#global disarmament

[theadaptableeducator]

Einstein's Legacy: Unraveling the Unsustainable Web of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Albert Einstein, known for his contributions to physics, also offered profound insights into social, political, and economic issues. His views on interconnected concepts like colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism highlight their unsustainability and interdependence. Interconnectivity Colonialism and Imperialism: Einstein saw colonialism as a manifestation of imperialism, where…

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we were fated to pretend

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The Dangers of Nuclear Deterrence: A Call for Disarmament

The Staggering Price You’re Paying for America’s Nuclear Makeover The $1.7 trillion overhaul is already in motion. To the Editor: In the recent piece, “The Staggering Cost of America’s Nuclear Gamble,” by W.J. Hennigan (part of the “At the Brink” series, published on Oct. 13), the author makes a striking assertion: “nuclear weapons do deter our adversaries.” This statement, brief as it may be,…

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Slg0109 Global challenge of war

[futurefatum]

Nuclear Risks and The End of Empire with Jeffrey Sachs (Tone: 400)

Are we on the brink of nuclear disaster? Jeffrey Sachs explores the dangers of unchecked U.S. foreign policy in this must-watch episode. #NuclearWar #Diplomacy #Peace

Posted September 11th, 2024 by @thegreatsimplification Compelling Summary: In this eye-opening episode of The Great Simplification, host Nate Hagens interviews renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs on the pressing threats of nuclear war and U.S. foreign policy. Sachs highlights the dangerous trajectory of the United States’ global dominance strategy, which he argues has fueled the current tensions…

[nucleartestsday]

See how the next generation envisions a world free of nuclear testing.

Experience the powerful work of CTBTO Youth Group (CYG) members for the Global Art Campaign. These parallel exhibits will be held in Vienna and New York, showcasing the winning submissions that vividly illustrate the contrast between a world with nuclear weapons tests and one without.

Vienna Exhibit

Dates: 29 August – 6 September Location: Rotunda, Vienna International Centre (VIC)

New York Exhibit

Dates: 3 – 6 September Location: Corridor Neck 1B, United Nations Headquarters

The exhibits feature a diverse range of creative expressions, including visual art, music, poetry, and performance. Free admission is available to staff of international organizations, delegates, and those with access to the VIC and UN HQ in New York.

Don't miss this opportunity to see how the next generation envisions a world free of nuclear testing.

[gpstudios]

Remembering Hiroshima Day: Reflecting on the Past and Promoting Peace

Hiroshima Day honors the memory of those lost in the 1945 atomic bombing, reflecting on the need for global peace and nuclear disarmament to ensure such tragedies are never repeated.

Every year on August 6th, the world pauses to remember Hiroshima Day, commemorating the day in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. This tragic event marked a turning point in history, ushering in the nuclear age and leaving an indelible impact on global consciousness. Hiroshima Day is not only a time to remember the lives lost and the devastation caused but also…

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Revisiting the Kellogg-Briand Pact: A Call for a Modern Treaty to Renounce War

The “General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy,” commonly known as the “Kellogg-Briand Pact,” was a landmark international agreement signed on August 27, 1928. This treaty, spearheaded by U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, aimed to prevent war as a means of resolving disputes between nations. Despite its noble…

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Russia withdraws from comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty

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i hate the oppenheimer movie simply for the fact its making people sympathize with fucking oppenheimer and the people who created man made horrors beyond comprehension

[richo1915]

There is a golden spike hiding in a rock face outside the village of Moffat in Scotland that marks the end of the Ordovician, denoted by the appearance of these graptolite survivors—Akidograptus ascensus and Parakidograptus acuminatus, to give them their scientific names. It's not a real golden spike but a line of darker shale and a marker of these graptolites' significance as what's called an index fossil: Wherever such a fossil is found a geologist can be sure those rocks are of a certain age.

We have found the perfect marker for the Anthropocene, or the new epoch of humans, so dubbed for Homo sapiens’s world-changing impacts. It's a rather precise start date, thanks to some unusual isotopes: July 16, 1945, at 5:29 in the predawn New Mexico desert. That's when U.S. scientists exploded the world's first atomic bomb and when the human-induced radioactive isotope clock started ticking.

The three isotopes in question are cesium 137 and plutonium 239 and 240, which will take millennia or more to decay. There are no known natural sources of cesium 137. As a result of the subsequent detonations of hundreds of such weapons around the globe, there will be plenty of these isotopes still around far into the future. Like the meteorite that helped end the Cretaceous period about 65 million years ago, and possibly the reign of the dinosaurs as well, the nuclear detonation may mark for future geologists a turning point in Earth's history.

[disarmamentawarenessday]

Strengthening partnerships for disarmanent.

Weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, continue to be of primary concern, owing to their destructive power and the threat that they pose to humanity. The excessive accumulation in conventional weapons and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons jeopardizes international peace and security and sustainable development, while the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is seriously endangering civilians. New and emerging weapon technologies, such as autonomous weapons, pose a challenge to global security and have received increased attention from the international community in recent years

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I like reallifelore videos but God damn does he love sucking nato's dick every chance he gets

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largest industrial consumers of energy:

largest industrial consumers of water:

gosh, it sure seems suspicious to me that people are spending all this time online arguing about the energy and water consumption of things that are simply not represented on these lists! (AI)

finer points that are too much to ask of a tumblr audience below

google, samsung, taiwan semiconductor, intel, and facebook are among the largest companies consuming energy (globally, in contrast to the US statistics shown above). this is a piddling use of statistics because they are vastly outnumbered by the sheer amount of companies in the industries listed above -- because they have largely monopolized their industries, which is why we've imposed sanctions on computing component imports, why we geopolitically oppose one-china policy on taiwan, why we're doing wargames in the south china sea, why we're crying about the russian nuclear submarine docked in cuba, and why we pulled out of the largest nuclear disarmament project in history -- all because we have no manufacturing capability. however, if you look closely, building out two parallel manufacturing industries for the same product actually consumes more energy than simply doing a business deal with communists, but that would be bad for the optics of the great american myth

gallons per dollar output is not the same as total overall, i.e. wineries rank highly because their product is more expensive per gallon consumed than others, but statista was the best available source. if you want EPA data you have to reckon with the fact that they separate direct water withdrawal from use from the public water supply

this is FAR kinder than the first draft, where i said the reason y'all do this is because you book precisely zero paychecks over Writing Stories For Societal Change and you're upset at the prospect of computing getting passable at it because it threatens to interrupt the cashflow you already do not have and shatter the illusion that you're a helpless baby who can't do anything to improve your circumstances except Imagine Things. the term for this is "feigned innocence" and i flatly do not accept it from people who have all the capability in the world to know better

[catgirl-kaiju]

absolutely wild that we have weapons, atomic weapons, that are so powerful that they have the potential to vaporize whole cities and small countries, and despite this no one can actually use them because their potential to end civilization as we know it makes them completely impractical in a strategic sense. like, we're all aware how well they work as a threat, but they're a threat you can't possibly make good on because there's such a high possibility you could end the world as we know it. absolutely pointless mass death bombs that will just sit in silos and rot either until they're dismantled or until they suddenly become a problem all on their own.

anyway, this is your reminder that we need to continue pushing for global nuclear disarmament before a nuclear accident sparks a nuclear war