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Google advises some employees on visas, including H-1B visas, not to travel outside the US due to processing delays, following new social media screening rules (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-tells-visa-holders-stamp-le…

Google warns some visa employees not to leave the US due to 'significant' return delays of up to a year
The US State Department said it was "prioritizing thoroughly vetting" each visa case, which could cause delays.

Musstet ihr schon mal eine Batterie wechseln bei einem elektronischen Uhlmann & Zacher-Knaufzylinder, wenn das Ding ganz leer ist?
Mike Krüger hat den Soundtrack dazu geschrieben! 😡 🤬
🎶 SIe müssen erst den Nippel durch die Lasche ziehn
und mit der kleinen Kurbel ganz nach oben drehn...
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The #IWW #GDC as an antifascist organization was always kind of a hack. It was a beautiful hack and it worked well for what it did.
In 2016, as Trump was rising, I found info from the Twin Cities GDC. They were super organized, building an amazing community defense organization. When we (Seattle) went to set up our chapter, following their lead, they were extremely supportive. When I got shot, Twin Cities folks were at my house keeping my partner safe. They literally flew people out to support us. They very much remain in my mind when I think about what mutual aid looks like.
Unionism is an important strategy of a larger fight. But it's important to realize that it's not the other way around. The GDC was built to defend the union, because there wasn't something larger to do that work. It filled a gap.
When we organized against Trump, we tried to make the GDC the greater thing. We tried to make the GDC into the vehicle for social revolution against the fascist threat... And it sort of worked. We were able to do a lot.
But that was never what it was built to do. It was always built as an appendage of the IWW. This contains its own problem. If Unionism is the revolutionary movement, then it becomes impossible to build a truly revolutionary society. Unionism centers "workers" which implicitly decenters those who can't work in the traditional sense (the young, the elderly, those physically or mentally able to work). It also decenters care labor that hasn't yet been widely commodified. Sure, there are all types of hacks to patch the holes, but the fundamental construction starts from the wrong assumptions.
It felt, for a while, like things could go another way. Like that our ability to bring members in could shift things a bit, maybe set the GDC on more equal footing with the core focus of the IWW. But that was always an illusion, far less important to think about than the crushing terror of the regime we were fighting.
Now, I will absolutely trash talk the IWW on occasion but in the end I do think they're doing good and important work. Any criticism I have should be taken with a grain of salt... And I know I do have a lot of salt. Again, Unionism is an important strategy. It's useful both in improving immediate material conditions and as part of the most powerful weapon we have against the capitalist system: the general strike. It's important, I can't say that enough. But it's not sufficient.
I've been thinking about this a bit recently, and I wonder if there are any other GDC organizers or former organizers who might be feeling the same. Feel free to DM me. I'd like to get some more perspectives and see if my understanding from several years ago deviates significantly from what other folks are feeling right now.
I'd also like to bounce some ideas around that come from my own organizing experience.

OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (formerly Hooters Hotel & Casino) was hit by a ransomware attack in January. Apparently, LockBit was the culprit.
https://www.casino.org/news/another-las-vegas-casino-suffered-major-data-breach-in-january/

Another Las Vegas Casino Suffered Major Cyberattack — Back in January
The OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (formerly Hooters Hotel & Casino) suffered a significant cyberattack in January 2025, according to court filings first reported by Crain's New York Business on October 14, 2025. The resulting data breach reportedly compromised the personal information of 4,700 casino and hotel guests and employees. The cyber attack surfaced

Brain stimulation improves vision recovery after stroke #noninvasive cf-tACS to …

Brain stimulation improves vision recovery after stroke
Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke. The approach could offer a more efficient and faster way to regain visual function in such cases.

Wer wissen will, wie man beim Temperieren von Schokolade die Küche in Brand setzt, kann sich von Google AI helfen lassen
#aioverviewfail

Travis Etienne, Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Javonte Williams for real? Plus, 2 trades fueling 1 contender https://www.nfl.com/news/travis-etienne-jacory-croskey-merritt-and-javonte-williams-for-real-plus-2-trades-fueling…

George Pickens Gets Strong Message After Cowboys Beat Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/george-pickens-strong-message-cowboys/?adt_ei=[email]

Optimal Pair Matching Combined with Machine Learning Predicts a Significant Reduction in Myocardial Infarction Risk in African Americans following Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation
Shudong Sun, Aki Hara, Laurel Johnstone, Brian Hallmark, Joseph C. Watkins, Cynthia A. Thomson, Susan M. Schembre, Susan Sergeant, Jason Umans, Guang Yao, Hao Helen Zhang, Floyd H. Chilton

Optimal Pair Matching Combined with Machine Learning Predicts a Significant Reduction in Myocardial Infarction Risk in African Americans following Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation
Conflicting clinical trial results on omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (n-3 HUFA) have prompted uncertainty about their cardioprotective effects. While the VITAL trial found no overall cardiovascular benefit from n-3 HUFA supplementation, its substantial African American (AfAm) enrollment provided a unique opportunity to explore racial differences in response to n-3 HUFA supplementation. The current observational study aimed to simulate randomized clinical trial (RCT) conditions by matchi…

Maxx Crosby Offers Clear Words After Raiders Lose to Cowboys https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-clear-words-cowboys/?adt_ei=[email]