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- Cultivating fandoms. "Charles Stross's A Conventional Boy is a solid reminder that fandoms aren't bodies of people a company can count on for marketing a franchise."
- The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO. "What it means and why it matters." When we have another pandemic, this will hurt both the US and the rest of the world.
- Donald Trump Wants You to Die. "The attack on public health begins." The graphic about vaccination rates in the US is truly telling. Canadians who visit the US should be very selective about which places they visit.
- The Potential Environmental (Airborne) Spread of H5N1. "And we're going to see more human cases related to that. The poultry industry is doomed to have challenge after challenge if they don't change the way they house these birds. They're going to have to find a way to have airtight buildings with only HEPA filter air coming in the intake and HEPA filter air being sent out the backside." I very much doubt that that is ever going to happen, given the current political and economic climate.
- Is the aurora borealis really that mind-blowing? Or is it just your cellphone photos? TL; DR: It's the camera.
- How to turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions. Done!
- ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here’s What to Know. "This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community." A public service announcement for my US readers.
- A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world. "This megacity is like Hong Kong on steroids – a vertically sprawling, astonishing urban phenomenon that can only be understood in three dimensions."
- Canadian authors warn readers that AI dupes of their books are popping up on Amazon. "Getting fake books taken down is ‘a game of whack-a-mole,' says writers’ union." This isn't just happening to Canadian authors; it's become widespread.
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