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@Andrew__Roth 2/ Clearly, the diabolical infantilism of a hegemonic worldview ultimately affording itself no exit strategy other than its right and readiness to destroy the entirety of life on earth, is not a good look. Image: Taghreed Darghouth, Lebanon, "Brighter than a thousand Suns” Series

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#TimesSquare tradition  rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger....
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New Year's tweet from US Strategic Command @US_Stratcom [since deleted] #TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger....

Painting of nuclear explosion by Taghreed Darghouth, Lebanon, "Brighter than a thousand Suns” Series.
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Painting of nuclear explosion by Taghreed Darghouth, Lebanon, "Brighter than a thousand Suns” Series.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 15 Apr 2022

@johnrobb @dianabutlerbass 3/ “Danger itself invites the rescuing power.” - Holderlin. Nuclear weapons constitute a threat not to any one country, but to the planet as a whole. No one should have the power to blow the world to smithereens. #Easter2022

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Quoted by2/ The largest hydrogen bomb the United States ever tested yielded about fifteen megatons, or about one thousand Hiroshimas. The Soviet Union tested a weapon with a design yield of one hundred megatons that was modified to constrain its yield to only fifty-eight megatons.