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Building a future beyond nuclear fear. We aim to reduce and eventually eliminate #nuclearweapons & promote stability where they exist.
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Nuclear Movie Club: A House of Dynamite - An Interview with Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim - Ploughshares
On this episode of the Nuclear Movie Club, we are joined by Noah Oppenheim. Oppenheim is the screenwriter of A House of Dynamite.
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🗣️ Morning commute announcement: Ploughshares' podcast NukeTalk is ✨so back✨
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
From grantee @councilonstrategicrisks.org, @andrewfacini.com & Mallory Stewart highlight the perils of defense competition & ambition in @warontherocks.bsky.social ⬇️
https://loom.ly/K0bw-dM
https://loom.ly/K0bw-dM
We Might Regret Golden Dome's Greatest Ambition
What happens when the United States tries to build a missile shield so ambitious that Russia and China start dreaming up weapons that no defense can stop?
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December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
From grantee @councilonstrategicrisks.org, @andrewfacini.com & Mallory Stewart highlight the perils of defense competition & ambition in @warontherocks.bsky.social ⬇️
https://loom.ly/K0bw-dM
https://loom.ly/K0bw-dM
🎬 Tomorrow through Dec. 19th—67 Bombs to Enid is screening in Dallas, TX.
Texans, grab your tickets ⬇️
thetexastheatre.com/film/67-bomb...
Texans, grab your tickets ⬇️
thetexastheatre.com/film/67-bomb...
67 Bombs to Enid - The Texas Theatre
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December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🎬 Tomorrow through Dec. 19th—67 Bombs to Enid is screening in Dallas, TX.
Texans, grab your tickets ⬇️
thetexastheatre.com/film/67-bomb...
Texans, grab your tickets ⬇️
thetexastheatre.com/film/67-bomb...
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This report is produced as part of the third year of APLN’s project on Nuclear Disarmament and the Anthropocene: Voices from Pacific Island Countries. The project is supported by the Ploughshares Fund @ploughshares.bsky.social under the Equity Rises Initiative. (6/6)
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This report is produced as part of the third year of APLN’s project on Nuclear Disarmament and the Anthropocene: Voices from Pacific Island Countries. The project is supported by the Ploughshares Fund @ploughshares.bsky.social under the Equity Rises Initiative. (6/6)
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🚨NEW RELEASE🚨
We have released a new report on the APLN 'Suva Dialogue on Security in the Pacific and Asia,' which champions Pacific voices in security discussions and reveals a strong vision for regional cooperation beyond the US-China competition. (1/6)
We have released a new report on the APLN 'Suva Dialogue on Security in the Pacific and Asia,' which champions Pacific voices in security discussions and reveals a strong vision for regional cooperation beyond the US-China competition. (1/6)
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🚨NEW RELEASE🚨
We have released a new report on the APLN 'Suva Dialogue on Security in the Pacific and Asia,' which champions Pacific voices in security discussions and reveals a strong vision for regional cooperation beyond the US-China competition. (1/6)
We have released a new report on the APLN 'Suva Dialogue on Security in the Pacific and Asia,' which champions Pacific voices in security discussions and reveals a strong vision for regional cooperation beyond the US-China competition. (1/6)
🎉 Today is the 80th anniversary of the first issue of the @bulletinatomic.bsky.social. In this piece, @atomicbell.bsky.social reflects on how we arrived at 89 seconds to midnight & what's next.
We appreciate the Bulletin's persistent & ever-timely thought leadership.
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We appreciate the Bulletin's persistent & ever-timely thought leadership.
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Eighty years and 89 seconds: It’s time to fight against midnight
In the 80th year of the nuclear age, with just 89 seconds left on the Doomsday Clock, every nuclear challenge is trending in the wrong direction.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🎉 Today is the 80th anniversary of the first issue of the @bulletinatomic.bsky.social. In this piece, @atomicbell.bsky.social reflects on how we arrived at 89 seconds to midnight & what's next.
We appreciate the Bulletin's persistent & ever-timely thought leadership.
thebulletin.org/premium/2025...
We appreciate the Bulletin's persistent & ever-timely thought leadership.
thebulletin.org/premium/2025...
Sit back, relax, and choose your second-in-command wisely—NukeTalk's Nuclear Movie Club is discussing Crimson Tide, Tony Scott's 1995 military thriller starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧 ⬇️
https://loom.ly/4921lak
https://loom.ly/4921lak
Nuclear Movie Club: Crimson Tide (1995) - Ploughshares
Sit back, relax, and choose your second-in-command wisely for the Nuclear Movie Club's discussion of Crimson Tide, Tony Scott's 1995 military thriller.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sit back, relax, and choose your second-in-command wisely—NukeTalk's Nuclear Movie Club is discussing Crimson Tide, Tony Scott's 1995 military thriller starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧 ⬇️
https://loom.ly/4921lak
https://loom.ly/4921lak
📽️ We Must Speak Boldly
This new video from Ploughshares grantee Physicists Coalition & @princeton.edu Program on Science and Global Security reflects on nuclear dangers & the need for more education & action to eliminate nuclear threat ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvs...
This new video from Ploughshares grantee Physicists Coalition & @princeton.edu Program on Science and Global Security reflects on nuclear dangers & the need for more education & action to eliminate nuclear threat ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvs...
We Must Speak Boldly – Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction
YouTube video by Princeton-SGS
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December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📽️ We Must Speak Boldly
This new video from Ploughshares grantee Physicists Coalition & @princeton.edu Program on Science and Global Security reflects on nuclear dangers & the need for more education & action to eliminate nuclear threat ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvs...
This new video from Ploughshares grantee Physicists Coalition & @princeton.edu Program on Science and Global Security reflects on nuclear dangers & the need for more education & action to eliminate nuclear threat ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvs...
Calling all nuke movie aficionados 🗣️
🔵 Have you seen the 1959 movie 'On the Beach'?
🔵 Thoughts & questions about the film's depiction of nuclear disaster?
🔵 Reply here or email [email protected]—we'd love to mention it on our next episode.
🔵 Have you seen the 1959 movie 'On the Beach'?
🔵 Thoughts & questions about the film's depiction of nuclear disaster?
🔵 Reply here or email [email protected]—we'd love to mention it on our next episode.
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Calling all nuke movie aficionados 🗣️
🔵 Have you seen the 1959 movie 'On the Beach'?
🔵 Thoughts & questions about the film's depiction of nuclear disaster?
🔵 Reply here or email [email protected]—we'd love to mention it on our next episode.
🔵 Have you seen the 1959 movie 'On the Beach'?
🔵 Thoughts & questions about the film's depiction of nuclear disaster?
🔵 Reply here or email [email protected]—we'd love to mention it on our next episode.
"...a testing regimen would likely be expensive and time consuming to start up, Coghlan argued, and could prompt other nuclear powers to follow suit."
📰 Jay Coghlan of @nukewatchnm.bsky.social & @wellerstein.bsky.social in the @thenewmexican.bsky.social
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
📰 Jay Coghlan of @nukewatchnm.bsky.social & @wellerstein.bsky.social in the @thenewmexican.bsky.social
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Trump talk on nuke testing turns focus to New Mexico's role in decades of blasts
The nation conducted its last explosive nuclear test in 1992, after a series of treaties limited testing capabilities.
www.santafenewmexican.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"...a testing regimen would likely be expensive and time consuming to start up, Coghlan argued, and could prompt other nuclear powers to follow suit."
📰 Jay Coghlan of @nukewatchnm.bsky.social & @wellerstein.bsky.social in the @thenewmexican.bsky.social
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
📰 Jay Coghlan of @nukewatchnm.bsky.social & @wellerstein.bsky.social in the @thenewmexican.bsky.social
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Shall we play a game? 🤖
NukeTalk is covering WarGames, a 1983 technothriller responsible for some *major* cybersecurity anxiety from President Reagan.
AI, video games, NORAD, dinosaurs—WarGames has it all. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧
https://loom.ly/eo_doQk
NukeTalk is covering WarGames, a 1983 technothriller responsible for some *major* cybersecurity anxiety from President Reagan.
AI, video games, NORAD, dinosaurs—WarGames has it all. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧
https://loom.ly/eo_doQk
Nuclear Movie Club: WarGames (1983) - Ploughshares
Sit back, relax, and join the Nuclear Movie Club for WarGames, John Badham's 1983 technothriller starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.
ploughshares.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Shall we play a game? 🤖
NukeTalk is covering WarGames, a 1983 technothriller responsible for some *major* cybersecurity anxiety from President Reagan.
AI, video games, NORAD, dinosaurs—WarGames has it all. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧
https://loom.ly/eo_doQk
NukeTalk is covering WarGames, a 1983 technothriller responsible for some *major* cybersecurity anxiety from President Reagan.
AI, video games, NORAD, dinosaurs—WarGames has it all. Stream wherever podcasts are found 🎧
https://loom.ly/eo_doQk
More 👏 independent 👏 nuke 👏 scholarship 👏
Great piece by William Hartung on feminist foreign policy—with a special s/o to Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social ⬇️
whartung.substack.com/p/encounteri...
Great piece by William Hartung on feminist foreign policy—with a special s/o to Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social ⬇️
whartung.substack.com/p/encounteri...
Encountering Feminist Foreign Policy
Better Late Than Never?
whartung.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
More 👏 independent 👏 nuke 👏 scholarship 👏
Great piece by William Hartung on feminist foreign policy—with a special s/o to Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social ⬇️
whartung.substack.com/p/encounteri...
Great piece by William Hartung on feminist foreign policy—with a special s/o to Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social ⬇️
whartung.substack.com/p/encounteri...
It's not too late to act to prevent nuclear war & pull our planet back from the brink.
With your #GivingTuesday support, we can ensure diplomacy prevails to disarm the global nuclear stockpile—more from @johncarlbaker.bsky.social ⬇️ ploughshares.org/donate
With your #GivingTuesday support, we can ensure diplomacy prevails to disarm the global nuclear stockpile—more from @johncarlbaker.bsky.social ⬇️ ploughshares.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's not too late to act to prevent nuclear war & pull our planet back from the brink.
With your #GivingTuesday support, we can ensure diplomacy prevails to disarm the global nuclear stockpile—more from @johncarlbaker.bsky.social ⬇️ ploughshares.org/donate
With your #GivingTuesday support, we can ensure diplomacy prevails to disarm the global nuclear stockpile—more from @johncarlbaker.bsky.social ⬇️ ploughshares.org/donate
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Every state impacted by nuclear weapons tests: "please do not restart nuclear weapons tests" www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Trump talk on nuke testing turns focus to New Mexico's role in decades of blasts
The nation conducted its last explosive nuclear test in 1992, after a series of treaties limited testing capabilities.
www.santafenewmexican.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every state impacted by nuclear weapons tests: "please do not restart nuclear weapons tests" www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Ploughshares ensures the *best* people have the tools to stop the *worst* weapons from destroying our shared home.
For #GivingTuesday, Emma Belcher shares why we must convene experts & activists across sectors to ACT against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
www.youtube.com/shorts/QCy2w...
For #GivingTuesday, Emma Belcher shares why we must convene experts & activists across sectors to ACT against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
www.youtube.com/shorts/QCy2w...
We must ACT against nuclear threat—will you join us?
YouTube video by Ploughshares
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December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ploughshares ensures the *best* people have the tools to stop the *worst* weapons from destroying our shared home.
For #GivingTuesday, Emma Belcher shares why we must convene experts & activists across sectors to ACT against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
www.youtube.com/shorts/QCy2w...
For #GivingTuesday, Emma Belcher shares why we must convene experts & activists across sectors to ACT against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
www.youtube.com/shorts/QCy2w...
📕 Mo·bi·lize: to make something capable of movement.
Ploughshares brings new voices & perspectives to the table so bold movements against nuclear threat are possible.
#GivingTuesday is hours away—will you join us in mobilizing against nuclear threat? ⬇️
Ploughshares brings new voices & perspectives to the table so bold movements against nuclear threat are possible.
#GivingTuesday is hours away—will you join us in mobilizing against nuclear threat? ⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
📕 Mo·bi·lize: to make something capable of movement.
Ploughshares brings new voices & perspectives to the table so bold movements against nuclear threat are possible.
#GivingTuesday is hours away—will you join us in mobilizing against nuclear threat? ⬇️
Ploughshares brings new voices & perspectives to the table so bold movements against nuclear threat are possible.
#GivingTuesday is hours away—will you join us in mobilizing against nuclear threat? ⬇️
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and leftovers are dwindling 🍗
Dry turkey sucks—but it could be worse. Because you know what else sucks? Nuclear war.
Today, schedule your gift to Ploughshares for #GivingTuesday—together we can mobilize, act, & disarm against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
Dry turkey sucks—but it could be worse. Because you know what else sucks? Nuclear war.
Today, schedule your gift to Ploughshares for #GivingTuesday—together we can mobilize, act, & disarm against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and leftovers are dwindling 🍗
Dry turkey sucks—but it could be worse. Because you know what else sucks? Nuclear war.
Today, schedule your gift to Ploughshares for #GivingTuesday—together we can mobilize, act, & disarm against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
Dry turkey sucks—but it could be worse. Because you know what else sucks? Nuclear war.
Today, schedule your gift to Ploughshares for #GivingTuesday—together we can mobilize, act, & disarm against nuclear threat: ploughshares.org/donate
New on NukeTalk: An interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite. Craft, characters, cool ranch Doritos—this episode has it all.
Stream wherever podcasts are found ⬇️ 🎧
ploughshares.org/nuketalk/an-...
Stream wherever podcasts are found ⬇️ 🎧
ploughshares.org/nuketalk/an-...
Nuclear Movie Club: A House of Dynamite - An Interview with Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim - Ploughshares
On this episode of the Nuclear Movie Club, we are joined by Noah Oppenheim. Oppenheim is the screenwriter of A House of Dynamite.
ploughshares.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New on NukeTalk: An interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite. Craft, characters, cool ranch Doritos—this episode has it all.
Stream wherever podcasts are found ⬇️ 🎧
ploughshares.org/nuketalk/an-...
Stream wherever podcasts are found ⬇️ 🎧
ploughshares.org/nuketalk/an-...
✨We're hiring!✨ Ploughshares seeks a Director of Development to lead its fundraising enterprise and advance its mission to build a world where nuclear weapons no longer endanger humanity. Learn more and apply ⬇️ https://loom.ly/8xTfflo
Ploughshares seeks Director of Development | Lindauer
Director of Development role with Ploughshares. Apply with Lindauer.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
✨We're hiring!✨ Ploughshares seeks a Director of Development to lead its fundraising enterprise and advance its mission to build a world where nuclear weapons no longer endanger humanity. Learn more and apply ⬇️ https://loom.ly/8xTfflo
🗣️ Morning commute announcement: Ploughshares' podcast NukeTalk is ✨so back✨
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
Nuclear Movie Club: A House of Dynamite - An Interview with Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim - Ploughshares
On this episode of the Nuclear Movie Club, we are joined by Noah Oppenheim. Oppenheim is the screenwriter of A House of Dynamite.
ploughshares.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🗣️ Morning commute announcement: Ploughshares' podcast NukeTalk is ✨so back✨
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
The Nuclear Movie Club—our new season—kicks off today! Up first: an interview with Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of A House of Dynamite 🎬 🧨 https://loom.ly/ERmxdfM
67 Bombs to Enid is a new, character-driven documentary telling the stories of survivors of nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands, who relocated to rural America. Learn more about the film's background and upcoming screenings ⬇️
67bombs.com
67bombs.com
67 BOMBS TO ENID
An intimate character-driven documentary about survivors of nuclear weapons testing from the Marshall Islands and their descendants living in rural America.
67bombs.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
67 Bombs to Enid is a new, character-driven documentary telling the stories of survivors of nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands, who relocated to rural America. Learn more about the film's background and upcoming screenings ⬇️
67bombs.com
67bombs.com
"We have to find the courage and build the resilience to carry on the fight for a liberated future."
In her fourth & final (🥲) Atomic Alchemy zine, Jasmine Owens explores the "infinite possibilities of nuclear weapons abolition." Read on our Story Center ⬇️
https://loom.ly/_AEH7c0
In her fourth & final (🥲) Atomic Alchemy zine, Jasmine Owens explores the "infinite possibilities of nuclear weapons abolition." Read on our Story Center ⬇️
https://loom.ly/_AEH7c0
Atomic Alchemy Issue #4: “Freedom is the Horizon:” On the Infinite Possibilities of Nuclear Weapons Abolition - Ploughshares
Jasmine Owens explores the explores the infinite possibilities of nuclear weapons abolition and courage in the face of discrimination and violence.
ploughshares.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"We have to find the courage and build the resilience to carry on the fight for a liberated future."
In her fourth & final (🥲) Atomic Alchemy zine, Jasmine Owens explores the "infinite possibilities of nuclear weapons abolition." Read on our Story Center ⬇️
https://loom.ly/_AEH7c0
In her fourth & final (🥲) Atomic Alchemy zine, Jasmine Owens explores the "infinite possibilities of nuclear weapons abolition." Read on our Story Center ⬇️
https://loom.ly/_AEH7c0
📊 New @scientistsorg.bsky.social report from @mattkorda.bsky.social & Igor Morić: Inspections Without Inspectors: A Path Forward for Nuclear Arms Control Verification with “Cooperative Technical Means”
A must-read as we explore paths forward for modern arms control ⬇️
fas.org/publication/...
A must-read as we explore paths forward for modern arms control ⬇️
fas.org/publication/...
Inspections Without Inspectors
This report outlines a framework relying on “Cooperative Technical Means” for effective arms control verification based on remote sensing, avoiding on-site inspections but maintaining a level of trans...
fas.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📊 New @scientistsorg.bsky.social report from @mattkorda.bsky.social & Igor Morić: Inspections Without Inspectors: A Path Forward for Nuclear Arms Control Verification with “Cooperative Technical Means”
A must-read as we explore paths forward for modern arms control ⬇️
fas.org/publication/...
A must-read as we explore paths forward for modern arms control ⬇️
fas.org/publication/...
Just in time for your evening commute: @ucs.org's @lauraegrego.bsky.social on the ins, outs, and myths of missile defense on the Burn Bag podcast ⬇️ 🎙️
Want to hear the bottom-line on why Golden Dome - & all long-range missile defenses - might _sound_ good but in reality are technically unrealistic, wildly expensive, and deeply destabilizing? My super smart @ucs.org colleague @lauraegrego.bsky.social has all that & more in this Burn Bag podcast.
The Nuclear Threshold: Will Missile Defense Systems Really Save Us? featuring Dr. Laura Grego - The Burn Bag Podcast
The Nuclear Threshold is a three-part Burn Bag mini-series exploring how deterrence, defense, and diplomacy shape nuclear risk in the 21st century. Across three conversations with leading experts, we ...
burnbag.buzzsprout.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just in time for your evening commute: @ucs.org's @lauraegrego.bsky.social on the ins, outs, and myths of missile defense on the Burn Bag podcast ⬇️ 🎙️
“...when we abandon diplomacy, we signal that both restraint and transparency are optional.”
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Donald Trump is pushing to resume testing nuclear weapons, leading Vladimir Putin to do the same. The legacy of nuclear tests is devastating.
www.rollingstone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“...when we abandon diplomacy, we signal that both restraint and transparency are optional.”
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
In @rollingstone.com, @emlbelcher.bsky.social talks rhetoric around nuclear testing & New START ⬇️
https://loom.ly/09kPamo
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city to experience the horrors of nuclear war—tens of thousands of lives lost in an instant, and countless more forever changed. Never again.
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city to experience the horrors of nuclear war—tens of thousands of lives lost in an instant, and countless more forever changed. Never again.
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social narrates: 80 years since Hiroshima 🎥 ⬇️