Rock Band Records Inside Nuclear Cooling Tower
Hat-tip to Oblivious reader Ben for this (long-neglected) link. The Seattle-based rock band Thunderpussy have recorded a song or songs in an abandoned nuclear cooling tower.
Nuclear War
If you wondered whether it would all end with a bang or a whimper, look no further.
The nuclear apocalypse will be measured in megatons.
The Answer to Thermouclear Monarchy is Regicide
In the United States, the final and decisive authority to launch a nuclear strike falls to one person: the sitting President. This aspect of the American military system has been critically dubbed “thermonuclear monarchy.”
The Birth and Rebirth of China’s Atomic City
The “Atomic City” of China is experiencing a revitalization, however many of the dark secrets of China’s nuclear program remain hidden.
The Complexities of the Technicolor Mushroom Cloud
A few notes on the carnivalesque aesthetic subtext of detonating a 75-foot-tall technicolor mushroom cloud over the University of Chicago campus.
A Modest Proposal to Bring Back Bert the Turtle
Bert the Turtle, the much-maligned mascot of America’s duck-and-cover nuclear-preparedness program, is ready for his comeback.
Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age by Dan Zak
Read a guide to Almighty, Dan Zak’s new history of the intersection of Catholic activism and the nuclear weapons, with an emphasis on apocalyptic ideas.