in reply to Parker Banks

@parker there could be open standards like DKIM and SPF for email that don't reveal personal info, but upstream providers could use to validate traffic from an IP address originated from a human.

there are obvious downsides to this though for anonymous VPN users for example cause it requires some form of KYC and could cause anonymous human traffic to be throttled or blocked more easily, so i think we should proceed carefully with anything like this. there are some obvious potential benefits though in terms of blocking bots

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In Latest Empty Promise, Apple To Announce Another $100 Billion Investment In US Manufacturing

The reality is manufacturing takes time to set up and develop. China ws a good place for Apple to assemble their phones. I suppose India was an alternate to hedge their China bet. All is good and everyone is happy. Apple stock is doing well.

Now the rules change. It could take a year to build a new plant, presuming you already have the property and logistics worked out.

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Jail and prison are often used interchangeably as places of confinement. If you want to be specific jail can be used to describe a place for those awaiting trial or held for minor crimes, whereas prison describes a place for criminals convicted of serious crimes.

They say human behavior is highly predictable. Even at macro level general behaviors can be predicted in a society. But it can be much more accurate the more you know about an individual.

Guvament manufactured crises to provoke the public into accepting planned solutions was bad enuff. Now imagine it done much more efficiently down to the micro, individual level through mass surveillance and AI. Not nice.

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Superman star Dean Cain says he joined ICE ‘to help save America’
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Runaway Texas Democrat Lawmakers and the Law That Could Theoretically Remove Them from Office

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Until a few years ago I had never heard of the concept of "The Rapture". Now it seems that so many in the upper echelons of the US government have bought into the idea that I can hardly escape it. IT IS NONSENSE. It always was and it always will be and it makes no more sense than does the Jonestown massacre. I just wish that the idiots would hurry up and get raptured and leave the rest of us to get on with our lives more sensibly.

Robert Mueller Living in Memory-Care Facility: Report

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WaPo publisher asked fact-checker what they should do ‘to appeal more to Fox News viewers’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-post-fact-check-fox-news-b2803027.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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I LOVE my Framework laptop but I *hate* not having hardware mouse-buttons; about seventy billions times/day I will accidentally register, say, a middle-click instead of a left or right-click (and vice versa).

Anyone have a recommendation for a small, portable, wireless, battery-powered touchpad with THREE buttons? I've found a bunch of two-button ones, but I am a heavy middle-clicker!

Third Green Dildo Tossed Onto the WNBA Basketball Court — Angry Player Kicks It Off Court (VIDEO)

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Trump gets more sports medals he didn’t earn as his collection grows with Olympic triumphs
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Tech giants enabling #Gaza_Genocide :

Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a joint investigation reveals.

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The Israeli army’s elite cyber warfare unit is using Microsoft’s cloud servers to store masses of intelligence on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza — information that has been used to plan deadly airstrikes and shape military operations, an investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian can reveal.

BREAKING: Fort Stewart in Georgia on Lockdown After Active Shooter Opens Fire – Casualties Reported

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Mission gescheitert: 39-Prozent-Strafzölle bleiben – Keller-Sutter reist mit leeren Händen zurück de.rt.com/schweiz/252563-zoll-… Der teure Bundesratsflug nach Washington endet im diplomatischen Nichts. Donald Trump lässt sich gar nicht blicken, stattdessen gibt es ein 30‑Minuten‑Treffen mit Außenminister Marco Rubio. Vom Abbau der 39‑Prozent‑Strafzölle keine Spur – keine Zusagen, keine Fortschritte. Viel Aufwand, hohe Kosten, null Ergebnis: ein Fiasko für die

_BREAKING: Project Veritas: Whistleblower: Former AG Bill Barr and Media Figure Use Burner Phones to Run Illegal Immigration Visa Fraud Scheme for Elites and Billionaires_

Fake visas for sale...

FTA: Project Veritas on Tuesday released a bombshell story from a whistleblower alleging former US Attorney General Bill Barr along with media figure Armstrong Williams is running an illegal immigration visa fraud scheme for elites and billionaires.

Patrícia Lélis, whistleblower, former Brazilian journalist at Howard Stirk Holdings, who is in hiding abroad, told Project Veritas that she was prosecuted after reporting Bill Barr and Armstrong William to the FBI.

“It is way more easy to defraud the immigration system and the government more than people think. And I have proof of that because that’s what Armstrong [Williams] and [Former Attorney General] Bill Barr does,” she said.

Patrícia Lélis alleges wealthy foreigners are obtaining US visas through sham companies and Bill Barr not only knows about it, he is actively participating in the scheme.

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From General Flynn

Senator Tom Cotton is leading an effort to gut the Office of the Director of National Intelligence through his bill S.2202, the so-called “Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 2025.”

Don’t be fooled by the name. This bill would strip critical oversight powers from the ODNI and hand them back to agencies like the FBI and NSA, which have repeatedly proven they cannot police themselves.

This is not about efficiency. It’s a power grab designed to derail Director Tulsi Gabbard’s work to uncover what really happened during the Barack Obama years, when false intelligence narratives like Russia-gate were weaponized against President Donald J. Trump.

Cotton’s bill is a direct attack on the one office capable of bringing transparency and accountability to a deeply corrupt intelligence establishment.

At the exact moment Director Gabbard begins investigating key Obama-era officials like Clapper, John Brennan, and Rice, Cotton moves to kneecap her. This is no coincidence. His bill even rewrites job titles and chains of command to subtly but effectively insulate entrenched bureaucracies from oversight.

Cotton tries to sell this as a MAGA-friendly reform by tossing in a redundant DEI ban that Gabbard already implemented on day one. It’s political theater meant to bait conservatives while handing the deep state more control.

S.2202 must be stopped.

I break it all down in my latest piece. Please read it, share it, and if this outrages you like it does me, please speak up.

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UK FALLEN: Tommy Robinson ARRESTED 2nd Time this Week for Posting “F*** Palestine – F*** Hamas – F*** Islam” After Self-Defense Arrest Monday

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A council which covers Sir Keir Starmer's constituency is poised to go fully vegan.

Labour-led Camden Council commissioned a report which found adopting plant-based catering in full was in line with the north London authority's "food mission", according to campaign group Plant Based Councils.

The plan means all events and meetings of the council would have "100% plant-based catering" so bacon, sausages, steak, chicken and fish would all be off the menu.

Plant Based Councils hailed a council report supporting the move as a "historic win for climate action, publich health and the community".

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»Mehrere Länder - darunter Deutschland - setzen die Hilfe für #Gaza aus der Luft fort. Laut Israel wurden heute insgesamt 107 Tonnen Hilfsgüter abgeworfen.«

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Stoppen Sie diese Verhöhnung der Zivilbevölkerung, @Bundesregierung! Sie wissen genau, was stattdessen zu tun ist.

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