Crawford Kilian

Crawford Kilian

@crof.bsky.social

Retired college teacher, recovering novelist. Born 1941 (CO2: 310 ppm). Still doing journalism and walking the dog. Writing for @thetyee.ca for over 20 years.

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The Breakdown AB
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

From the DM’s… There’s reportedly been a massive cull of senior leadership at Acute Care Alberta with 8 senior leaders being shown the door suddenly! Just in time for flu season! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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João Bosco Jardim
@jbjardim.bsky.social

Now bear the consequences

Matthew Hay Brown@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social

“Flávio has given up,” a Bolsonaro family adviser told The Washington Post. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week, and that he may have a long prison term ahead”

washingtonpost.comBolsonaro effectively concedes in Brazil after Trump suggests he won’t helpTrump says the presidential election looked “rigged” but did not say he planned to intervene on behalf of the right-wing politician.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Writers Guild on Musk blocking releasee of the documentary "Musk": "A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, and social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration over our news and media threatens democratic discourse."

Crawford Kilian
@crof.bsky.social

Ituri: Health reference centre in Ania closed after 15 new Ebola cases including healthcare workers. www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/26/a...

radiookapi.netLe centre de santé de référence d’Ania en Ituri, fermé après de nouvelles contaminations à EbolaLe centre de santé de référence d’Ania, dans le territoire d’Aru, en Ituri, est fermé depuis une semaine à la suite de nouvelles contaminations au virus Ebola parmi les personnes prises en charge dans...

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London Review of Books
@lrb.co.uk

‘The same Israeli officials who declared that there were no innocents in Gaza are now outraged by a film showing that this is exactly the principle the military has acted on.’ New: Eyal Weizman on 𝘕𝘈𝘡𝘈, from our next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.ukEyal Weizman · Necro-Economics: Death by AlgorithmGaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different...

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Phillips OBrien
@phillipspobrien.bsky.social

Even though Trump caved in to great pressure over Starlink/Starshield, it doesn’t change the basic fact that the US is more and more an open ally of Russia. The US is still refusing to deliver purchased Patriot missiles, buying Russian diesel, has neutered Graham-Blumenthal, and there is more…

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Anthropic files for listing on US stock market with valuation of more than $1.5tn

theguardian.comAnthropic files for listing on US stock market with valuation of more than $1.5tnMarket debut of the company behind the chatbot Claude will be one of the largest in US history Anthropic has publicly filed for a listing on the US stock market under the symbol ANT. Analysts and investors have previously valued the San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021, at more than $1.5tn, meaning its listing will be one of the largest in market history. Continue reading...

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Tim Mak
@timkmak.bsky.social

Replying to @timkmak.bsky.social

Polish hospitals, financial and energy systems are targets of daily cyberattacks, Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski said. While the hybrid attacks against NATO countries are constant, Sikorski said Europe would not adopt Russia’s methods and retaliate.

kyivpost.com‘People Are Dying’: Poland Lists Russian Attacks Across Europe, Rejects Retaliation on Moscow’s TermsPoland says Russian sabotage, cyberattacks and espionage are escalating across Europe, but retaliation will come through increased support for Ukraine.