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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 11h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 2h

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2h

VIDEO: 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi launches virtual marriage app

Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using a government app -- without even setting foot in the emirate. For $218, users can complete online forms, submit necessary documents and organise a virtual ceremony in as little as 24 hours

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Key witness statement in China spy row to be published, says Starmer

Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against two men * UK politics live – latest updates Downing Street will publish a witness statement from the deputy national security adviser that is seen as central to the decision to withdraw spying charges against two British men, Keir Starmer has said. Updating MPs at the start of prime minister’s questions, Starmer said the statement by Matthew Collins would be released after a “short process” to ensure all the information within it could be published. Continue reading...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2h

Cambodia is ready to sign a peace deal with Thailand coordinated by President Donald Trump, according to an official from the Southeast Asian nation, leaning into the US leader’s desire to be seen as a global peacemaker

Cambodia Eyes ‘Historic Moment’ With Trump Over Thailand Peace

Cambodia is ready to sign a peace deal with Thailand coordinated by President Donald Trump, according to an official from the Southeast Asian nation, leaning into the US leader’s desire to be seen as a global peacemaker.

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 2h

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h

It’s up to employees everywhere to learn how to protect their finances. https://cnn.it/46PSC2Y

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Cartoonist ZACH @cartoonistzach.bsky.social · 6d

huhu kawawa naman

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Cartoonist ZACH @cartoonistzach.bsky.social · 5d

Nangyari ang lindol malapit sa Philippine Trench.

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Cartoonist ZACH @cartoonistzach.bsky.social · 2h

Mas malaki ang natatanggap na ayudang trapo ng mga mayayaman kaysa sa mahihirap para sa pagpapagamot.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 7h

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Pfizer CEO says US pharma industry needs to collaborate with China reut.rs/47qrurq

Pfizer CEO says US pharma industry needs to collaborate with China

Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry needs to collaborate with China’s, where speedy processes have vaulted it to 30% of global drug development over the past decade.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Meet the AI chatbots replacing India's call-center workers reut.rs/42Fe3kT

Meet the AI chatbots replacing India's call-center workers

At a startup office in this Indian city, developers are fine-tuning artificial-intelligence chatbots that talk and message like humans.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22h

Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU

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404 Media @404media.co · 23h

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

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Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

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Nature @nature.com · 23h

Nobody should be going hungry in the twenty-first century. Scientists must determine the reasons why malnutrition is increasing so policymakers can act

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The spectre of malnutrition is back and must be tackled — fast

Nobody should be going hungry in the twenty-first century. Scientists must determine the reasons why malnutrition is increasing so policymakers can act.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23h

The attack can covertly steal two-factor authentication codes, location timelines, and other sensitive data in under 30 seconds.

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

Malicious app required to make “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.

It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.

The story only gets wilder from there.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

The news comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

Venezuela to close Norway embassy after opposition leader wins Nobel Prize

The news comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 1d

Secret3: In early November of 2022, Magalong attended a rally in Baguio city organized he said by Bantag’s clan relatives (they are native Ibaloi).

Where is Bantag now? A Percy Lapid family member I had spoken to believes Magalong knows where Bantag’s hiding place is in the Cordilleras.

The 3 untold secrets of Benjamin Magalong

COMMENTARY: What we need are crime busters. Magalong is not. No unapologetic Duterte protector can be a crime buster.

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 1d

Secret2: Notice that Magalong skirts commenting on the allegations of his being the junta head tasked to appoint Sara Duterte. He will be damned if he admits, yet damned if he denies. Hence it remains his second untold secret because it will spill the beans on who he is protecting.

The 3 untold secrets of Benjamin Magalong

COMMENTARY: What we need are crime busters. Magalong is not. No unapologetic Duterte protector can be a crime buster.

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Kulotissima @kulotissima.bsky.social · 1d

Secret1: Yap was House Appropriations chair when Paolo Duterte received P51 billion in #porkbarrel funds.
Yap and Duterte were the names Magalong had revealed to Trillanes as behind the P36 billion rock-netting corruption in Benguet. Have we heard Magalong say this in public? Never.

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The 3 untold secrets of Benjamin Magalong

COMMENTARY: What we need are crime busters. Magalong is not. No unapologetic Duterte protector can be a crime buster.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Chikungunya is difficult to test for & has no treatment. It has exploded globally in the past 20 yrs bc of climate change, w/ outbreaks in areas it wasn’t previously found. First detected in the W Hemisphere in 2015, local transmission now occurs in the US. This administration suspended the vaccine…

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 1d

The world's largest factory that produces mosquitoes that can prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses from reproducing has opened in Curitiba, Brazil, aiming to boost protection in 40 municipalities with high infection rates.
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Brazil opens world’s largest mosquito biofactory to fight disease - UPI.com

The world's largest factory that produces mosquitoes that can prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses from reproducing has opened in Curitiba, Brazil.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide"

Via Zeteo, read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide

Read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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