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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This lab incident exposes a national security failure: the U.S. has voluntarily blinded itself. The Trump admin pulled out of the WHO, recalled scientists abroad, dismantled USAID programs, and fired thousands of CDC and ASPR pandemic specialists.

NYT Opinion
Guest Essay

The Siberian Plague Scare Reveals That America Is Unprepared
Oct. 8, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Timely article from infectious disease epidemiologist, @saskiapopescu.bsky.social, given the suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia and the resulting stonewalling by them. AI is a legitimate threat multiplier for bioweapons but the media's "AI this, AI that" is creating a blind spot.

05 October 2026
AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now
Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.
By Saskia Popescu

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is scary and dangerous stuff. HHS released an unreviewed 'report' trying to link gender-affirming medical care to left-wing political violence. The authors skipped scientific peer review and relied on a paid online survey run by a partisan think-tank fellow...

Deep Dive
Healthcare

What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalize
September 30, 20265:00 AM ET

By Lisa Hagen

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The feds found a backdoor into city street surveillance. Local police departments taking 1980s anti-drug grants must funnel their Flock and Axon license plate camera feeds straight into White House servers...

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
Jason Koebler
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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This administration attempted to withhold anti-terrorism funds from states that refused to alter their local election rules. A federal court halted the maneuver this week, finding that the Department of Homeland Security "likely violated federal law."

U.S. NEWS

Trump can't force election changes by blocking counterterrorism funds to states, judge says

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The tech world loves debating sci-fi doomsday plots like rogue AI launching nukes. That hyperbole distracts us and gives tech companies a free pass on the immediate disruptions they cause today...

Let’s Get Specific About These Doomsday Scenarios

How exactly is AI supposed to kill us all?

By Rogé Karma

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fossil fuel front groups filed over 100 predatory records requests targeting climate researchers across 19 public universities. Open-records statutes were designed for governmental transparency, but fossil fuel donors are twisting those mechanisms to harass faculty...

Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Extremist beliefs, which should be career ending, is a viable campaign strategy. 500+ state-level candidates participate in groups promoting militias and secession. Candidates who openly associate with white supremacists and paramilitary networks are winning primaries and are on the ballot.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races…Rather than alerting users to the hidden agenda, the bots are amplifying sources without disclosing their biases. And the midterms are just the beginning.”

AI Chatbots Amplify PAC- Funded News About Midterms

POLITICO Magazine publishes a report by NewsGuard analysts finding that when asked about the midterm elections, Al chatbots cite partisan sites disguised as independent outlets nearly half the time.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pramila Jayapal had a guy with a chambered round outside her front door. Marjorie Taylor Greene quit Congress over death threats aimed at her kid. Unfortunately, extremism isn't lingering on the fringe anymore and it's shaping who can afford to hold office...

Robert A. Pape
The Big Story
Sep 22, 2026 7:00 AM
Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong
Public disagreement about whether political violence is rising and who is responsible for it stems not from ideology alone but from competing definitions about what should be counted.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New from Madison Mills (@axios.com): The scope of the problem goes way beyond the few dozen incidents previously admitted to the public. Models are setting up unauthorized message boards to coordinate tasks, writing their own instructions, and escaping secure sandboxes during testing...

Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents

Madison Mills (Axios)

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"There is no greater threat to our national (and global) security right now. That should be reason enough for bi-partisan regulation. And international cooperation. We’ve been warned. Just like before 9/11. We cannot again suffer from inaction and a failure of imagination." - @rieckhoff.bsky.social

NYT article: OpenAI’s Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue

The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This ruling forces HHS to delete "every mention of community integration from a landmark disability rule." It follows DOJ's decision to stop enforcing rules prioritizing community-based care over nursing homes...

STAT News article:

Judge rolls back disability protections

The Justice Department said in June that it would no longer enforce laws that prioritized people with disabilities living and receiving services in their communities, rather than in nursing homes or facilities. It is making good on that promise.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Then came the Hugging Face hack, in July, which set off a nationwide panic about the dangers of unsupervised, uncontrollable models." Tech investors are pouring billions into AI safety startups to fix the exact same models they rushed into our hands.

Puck Article Screenshot

Headline: The Hugging Face Doomsday Preppers

Subheader:
In the frenzied aftermath of the Hugging Face attack, business is booming for A.I. companies focused on risk management—in other words, making sure an A.I. system ’does what you want it to do‘ and nothing else.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We all know what got us here, but think about the implications. Trust in the federal government is sitting at 17%. Yes, this is something that's been building for decades, but the last 2 years certainly haven't helped. 🧵

New York Times headline:

‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election

Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to. That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watching Dario Amodei warn that AI swarms could seize the internet in 6 months, and then show up at Dreamforce 3 days later to hawk B2B software tells you everything about this debate 💀. The entire conversation is trapped between apocalyptic cultists and tech bros pretending models are harmless. 🧵

Screenshot from The Atlantic article:

"Three days after Amodei, Anthropic's CEO, wrote about being worried about swarms taking over the internet, he was smiling at Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference. As one X account pointed out, "If you truly believed in a 10% chance of human extinction in 3 years, you would not be spending your time selling and integrating it into a B2B CRM SaaS platform."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The cost of everyday goods is surging. Trump's war pushed diesel to record highs. With the Fed hiking rates in response, Wall Street is flying blind. JPMorgan just abandoned its forecast, admitting: "We simply don’t know how to model the endgame." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“The system we currently have in place depends on three things: seamless trade, cheap energy, stable climate...Today, it seems none of these assumptions are met.” Extreme weather and war are destabilizing the global food supply... (Gift link below)

NYT Article:

The World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats

Bad harvests and attacks on trade passages threaten to drive food prices higher.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We're unprepared for "hypersuasion": personalized, AI-driven psychological manipulation deployed at scale. A massive vulnerability for public trust and democratic discourse...

Article in Science.org

Powers of persuasion
AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people’s minds. What gives them an edge?
20 Aug 20262:00 PM ET By Kai Kupferschmidt

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tina Peters was convicted of election interference and sentenced to 9 years in prison. A top California county election official wants to hire her as his deputy. Extremists are attempting to infiltrate the institutions meant to protect our vote. Glad CA Senators and Newsom are fighting back.

Democracy Docket Article:.
NEWS | ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

California senators call for 'maximum oversight' over conspiracist Tina Peters' new election job

By Matt Cohen

August 19, 2026

Wired article:

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A MAGA County's Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

Tina Peters was convicted of seven counts related to election interference in 2024. Now, she's fielding an offer from a county that's become a hotbed of voting-related conspiracy theories.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hamilton is the first FEMA administrator to "lack the qualifications and the five years of experience required by the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act." Like all the Trump nominees, he was chosen for a reason. How is this any different than an RFK Jr. or Hegseth? What don't we know?

The
Equation
Senate Confirms Unqualified Cameron Hamilton to Lead FEMA
August 7, 2026 | 2:48 pm

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature 🦠 Scientists trained an AI on DNA libraries to create recipes for viral genomes. 16 were viable. Before you panic: "The viruses dreamed up by A.I. do not pose a threat to humans... [they] can infect only bacteria." 1/2

A 3D microscopic rendering of a virus particle on a solid white background. The virus has a complex, grayish-blue spherical shape covered in highly textured, knobby protein structures (capsomeres) that give it a symmetrical, geometric appearance.
NYT described it as "A rendering of a virus created by an A.I. model. Credit...By Samuel H. King Et Al."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Dismissing public resistance to outbreak containment as mere ignorance misses the mark entirely. As Sheri Fink notes, "unrest during epidemics is not about Ebola, Africa or education." It is a systemic issue societies have struggled with for centuries across the globe. 1/2

NYT Article: Why Epidemics Breed Rage at Health Workers

Some people have fought Ebola containment measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scholars have seen similar responses across societies and throughout history.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The math speaks for itself: in the 250 years since America’s founding, all of the nation’s wars combined have claimed just over 1.3 million lives. "From 2020 to 2026, Covid-19 took over 1.2 million." Despite those numbers, the government is currently dismantling our defenses...

STAT News article: It’s time to treat pandemics as threats to national security

A national security mindset can help prevent and minimize the damage of future pandemics

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Nearly 7,000 cases across 34 states and we still can't name the food. Michigan may not be the epicenter it could be "leading the tallies not because it is worst hit, but because it kept interviewing patients after other states had moved on." www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/w...

Stat news article (First Opinion)

Why we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak

Subheader: Government cuts have contributed to an information vacuum on foodborne illness

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about the cyclospora outbreak causing severe diarrhea across 31 states. 3,000+ cases in Michigan and Ohio alone. Critics have blamed cuts to a CDC foodborne illness tracking program. They're not wrong, but they're missing the bigger picture. 1/2

Semafar Article: Parasitic infection outbreak exposes deep cracks in public health

Lauren Morganbesser Newsroom Fellow

Updated Jul 14, 2026, 4:45pm EDT

CNN article: Michigan says diarrhea outbreak may be linked to lettuce, salad greens as cases rise above 3,000

UPDATED JUL 13, 2026 By Brenda Goodman

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Insane report out on how DHS "diverted [FEMA] resources to support immigration enforcement and the consequences for America’s disaster readiness”. I first learned about it from Dr. @samlmontano.bsky.social's latest newsletter so definitely check that out. Link as a reply. 🧵

Cover page of a document titled "Stretched Thin: The Erosion of FEMA's Core Mission Under DHS". Below the main title, a subtitle reads in all caps: "HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DIVERTED FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR AMERICA'S DISASTER READINESS".
A horizontal line separates the top text from the bottom section, which indicates it is an "INVESTIGATIVE REPORT". It states it is "Prepared for: Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Greg Stanton". It notes it was authored "By the Democratic Staff of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management" and is dated "July 2026".

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Although they were on their best behavior [last] weekend, this is a dangerous group that commits acts of violence all over the country." More reporting on Patriot Front, from @npr.org

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Dismissing Patriot Front because they looked ridiculous struggling with DC Metro turnstiles is a dangerous mistake. On July 4th, they pulled off their largest white nationalist gathering yet, right under the nose of federal law enforcement. 🧵

WWW.DEFIANCE.NEWS

Masked fascists paraded through DC this weekend. I know why they weren't afraid.

If the 250th taught us anything, it's that the current regime has swapped the definitions of "terrorist" and "patriot."

By MILES TAYLOR

JUL 06, 2026

NATIONAL SECURITY

The Atlantic Articlr: What Is the Point of Patriot Front?

The masked men who were in Washington on July 4 are both unserious and threatening.

By Ali Breland

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Since January 2025, federal immigration agents have opened fire on at least 21 people during the deportation crackdown, killing five, including three U.S. citizens. Most of these incidents involved officers firing directly into moving vehicles.🧵

NYT Article: What We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles

Subheader: Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. At least five people were killed, including three U.S. citizens.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Over the July 4th weekend, at least 52 people were shot and 5 killed in gunfire spanning 9 states. At the same time, the Trump administration is moving forward with a massive plan to scrap over three dozen federal gun regulations. 🧵

Shootings in Nine States Mar Fourth of July Celebrations

Shootings occurred across the country, including in New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois and Tennessee. More than 50 people were shot, and at least five people have died.

Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations

Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Less than 24 hours after RFK Jr. became secretary, he forced the CDC to pull all flu vaccine ad campaigns. It was February 14, 2025. Flu had already killed 68 children that week. Internal emails obtained by the @nytimes.com show the politicization of our public health🧵

New York Times article: Titled 'Inside the C.D.C.’s Mad Scramble to Meet Kennedy’s Demands'

Subtitle: A cache of internal emails offers a look at the pressure the nation’s public health officials faced from the new health secretary in the early months of the Trump administration.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Sheryl Gay Stolberg covers Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his MAHA movement.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"They've brought the fox into the henhouse." The anti-democracy rot at DHS is so bad that local election officials are refusing to share data with the feds. Trump's DHS head voted against certifying 2020 and pushed Venezuelan conspiracies. Not to mention CISA being gutted... 1/2

NPR: Voting officials fear DHS may actually be a threat to elections this year
June 16, 20265:00 AM ET
By Miles Parks

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This clash between @whitehouse-47.bsky.social + @anthropic.com is simply delaying or masking a hard truth. This is the tip of the spear. AI capabilities in general and models from multiple developers will almost certainly have similar capabilities to Mythos in the near future if they don't already.

Wired article by Lily Hay Newman

Jun 16, 2026 1:50 PM

‘Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What

The US government crackdown on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 hides a glaring truth: AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The US refugee program prioritizes white South Africans. The State Dept. advocates for "remigration." Vance and others defend white nationalist parties and blood and soil nationalism. The Great Replacement theory has moved beyond rhetoric to official policy. 1/2

The Atlantic article, title: The White Identitarians Are Having a Moment

Subtitle: Now that DEI and anti-racism are in retreat, they're moving on to a more ambitious goal.

By Thomas Chatterton Williams

NPR Article, title: Under Trump, State Department language on migration echoes that of white nationalists

MAY 15, 2026 5:29 PM ET

HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

By Michele Kelemen

WIRED article: by DAVID GILBERT

Title: The State Department Really Doesn't Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration

Subtitle: The office was created a year ago and seemingly named for a far right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations. It now works, a source says, with little to no oversight.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Public safety threats to elections: Being an election worker in the United States shouldn't look like this. 89% of election administrators plan to coordinate with law enforcement before the midterms. 32% have already faced threats, harassment, or abuse...🧵

As American elections become more tense, officials are turning to local police
NPR | By Ashley Lopez
Published June 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM CDT

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

2️⃣The strongest predictor of believing measles vaccines do more harm than good: consuming Breitbart and Gateway Pundit combined with getting health information from influencers and YouTube rather than physicians. More predictive than partisanship or MAHA affiliation...

Screenshot of the conclusions section from study reading: "In an increasingly fragmented information ecosystem where news coverage of public health events is politically polarized, individual media and health information seeking preferences emerge as key correlates of MMR vaccine hesitancy. Specifically, engagement with 'new' right media and seeking health information from alternative healthcare providers were the strongest associated factors with MMR hesitancy, whereas reliance on physicians for health information had the most protective effect."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A recent Johns Hopkins study surveyed 3,000 Americans on media habits and MMR vaccine hesitancy. The findings are more nuanced than the headline suggests.🧵

Screenshot of a study published in the journal Vaccine, Volume 81, May 10, 2026, titled "MMR vaccine hesitancy in a polarized information ecosystem: Results from a cross-sectional survey of US adults" by Amelia M. Jamison, Samee Saiyed, and Lauren M. Gardner.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The major AI companies' CEOs asked Congress to mandate screening of synthetic DNA orders to prevent bioweapons development via AI. The same companies racing full speed ahead without guardrails, on the technology that's eroding the knowledge barriers that once kept bioweapons out of reach. 🧵

Screenshot of a WIRED article by Emily Mullin, Science section, dated June 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM. Headline: "OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons." Subheadline: "Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The editor of Science calls it a potential "mortal blow." A former NIH official is blunter: "What OMB is proposing is not a reform of grants management. It is a complete political control apparatus layered over every stage of the federal science funding lifecycle..."

Financial Times article headline reading "Donald Trump's proposed grant rules could destroy US science, researcher warns" with subheadline "Additional funding controls by Office of Management and Budget will make new discoveries less likely, say critics." Below is a photo of an American flag hanging from a stone university building, with the John Harvard statue visible at the base. Photo caption reads "The OMB's plans follow a series of attacks on US universities by the Trump administration © Getty Images."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Public radio is getting gutted. Congress stripped $1.1 billion, @npr.org has cut its newsroom twice in 3 years. Despite that, they recently released one of the most 'Emerging Crises coded' shows I've seen. "Are We Doomed?" covers nukes, pandemics, rogue AI, autocracy, supervolcanoes. Worth a listen.

Podcast cover art for "Are We Doomed?" from NuanceTales and the NPR Network. A cartoon Earth with a weary, unamused expression faces an incoming asteroid on one side and a missile circling it on the other. Bright yellow background.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Most Pope Leo AI coverage is focused on what technology can't replace about humanity. Worth discussing for sure. But the document also talks about the democracy element and most articles are missing that... 1/2

Ideas section headline reading "The Pope Grasps the Limits of AI" with subheadline "The Vatican's encyclical is actually about what technology can never do." By Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic.

Opinion guest essay headline reading "The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn't He?" New York Times, May 26, 2026.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Yesterday, Pope Leo warned that AI is blurring the line between truth and falsehood. Researchers call it Truth Decay. AI, cyberattacks on elections, and domestic surveillance are impacting our democratic agency. The systems being built depend on your exhaustion and silence. Don't give them either.

Cracked American flag background with three faded phrases — Information Integrity, Electoral Infrastructure, Domestic Surveillance. Bold white title: "The Unhealthy Trajectory of American Democracy — Accelerated by Technology." April Situation Report, Emerging Crises.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

More reporting on the dysfunction of this administration: www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/p...

Tweet from Ben Pershing on Twitter:

"Exclusive from @owermohle:

Key officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred from speaking directly with the WHO - effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus outbreaks."

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Two simultaneous outbreaks. A hollowed out CDC. A public that doesn't trust what it's being told. And an administration that dismantled the infrastructure built specifically for moments like this.🧵

Article headline reading "'Perfect Storm': How Trump's Aid Cuts Are Fueling the Ebola Outbreak" with subheadline about basic medical equipment shortages. WIRED, May 20, 2026.

Article headline reading "Trump's cuts to foreign aid are undermining the Ebola response, insiders say" with subheadline about slashed funding for epidemics, health systems, and supplies. STAT News, May 19, 2026.

Article headline reading "What Ebola and hantavirus are revealing about America's public health system" with subheadline about the trust deficit being catastrophic when crisis arrives. Politico, May 21, 2026.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

75% of the 100,000+ children separated from parents during Trump's deportation push are US citizens. That's more than 20 times the scale of the 2018 "zero tolerance" crisis. DHS says 60,000. Brookings says at least 145,000. "This is my American child being harmed."

NYT Headline: Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates

Subheader: The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"Electricity is perhaps the most underrated issue of our time." Great breakdown of our aging grid. AI data centers are exposing a system that foundationally wasn't ready for surging demand.

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The anti-science COVID culture war continues. A 78-year-old retired scientist had his door pounded down by armed agents in bulletproof vests over email violations. Weird... Epstein's clients don't seem to get this treatment. Neither do the people who beat cops on January 6.

SCIENCE article:

Guns and bulletproof vests: How federal agents arrested Fauci aide

David Morens, 78, was stripped and handcuffed for email violations

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