100 Seconds to Midnight

Is Humanity Running out of Time?

Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to convey threats to humanity and the planet. The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 11 Nobel laureates. The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains.

No matter how politically inept I think the “Atomic Scientists” are (blaming Russia and not NATO, US, OR EU on the Ukraine disaster), this is a significant illustrator of how close the maniax in global power have brought the rest of us to incineration.

We saw some privileged elite applauding the new female Prime Minister of the U.K. when she said she could definitely use a Weapon of Massive Destruction. Even though that was profoundly sickening, I am not understanding why there is not more outraged, outcry against the war profiteers.

If you have some time, watch these two latest interviews:

Keep Space 4 Peace, where my guest, long-time, peace advocate Bruce Gagnon outlines the frightening existential threat, and:

Urgent (Existential) Call to Action! Where my guest, journalist and peace advocate Don DeBar also outlines the threat, but calls people to organize against it!

Our community conference call for this was rescheduled until Thursday, 9/22—-so email me if you would like to join us at 5pm Pacific time (adjust to your time zone) and I will send you the link to join our meeting.

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