Reposted by Thomas FraiseDenis Colombi @uneheuredepeine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Attendez… mais c’est une énorme entorse à toute déontologie et même à tout conception de l’honneur. Le mec fait des accusations anonymes puis les relaie en tant que « journaliste » ? Il devrait être mis à la porte de tous les médias sérieux. 33772286
Reposted by Thomas FraiseDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Going from claiming your company is working on technology that might destroy humanity to leaking you’re on track to generate $100 billion in sales this year, just in time for the IPO. Makes it hard to defend the claims that this hasn’t all been a cynical form of marketing and regulatory capture. 33421117
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I have a new paper out! It looks into the early history of nuclear secrecy and examines how US standards of secrecy diffused toward European allies through coercion and imitation, shaping their domestic practices. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comExporting nuclear secrecy. The transatlantic diffusion of nuclear secrecy practices in the postwar period (1945-1953)Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2026) 120
Reposted by Thomas FraiseStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.stripes.comWest Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit saysAdam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says. 49077463703
Reposted by Thomas Fraiselastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Shilling your book off a bloke's suicide is just so classless wtf, is he not rich enough already!? Bring back shame. 3377398
Reposted by Thomas FraisePieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 15/08/2026His comment about becoming "head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard" seems to confirm that his whole DEI/race/woke-obsession is just him never having gotten over the fact that he was rejected at Harvard 261030182
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026christ, what a depressing story all round, and what a series of failures of responsibility to get to this. 141037167
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 14/08/2026An opportunity to repost my favorite Hume atheism persecution story 130
Reposted by Thomas Fraise👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/08/2026I dunno who needs to hear this (yeah I do it’s Americans) but. multiple countries on this earth have had civil wars. like. a lot of countries 5291287
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Think twice about when to launch your nuclear war: traffic jam may ruin your day! 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate 562124284
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My review of Rebecca Lubot’s book on the (nuclear) history of the US 25th Amendment is out with H-Diplo. It is a timely contribution, highlighting how deterrence constraints shape the institutions of democratic states. I recommend it! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.orgH-Diplo|Jervis Forum Review 190: Fraise on Lubot, _Keeping a Finger on the Button_ | H-NetThe Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumReview 190Rebecca C. Lubot, Keeping a Finger on the Button. Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age. Palgrave Macmillan,... 010
Reposted by Thomas FraiseTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In that context: July 23, 2026, was the busiest day for commercial air travel ever, according to data from @flightradar24.com A whopping 153,359 commercial flights were tracked worldwide. This is absurd. 42610
Reposted by Thomas FraiseTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jason Hickel: "This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people." "This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print below. 13209154
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 10/07/2026"What is developing is so far beyond any global climate event that has impacted modern industrial civilization that predicting much of what’s coming is educated guesswork" climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monst...climatecasino.substack.comSome Monsters are RealWhat's coming has never been seen before in the history of modern global industrial civilization ... and it's just getting started. 045
Reposted by Thomas FraiseErin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A whole dang story about NATO contemplating resilience at the Port of Rotterdam (a key hub for military logistics in case of a conflict in Europe) without a single mention of sea level rise: www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...csmonitor.comAhead of summit, NATO eyes the security of Europe’s ports and bridgesIf war breaks out in Europe, the resilience of civilian hubs – such as ports – might be as critical as the size of armies. This will be a major theme of NATO’s annual summit. 1266
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 07/07/2026www.newscientist.com/article/2533...newscientist.comCollapse of AMOC ocean current may already be locked inThe fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe’s climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice melt from Greenland, but there is a chance that a shutdown is already inevit... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Quite a bit of convergent sources. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.uk 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBrandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Back on my bullsh 15893972131
Reposted by Thomas FraiseAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Un texte qui me semble tout à fait important: critique des orientations du directeur de ScPo Luis Vassy en matière d'études internationales, avec de très bons rappels sur l'efficacité des outils des sciences sociales, y compris pour penser de façon "réaliste" la "puissance" aoc.media/analyse/2026...aoc.mediaPenser le monde d’aujourd’hui avec des idées d’hier : Luis Vassy et l'international - AOC mediaLe directeur de Sciences Po a publié dans Le Grand Continent sa vision des études internationales : un retour au réalisme stratégique, une méfiance assumée envers le droit, une approche réduite à ce q... 1156
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is really funny inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-...inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is DiscriminationBy Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 010
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026What is the timeline of this kind of proposals? The UK retired the WE.177 in the 90s. It would probably have to redesign a warhead, or rework existing designs, without the possibility of testing and, presumably, with strained US support (French support maybe?). 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Must be nice to live one's life is a fantasy world and still get to claim you are doing science. 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseJohn Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"This thing is an environmental nightmare" - @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social on Burevestnik www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...npr.orgReport: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerousMIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea." 001
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A great critique of dangerously irresponsible science journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Journal of American-East Asian Relations has some interesting new articles on the atomic bomb and the end of the Pacific war. brill.com/view/journal...brill.com 020
Reposted by Thomas FraisePaul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026tipping point crossed. This won’t save the world but it will help. 033
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Interesting story about (likely US?) efforts to slow down a (likely the Iranian) nuclear program through cyber-sabotage of physics simulation sofwares. www.zetter-zeroday.com/experts-conf...zetter-zeroday.comExperts Confirm the Fast16 Malware Was Sabotaging Nuclear Weapons Tests, Likely in IranFast16 didn't predate Stuxnet but was contemporaneous with it. It also wasn't aimed at altering nuclear weapons but was simply feeding false data to engineers about the nuclear detonation tests they w... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Fun bit from FRUS, where Stalin seems unaware of what Voice of America was. history.state.gov/historicaldo... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 13/05/2026For The Conservation, I explore what the evolution of cyber-offensive capabilities reveals about the nature of the nuclear deterrence gamble. AI won't "hack the bomb" tomorrow, but normal operation in the future may well depend on luck. theconversation.com/hacking-the-...theconversation.comHacking the bomb? What Claude Mythos AI reveals about the gamble of nuclear deterrenceAI-powered cyber-security: the rise of new frontier platforms like Mythos highlights nuclear arsenals’ potential weak spots, and complicates the gambles inherent in nuclear deterrence. 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseNumerama @numerama.com · 09/05/2026Le mythe de la forteresse nucléaire : l’IA Mythos fait vaciller nos certitudesl.numerama.comLe mythe de la forteresse nucléaire : l’IA Mythos fait vaciller nos certitudes 001
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Pour The Conservation, j'explore ce que les évolutions des capacités cyber-offensives révèle des modalités du pari nucléaire. L'IA n'hackera pas la bombe demain, mais son fonctionnement normal dans le futur relève irréductiblement de la chance. theconversation.com/hacker-la-bo...theconversation.comHacker la bombe ? Ce que l’IA Mythos révèle du pari de la dissuasion nucléaireL’essor des IA telles que Mythos met en lumière la vulnérabilité potentielle des arsenaux nucléaires, et complique le pari de la dissuasion nucléaire. 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 07/05/2026C'est fou, ça, dites donc. www.arcinfo.ch/neuchatel-ca...arcinfo.chIdriss Aberkane condamné au maximum par la Cour pénale neuchâteloiseUne peine privative de liberté de deux ans avec sursis à la place d’une peine pécuniaire. C’est ce à quoi a été condamné, ce mercredi 6 mai, le fameux auteur et conférencier franco-algérien Idriss Abe... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Un article potentiellement d'intérêt pour la team libertés publiques :) @sylvaingauche.bsky.social @carolinelto.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseCultures & Conflits @culturesetconflits.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Que fait l'injonction à la "résilience" au jeu politique ? Le dernier numéro de Cultures et Conflits, "De l'in/stabilité du jeu politique" cherche à répondre à cette question. 103
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"We should rename the true crime genre: “The catalogue of ways misogynists and the patriarchy have set up this world to hurt, humiliate and destroy us” – but I get that it’s probably not going to catch on." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comShould I Marry a Murderer? review – the amazing woman who spied on her killer fiancé for policeCaroline Muirhead’s whirlwind romance with a Scottish farmer soon took a turn when she discovered his dark secret. This Netflix docuseries is a tale of her bravery, and the shocking stupidity and negl... 010
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 24/04/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George MonbiotScientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Unpopular opinion : on n'est pas obligé de prendre au sérieux n'importe quel théorie du complot issue de r/UFO simplement parce que la Maison Blanche en parle. 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 17/04/2026"For years, Anthropic’s CEO has kept copies of Richard Rhodes’ The Making of the Atomic Bomb on the company’s coffee tables (...). His thesis was that the scientists who built the most transformative weapon in history also failed to control how it would be used." warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/...warontherocks.comAnthropic's Nuclear BombA few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of 110
Reposted by Thomas FraiseAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Imaginez un instant, si Lionel Jospin (RIP) n’avait pas inversé les calendriers électoraux lors du passage au quinquennat en 2000, on aurait les législatives AVANT les présidentielles, on parlerait de programmes, et on ne subirait pas en permanence ces 50 nuances de bonapartisme 2636357
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Every day, the future becomes shorter. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thoughtScientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas 043
Reposted by Thomas FraiseAcrimed @acrimed.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Rima Hassan et «la drogue» : fiasco médiatique, apothéose du journalisme policier 👇acrimed.orgRima Hassan et « la drogue » : fiasco médiatique, apothéose du journalisme policierPouvoir de nuisance. 22589413
Reposted by Thomas FraiseJon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Show me the world is worried about US nuclear sole authority without saying the world is worried about US nuclear sole authority. 052
Reposted by Thomas FraiseNoah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026After Trump's threat that a "whole civilization will die tonight," I asked the White House about concerns Trump is considering using nuclear weapons. They directed me to Trump's post. Their follow-up stated: "Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do." 1010522
Reposted by Thomas FraiseEdouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Shamefultheguardian.comUniversity of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran warAria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US university 14111
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Même problème en suédois, où l’on dit "i morgon bitti" :( 000