George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈
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The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family. That horror etched itself into my life and forged my belief in the urgency of disarmament. I’ve heard this horror reflected over and over again in the stories of other hibakusha—survivors of these unimaginable attacks.
Cosmic Librarian@georgetakei@universeodon.com
I used to babysit for a lady from Japan many years ago, who was also a friend of my mother... her name was Hideko, but everyone knew her as June. She told us once that she was supposed to go to Hiroshima for a field trip with classmates on that day. She ended up staying home due to illness. She lost all her friends and classmates.
Matthew Hill@georgetakei@universeodon.com You know, until very recently in my life... I didn't think this was something that actually had to be said out loud. And I grew up with a Soviet Union that was still a viable threat.
Now, sadly, I do think it needs saying, and I think it needs a lot of things to go our way if it's going to remain true.
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽In 1983, The Day After reached 100 million Americans and helped compel President Reagan to urgently pursue nuclear arms reductions. Narrative power helped make history: treaties followed that slashed worldwide stockpiles by about 80%.
Rusty Ring@georgetakei@universeodon.com
I remember that. The network pumped it up as a "major event" and pretty much the whole country watched.
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽Today, for the first time in four decades, disarmament is stalling. Nuclear arsenals may rise again. It doesn’t have to be this way. We hold the pen for our collective story. We have the power—if we choose to use it. That’s why I’m asking you to join us in calling for a safer world without nuclear weapons. #CultureAgainstNukes https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/no-more-hiroshimas-no-more-nagasakis/
Cosmic Librarian@georgetakei@universeodon.com
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/g-s1-81228/hiroshima-survivors-fear-rising-nuclear-threat-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-atomic-bombing
Cosmic Librarian@georgetakei@universeodon.com
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/g-s1-81228/hiroshima-survivors-fear-rising-nuclear-threat-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-atomic-bombing