Jessica Sleight (she/her)

Nukes and nonsense. Views my own.

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

Russia and the United States need to resolve the issue leading to the suspension of New START inspections quickly and resume inspections.

Up now at @inkstickmedia: https://t.co/6OEIKkYJpc

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

Story time! Mom was an asst. manager for yrs when corporate suddenly fired the manager (imo, too $$ for their liking) and moved all assts to hourly.

Told us with overtime she was likely to make more annually. We said just wait until they realize. They "fixed" her pay again.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Walmart crossed above $1 trillion in market value, joining a club mostly made up of tech giants like Apple and Microsoft. https://t.co/xHP3f8Prkt

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

"The average American taxpayer spends $36 per year to support the SNAP program. The average American taxpayer spends $670 per year on corporate subsidies."

[NTI @NTI_WMD]

80 years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still cast a long shadow over the world. Cultural leaders have a leading role to play in creating a critical mass of public demand for change. They are stepping up. 🧵 1/6

[PragmaticMom @pragmaticmom]

Take a stand today for #CultureAgainstNukes https://t.co/OxiCeZP6lm via @pragmaticmom #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #NuclearWeapons #AtomicWeapons

[NTI @NTI_WMD]

80 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 60+ cultural leaders are using their voices and their craft to expose the true risks of nuclear weapons and help audiences imagine a world without them. https://t.co/ZTUgCANqPY #CultureAgainstNukes

[Outrider Foundation @OutriderFdn]

Join us at the Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit on October 9-10!

This free, two-day event will focus on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange, local economies, and the #environment.

🔗 APPLY NOW: https://t.co/leSjFghHwn

[NTI @NTI_WMD]

As we reflect on the 80 year since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, join NTI today for a powerful live-streamed conversation with @JimCameron and @ErnestMoniz, moderated by @amanpour.

It starts at 5:30 pm ET — don’t miss it: https://t.co/tqMfB8zqFS

[Kelsey Davenport @KelseyDav]

The United States can destroy Irans infrastructure, but it cannot destroy Iranian knowledge. These strikes may set Iran back, but it is also likely to incentivize Iran toward the bomb.

The US still needs a plan for deescalation & a long term strategy to prevent proliferation

[Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes]

New: US Intel agencies assess that despite Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, Tehran has not made the decision to move to a nuclear bomb. That will likely change, officials say, if the U.S. attacks Fordo or Israel kills the supreme leader. More: https://t.co/ABOqyFEtkR

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

@Conservativeind Don't agree with your characterization of the last president, but all the same, this bill was also put forward during the Biden administration.

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

@natticus2890 @SenMarkey @RepTedLieu They weren't. The bill was also put forward during the Biden administration. This is a reintroduction.

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

@WilliamHBart @SenMarkey @RepTedLieu It was! They also introduced the bill in previous years including during the Biden administration.

[NTI @NTI_WMD]

As the nuclear football—the secure briefcase enabling a U.S. president to authorize a nuclear strike—changes hands on Inauguration Day, a troubling question is raised: should one person hold the unchecked power to use nuclear weapons? https://t.co/yFo9KpGAov

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“Nuclear weapons are not an inevitable fact of human life. They are not impossible to get rid of, and pushing for that can be done by ordinary people like you and me,” @BeaFihn writes. Read: https://t.co/46q43fA7i9

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

@RealBobPeters @scientistsorg It will never be necessary for political reasons. Y'all have enough signaling options.

[Outrider Foundation @OutriderFdn]

Are you a journalist covering national security, climate change, artificial intelligence, public health, technology, or the environment? 📝 Join us at the @OutriderFdn Nuclear Reporting Summit on December 5-6. Travel grants available. Space is limited. https://t.co/u964JlnW8p

[Ernest Moniz @ErnestMoniz]

The national security argument for resuming underground explosive nuclear testing in Nevada does not pass the test. In fact, it would be a self-inflicted national security risk. My opinion piece for @TheNVIndy ⬇️https://t.co/gqACKhrN97

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“We rose up. We shared our stories of survival. We said: humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.”

Setsuko Thurlow (pictured) was just 13 years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the city she lived in. She is one of the Hibakusha - the survivors of the horrific bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that took place in August 1945.

This year’s #NobelPeacePrize was awarded to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, received the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.

Read more: https://t.co/HwTvSREpfp

#NobelPrize

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

Another one for the Six Degrees of Nuclear Weapons back pocket.

Director James Burrows -> Cheers (sitcom) -> Adm. William J. Crowe -> military aide who carries the nuclear football #sundayfunday

[Jessica Sleight (she/her) @jmsleight]

Thanks @ArmsControlNow for inviting me to write on the US presidential election and nuclear modernization.

It is up to the next president to understand the difference between security and supremacy and prioritize a wholistic strategic review that includes real talk on risk.

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

The next US president, inheriting a $1.7 trillion program to modernize the nuclear arsenal, needs to rethink nuclear strategy to avoid fear-based, short-term thinking... @JMSleight writes in the latest Arms Control Today feature section.