(((James Acton)))

@james_acton32 · Washington, DC · joined 04 Mar 2012

Co-director, @carnegienpp and senior fellow, @CarnegieEndow; nuclear policy, national security & politics; occasional agonizing about @Nationals; RT≠E etc.

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(((James Acton)))@james_acton3231 Aug

Daisy (1964). LBJ knew how to do memorable. (Watch it...) https://t.co/5jCKoHj8KE https://t.co/SNbPLIeBMQ

GIF

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(((James Acton)))@james_acton3228 Aug

Global shock and terror would be the point. The goal would be coercion, not military effect. 8.7K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

(((James Acton)))@james_acton3228 Aug

@james_acton32 Veracity of the reports on nuclear use aside, serious question: what would use of an nuclear weapon achieve? Other than global shock and terror (and perhaps that would be the purpose) how would it help RU achieve its military goals against UKR? I've never seen th 3.1K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

(((James Acton)))@james_acton3227 Aug

I worried about Russian nuclear use earlier in this war, and if things go badly enough for Russia, I wouldn’t exclude that possibility. But they’d have to go *really* badly: Putin at risk of losing Crimea or his hold on power badly. That’s not the situation today. (1/n) 11.4K views · 67 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

(((James Acton)))@james_acton3227 Aug

Genuinely stunning contrail. A parabolic cycloid. 25.3K views · 78 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

(((James Acton)))@james_acton3219 Jun 2025

In the @nytimes today, I argue that the United States should judge military action against Iran by the same standards against which the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action--aka the Iran Nuclear Deal--was assessed. GIFT LINK at end of thread. (1/7) https://t.co/moUM6RFDJI

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5 post degli ultimi 90 giorni, accanto alla fascia di 10K–100K follower. arriva a molti, ma pochi di loro reagiscono.

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Copertura, %34.57%questo account3.62%mediana per 10K–100K

Interazione, %0.33%questo account1.52%mediana per 10K–100K

Metrica	Questo account	Mediana per 10K–100K	Rapporto
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Tasso di interazione	0.33%	1.52%	0.22×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes60.0%401 in total

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Replies2.5%17 in total

Quotes2.4%16 in total

Bookmarks21.0%140 in total

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