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Edward Hasbrouck
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Travel writer, author, journalist, consumer & human rights advocate, bicyclist, consultant to the Identity Project.

https://hasbrouck.org
[email protected]
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Mostly on Mastodon: https://urbanists.social/@ehasbrouck
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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)
Hell no. My sons won't go.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The world's busiest border crossing and the world's most inappropriate rails-to-trails conversion:
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#bicycle #border #railstotrails
Aerial view 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 2:24 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):

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Passengers disembarking from a Firefly Airlines flight at Seletar Airport, Singapore.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#KualaLumpur #Malaysia and #Singapore for travellers and digital nomads: hasbrouck.org/blog/archive...
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:

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"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 4:15 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:

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"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 2:28 PM
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Writers whose work has been included in books or ebooks:

Look for an envelope like this to claim your share of $1.5 billion from generative-AI company that copied our work without payment or permission.

More info and advice from the NWU:
nwu.org/anthropic/
Image of sample envelope with return address form "Anthropic Copyright Settlement".
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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House Rules Committee blocks vote on ending Selective Service:

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House Rules Committee list of proposed amendments to the NDAA.
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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House considers whether to end or try to "automate" draft registration:

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Resist the draft. Refuse to register. You won't be alone.
September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I went for a late-afternoon bike ride, and was reminded why I like living in SF so much. San Bruno Mountain has amazingly few riders for such a beautiful road so close to the city, especially compared with the roads to the high points in other directions from SF.
Twin Peaks as an island above the gof. Downtown San Francisco beyond a tongue of fog.
August 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Dumpsters blocking car & bike right-turn lane at 430 Bayshore. Called 311, transfer 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. @sfbike.org
2 small dumpsters blocking lane. 2 small dumpsters blocking right-turn lane.
August 7, 2025 at 1:18 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 6:26 PM
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House committee revives ill-considered and unworkable proposal for "automatic" draft registration:

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Excerpt from summary of one of the groups of amendments to the NDAA for FY 2026 adopted “en bloc” by voice vote of the House Armed Services Committee on 15 July 2025
July 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The Draft and U.S. War in Iran:

* Will there be a draft?
* How is it going to work?
* What can we do about it?

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#draft #war #Iran #resistance
Don't register for war!
June 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Powell and Market, SF. "Don't bomb Iran."
Don't bomb Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Please boost, promote, and distribute to servicemembers!

("DoD Instruction 1325.06 permits a servicemember to possess a single copy of this document.")
QR code for: https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/faq-on-refusing-illegal-orders/
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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More background on ARC (selling access to their internal business data is a sideline to their core business as a transaction processor and financial clearinghouse, rather than a data broker) and questions that remain unanswered:

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Table of amounts of government contracts with ARC, by agancy.
June 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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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:

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Ad for Cellebrite UFED, "The industry standard for accessing digital device data"
May 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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#TeslaTakedown #DIvestTesla #SellTSLA

Tell our pension funds #CalPERS and #CalSTRS to divest from Tesla (symbol TSLA) stock.

CalPERS Board meeting Mon., June 16, Sacramento.

CalSTRS Board meeting Wed., July 9, San Diego.

More info and links to what you can do to help:
wonderl.ink/@divest-tesla
Tell our pension funds CalPERS and CalSTRS to sell their more than $1 billion each in Tesla (stock symbol TSLA)
May 22, 2025 at 7:11 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:

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Blue and white tile mural of field workers carrying baskets of grapes on their backs
May 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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#TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)

Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!

Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) during the mtg, or email "[email protected]".

Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...

(CalPERS board meets June 16)
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 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Please tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!

#TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)

Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) during the mtg, or email "[email protected]".

Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
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 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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@50501sacramento.bsky.social - #TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)

Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!

Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) during the mtg, or email "[email protected]".

Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
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 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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#TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)

Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!

Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) during the mtg, or email "[email protected]".

Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
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 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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@50501.ca - #TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am, 100 Waterfront Pl., West #Sacramento

Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!

Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) during the mtg, or email "[email protected]".

Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
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 9:35 PM