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Until tech gives more agency to citizens, smart cities are a dumb idea for democracy. "While cities may disclose how they collect data, they rarely offer ways to opt out." "Residents want agency" #privacy #AIEthics

spectrum.ieee.org/smart-city-p...
Data Walks Reveal Residents' Mixed Feelings on Privacy
How do Long Beach residents feel about data collection in their city? Gwen Shaffer's data walks reveal surprising insights.
spectrum.ieee.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Any Canadians onboard for a class action suit? Have you used Siri? clg.org/Class-Action...
Apple Siri App Privacy Violation Canadian Class Action | Consumer Law Group Class Actions Canada
CONSUMER LAW GROUP has filed a Canada wide class action lawsuit excluding Quebec against Apple Inc and Apple Canada Inc for surreptitiously recordin
clg.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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If Ice wants to stay, they need to identify themselves & be trained in policing.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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In Iceland, books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents. Then you spend the rest of the night in bed reading them and eating chocolate. Sounds perfect to me.
the aurora borealis is shining over a waterfall
ALT: the aurora borealis is shining over a waterfall
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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TRUMP IS A COLD BLOODED MURDERER

2 men clinging to life and he sends another bomb to finish them off

AMERICA CANNOT HAVE A MURDERER AS PRESIDENT
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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In one week, Trump makes sweeping changes to environmental policy
Last week, environmental rollbacks came one after the other, potentially affecting everything from the survival of rare whales to the health of the Hudson River.
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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The Environmental Protection Agency proposed to strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act.

Federal wildlife agencies announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that could make it harder to rescue endangered species.
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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“Corruption in politics is not an accident or an exception. It is a predictable outcome of a system that rewards loyalty, access and survival over accountability, transparency and the public interest.”

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Corruption isn’t just a moral failure – it’s built into our political system
Corruption in politics is not an accident or an exception. It is a predictable outcome of a system that rewards loyalty, access and survival over accountability, transparency and the public interest.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Didn't see anything about this except this article.
Thousands Rally to Demand Trump's Impeachment
washingtonian.com/2025/11/24/p...
Photos: Thousands Rally to Demand Trump’s Impeachment
Days of “Remove the Regime” events culminated in a rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
washingtonian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The Interior Department moved to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region in the high Arctic where drilling has never before taken place.
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"...painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston.....They are on the walls of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, one of forty-five federal properties currently earmarked for sale."

www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Corruption in politics isn’t just a moral lapse – it’s a response to a system that rewards access, loyalty and survival over the public good, writes David Higginbottom.
#AustralianPolitics #Corruption #Democracy #Transparency #Power
Corruption isn’t just a moral failure – it’s built into our political system
Corruption in politics is not an accident or an exception. It is a predictable outcome of a system that rewards loyalty, access and survival over accountability, transparency and the public interest.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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For accurate science, follow the advice of your healthcare provider, &/or
@cidrap.bsky.social
&/or
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
&/or
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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My friends, there is no ‘Department of War’ or ‘Secretary of War’ in America.

There is a Department of Defense and a Secretary of Defense.

Neither has the right to murder.

“Kill them all” is a confession to murder under American law.
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Must be just peachy to live in a 🇺🇸country where firearm ownership in civilian hands is so widespread.
It’s exactly what petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre and his grisly henchmen in the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”
want for 🇨🇦Canada:
“Gun Culture”.
🙄
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California police search for suspect who killed four including three children at family party
Victims who died in Stockton attack reportedly between ages eight and 21, while 11 others were wounded
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Kylie Cheung at Abortion, Every Day writes about the future anti-abortion extremists want: "One in which we’re not just stripped of our most basic rights, but also deemed crazy for fighting back—even just for pointing out what’s being done to us."
The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Projecting
And their buzzwords give it away
jessica.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Nobody is more of a little bitch than Pete Hegseth, but Mike Davis sure is trying.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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We have to start accepting that our military who claim they are just following orders are as big pos as those giving them those orders. Respect is earned not given because you put on a uniform. WTF! Think already, folks.
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM