Letter To The Editor: Comment On Terry Wallace’s Nuclear Weapons Testing Op-Ed
By ROBERT D. DAY
Los Alamos
Terry Wallace’s Op-Ed (link) in the Nov. 6, 2025 issue of the Los Alamos Daily Post sounded like a lot of political-eze.
Nuclear weapons systems are very complex and even the most sophisticated numerical simulations being used to model them cannot allow for every complexity.
It falls into the you-do-not-know-what-you-don’t-know category. I, personally, would like to know if the weapons in our stockpile still work. (Especially since they have been “mothballed” for around 30 years.) The only way to determine this is by testing. Read More
Catch Of The Week: When The Watchers Get Watched – Cybersecurity Firm F5 Confirms Nation-State Breach
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
When a cybersecurity company gets hacked, it feels a bit like hearing your locksmith’s house was broken into. This week, F5—one of the world’s largest providers of network security and load balancing technology—confirmed that it had been breached by a nation-state actor, according to federal officials. Yikes!
The firm reported that while some internal systems and source code were accessed, its operations and customer-facing products remain unaffected.
Still, both U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity agencies issued urgent alerts Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 9, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department stocked Nov. 5 a total of 7,160 Gila trout in the East Fork, Middle Fork and West Fork of the Gila River. The fish averaged four inches in size.
Gila trout are raised at the Federal Fish Hatchery in Mora. They are one of two species of trout native to New Mexico. The other is the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. Gila trout inhabit the Gila River drainage in Southwestern New Mexico.
At one time, Gila trout were considered an endangered species due to habitat loss and interbreeding with rainbow trout. Limited angling Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Oct. 29, 2025
BRIDGE News:
Jenny Sprinkle played for the first time in one of our games on Nov. 3. Julie Goltz played for the first time here on November 5. John Courtright played for the the first time in a long while, also on November 5. Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st overall in the Monday game.
In flight B both days, the winners were Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker. In the open game on Wednesday, there was a 3-way tie with Helen Butler-Joyce Goltz, Martin Cooper-Sam Borkowsky, and Jerry Morzinski-Beth Schaefer.
This was an amazing game in that 5 slam hands were possible!
This is one of them, Board 14. South Read More
Robinson: Pearce Can Bring His Best Self To BLM Post
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
During the Vietnam War former congressman Steve Pearce flew C-130 transport planes when the enemy was trying hard to shoot them down. As the president’s newly appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Pearce may feel like he’s still in the cockpit.
He’s got a great deal of relevant experience for the job – “at least he’s not a Fox News host,” grouses one BLM retiree I know – but the environmental community is already warming its legal engines. The BLM oversees about half of all federal land in New Mexico and some 245 million Read More
This Week In Sports: Nov. 15, 2025
SPORTS News:
This week the Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers Football Team has a quarterfinal game against Gadsden at home.
The Hilltopper sports games and events are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team, which includes John McHale, Mike Cote and Nate Limback.
This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:
Nov. 15 – Saturday
- Football Quarterfinals vs Gadsden Home – 12 p.m.
McQuiston: How Modern Cars Spy On You – And What Data They Collect
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Most of us think of our cars as pretty simple: you get in, you drive, you park, you’re done.
But newer cars … they’re not really “machines” anymore. They’re rolling computers. And like most computers, they’re constantly collecting data — often a lot more than people realize.
Some of it is harmless. Some of it is useful. And some of it is, honestly, a little uncomfortable once you see the full picture.
Let’s take a calm, clear look at what’s actually being gathered and why.
Your Car Tracks How You Drive
Your vehicle is paying attention Read More
