☣️ As NATO allies strive toward their new defense spending goals, it's critical that #biodefense is included in core defense investments, write CSR's @clparthemore.bsky.social and Andrew Weber.

➡️ Read more at @defensenews.bsky.social:

Where my thoughts are right now 🇺🇦

Is it ominous that a spotted lanternfly flew onto my shoulder upon arrival at National Airport? 🤔

Just what my heart needed this weekend. Less Than Jake, Fishbone, & local pride festivities with our community. ❤️🤘🏻🎺🎷 🌈

I'm looking forward to a day when most nuclear policy things I read stop invoking bad parallels in the fashion & design worlds.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Miley Cyrus Told Us to Ask Her Anything

I'm loving Miley being a more mature adult in the room than so many other national figures rn

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Brilliant.

100%

Today's reminder to check your registration, #vote often, be ready to troubleshoot. No change in my ID, address, registration etc for several years. I consistently vote. Yet due to a small error the poll workers had to call the Board of Elections to be sure I could vote. Grateful for them doing so 🇺🇸

So cool

Highly recommend following the BEACON initiative, and congrats to the team for continuing to push new tools for #bio info sharing & forecasting:

Sure, and it's one of the *big* concerns. But it's still quite debated, and so we need to keep digging for more info & understanding. Presenting this as settled & agreed fact can work against the US gaining deeper knowledge on the issue & which responses might be most effective.

We can & should keep being creative in how we complicate adversary decision making, including via signalling, showcasing S&T prowess, demonstrations, and alliance strength (i.e., just adding more nuclear weapons to the US arsenal is not our only or best option for deterrence). (end of rant!)

Areas of broad agreement: we need to update our industrial infrastructure and invest more in science & technology; acquisition modernization is incredibly important, and to the degree possible, nuclear forces should not be exempted from such decisions; and third...

...claims of certainty that China would use its shorter-range nuclear weapons tactically in conflict---possible, and one of the biggest questions we have on our plates, but not something we know with certainty right now.

Misleading themes include: portraying aging nuclear systems as if we haven't been working on that issues for more than a decade; claiming that a president would have no options other than strategic nuclear weapons use if an adversary uses a tactical nuclear weapon; and...

For nuclear deterrence, US policymakers must rely on facts, not hype Opinion: Three chief narrative claims threaten to send Washington down costly, inefficient and risky nuclear policy paths, the authors of this op-ed argue.

Hype doesn't help policy makers make hard decisions in pursuit of maintaining effective deterrence. Thx @DefenseNews for posting our piece highlighting 3 misleading themes bubbling up in DC & 3 areas of agreement on #nuclear policy that we can lean into more. www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

Well, I need a new nemesis #bird 🪶

The #science & #tech base in the United States, and the people who drive it, are some of our most important national security assets. Keeping the National Labs well resourced & driven toward bold visions must remain a top priority. (& thanks to Sandia for an educational display that can be photo'd!)

And now Draper, just wow! 🇬🇧

Though now, I hope, Rune prevailing after that is even more symbolic 🇩🇰 🎾

So fun to think about a nation I love with my teammate @jacksondupont.bsky.social. Georgia's collaborative approach to all things #bio has shaped global security for decades. The politics of both our nations will now deeply influence whether & how that is sustained in the years ahead.

Brilliantly stated by @andrewfacini.com. We need to attract & retain top talent in #nuclear matters to pursue any strategy. An essential requirement for US strength & security no matter what.

I'm off work today so I can be a bit political, though part of why I'm on Team @benwikler.bsky.social is b/c we'd be better off if both parties embraced a lot of the things he is fighting for.

I might have inched it a tad closer, but that's part of what's great about @thebulletin.org & this annual process. It gets us all thinking & talking.

Great to see friends today after the announcement & sending gratitude to the Bulletin team for all you do 👏🏻

Only thing on my watch list for today. #GoBucks!!!

Cheers to these government agencies for soliciting public input on very complex policy topics 👏🏻 The need to understand & manage risks/optimize benefits from data usage and AI applications in #bio and #chemistry is only growing -- and quickly.

Tim's quote at the end of this is one I hope sticks. It was quite a moment, but we knew even back then that too many policy makers would continue trying to cut chem & bio weapons elimination innovation and resources. Great to see this article drawing attention to its importance.