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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
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UMCG gaat met scanner controleren of tumor volledig is verwijderd #gezondheid
UMCG gaat met scanner controleren of tumor volledig is verwijderd
Het UMC Groningen is begonnen met een klinische studie waarbij het ziekenhuis met behulp van een mobiele PETCTscanner kijkt of een tumor volledig is verwijderd. Dat kan mogelijk een tweede operatie of nabehandeling voorkomen.
www.nu.nl
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
UMCG gaat met scanner controleren of tumor volledig is verwijderd #gezondheid
Not sure if you are aware about the current controversial
removal of the stories of black soldiers at the Margraten exhibit. Province of Limburg is currently fighting to get these stories restored: www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
@nytimes.com @jonathandarman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
removal of the stories of black soldiers at the Margraten exhibit. Province of Limburg is currently fighting to get these stories restored: www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
@nytimes.com @jonathandarman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | ‘Thanks, U.S.A.’
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Not sure if you are aware about the current controversial
removal of the stories of black soldiers at the Margraten exhibit. Province of Limburg is currently fighting to get these stories restored: www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
@nytimes.com @jonathandarman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
removal of the stories of black soldiers at the Margraten exhibit. Province of Limburg is currently fighting to get these stories restored: www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
@nytimes.com @jonathandarman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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“The goal is not who is right and who is wrong, the goal is to learn and, based on love, pursue what's true.”
www.wired.com/story/people...
#maga #deprogram #bookclub
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#maga #deprogram #bookclub
People Are Trying to ‘Deprogram’ Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs
Divisive politics have led people to go “no contact” with their MAGA parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“The goal is not who is right and who is wrong, the goal is to learn and, based on love, pursue what's true.”
www.wired.com/story/people...
#maga #deprogram #bookclub
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#maga #deprogram #bookclub
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This is why the consolidation of data is a big fucking deal and the changes I wrote about in Bill C2 will make this possible. As it stands, different government departments cannot access your data without permission. Now they can. Data will also become less anonymized so anyone can be targeted
New from 404 Media: ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets, according to internal ICE material. The database is all encompassing, contains details on 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
www.404media.co
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is why the consolidation of data is a big fucking deal and the changes I wrote about in Bill C2 will make this possible. As it stands, different government departments cannot access your data without permission. Now they can. Data will also become less anonymized so anyone can be targeted
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From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts
The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Tax the rich. Class war
May 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tax the rich. Class war
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The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times.
Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times.
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Mediagigant DPG krijgt van de EU miljoenen te leen om minder afhankelijk te worden van Big Tech. Maar privacyexperts zeggen: DPG gedraagt zich zelf als Big Tech – door data te verzamelen, profielen te koppelen en abonnees te tracken zonder duidelijke toestemming.
In haar strijd tegen Big Tech misbruikt uitgever DPG Europese miljoenen, zeggen privacy-experts
Met tientallen miljoenen van de Europese Investeringsbank wil mediaconcern DPG onafhankelijker worden van Big Tech. Volgens privacy-experts gaat het Belgische bedrijf daarbij roekeloos om met consumen...
www.ftm.nl
May 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Mediagigant DPG krijgt van de EU miljoenen te leen om minder afhankelijk te worden van Big Tech. Maar privacyexperts zeggen: DPG gedraagt zich zelf als Big Tech – door data te verzamelen, profielen te koppelen en abonnees te tracken zonder duidelijke toestemming.
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Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Keep protesting but this is the type of protest that we need to be ready for if we want real change.
April 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Keep protesting but this is the type of protest that we need to be ready for if we want real change.
Alphonso’s software uses a phone’s microphone to listen in to around a user, to work out what they’re watching, so they can serve you 'relevant' ads
Protect yourself by denying microphone access to apps, which don’t require microphone access.
#privacy #tech
www.the-independent.com/tech/smartph...
Protect yourself by denying microphone access to apps, which don’t require microphone access.
#privacy #tech
www.the-independent.com/tech/smartph...
Your smartphone is listening to you
Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching
www.the-independent.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Alphonso’s software uses a phone’s microphone to listen in to around a user, to work out what they’re watching, so they can serve you 'relevant' ads
Protect yourself by denying microphone access to apps, which don’t require microphone access.
#privacy #tech
www.the-independent.com/tech/smartph...
Protect yourself by denying microphone access to apps, which don’t require microphone access.
#privacy #tech
www.the-independent.com/tech/smartph...
‘It makes me sick’: the Amsterdam shops closing because of soaring rents
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘It makes me sick’: the Amsterdam shops closing because of soaring rents
As Dutch capital prepares to celebrate 750th anniversary, small business owners fear for independent retail
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
‘It makes me sick’: the Amsterdam shops closing because of soaring rents
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought...because we've never really studied the female body.
'Useless' female organ discovered over a century ago may actually be important for fertility
The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought.
www.livescience.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought...because we've never really studied the female body.
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“They are trying to amass a huge amount of data,” a senior DHS official tells WIRED. “It has nothing to do with finding fraud or wasteful spending … They are already cross-referencing immigration with SSA and IRS as well as voter data.”
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“They are trying to amass a huge amount of data,” a senior DHS official tells WIRED. “It has nothing to do with finding fraud or wasteful spending … They are already cross-referencing immigration with SSA and IRS as well as voter data.”
Brexit, firing dozens of researchers and funding cuts in the US. Putting an end to free flow of information and treatment options. Bad news for cancer patients world wide waiting for new life saving treatments, like me😢
#cancer, #handsoff
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#cancer, #handsoff
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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Brexit, firing dozens of researchers and funding cuts in the US. Putting an end to free flow of information and treatment options. Bad news for cancer patients world wide waiting for new life saving treatments, like me😢
#cancer, #handsoff
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#cancer, #handsoff
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...