Fun Fact...in case you missed it, we ARE NOW 100 seconds from Midnight on the atomic clock...we have never been this close
WHAT THE HELL, THEY'RE ONLY ATOMIC SCIENTISTS...
"It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds—not hours, or even minutes," Bronson said Thursday. "It is the closest to Doomsday we have ever been in the history of the Doomsday Clock. We now face a true emergency—an absolutely unacceptable state of world affairs that has eliminated any margin for error or further delay."
America is screwed because Our Boy in the WH doesn't do multi anything...
More generally, the Bulletin called for "multilateral discussions aimed at establishing norms of behavior, both domestic and international, that discourage and penalize the misuse of science," emphasizing that "focused attention is needed to prevent information technology from undermining public trust in political institutions, in the media, and in the existence of objective reality itself."
@Madken65 I got chills and felt woozy when I heard the announcement. 😐 you know it’s a weird time when you are explaining Hitler’s youth to your elementary school kids BECAUSE it was a method to control opposition in adults. My kids were wide eyed—and to have to teach them how to avoid and stay aware fucking sucks—and will be a conversation repeated. May it never matter or be needed for them or their children. #fridaydowner #likelyneedahugnow
@Thumprhare @Madken65
These are frightening times.
And even though the hug emoji looks inappropriately happy for this conversation, please have all these hugs: 🤗 🤗 🤗
@TomeReader thank you for the hugs...conversations I just never thought I would need to have. Elementary school age, but what else to I do but equip them. @Madken65
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society’s ability to respond.
That sums it up, doesn’t it?
Keep Going. Just keep going.
Call out lies wherever possible.
"Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond."
—Bulletin of Atomic Scientist