as a peace president while his administration and pro-war Members of Congress continue to prioritize weapons over diplomacy.

Thrilled to have skilled colleagues, like Emma, at the Center and Council! Check out her latest piece.

Can’t say we didn’t tell people but bears reminding….

Tuning into the Heritage "Golden Dome" event so you don't have to.

Things I'm listening for:
- A clear grappling of the full cost
- A contextualizing of the off-def balance
- An integration of adversary counter-moves
- Any amount of critical analysis on the "need"

Will reply here if we get any

‘How are you going to do that?’ Pentagon scrambles to make Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system a reality | CNN Politics US military officials are scrambling to develop a “Golden Dome” defense system that can protect the country from long-range missile strikes and have been told by the White House that no expense will b...

Great piece that includes quotes from @nukesofhazard.bsky.social's ED John Tierney on why "Golden Dome" is not only an expensive, but also a potentially dangerous endeavor.

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There is no shortage of things that I disagree with in the continuing resolution that the House passed yesterday (like sending $185m from nonproliferation to weapons).

This one doesn’t even make sense/just seems punitive?