Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Texting "test a nuke, get a pod" back to 2017 so my past self can have a meltdown 0130
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available. We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...npr.orgThe Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rulesThe rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust. 22600425
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 28/01/2026This is a hell of a way to wake up on Wednesday. Good morning @gbrumfiel.bsky.social! For DOE, as the inheritors of the promotion side of the AEC equation, rulemaking for their orders has always been a little a little different and less subject to public comment than NRC. But, uhh, not like this.npr.orgThe Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rulesThe rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust. 89544
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025If you want the full story of Franklin just look at my next tweet! It's an epic tale of blimps, balloons and nuclear weapons🧵 2123
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025It's June 2, which means it's the anniversary of the 1957 Franklin Shot fizzle from Operation Plumbbob, which is really only of note because of its extreme @gbrumfiel.bsky.social oriented content commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... 080
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Lukas Mengelkamp @lukasmengelkamp.bsky.social · 12/01/2025New article by my colleagues @ohnemax.bsky.social and @kadyshev.bsky.social on the utility of Arrow 3 against Russian ICBM, IRBM, MRBM and SRBM. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8AV5B...tandfonline.comAnalyzing the Utility of Arrow 3 for European Missile Defense Using Footprint CalculationsAfter the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, missile defense systems became more prominent and sought after on a global scale. In 2023, Germany decided to purchase the Israeli Arrow ... 0144
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025This is the proper way to make it through January, although the lack of Lao Gan Ma is concerning 0102
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Attempting some Georgian dishes from the Supra cookbook for NYE. Eggplant with seasoned walnut paste (nigvziani badrijani) and adjaruli khachapuri, plus some salmon with capers (not pictured) as an appetizer. With a lil champagne/mimosa. Happy new year, friends. Hopefully better than 2024 1290
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024googling "FedRAMP kanban software" and feeling the last of my youth slip away 0110
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Twitter is doing Abrahamic-Pokemon Numerology on the assassin 3429601005
Reposted by Scott LaFoy 🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Went to Sandia 75 Anniversary temp exhib at Nuclear Museum (NMNSH) today. full picset to flickr/nuclearanthro soon. Some initial thoughts: Sole mention AFAICT of past & ongoing links of NMNSH as Sandia’s museum is an (AFAICT) UNLABELLED(?!?) plaque from 1973. #NukeSky 1/n #DissertationWriting 35610
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Russia's Defense Ministry has released photos of what it says is wreckage from U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, fired by Ukraine into Kursk Oblast November 23-25 (Khalino airfield was one site that was targeted) 0184
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Sébastien Roblin @sebastienroblin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Last week Russia made first combat use of a strategic nuclear missile and its MIRV submunition, thankfully without nuclear warheads. Read on to learn the likely familiar origin of the allegedly new Oreshnik missile, claimed concept of use and why ambiguity as to its IRBM vs. ICBM class is baked in.popularmechanics.comRussia Says It Fired an Unprecedented New Type of Hypersonic Missile for the First Time EverRussian President Vladimir Putin says the weapon was developed very rapidly, hyping it up as an unstoppable hypersonic precision-strike weapon. 141
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I love this specific iteration of this meme because it is one of the most *accurate* while still being funny. It has a solid amount of implicit commentary built into it without just making things up or going totally insane with the Radical boxes. Art. 0325
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com · 13/11/2024Although there are a few crossovers, my starter pack is much more focused on nuclear energy than nuclear nonproliferation or nuclear weapons than @cherylrofer.bsky.social's. But you should follow that one too! go.bsky.app/7nJsY2F 2143
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024As someone who spends an inordinate amount of their time working with the nuclear energy industry and nuclear supply chains, this list (and Katie's general social media presence!) is really, really useful for keeping up with the sector. 051
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com · 13/11/2024Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation? Here's my starter pack! go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq 119424
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 21/10/2024Podcasts are published, dogs are walked, time to prepare for my upcoming (quick) work trip to the greatest state in the Union. Food recs always welcome. Tia B's La Waffleria is obviously the top. 4212
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 21/10/2024New Arms Control Wonk ep up! The legendary Fred Kaplan joins @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social to talk about his new novel, A Capital Calamity, a Jane-Austin-Meets-Dr.-Strangelove comedy of DC manners & etiquette, in the fraught world of consultants & consequences. Tune in. patreon.com/posts/114390346patreon.comFred Kaplan and A Capital Calamity | Arms Control WonkGet more from Arms Control Wonk on Patreon 1236
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 20/10/2024Double header Arms Control Wonk podcast today! @dexeve.bsky.social and @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social met up to talk about the PLARF's Pacific ICBM test and the ROK's new massive missile on parade. patreon.com/posts/114363931 www.patreon.com/posts/big-ho...patreon.comThe Big Honking Hyunmoo-V | Arms Control WonkGet more from Arms Control Wonk on Patreon 33010
Reposted by Scott LaFoy NK News @nknewsorg.bsky.social · 13/09/2024dlvr.itNorth Korea appears to confirm existence of second uranium enrichment plantThe uranium enrichment plant where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently inspected new centrifuges is likely a covert facility near Pyongyang long suspected of being a nuclear site, according to analysis by the Open Source Team at the James Martin… 031
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Decker Eveleth @dexeve.bsky.social · 09/10/2023GOOD CHRIST ALMIGHTY do NOT try to geolocate kidnapped Israeli civilians and post about it are you out of your FUCKING MIND 126140
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Decker Eveleth @dexeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Alright, which one of you is responsible for this. I know you're here. @wslafoy.bsky.social? 241
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 01/09/2023One of my dogs completely ignores TV sounds with exactly two exceptions. If Scratch from Baldur's Gate 3 or Blaidd from Elden Ring are on screen, then suddenly the house is On Alert and the humans Must Be Protected. 1200
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 21/08/2023Another excellent voice in Natsec and export controls/policy joining BlueSky! I highly recommend Don's Sentinel Situation Report, I use it for keeping up with niche defense industrial base tracking and global trade controls/strategic industrial developments. sentinelllc.substack.com 051
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Decker Eveleth @dexeve.bsky.social · 20/08/2023Gonna try to be on this website a little more and move more missile OSINT stuff over here. I'll write up a thread on here about some analysis the team did last week when it comes out. 0162
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20/08/2023bluesky needs a fail whale 14515
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 01/08/2023A Navigational Warning has appeared that suggests a missile test to take place in the east Pacific on August 4-12. The hazard areas are somewhat similar to those of previous tests of the hypersonic AGM-183 ARRW, so perhaps ARRW. 032
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 24/07/2023advice i got as young journalist from a supremely bitter line editor, while he was gutting my article: "politicians do not, ever, 'believe' anything. they only 'say' or 'claim' things." 521671
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 22/07/2023I've written up a small rundown of an open-source satellite imagery gap tracking project I put together in 2017, complete with workflow. This aimed to show when the DPRK could conduct missile ops outside of satellite view. www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/121…armscontrolwonk.comSinpoSatBot Post MortemTwitter’s Anniversary Notification has reminded me that I put together a small satellite imagery management project, SinpoSatBot, six years ago to win an [...] 196
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 09/07/2023So, taking a look here to see if it is an alternative for twitter in case it further collapses. My main activity for the time being will still be twitter as I do not want to abandon my 20K followers there. 181
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 07/07/2023Very cool.nucleardiner.wordpress.comAaaannd – They’re Gone!The US's chemical weapons have all been destroyed. 24519
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 07/07/2023I am slightly surprised that Germany is buying Arrow-3 from Israel because it's such an unusual missile defense system. While most kill vehicles use a divert attitude control system, Arrow-3 has a unique design -- a solid rocket motor with thrust vector control. 152
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 06/07/2023New ACW pod ep up! The team talks about the DPRK's new space launcher and satellite, the allegations of DPRK theft of Ukrainian rocket tech, and the implications of a (future) nascent DPRK satellite imagery capability. patreon.com/posts/85699992patreon.comJust a moment... 063
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 06/07/2023I’m running a few days late, but I found it. I found my most liked/hated tweet. Because of this tweet, I got to block quite a few people for whom the idea of specific regulatory terminology and, really, the idea of safety itself is appalling. Signs get people all excited. 810211
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 06/07/2023Here's what I wrote on Zaporizhzhia Tuesday. The site owners have not seen fit to prioritize this community, but over the last couple of weeks, there are a lot more of us here.nucleardiner.wordpress.comThe Danger At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantA Chernobyl-type accident is not possible at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. 0109
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 05/07/2023Happy to see that my colleague Matt Korda is now also on Bluesky @mattkorda.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 02/07/2023With all the statements and debate about Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus, Matt Korda and I did a review of potential facilities. We don't know what we don't know but in terms of what we have seen so far on satellite images we're underwhelmed.fas.orgRussian Nuclear Weapons Deployment Plans in Belarus: Is There Visual Confirmation? - Federation of A...New satellite images show that the construction of a double-fenced security perimeter is underway at a weapons depot near the town of Asipovichy in central Belarus. 11413
Reposted by Scott LaFoy OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · 03/07/2023Looks like more and more of OSINT twitter is hopping over here, I'm even having trouble keeping track of all of the accounts, feel free to tag some below. 79014
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Casillic @casillic.bsky.social · 13/06/2023Nuclear Rocket Engine at NRDS Station at Jackass Flat! 031
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 12/06/2023Okay, y'all. If you need to know where the President's briefcase that can launch the nukes is at all times, follow @atomicanalyst.bsky.social. He also provides threads on atomic history. 063
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/06/2023Fun Fact: military aides to the president and vice president who carry and are responsible for the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the “Football”) receive a football-shaped challenge coin from the president or vice president at some point during their tour of duty. 3237
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 12/06/2023New Arms Control Wonk Podcast episode up! Ankit Panda and @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social hang out by the pool at the Shangri-la Dialogue to discuss competing visions of security architectures, the near absence of DPRK nuke talk, and about Jeffrey's new nine-dash line. patreon.com/posts/84475390 163
Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social · 08/06/2023Would absolutely love to see @kenwhite.bsky.social's take on the implications of labeling AI generated imagery that is mixed into real images as political speech. www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23753626/… 000
Reposted by Scott LaFoy Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 31/05/2023Presumed top of the first stage oxidizer tank in 2023 and 2013. (It’s hard to be sure about the 2023 debris.) 032