What was unlawful yesterday is unlawful today. Listen for the latest update on today’s developments regarding the president’s unlawful attempts to deploy National Guard troops to Portland.

Judge Immergut isn’t playing around and I suspect will slam the Trump Administration for trying to end-run her order from yesterday blocking Trump’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard in Portland.

1) Trump-appointed judge rules admin cannot deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland 2) Trump admin deploys California Guard there instead, circumventing her ruling 3) CA joins Portland/Oregon in filing for a second temporary restraining order 4) judge schedules emergency hearing (about to start)

@drneilstone.bsky.social www.wrdw.com/2025/10/03/s...

As the accursed ostrich situation continues to get simultaneously more stupid and gravely serious, I decided to write up a very long analysis of many of the key issues. Bottom line: so long as this flock lives, it is a threat to Canada's national security. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social is very long, very clear and very devastating: Last Stand in Bird Flu Ostrich Land open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Mass for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Homily Given by Robert Cardinal McElroy open.substack.com/pub/johnacar... @crof.bsky.social

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️

Idle Grace and the Survival of the Unfittest open.substack.com/pub/johnacar... @crof.bsky.social

My only confirmed C19 case was given to me by Georgetown Univ. Hospital via my transplant-survivor dad, who was undergoing chemo for cancer and hospitalized with a live-threatening skin infection when they gave him a dangerous communicable disease, then sent him home to pass it to his caregivers.

Runs until March 22, 2026. museumofvancouver.ca/living-with-...

Long Covid patients likely to suffer from unusual heart rhythm disorder nagalandpost.com/long-covid-p...

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

I've returned to Substack with a long post, originally a talk to the BC Retired Teachers' Association, on Teaching: From the Stone Age to AI. open.substack.com/pub/crawford...

Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed damage to the region’s energy infrastructure. Local hospitals have switched to backup power, and an emergency meeting of the regional government is set to take place within the hour.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Since this question came up in class last week on flu vaccination and Guillain-Barre syndrome, I think I’ll mention this tomorrow: “most research indicates that active influenza infection poses a higher risk for GBS, and vaccination may provide protection against it” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Pretty astounding: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Classes are in session, but Columbia is still struggling to recover from its showdown with the Trump administration.

A long, necessary read: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

1/?) Something we need to talk about on social media but mostly don't is levels of expertise. So I'm gonna take a shot at that. Level 0: I never heard of X. Level 1: I have heard of X, so I think I know all about it. Level 3: I read the Wikipedia article about X, so I'm sure I know...

🔥 A building in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone, home to companies manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles, burned in Moscow.

"The #OECD, a club of mostly rich nations, estimates #LongCOVID could be costing its 38 members $864 billion to $1.04 trillion annually due to reductions in quality of life & labour force participation. ⚠️ This does not include the extra burden on #HealthServices": www.context.news/socioeconomi...

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

On and on and on: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Vilnius Airport suspended operations on the evening of October 4 due to the appearance of unidentified balloons in the sky according to LRT The objects were observed in the Baltoji Vokė area.Air traffic disruptions lasted for several hours,flights had to be redirected to Kaunas&Riga lrt.lt/naujienos

WHO: www.who.int/news/item/05...

This is happening here in the Vancouver suburbs: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/docto...

Mike Coston: afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/10/nas-...

Superb analysis from Phillips O'Brien: Weekend Update #153: The Land War Is Hardening; The Air War Is Broadening open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

“Reduce wildfire risk or B.C. faces dire economic consequences: study” www.timescolonist.com/local-news/r... - @timescolonist.bsky.social #BCWildfire #Wildfires 1/2

"Poilievre evaded 3 follow-up questions about whether he supported the ostrich cull... Poilievre’s office told the Star he would not comment further on his position..." #PoilievreIsACoward #NeverPoilievre #NeverConservatives #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...