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Edward Hasbrouck
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Travel writer, author, journalist, consumer & human rights advocate, bicyclist, consultant to the Identity Project, member of the National Writers Union […]

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House and Senate agree to make draft registration "automatic":

https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002810.html

"This doesn’t mean that a draft is being activated right away or that those “automatically” registered will be sent induction orders — although […]

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[Excerpt from summary of House-Senate conference report on the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2026.] Sec. 535 - Selective Service System: automatic registration The House bill contained a provision (sec. 534) that would authorize automatic registration in the Selective Service System. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. The agreement includes the House provision.
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Rest in peace: Jim Casteris, 1932-2025

(Marching in the rain with Vets for Peace, Downtown Crossing, Boston, 1987. Photo © by Ellen Shub)

https://hasbrouck.org/draft/parents.html
Hell no. My sons won't go.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The world's busiest border crossing and the world's most inappropriate rails-to-trails conversion:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002803.html

#bicycle #border #railstotrails
Aerial vier looking south from Malaysia to Singapore. Causeway at right between Johor Bahru (Malaysia) and Woodlands (Singapore) is the world’s busiest international border crossing. The RTS Link railway viaduct at left is largely complete but the rail shuttle is not yet in operation. The limited vestigial rail shuttle service on the original causeway is scheduled to be discontinued once the RTS Link enters service, in theory by the end of 2026 although the project has been delayed repeatedly.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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The world’s busiest border crossing and international airline route (not what you may have thought) and the little-known alternative):
Passenegers disembarking form a Firefly Airlines flight at Seletar Airport, Singapore.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#kualalumpur #malaysia and #singapore for travellers and digital nomads: https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002802.html
Looking north across the Klang River toward the hills -- part of the spine of the Malay peninsula -- from the balcony of the apartment I rented in the Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) district, with part of the Malay foodie mecca of Kampung Baru including the Masjid Jamek (main mosque) for the neighborhood in the foreground. The Saloma Link pedestrian bridge between KLCC and Kampung Baru is out of sight to the right at the end of the road spanned by the arch at center. Murtabak maker at one of the row of food stalls on the sidewalk of Lorong Perak alley, behind the tower anchored by the main Malaysian offices of Deutsche Bank in the upscale KLCC office, hotel, and shopping-mall district
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"The Amazing Race", Sikh truckers, and the archipelago of Punjabi "dhabas" along U.S. and Canadian highways:

https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002801.html
"Punjabi Dhaba" sign in Punjabi outside Lucky’s Restaurant and Punjabi Dhaba, just off the Trans-Canada highway in Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Punjabi dhaba in the mini-mart at the Sinclair gas station at I-80 Exit 4 (Bonneville Salt Flats), Wendover, UT. Signs say 'Indian Restaurant' and 'Custom T-Shirts'. Punjabi dhaba food truck at Paul’s Truck Wash, behind the Flying J truck stop, I-80 Exit 48, Fernley, NV.
October 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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European Entry-Exit System (EES) launches Sunday, Oct 12: EU follows bad example of the USA with mug shots and fingerprinting of tourists and other visitors:

https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002799.html
"The officer will scan up to 10 of your fingerprints and take your photograph with a digital camera. Welcome to the U.S."
October 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Dumpsters blocking car & bike right-turn lane at 430 Bayshore Blvd. Call 311, transferred to police. Police happen by after 45 min (not dispatched). Won't take complaint because don't think this is illegal. So if police don't believe it's illegal, there's no record people tried to complain.
2 dumpsters blocking lane. 2 dumpsters blocking lane.
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I folded this crane today on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, thinking of my friend Kyoko Kondo. She was born in the US, but fearing increasing ethnic violence against Japanese-Americans as WW2 continued, her parents sent her to Japan for safety -- to live with family in Hiroshima.
Yellow origami crane.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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"What are some scenarios in which I might be given illegal orders?... U.S. “preemptive” use of military force against Iran."

FAQ on Refusing Illegal Orders (from the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild:

https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/faq-on-refusing-illegal-orders/
June 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Powell and Market, SF
Don't bomb Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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After 40 years in the neighborhood, I'm now officially a Mission local.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/practical-nomad-author-activist/

(Thanks to new Misison Local correspondent Jessica Blough for this profile and photo.)
Photo of smiling man with long white beard wearing purple sweater, standing on deck of purple house with purple flowers shrubbery behind.
June 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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My cellphone cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, activists, and journalists, updated (by popular demand) with an added tl;dr checklist of top tips:

Protecting your data from cops and robbers:

https://hasbrouck.org/articles/cybersecurity.html
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May 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The Amazing Race 37, Episode 11: A story of Portuguese travel, history, pre-history, and activism in Porto and the Duoro and Côa River valleys:

https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002785.html
Blue and white tile mural of field workers carrying baskets of grapes on their backs
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Going to a Tesla picket in California this weekend? Please help get out the word about #teslatakedown at the #calstrs board meeting this Wed., 5/7 in Sacramento:

https://actionnetwork.org/events/tesla-takedown-at-calstrs

CalSTRS has invested more than $1B […]

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Person in shirt that says "SELL TSLA" with sign, "Tell CalSTRS to sell TSLA! Join us in Sacramento at the CalSTRS board meeting, May 7th, 11:15 am."
May 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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@teslatakedown - Can someone in #sacramento please list #teslatakedown at #calstrs on the event map?

CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7th, 11:15 am, 100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sac'to 95605.

Speak in person or by calling 866-236-6010 during the mtg, or email […]

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Person in shirt that says "SELL TSLA" with sign, "Tell CalSTRS to sell TSLA! Join us in Sacramento at the CalSTRS board meeting, May 7th, 11:15 am."
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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MORE illegal spam today from "Canadian Conservatives Abroad" pushing me to vote #conservative in #canadian elections. I'm an ally of Canada but not a Canadian! This looks like illegal electioneering, probably sent to addresses scraped from Web mentions of […]

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Person with Canadian flag and picket sign, "No war on Canada or Greenland".
April 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#teslatakedown at #calstrs
board meeting, Wed., May 7th, 11:15 a.m. (CalSTRS headquarters, 100 Waterfron Pl., West Sacramento)

Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of public school teachers' retirement savings invested in TSLA stock!

You can give public comments […]

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Tell CalSTRS to Sell TSLA! Join us in Sacramento at the CalSTRS board meeting, Wed., May 7th, 11:15 a.m.
April 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Protecting your data from cops and robbers: A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists

5-part series now complete:

https://hasbrouck.org/articles/cybersecurity.html

Please boost for those who need it […]

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April 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Paul Revere and the Minutemen, 250 years later:

"We don’t have to let the concept of the Minutemen as a self-organized militia be commandeered by American fascists. We don’t have to take up the gun to take inspiration from the myth of the Minutemen. There […]

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April 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Protecting your data from cops and robbers: a cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists

Part 3 of 5: Passwords:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002777.html

Series so far (parts 4-5 to come):
https://hasbrouck.org/articles/cybersecurity.html
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April 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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#Solidarity WITH #canada

Gather outside the Canadian Consulate, 580 California St., SF, 4 pm Monday, 3/24.

Endorsed by 50501 and Indivisible:
https://theblop.org/events/c6d64914-c37a-4ac2-9391-d54bea0b8bf1.html
https://indivisiblesf.org/events/2025/3/24/m49e3kucw3c0zuvr7hl7yaxlbcnujo
Man holding Canadian flag and sign that says, "No War on Canada or Greenland"
March 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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At #teslatakedown in SF today, trying to be an ally, not an enemy, to our best friends and neighbors. I never would have imagined I would need this sign.

#canada #Greenland #peace #freedom #democracy #self-determination
Person holding Canadian flag and sign saying, "No War on Canada or Greenland".
March 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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EXCUSIVE: Wise quietly relaunches multi-cuurency debit/ATM cards for U.S. customers, and updated FAQ and advice on on credit and debit cards and bank accounts for long-term travel:

https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002774.html
Japanese ending machine for bottled and canned drinks.
March 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#teslatakedown @teslatakedown #nottheonion
Kim Kardashian embraces robot in front of Tesla Cybertruck.
March 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM