“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Sep 18, 2025
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On My Mind Today:
For the life of me, I cannot understand that the majority of humanity cannot understand or maybe doesn’t care, or is perhaps too put-on-busy or sloth-like lazy to care, about what we are on the verge of doing to ourselves. It should be a simple axiom of life– like a natural urge to survive in a cooperative gentle and peaceful way.
Most animals adhere to survival in their own way, but for humanity, at least, the obvious choice, but seldom followed, is to come together in a common cause that offers us love and freedom of life rather than hatred and selfish acts of war and threats of war. We should have realized that basic axiom — equals added to equals are equal — long, long, ago. Why we haven’t come together in natural unison is incredibly puzzling . . .
Just remember one nuclear bomb from one agitated overzealous country with short-sighted leadership is the ultimate in-vogue method to destroy most all life on our dear misused planet Earth. It is called self-extinction. ~llaw
Today’s Featured Article:
WXXI News
Where have all the nuclear protesters gone?
WXXI News | By Evan Dawson,
Elissa Orlando, Julie Williams
Published September 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM EDT
WXXI News
Students at the University of Rochester set up tents early Tuesday morning on the Wilson Quad in front of the Student Union. The students plan to remain in the encampment to protesting the war in Gaza.
12:00 Where have all the nuclear protesters gone?
1:00 Latin film series
In the 1980s, students practiced getting underneath their desks in the case of a nuclear attack. Protests routinely focused on the threat of nuclear war and the need for non-proliferation. Today, the concern about nuclear war is barely mentioned — even though a growing list of countries wants to join the nuclear club. Why is that? Our guests will discuss the change in public concern, and how they view the nuclear threat today.
Our guests:
- Holly Adams, member of Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace and steering committee member of Peace Action New York State
- Rev. James L Swarts, president of Veterans For Peace, Chapter 23, Rochester
- Timmon Wallis, executive director of Nuclear Ban US, national coordinator of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition and author of “Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario”
Then in our second hour, we go to the movies with a discussion about the Presente Latin Film Series. The Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum will host the series for the next month. It’s meant to be a celebration of Latin culture, history, and contributions to film. We’ll talk about what films will be featured in the series; concerns about whitewashing Latinas in American film; allegations of whitewashing Latin horror films; and more.
In studio:
- Jason Barber, Presente Latin Film Series
- Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions at the Dryden Theatre
- Cielo Ornelas MacFarlane, visual artist
- Annette Ramos, executive director of the Rochester Latino Theatre Company
“Connections with Evan Dawson” is livestreamed each day on the WXXI News YouTube channel. Watch here.
Connections
Evan Dawson is the host of “Connections with Evan Dawson.” He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Elissa Orlando is a producer for “Connections with Evan Dawson.” She returns part-time to WXXI News after stepping back from a long career in public media and in translational science.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for “Connections with Evan Dawson.” She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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TODAY’S ALL NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS, Thursday, (09/17/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Where have all the nuclear protesters gone? – WXXI News
WXXI News
Protests routinely focused on the threat of nuclear war and the need for non-proliferation. Today, the concern about nuclear war is barely mentioned — …
US and UK sign major nuclear power deal: What does it include? – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The UK currently has eight nuclear power stations, all managed by EDF Energy. … The global average for building a nuclear reactor is about seven years …
Updating the ‘Atoms for Peace’ bargain for the new nuclear age
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Revelations about the Iraqi and North Korean nuclear programs in the … [4] Most, but not all, non-nuclear weapon states have agreed to the …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Are the stars finally aligning for the ‘new golden age’ of nuclear? | Nils Pratley
The Guardian
Let’s not be too cynical about the US-UK agreement to build new power plants – but costs must fall if nuclear is to make headway.
US and UK sign major nuclear power deal: What does it include? – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The multibillion-pound deal will build up to 12 modern nuclear reactors in northeast England and power data centres.
The US wants to ‘triple or quadruple’ nuclear energy by 2050, expert says – Fox Business
Fox Business
Nano Nuclear Energy founder Jay Yu joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss his company’s mission to mass-produce nuclear energy and how he plans to …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
New technology to enhance safety near Xcel Energy’s nuclear plants – Patriot News MN
Patriot News MN
Xcel Energy has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Homeland Security Emergency Management (HSEM) division to use mobile …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Don’t Make a Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile a Priority – War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks
… nuclear threats. While American … This is because the main purpose of theater nuclear weapons is to threaten escalation to all-out nuclear war.
The Fallacy of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons: A South Asian Spotlight
orfonline.org
Low-yield nuclear weapons risk lowering the nuclear threshold in South Asia. Explore their dangers, doctrines, and global implications for …
Threats from enemies persist: Iran nuclear chief – Mehr News Agency
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The head of Iran’s nuclear agency says threats … nuclear facilities have come under military attack.” He reiterated …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Saudi Arabia Signs a Mutual Defense Pact with Nuclear-Armed Pakistan After Israel’s Attack on Qatar
Military.com
Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key …
As US reliability falters, Saudi Arabia turns to a nuclear-armed ally | CNN
CNN
While the senior Saudi official said the deal was “years” in the making, its timing – just a week after an unprecedented Israeli attack on neighboring …
Saudi Arabia signs mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan | The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel
… nuclear-armed state and has been fighting a multifront war in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen that began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 …
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Park geology team retrieves 13000 pieces of trash | Local News – Cody Enterprise
Cody Enterprise
By Margery Price. The Caldera Chronicles. So far in 2025, the Yellowstone Geology team has collected more than 13,000 pieces of trash, …
America’s Heartland rocked by earthquake felt in several US states – MSN
MSN
The Yellowstone Caldera is the 1,350-square-mile crater in the western-central portion of the park that formed when this volcano cataclysmically …
Dukono Volcano (Indonesia) – Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 10 …
Volcano Discovery
List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano. … Did you know that there are at least 15 active volcanoes in China …