Doomsday Clock Watch

http://thebulletin.org/timeline

ya im not clicking that

huh, i had no idea the clock was pushed back as far as 17 minutes to midnight in the past

i'd like to say that gives me a little hope for the future but all it's done in the last 25 years is tick ever closer to 12 :(

missed that we crept up to 2 minutes to midnight this year

https://thebulletin.org/2018-doomsday-clock-statement

as close as the esteemed members of the board have placed the hand since 1953:

1953: After much debate, the United States decides to pursue the hydrogen bomb, a weapon far more powerful than any atomic bomb. In October 1952, the United States tests its first thermonuclear device, obliterating a Pacific Ocean islet in the process; nine months later, the Soviets test an H-bomb of their own. "The hands of the Clock of Doom have moved again," the Bulletin announces. "Only a few more swings of the pendulum, and, from Moscow to Chicago, atomic explosions will strike midnight for Western civilization."

We covered this elsewhere in depth and with better jokes

Rolling looming apocalypse thread I think

That was before Bolton's elevation, too

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0ExdANi3pXqJs0NO/giphy.gif

It is 100 seconds to midnight.

85 seconds

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear powers Russia, China and the United States, fraying nuclear arms control, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and AI worries among factors driving risks for global disaster.