Nuclear weapons testing has been ordered

 Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'

The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna240681

GYEONGJU, South Korea — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had instructed the Defense Department to “immediately” resume testing nuclear weapons.

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump said on Truth Social shortly before his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. “That process will begin immediately.”

The United States has voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing since 1992. However, it has the ability to resume tests at the Nevada National Security Site.

trump orders the restart of nuc testing

Source: The NY Post 

 https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/us-news/trump-orders-pentagon-to-immediately-restart-nuclear-weapons-testing-to-compete-with-russia-chinas-arsenals/

trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

Source: The Guardian

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons

Ri-di-culous!

 LANL is now requiring chemical hazards training for anything that has an msds. Toilet paper has an msds. You can't even use the bathroom at LANL without training.

NNSA is furloughing most of its staff

 According to this article, this could have far reaching effect on the NNSA.

Quote from article:

"As the government shutdown has persisted with no end in sight, NNSA has had to acknowledge that its funds are beginning to run out"

Details:

https://upolitics.com/news/trump-administration-furloughs-80-of-employees-at-nuclear-weapons-agency-amid-government-shutdown/

Will LLNS be gone by 2030?

 Should the DOE/NNSA end the

LLNS contract to manage LLNL on or before 2030 in favor of a non-profit contractor? Less expensive, better employee morale, more of a science and engineering focus?

Los Alamos in deplorable condition

 So in Los Alamos there are so many new people hired and so much construction that no one has anywhere to park. People have had to part in illegal or make shift parking spots for months now. Today they have out hundreds of tickets. I think LANL should have some parking or hire less people. On the other hand it is also know that hundreds of even thousand of people are not showing up to work. You cannot have it both ways. Some one needs to look into this. What we do at Los Alamos is serious, we need to act like a serious place to work. The buildings are falling apart, the infrastructure is horrible, and our overhead rates are insane. Something does not add up. It might be time for a contract change.

Cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Site

 Washington leaders are calling it a historic day, as the Hanford Vit Plant started processing radioactive waste material on Wednesday, the culmination of a years-long effort to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Site.

https://youtu.be/u0WmL04NhDo?si=a6jdKd7wdeV89kaY

Hiring freeze

 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/ensuring-continued-accountability-in-federal-hiring/

 Trump on late Wednesday signed a new executive order that told agencies to restrict hiring throughout the federal government, providing some exceptions related to immigration enforcement, national and public security, and political appointees.

Does this affect the labs, NNSA, DOE? 

Labs furloughs

 Heard that lab furloughs will be on the way if the shutdown lasts much longer.

The question is really how long the shutdown will last. Lost of rumors
(1) Until next Monday after the no Kings rally.
(2) Until, Nov 1st because some other things kick in
(3) Until Thanksgiving when people cannot fly and demand something.
(4) Until Christmas (See 3)

I have no idea but we did 35 days before so we still have some time. I am betting for 30-35 days again.

Somehow the lab just seems much more nervous about this one.

Will CA SB79 impede local zoning?

 Governor Newsom just signed SB 79 into law, and it will go into effect July 1, 2026.

1. Will existing and under development, low density neighborhoods pushback in court?

2. Will the passage of SB 79 be helpful or a headwind to the expansion of ACE and other mass transit proposals and expansions throughout the Bay Area and the rest of California?

Protesters rally against California Senate bill that increases housing density near transit hubs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1y9SLg-26BY&pp=ygUlY2JzIDggcHJvdGVzdGVycyByYWxseSBhZ2FpbnN0IHNlbmF0ZQ%3D%3D

California ACE train expansion is coming

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F7iGUZW_sqA&pp=ygUeY2FsaWZvcm5pYSBhY2UgdHJhaW4gZXhwYW5zaW9u

Decline of NSA labs

 American Physical Society Fellows 2025 highlights decline of NNSA labs.

Worse year ever for NNSA labs

LANL 1
Sandia 0
LLNL 0

Comparison

ORNL 4
Fermilab 4
Brookhaven 3
LBNL 2
SLAC 1
ANL 0
PNNL 0

Huge rate hike!

 California FAIR Plan seeks huge rate hike. Map shows which ZIPs hit hardest

“The California FAIR Plan has proposed raising home insurance rates by an average of 35.8% starting next spring - a hike that, if approved in full, would be its largest in at least seven years.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-fair-plan-seeks-largest-231104839.html

Earthquake domino-effect

 This is a very interesting claim : that a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, could also trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas, perhaps one might suppose even affecting the entire West Coast of the United States.

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-cascadia-megathrust-earthquake-trigger-san.html

Q Clearance Question

On September 25, 2025, Antifa was designated as a “domestic terrorist organization.” Under the “Adjudicative Guidelines” to acquire or maintain a security clearance, this may fall under “Allegiance to the United States” as defined by the Guideline.

Are Lab employees, with any past or present association with Antifa, being required to promptly update their “Questionnaire for National Security Positions” as of September 22, 2025?

Embrace MAGA or else...

 Universities are being asked to endorse Trump agenda in order to obtain priority access to funding:

https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2025-10-02/university-of-arizona-among-9-colleges-trump-offered-access-to-funds-to-follow-his-agenda

Retribution, courtesy of the MAGA regime!

 The DOE is killing a number of energy projects:

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5560869/energy-trump-democrats-shutdown

https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-termination-223-projects-saving-over-75-billion