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"Before 1914, the earth had belonged to all. People went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits, no visas, and it always gives me pleasure to astonish the young by telling them that before 1914, I travelled from Europe to India and America without a passport and without ever having seen one."

-Stefan Zweig

Borders as we know them are a recent concoction.

The passport system as we know it dates to the First World War. ICE was founded in 2003 as part of the so-called "War on Terror," a disaster for freedom in every way.

These institutions are neither timeless nor beneficial nor inevitable.

crimethinc.com/borders

An image of a marker at the US-Mexico border, reading "US" on one side and "Mexico" on the other.

No Wall They Can Build

No Wall They Can Build scrutinizes the borders that control movement around North America. Drawing on nearly a decade of solidarity work in the desert between Mexico and Arizona, the authors uncover the real goals and costs of US border policy, who b…
CrimethInc.

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Pražský půlmaraton vyhrál Rodrigue Kwizera z Burundi v čase 58:54. Ve finiši předběhl favorizovaného Keňana Isaiu Kipkoeche Lasoie. Mezi ženami zvítězila Keňanka Lilian Kasai Rengeruková za 1:05:27. To je brutál, to člověk nedá ani na kole.
sport.aktualne.cz/prazsky-pulm…

Pražský půlmaraton vyhráli Kwizera z Burundi a Keňanka Rengeruková

Pražský půlmaraton ve finiši vyhrál Rodrigue Kwizera z Burundi v neoficiálním čase 58:54. Mezi ženami zvítězila Keňanka Lilian Kasai Rengeruková.
ČTK (Aktuálně.cz)
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News: Hands Off Crowd Estimated At 2.3 Million By Alt National Parks

Edit: TOTAL NOW 5 MILLION! - SEE UPDATE BELOW

"Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we're still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you're free, come out and join us... People often ask what a coalition of 200,000 can do. The answer's simple — with all our free time (since a lot of us got fired), we're out here causing a lot of good trouble."

Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we're still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you're free, come out and join us. Over 1,400 events are planned across the country. People often ask what a coalition of 200,000 can do. The answer's simple — with all our free time (since a lot of us got fired), we're out here causing a lot of good trouble."
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While (most) corporate media outlets are ignoring or downplaying the #HandsOff rallies, indie and nonprofits are not! For example, the #Philadelphia #Inquirer covered #HandsOffPhilly and other Delaware Valley protests. Support your #localnews that is likewise covering these events. Here’s a gift link courtesy of my Inky sub:

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‘Feeling really empowered’: Thousands rally in the Philly region for the nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ anti-Trump protest

SEPTA trains haven't seen such a rush of commuters since the Eagles Super Bowl celebration.
Mike Newall (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
#handsoff #handsoffphilly #localnews #Philadelphia #inquirer

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(AP) - Crowds angry about the way President Trump is running the country marched and rallied in many American cities today in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum. nbcwashington.com/news/nationa…

Protesters tee off against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!' rallies across US

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions.
Dave Collins | The Associated Press (NBC4 Washington)

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This Q&A on tariffs is somewhat belated but is an informative read and a good candidate for a social media sharing!

brown.edu/news/2025-02-03/tari…


A global economist’s take on tariffs: ‘American consumers will get hurt’

In a Q&A, Brown University Professor of Economics Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan discussed how the new presidential administration’s planned tariffs could potentially impact the U.S. economy.
Brown University

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NYT - The DoJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador is now on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department. nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/poli…

Justice Dept. Lawyer Who Criticized Administration in Court Is Put on Leave

Erez Reuveni is the latest in a series of career officials who have faced punitive action after refusing to comply with a directive they deemed illegal or unethical.
Glenn Thrush (The New York Times)

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Negation in human languages (and why LLM struggle with negation) youtube.com/watch?v=cp0QhCV5uH…

(I tested with ChatGPT and it passed the test. May be it was trained on this video to avoid this error.

Why NO and NOT Are Not Words That Never Get Confusing | Otherwords

One of the first words a baby learns is NO! But negation is a deceptively complex linguistic process!Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep...
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NYT - A video on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a Gaza mass grave, shows ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when Israeli troops fired on them. nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/m…

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
Farnaz Fassihi (The New York Times)

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Kyiv Independent - The US Embassy’s response to Russia's lethal attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih was "unpleasantly surprising," says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. kyivindependent.com/us-embassy…

US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack 'surprisingly disappointing,' Zelensky says.

The U.S. Embassy to Ukraine's response to Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4, which killed 19 people and injured 68, was "unpleasantly surprising," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 5.
The Kyiv Independent news desk (The Kyiv Independent)

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LEt's retweet this again!

GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.

Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.

“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
propublica.org/article/inside-…

#News #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Aviation #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump newsie.social/@ProPublica/1142…


Inside ICE Air: What It’s Like to Be a Deportation Flight Attendant

Flight attendants for GlobalX, a private charter airline used in migrant deportations, say life on board wasn’t what they signed up for.
ProPublica
#Trump #News #aviation #immigration #immigrants #ice #deportation #migrants

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Microsoft Edge for Android Now Summarizes YouTube Videos with Copilot accessibleandroid.com/microsof…

Microsoft Edge for Android Now Summarizes YouTube Videos with Copilot - Accessible Android

Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered feature to its Edge browser: YouTube video summarization via Copilot. This addition brings the power of generative
Salih Kunduz (Accessible Android)

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I have now filed a bug report about the web version of #Element (the flagbearing #Matrix client) constantly using/waking my CPU while it is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox: github.com/element-hq/element-…

I'm hoping I'm not the only one observing this issue, and that some power saving improvements can be made, because to me this would look like a big drain on battery life for modern #laptops that *need* you to let their CPUs sleep while idle.


Constant CPU wakeups and CPU usage while the web version of Element is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox · Issue #29682 · element-hq/element-web

Steps to reproduce Launch Firefox with just one normal static website loaded (ex: this GitHub ticket), observe CPU usage to be roughly 0% on idle. Open a Firefox tab to app.element.io (with your us...
GitHub
#matrix #element #laptops

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Read this, weep, refuse to comply, & don't be paralyzed by the evil.

"I understand that we have an immigration problem. I do," Riggs said. "I understand that our country cannot harbor every single person that crosses its borders. I understand that there are really bad people that we have to find." But starting w/a 73-year-old grandfather who has a #heart condition & who is the primary caretaker of his wife w/#dementia is not the solution, she said.

theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

#Fascism
#USPol


ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years

The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.
The Advocate
#uspol #fascism #heart

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Thank you Dr. Brittany Charlton (& others taking legal action) for suing #RFK's evil, stupid cuts to #NIH research b/c he doesn't realize or care that "We are all connected."
"Some of our research may seem narrowly targeted. For instance, we may study why a particular population has a higher-than-expected risk of colon cancer. If you’re not a member of that group, you might question why your tax dollars should fund such research. One answer is that we are all connected."

thehill.com/opinion/healthcare…

#RFK #nih

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My new tool KK Browser provides a Komplete Kontrol browsing experience similar to what the KK standalone or plugin browser does, but with accessibility built right in. Also, no keyboard is required.
You can get your hands on a test build here, feel free to send me any ideas or bug reports.
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