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Collection of Biometric Data From Aliens Upon Entry to and Departure From the United States This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that DHS may require all aliens to be photographed when entering or exiting the United States, and may require non-e...

The comment period for this proposed rule closes in 7 days: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

20.11.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

18.11.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 24038    πŸ” 9252    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 276

Any alternate publication you’d recommend for a teen? I was so excited to start sending @teenvogue.com vogue to niece- not anymore. Such a loss.

13.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Noori Ali
Do you recall Noori Ali(?), the ten year. old Yemeni girl who got herself divorced? I met her at the Glamour awards last year. There was a CNN story last few days about how unhappy she is, still living at home, not attending school and quite angry that her life is not better. Is there any way we can help her? Could we get her to the US for counselling and education?

From: Sent: To: Subject: H <hrod17@clintonemail.com> Friday, August 28, 2009 4:39 PM verveerms@state.gov' Noori Ali Do you recall Noori Ali(?), the ten year. old Yemeni girl who got herself divorced? I met her at the Glamour awards last year. There was a CNN story last few days about how unhappy she is, still living at home, not attending school and quite angry that her life is not better. Is there any way we can help her? Could we get her to the US for counselling and education?

Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emailsβ€”the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.

This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.

13.11.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4621    πŸ” 1084    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 71

What the cavers miss and what Tuesday showed is that people want to be in the fight. There is a massive outpouring of support to fund and feed SNAP recipients. Food, housing, job transitions are geared at furloughed and fired workers. We do not want to go gently into that fascist night.

10.11.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

4k families get their jobs back for 24m people to lose healthcare which, in a crisis, is far more costly than any job loss. @kaine.senate.gov was one time planning to be the VP of all the United States. How disappointing to now protect only those he knows.

10.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

09.11.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6828    πŸ” 2765    πŸ’¬ 575    πŸ“Œ 591
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How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…

When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flightβ€”your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.

We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

04.11.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1288    πŸ” 820    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 36
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

04.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7957    πŸ” 2394    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 286

Dev contracts toward what end? Lots of ethical guides have been developed that could be worth adapting to your audience rather than writing new(unless this is for GDC implementation overall)
Recommend guidance out of accessibility and femme communities which are most geared toward preventing bias.

24.03.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way it works is that you strip fundamental rights from targets with less political support that people will turn their consciences off to justify persecuting and then eventually the state can do it to anyone, that’s always been the plan bsky.app/profile/pbum...

10.03.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5458    πŸ” 2027    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 69
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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

10.03.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1688    πŸ” 739    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 66
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Make a change in our society with Make.org - Finding proposals is easier when working together. Make.org helps you share ideas with forward-thinking people like you. Discover a democratic place where you can discuss the big issues you care about...

Taiwan digital minister @audreyt.org argues that competence should replace digital literacy when tackling disinformation and deepfakes - great panel on AI and Democracy at make.org welcome event to AI Action Summit in Paris

10.02.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
02/03 ESPOND TO THIS EMAIL UNTIL WE HAVE RECEIVED FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM MAIN
JUSTICE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY ITS AUTHENTICITY.
FOLLOWING TH
01/03 Good Evening All,
You may have received or heard about an email from
"hr@opm.gov" regarding
"Deferred Resignation."
PLEASE NOT R
03/03 E EMAIL'S INSTRUCTIONS
MAY HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR PENSION.
We will update you when we have more information.

02/03 ESPOND TO THIS EMAIL UNTIL WE HAVE RECEIVED FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM MAIN JUSTICE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY ITS AUTHENTICITY. FOLLOWING TH 01/03 Good Evening All, You may have received or heard about an email from "hr@opm.gov" regarding "Deferred Resignation." PLEASE NOT R 03/03 E EMAIL'S INSTRUCTIONS MAY HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR PENSION. We will update you when we have more information.

Hearing from federal employees tonight who are getting messages via their agency’s emergency notification system, which is usually reserved for snow-related office closures, that’s like DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ANY OF THOSE PROMISES ARE REAL

29.01.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5971    πŸ” 1811    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 177
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1. Meta’s policy bans allegations of mental illness *unless* the person is LGBTQ, in which case you can falsely say the person is mentally ill:

(The policy uses the word β€œtransgenderism,” echoing right wing terminology.)

07.01.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 836    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 69
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Grandpa Chan won his case πŸ₯²

free expression is not 100% dead in Hong Kong (yet)

10.12.2024 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The copyright statement from Ephemeral City which reads in part: No part of this book may be used as data for β€˜training’ any large language model or as part of any machine learning or neural network architeture. Human creaivity cannot be replicated by doing maths with stolen art. Altman, Andressen, and all their cronies can get fucked. Enquires should be made to the publisher.

The copyright statement from Ephemeral City which reads in part: No part of this book may be used as data for β€˜training’ any large language model or as part of any machine learning or neural network architeture. Human creaivity cannot be replicated by doing maths with stolen art. Altman, Andressen, and all their cronies can get fucked. Enquires should be made to the publisher.

Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.

17.11.2024 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11362    πŸ” 2918    πŸ’¬ 191    πŸ“Œ 237

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