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Verification and Monitoring @VERTIC_org Interested in nuclear nonproliferation, verification, emerging tech, OSINT, and intl. relations. My views.

London, England Katılım Eylül 2013
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RUSI
RUSI@RUSI_org·
🚨⚛We are now accepting proposals for presentations at the @UKPONI 2024 Annual Conference which will be held in person at RUSI’s headquarters in London on 10 September. Visit our website to find out more about how you can join us! rusi.org/news-and-comme…
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Nat Friedman
Nat Friedman@natfriedman·
Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls: This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!! These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular." This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll. In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned. The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us. It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful! Read more in our announcement: scrollprize.org/grandprize
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NPSGLOBAL
NPSGLOBAL@NPSGlobal·
Proud to have organized with @vertic_org in the wonderful Rio de Janeiro the 1st LatAm Expert Workshop on Irreversibility in Nuclear Disarmament. Amazing facilitators, great exchange of ideas and a lot of fun, led by @irmaar @gechristopher and @emilianobuis. Thanks to all! 🤗
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ELWR could be significant for North Korean Pu production. We've seen a lot of activity here all year and the winter pics are here now
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis@ArmsControlWonk

So, @DaveSchmerler and I think North Korea's "Experimental Light Water Reactor" is probably now operating, which could allow North Korea to add 10 kg, 20 kg or even more plutonium a year for North Korea's nuclear weapons (depending on the scenario).

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Mark Hibbs
Mark Hibbs@MarkHibbsCEIP·
Since NPT EIF in 1970 "compliance" and "verification" have been defining elements of this global regime. Will demoting these encourage critical participants, maybe even a majority, to conclude that in future everything will be a potential re-negotiation?
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@stephenkb @johnthornhillft Preview of @vertic_org inc. analysis: NIST standards will likely be rolled out before a relevant quantum computer; mitigating Q-day. Store now, hack later will remain a big issue. To prep, cryptographic agility: identifying & updating cryptography across systems will be the goal.
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@russianforces Why would it dismantle and eschew the diplomatic benefit of becoming the first NPT NWS to disarm? The circumstances (budget problems, technical problems, disarmament party in Govm't) would determine this.
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Pavel Podvig
Pavel Podvig@russianforces·
I would say that if the UK decides to dismantle its nuclear weapons today, nobody would really notice. What difference would it make (for the UK as well as for others)? (It can keep the NWS NPT status and, no, nobody will try to take its UNSC veto.)
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CTBTO
CTBTO@CTBTO·
#CTBTO International Data Centre (#IDC) analysis of signals from 2 infrasound #IMS stations detected an event located in southeastern Siberia, Russia on 10 August 2023 at 23:15 UTC.
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@DanKaszeta When you are arguing this - if somebody tweeted a response to the Robert Jenrick mural story with the response of a normal human being - would they also be blacklisted? If the answer is yes then they don't have a leg to stand on.
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Pavel Podvig
Pavel Podvig@russianforces·
No wonder people ask if there is a "nuclear" dimension to this crisis. I would say quite firmly that there is not. Well, as firmly as I can from the outside. I don't see a plausible scenario in which any part of the nuclear arsenal can be affected.
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@shashj Agreed. And Bloomberg was a reasonable shout for Dem nominee for President until people heard him speak about national politics.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic@TheAtlantic·
Elon Musk’s first weekend as Twitter’s owner was a disaster. Sources inside the company say we should expect things to get worse, @dlberes and @cwarzel write: on.theatln.tc/0G1tT9G
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