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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 21h

65 yrs ago tonight, CBS broadcast the second nuclear-war-themed episode of “The Twilight Zone” to air in a month. Written by Rod Serling, “The Shelter” dramatically and effectively distilled the profound moral/ethical dilemmas presented by the family fallout shelter during a serious nuclear crisis.

A black and white screenshot of the title screen for the episode “The Shelter” of “The Twilight Zone.”

A black and white screenshot of a scene from “The Shelter” showing three men frantically trying to use a large pipe to ram through the reinforced metal door of the shelter.

A black and white screenshot of a scene from “The Shelter” showing four men looking through the now broken open door of the shelter, fear and uncertainty on their faces. In the background, two of their wives can be seen at the top of the basement stairs with similar expressions on their faces.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 21h

This afternoon in 1957, at the Mayak Plant in the closed city of Chelyabinsk-65 in Russia, near Kyshtym in the Southern Urals, a stainless steel tank holding 70-80 tons of highly-radioactive waste from extracting plutonium for nuclear weapons exploded, releasing 20 million curies of radioactivity.

A Google Earth satellite color photograph of Chelyabinsk-65.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph:

Screenshot of a September 28, 2026, post on ex-Twitter by right-wing foreign policy analyst, professor, author and former Trump Department of Defense senior policy adviser Matthew Koenig, showing the lobby of the US State Department adorned with 200 American flags:

“The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employees who they work for.”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today in 1975, the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex at Nekoma, North Dakota, became fully operational, defending 150 Minuteman III ICBMs at Grand Forks AFB with 30 Spartan and 70 Sprint antiballistic missiles—armed with 5-Mt W71 warheads and 1-kt W66 enhanced-radiation warheads, respectively.

An aerial color photograph of the Stanley R. Mickelesen Safeguard Complex at Nekoma, North Dakota, the only operational Safeguard site ever built (10 were originally envisioned when the program was announced in 1969). The Missile Site Radar is the pyramid-shaped building in the background at center (a cooling pond is behind and to the right). The small square launch area in the foreground contains launchers for 16 Sprint antiballistic missiles. The larger rectangular area immediately behind it contains launchers for 30 Spartan antiballistic missiles.

A black and white graphic and map showing the location of the various facilities comprising the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in relation to each other and to Grand Forks Air Force Base, as well as how the system was designed to conduct long- and short-range intercepts of incoming ICBM reentry vehicles using Spartan and Sprint antiballistic missiles, respectively.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The White House Military Office Navy aide is on “Football” duty today for Trump’s trip to watch the President’s Cup at Medina Country Club, IL. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

35 years ago tonight, President George H.W. Bush ordered the unilateral elimination of all land-based US nuclear weapons in Europe and South Korea, all nonstrategic naval nuclear weapons, the end of ground alert for all strategic bombers, and the immediate de-alerting of all 450 Minuteman II ICBMs.

Nearly all of the front page of the September 27, 1991, edition of the New York Times, with the two-deck banner headline, “U.S. TO GIVE UP SHORT-RANGE NUCLEAR ARMS; BUSH SEEKS SOVIET CUTS AND FURTHER TALKS.” Additional related headlines included, “Sees Fading Threat; President Says Decision Could Be Reversed If Moscow Won’t Act,” and “Why U.S. Was Worried.”

An unrelated but still-consequential headline at the top left of the front page reads, “Judiciary Panel Deadlocks, 7-7, On Thomas Nomination to Court.”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎶 “One of these things is not like the others One of these things doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the other By the time we finish our song?” 🎶

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The White House Military Office Navy aide was on “Football” duty today for Trump’s trip to Knoxville, TN, to watch a college 🏈 game. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in 1997, the post-Cold War nuclear terrorism thriller “The Peacemaker,” starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Mimi Leder, opened in movie theaters. “I’m not afraid of the man who wants ten nuclear weapons, colonel. I’m terrified of the man who only wants one.”

An original one-sheet poster for "The Peacemaker." In the center, in a scene from the movie, Clooney and Kidman are running side by side, seemingly away from something. Their last names appear on large white capital letters above their images, with the title below them. At the top of the poster are the words, "In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for ... Except one.”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in 1983 in Moscow, just past midnight, 44 year-old Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov’s calm decision that a satellite warning of the launch of 5 US Minuteman ICBMs was a false alarm—based on “a funny feeling in my gut”—may have averted a catastrophic nuclear war. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl...

An official color photograph of Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov posing in his uniform around the time of this incident.

A screenshot of the linked February 10, 1999, Washington Post article on page A19 headlined, “‘I Had A Funny Feeling In My Gut; Soviet Officer Faced Nuclear Armageddon.” The article also includes a large graphic title "A Crumbling Warning System," showing problems with Russia's early-warning satellites and ground-based radars. The continuation of a front page article headlined, "Dearth of Satellites Fogs Russian System," appears next to the article about Petrov.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Three days ago at the United Nations, in stark contrast, Trump struck a very different tone when addressing world leaders: bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OTD 65 yrs ago, President John F. Kennedy addressed the United Nations General Assembly and memorably warned, “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. …”

A color photograph of President Kennedy addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25, 1961.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today in 1959, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev posed for photographers with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp David, unaware the flagstone deck he was standing on had been built to conceal the recently enlarged presidential emergency relocation facility located directly under Aspen Lodge.

A black and white photograph of President Eisenhower (left) and Premier Khrushchev (right) illuminated by flashbulbs, smiling and posing for photographers in front of the entrance to Aspen Lodge at Camp David presidential retreat while standing on a flagstone deck. Eisenhower is wearing a dark suit while Khrushchev wears a lighter one, with two medals pinned to his left breast.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OTD in 1959, a Navy P-5M Marlin submarine hunter on a routine mission in bad weather suffered an engine fire and loss of electrical power, forcing the crew to ditch about 100 miles west of the Oregon-Washington border. A Mark 90 “Betty” nuclear depth bomb—minus its plutonium capsule—was lost at sea.

A black and white photograph of a large P-5M on the ground, its nose facing to the left. Three standing men are visible near the nose of the aircraft, on the far side of the plane. They are dwarfed by it.

A black and white photograph dated March 16, 1955, of an unarmed Betty nuclear depth bomb on a short metal stand. The bomb's nose is facing left and angled slightly away from the camera while the parachute pack strapped onto the rear is fully visible. The aft half of the bomb casing is perforated by numerous small rectangular and circular holes. There is also a large dimple in the upper aft section. Two sturdy-looking brackets (for attaching the bomb to an aircraft) are atop the forward section of the bomb. The bomb's gross weight is listed as 1,243 pounds.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thirty years ago today, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty opened for signature at the United Nations. President Bill Clinton signed that day, as did representatives of 70 other states, including nuclear-weapon states China, France, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom.

A color photograph of President Bill Clinton sitting at a desk during a ceremony at the United Nations on September 24, 1996, to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Clinton is wearing a brown suit, white dress shirt, and red patterned tie. A small UN flag is on the desk in the foreground.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

White House Military Office Army aide Lt. Col. Charlie Rockwood was on “Football” duty for Trump’s greeting ceremony for President Xi at JBA. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As I no longer hang out on ex-Twitter, I missed this worrying declaration from the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration last week. This new policy emphasizing building new nuclear warheads rather than maintaining the 3,700 we already have has not been debated or approved by Congress.

A September 14, 2026, tweet from Brandon Williams:

“The era of primarily emphasizing Stockpile Stewardship is over.

Going forward we will be defined primarily as an organization focused on weapons production.”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today in 1992 at the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted DIVIDER, a low-yield (less than 20 kilotons) underground nuclear weapon test. Bipartisan legislation imposing a 9-month test moratorium signed by President George H.W. Bush 9 days later made this the last full-scale US test—to date.

An official color photograph showing the canister containing the DIVIDER nuclear test device hanging from a tall crane and attached to thick diagnostic cables before being lowered into the test shaft, located under the temporary tall semi-enclosed tower in the background (erected to protect the open shaft and hide it and test preparations from overhead eyes).

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight in 1984, the grimly realistic and harrowing nuclear war drama “Threads” was first broadcast on BBC Two. The film aired for the first time in the United States on January 13, 1985, on WTBS, thanks to station owner and disarmament advocate Ted Turner. “Threads” streams for free on @kanopy.com

A color screenshot from "Threads" showing the title over an aerial view of the city of Sheffield.

A publicity still from "Threads" showing a traffic warden (Michael Beecroft), his upper face heavily bandaged and bloodied, his uniform dirty, resting a semiautomatic rifle up against his left shoulder, while a group of people behind a chain link fence stand in the background.

A publicity still from "Threads" showing an older woman and man wearing dirty clothes (the man also has a dirty blanket loosely wrapped around his shoulders) and looking to the left. Her head is badly burned and the right side is partially melted, and she has lost much of her hair. The man appears visibly uninjured but concerned.

A publicity still from "Threads" showing a woman who may be in her 30s or 40s, with a smudged face, unkempt hair, and wearing dirty, light-colored sweater, holding a wrapped bundle close to her chest that may be a dead baby.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At this hour in 1852 (174 years ago), 36 enslaved human beings owned by an estate were being sold—along with livestock—at “low prices ... for cash only” in Savannah, Georgia, following two days of inspection by “prospective buyers.” They included a 1-year-old “strong” infant boy priced at $400.

A color photograph of a broadside poster on display at the Chicago History Museum, headlined "Sale of Slaves and Stock" below which is a paragraph describing the reason for the sale, its location, and that the enslaved persons formerly owned by the late Luther McGowan would be taken to the Fair Grounds in Savannah, Georgia, for inspection by prospective buyers for two days prior to the sale. Below that, each person up for sale is listed by name, age, remarks (e.g., "Prime Rice Planter"), and price.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today in 1979, a United States Vela nuclear-test-monitoring satellite detected the distinctive double-flash signature of a nuclear explosion over the South Atlantic Ocean. Although a White House scientific panel later dismissed the possibility, many speculated it was a clandestine Israeli test.

A color drawing of a Vela satellite orbiting Earth. Triangular and trapezoidal solar panels cover its surface. The satellite also has multiple antennas sticking out of it.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today in 1958 at 9:00 AM EDT, Mount Weather (aka High Point Special Facility)—the second oldest US continuity of government facility for use by designated officials during and after a nuclear war—began “continuous activation.” (The oldest is Site R/Raven Rock Mountain, the backup Pentagon.)

Copy of a formerly confidential September 2, 1958, memoradum from the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization to “Heads of Departments and Agencies Concerned” stating “continuous emergency operating capability” at the HIGH POINT facility “will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT, September 22, 1958, and continue until directed otherwise.” The memorandum was declassified in 1993. Source: Cold War historian Bill Geerhart.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The White House Military Office Coast Guard aide is on “Football” duty today for Trump’s trip to New York City. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today in 1955, the Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test at the arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, a 3.5-kiloton shallow underwater explosion to assess the effects of a nuclear torpedo on 30 ships and submarines, similar to the US Crossroads BAKER test at Bikini Atoll on July 25, 1946.

A black and white screenshot from an official Soviet film of the nuclear torpedo used in this test being lowered into position from a ship.

A black and white aerial photograph of the Joe-17 mushroom cloud, brightly lit from the above left by sunlight, and featuring dramatic vertical streaks of light (a bit like fireworks, possibly an artifact caused by light distortion in the lens) emanating from the top. The shockwave on the surface of the Barents Sea racing away from the point of detonation is the light-colored area behind and under the cloud.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The White House Military Office Navy aide (in plainclothes) was on “Football” duty last night for Trump’s abrupt return from Camp David. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today in 1980 at about 3:00 AM, the highly-volatile liquid fuel of a nuclear-armed Titan II ICBM exploded inside underground launch complex 374-7, 3.3 miles north-northeast of Damascus, Arkansas, and approximately 50 miles north of the capital of Little Rock, destroying the missile and silo.

A dramatic black and white photograph looking up from the bottom of a Titan II silo at the missile. Two airman in white coveralls and hard hats are standing at the base of the missile and talking, one of them touching the missile with his right hand.

The front page of the September 20, 1980, edition of the Arkansas Gazette featuring the banner two-deck headline, "Titan Nuclear Missile Silo Explodes Near Damascus; 1 Dies, 21 Injured," followed by the sub-headline, "Fireball Lights Up Night Sky; 1,400 in Area Removed." Beneath the headline is a large black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the silo.

An undated article in an unidentified newspaper topped by a large headline: "BLAST RIPS MISSILE SILO; 22 injured, but H-warhead at Ark. site remains intact." A black and white photograph shows an injured Air Force man being taken into the emergency room at a hospital in Conway, Arkansas. A small map shows the location of the Titan II silo relative to Damascus and Little Rock.

A low-level aerial color photograph of the remains of launch complex 374-7 in the aftermath of the huge explosion. The massive reinforced silo door is gone and debris is strewn around the area.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today in 1957, the United States conducted RAINIER—its first contained underground nuclear explosion—899 feet below Rainier Mesa at the northern end of the Nevada Test Site, testing a W25 warhead used in the Genie antiaircraft air-launched missile. The yield of the explosion was 1.7 kilotons.

A black and white photograph showing several men in blue jeans, work boots, and hard hats standing around the entrance to the underground tunnel for the RAINIER test, which resembles the entrance to a mine. A small sign above the entrance reads, "Authorized Personnel Only.”

A black and white photograph showing three men in coveralls and hard hats standing in front of a rock face and using heavy equipment to drill the tunnel for the RAINIER test.

A low-level aerial color photograph of a cloud of dust rising from Rainier Mesa shortly after the detonation of the 1.7 kiloton RAINIER test.

A color photograph of a Genie AIR-2A antiaircraft nuclear missile on display in an Air Force museum. The missile, manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas, is white and is strapped horizontally to a low yellow wheeled transport dolly.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The White House Military Office Coast Guard aide was on “Football” duty tonight for Trump’s flight to his golf course in Sterling, Virginia. The ~45-pound satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today in 1955, a specially-modified B-36 bomber—the NB-36H—made its first test flight out of Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, carrying (but not powered by) an operational 1-Megawatt air-cooled nuclear reactor. The NB-36H would make 46 more flights over Texas and New Mexico through March 1957.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Followed, as always, by a White House Military Office aide carrying the ~45-pound Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the “Football”). In this case, the aide is Army Lt. Col. Charlie Rockwood, who carried the satchel onto Grift Force One on Wednesday evening for the flight to North Carolina.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

White House Military Office Army aide Lt. Col. Charlie Rockwood is on “Football” duty for Trump’s campaign trip to Gastonia, North Carolina. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Arches? We ain’t got no arches. We don’t need no arches! I don’t have to build you any stinking arches!”

A screenshot of the famous scene in 1948 black and white film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," where bandit Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya) tells roughneck Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Has anyone else noticed that Apple’s calendars (macOS and iOS) no longer automatically show when Election Day is (when you have “US Holidays” selected)? They used to! In fact, right now, they’re showing me Election Day in 2028. But, weirdly, not the one rapidly approaching on November 3 this year.

A screenshot of a portion of a November 2028 Apple calendar showing Election Day is November 7, 2028.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unless it’s his still-beating heart, I’m not interested.

Screenshot of a GOP text:

“Trump: I'm holding something very special for you

Very few Americans will get the chance to see this: gop-give.org/z11gs3

STOPtoEND”

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight in 1980 at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, the number five engine on the right wing of a B-52H on ground alert caught fire during a drill. It was loaded with 8 Short-Range Attack Missiles (SRAMs, each armed with a 170-200-kiloton W69 warhead) and 4 B28 bombs (70 kilotons to 1.45 Megatons).

A black and white nightime photograph of the B-52H bomber on fire at Grand Forks Air Force Base, with smoke and flames moving toward the left side of the aircraft.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight in 1969, “Laugh-In” awarded its Flying Fickle Finger of Fate to the Pentagon and Congress for wasting $9 billion on six canceled nuclear weapons programs: the B-70 bomber, the nuclear-powered airplane, the Snark and Navaho cruise missiles, the Dyna-Soar space plane, and the Skybolt ALBM.

A screenshot of "Laugh-In" hosts Dan Rowan (left) and Dick Martin (right) standing in black tuxedos next to an easel as Rowan reads the following from a large card (Martin holds the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award in his left hand, which is a trapezoidal wooden base with a small plaque, on top of which a mold of a left hand, painted gold and mounted on a vertical rod, with the index finger pointed upward, from which small wings extend):

"B-70 Bomber
$1,500,000,000.00

Nuclear-Powered Plane
$512,000,000.00

Snark Robot Bomber
$678,000,000.00"

Another color screenshot as Rowan continues reading from the next card, pointing with his left index finger as he reads:

"Navajo [sic] Missile
$680,000,000.00

Dyna-Soar Space Plane
$405,000,000.00"

Another color screenshot as Rowan continues reading from the next (and last) card and then turns his head toward Martin:

"Sky-bolt Air-to-Ground Missile
$440,000,000.00

TOTAL
$9,000,000,000.18"

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

65 yrs ago tonight, season three of “The Twilight Zone” began on CBS with “Two.” Written & directed by Montgomery Pittman, it tells the story of two wary soldiers from opposing sides—the only survivors of a global thermonuclear war five years earlier—who encounter each other in a rubble-strewn city.

A black and white screenshot of Elizabeth Montgomery in “Two.” Her face and hair are dirty, she has dark circles under her eyes, and her military uniform (a dark jacket and skirt) has seen better days. She is in what looks like the remains of a restaurant kitchen (cobwebs and dirt cover everything), about to open a large can of food on a table, but looking to her left as though someone startled her.

A black and white screenshot from above and behind Charles Bronson in "Two" as he stands at an abandoned newsstand and holds a copy of the New World newspaper and reads the very large banner headline: "EVACUATE CITY." A box at the top right corner says "Flash News."

A television guide listing for "Two," broadcast at 10:00 pm on channels 2 and 9:

"Premiere. Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson team up in a first-run episode; a tense and timely tale. There has been a nuclear war and only two ragged combatants from opposing sides remain. Five years after the holocaust, they meet. Hatred and hostility remain. Story poses the challenge of how to resolve their bitterness and make peace, despite neither speaking the other's language."

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How about we pretend these are ready now, pop ’em into silos, and call it a day? We'd save at least $330 billion in life-cycle costs. Our adversaries won’t care because we still have 1,270 warheads on 280 Trident II D5/LE SLBMs on 14 Ohio-class subs, plus 46 nuclear-capable B-52H and 19 B-2 bombers.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m going to channel Indiana Jones and say this belongs in a museum, not a millionaire’s or billionaire’s private collection. So if there’s anyone out there that can make that happen, you have 10 more days (September 24). After 18 bids, bidding now stands at $205,700. But it will surely go higher.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So is the real reason why Trump did not attend Junior's second wedding in May, b/c Chief of Staff Susie Wiles (or someone else) got wind of this arrangement and realized it would be an extremely bad look if/when it came out? Or maybe it's as simple as Trump really not liking his namesake son?

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today in 1954, the Soviet Union—for its ninth nuclear test—staged a live-fire nuclear war game about 600 miles southeast of Moscow near the village of Totskoye. At 9:33 AM (local), a 40-kt atomic bomb exploded 1,150 feet in the air between two groups of soldiers, some just 2 miles from the blast.

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Totskoye nuclear exercise (The Red Bomb)

YouTube video by aindrs

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The White House Military Office Air Force aide, still in civilian clothing, was on “Football” duty when Trump departed Doonbeg, Ireland, tonight. The ~45-pound satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize using any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today in 1987, the tragic and deadly radiological accident in Goiânia, Brazil, began when two young male scrap hunters unwittingly stole a highly-radioactive teletherapy source assembly from an abandoned cancer clinic, later extracting it, puncturing it, and selling it to a junkyard for roughly $25.

A black and white graphic based on a drawing made shortly after the discovery of the accident that attempts to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the spread of highly-radioactive cesium-137 chloride. “It is reproduced in the format in which it was originally drawn even though it differs in minor details from what is now considered to be the best description of events.”

A black and white figure from the 1988 International Atomic Energy Agency report linked in the next post showing the location of Brazil within South America, and of Goiânia in relation to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and of the relative size of the contaminated area in Goiânia.

A black and white annotated diagram from the 1988 International Atomic Energy Agency report linked in the next post showing a cross-section of the radiation head of a teletherapy machine (including the rotating assembly for the radioactive source capsule) similar to the one scavenged in Goiânia.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The White House Military Office Air Force aide is on “Football” duty as Trump watches the final day of the Irish Open at his golf course in Doonbeg. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize using any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

White House Military Office Army aide Lt. Col. Charlie Rockwood is on “Football” duty for the first leg of Trump’s two-day Ireland trip. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The White House Military Office Navy aide is on “Football” duty for Trump’s trip to Ireland to see the Irish Open at his golf course in Doonbeg. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize using of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Share one of the most obscure TV shows you can think of! #tvsky Possibly unfair, as this was a failed pilot CBS dumped on the air on August 7, 1985, when I just happened to catch it. Written by SCTV's Dave Thomas, starring Charles Rocket, Chuck Connors, and Hoyt Axton, with SFX by Stan Winston.

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Steel Collar Man intro CBS 1985

YouTube video by 80sBeta

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