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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

Get a load of the US government's avian-flu dashboard, now that the US government is shut down: www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

Wild Bird Avian Influenza Surveillance | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

View the Wild Bird Avian Influenza Surveillance dashboard.

www.aphis.usda.gov

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

@ereguly.bsky.social, one the Globe's best writers, has an excellent article on the Catholic Church's involvement in the response to the war in Gaza: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Two more generations before Jews and Arabs can live in peace, says Vatican’s top man in Jerusalem

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says ‘the wounds are too deep’ and the healing process needs time

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social has the must-read of the week, but you're not going to like it: The Death of Public Health open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

open.substack.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING:

China hits back at the United States.

China will impose heavy port fees on US ships starting on October 14, in response to US port fees on Chinese vessels.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 2h

Even if we let them build here, we should require them to form a joint venture with a Canadian firm, license their technology to the Canadian JV, and structure the Canadian entity so that the US Cloud Act cannot be applied and that it is a separate entity and majority Canadian owned.

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

This does not look like a good idea: www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

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‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2h

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Icebreakers and golf forge Trump and Finnish leader's unlikely friendship

Alexander Stubb has become a key voice for Europe at the White House amid the Ukraine war.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2h

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Hamas recalls fighters amid fears of internal violence in Gaza as Israelis await hostages' release

Elsewhere, Gaza's Hamas-run civil defense agency says it's continuing to search through the rubble for thousands of missing Palestinians.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2h

Those e-scooters are moving very fast in my neighbourhood: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Toronto hospital reports 600 per cent spike in trauma cases related to e-scooter injuries

St. Michael’s Hospital is emabarking on new study to help bring safety to Toronto roads after data shows an increasing number of e-scooter and e-bike accidents.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2h

We can get high on our own supply, thanks: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

This does not look like a good idea: www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal

Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territory

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

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‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Israel moves prisoners ahead of exchange Gaza; Hamas official says disarmament ‘out of the question’ – live

Under the truce deal Israel is supposed to release 250 prisoners, including some serving life sentences for deadly attacks

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.