New Doomsday Clock time just dropped – 17 favourite tweets

10.

Ahh shit. I need to amend at least one of my doomsday clock t-shirts now https://t.co/fYk01omtj9

— Have You Ewa (@EwaSR) January 24, 2023

11.

Excited about the levels of fireworks when it strikes 12. https://t.co/gBAFHGVIVi

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) January 24, 2023

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Remember like 15 years ago only nerds and Linkin Park knew about the Doomsday clock? https://t.co/tTuIdJl9Xr

— Ronnie GalaxyRay (@NotRonnieRay) January 24, 2023

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those scientists in charge of the doomsday clock every time they get to announce it moved pic.twitter.com/GMcQbwuOel

— gays0n (@g4ys0n) January 24, 2023

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They moved the Doomsday Clock to its closest ever position to midnight.

In the apocalypse fetish community we call this "edging."

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 25, 2023

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The furthest from midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been is 17 minutes in 1991. The official explanation is the break up of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. But I like to think Michael Bolton's "Time, Love & Tenderness" album had a little something to do with it. pic.twitter.com/VQcd8amo2A

— Rebecca Jules (@RebeccaJJules) January 24, 2023

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What a bizarre ceremony.
“And now for the big reveal, the Doomsday Clock has been set to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to annihilation. Congrats everyone! We couldn’t have done it without you.” pic.twitter.com/p832dLR199

— Tim McMillan (@LtTimMcMillan) January 24, 2023

17.

before you mock the doomsday clock maybe know that if it's ever set to midnight it triggers a series of hydrogen bombs that have been placed along fault lines and areas of strong magma flow that will destroy the earth in an orgy of self-fulfilling prophecy

— andy™ (@andylevy) January 24, 2023

BONUS This graphic allows you to play the ‘What was happening that year?’ game. Enjoy.

The Doomsday Clock was moved to 90 seconds to midnight today, Jan. 24, the closest it's ever been.

The Doomsday Clock is a decades-long project of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists featuring a clock face where midnight represents Armageddon. https://t.co/uG9vmchRXK pic.twitter.com/IFM1gmIjjT

— USA TODAY Graphics (@usatgraphics) January 24, 2023

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An unlucky 13 reactions to the Doomsday Clock’s terrifying new time

Source Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Image Screengrab