The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists have announced what will be done with the big hand on the Doomsday Clock, and that’s… nothing.
Doomsday Clock will remain at two minutes to midnight for the second year running, scientists have announced https://t.co/pa80MoT0IJ
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 24, 2019
In spite of things like tax cuts and repeal of net neutrality, “doomsday” hasn’t yet happened, and it can’t be set much closer to midnight, so it stays where it is:
It's still 2 minutes to midnight because of nuclear weapons and climate change. https://t.co/DYbeNB3Lxg #DoomsdayClock pic.twitter.com/BRfFPlvvHm
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 24, 2019
That's the same time as last year, and remains the closest it's been since 1953 at the height of the Cold War. https://t.co/DYbeNB3Lxg #DoomsdayClock pic.twitter.com/f1WHbyWK3w
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 24, 2019
Which all means… well, we’re not quite sure actually.
Just to try and hammer the point home though, the song “The Final Countdown” was played before the announcement:
— BulletinOfTheAtomic (@BulletinAtomic) January 24, 2019
Nothing sells the science behind a prop clock like an 80’s classic from Europe.
But CNN served up a little editorializing to help sell the panic that this annual symbolic event is intended to generate:
The Doomsday Clock says it's almost the end of the world as we know it. (And that's not fine.) https://t.co/30lbgzPlxZ pic.twitter.com/FbqmyyjKaK
— CNN (@CNN) January 24, 2019
But wait…
I heard we are good for 12 years on #climatechange
— FLHXS (@GREGPAPROCKI2) January 24, 2019
Yes, did they run that “two minutes” setting by AOC first?
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This clock has meant nothing my entire life. Pointless Clock
— Tony Ray(Yankees 27) (@starjumper9) January 24, 2019
Longest 2 minutes I have ever seen.
— hgw1956?✒? (@securitydog56) January 24, 2019
What a stupid, scaremongering stunt.
— talia (@tjjoe05) January 24, 2019
We're screwed when Daylight Savings kicks back in.
— FreeTheMarkets (@FreeTheMarketz) January 24, 2019
is this one more accurate than Al Gore's?
— Mr. Schnitzengruben (@vogel_nwa) January 24, 2019
So Gov. Brown *now* says, "It's time for dialogue with Putin".
"Journalists love clicks, but the final click could be a nuclear accident."Remember when Trump said there's nothing wrong with talking to Putin?https://t.co/Gkb2Bud74C pic.twitter.com/JcGIevbiXp
— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) January 24, 2019
Obligatory:
Cue Iron Maiden https://t.co/sI3w93BkrC
— ????? ℝ???????? (@Jason_Spincycle) January 24, 2019
Iron maiden was right?
EXCELLENT!!!!!!
— Aaron (@IndioTechKnow) January 24, 2019
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