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rampartd

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4. most dangerous moment?
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 12:23 AM
Thursday

only the cuban missile crisis is close.

our instant communications and global transportation, make previous centuries' crisis seem localized, nuclear weapons and biological stuff make any crisis a possible world ender. throw in a senile single minded blowhard... well do they still keep that doomsday clock? union of concerned scientists?

January 28, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB) has set the Doomsday Clock at 89 seconds to midnight, marking the closest it has ever been in its 78-year history. This historic adjustment underscores the alarming trajectory of global risks and highlights the urgent need for immediate, collective action to avert catastrophe.

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