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"The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are forcing financial firms to compensate voice phishing victims, regardless of who is at fault, fanning concerns over how far consumer protection should go without distorting incentives in the financial system, market watchers said Monday."

Financial firms warn mandatory voice phishing compensation could backfire
The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are forcing financial firms to compensate voice phishing victims, regardless of who i...

Even Trump's own appointees are ruling against ICE's mass detention strategy (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/donald-trump-judges-mandatory-detention-rulings-00778256
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p101#a260212p101

🔒Mandated or banned? Either way, women lose in the veil debate
https://globalvoices.org/2025/11/17/mandated-or-banned-either-way-women-lose-in-the-veil-debate/

Mandated or banned? Either way, women lose in the veil debate
“What is missing from these debates is the voice of women themselves. Few policymakers ask how women feel about being told what to wear, either in Kabul or in Quebec.”

Again: backbone of the lawsuit is that ICE is wildly outside their legal mandate

«WSIS 20» - UNO-Entscheid ausstehend: Wer bestimmt die Regeln des Internets?
Vor 20 Jahren haben die UNO-Staaten entschieden, das Internet gemeinsam mit Forschung, Firmen und Zivilgesellschaft zu verwalten. Nun ist das Mandat ausgelaufen. Wird es in der aktuellen Form erneuert werden?
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«WSIS+20»: Die UNO bestimmt, wie es mit dem Internet weiter geht.
Seit 20 Jahren wird das Internet von allen Anspruchsgruppen gemeinsam verwaltet. Dieses Modell muss nun erneuert werden.

Good reminder that Daniel Lurie has never had a real job, was by no means given a mandate by SF voters, and that checks and balances are good. If mayoral appointments to vacant offices required legislative confirmation—the case in many cities—we could have avoided this.
"San Francisco’s newest supervisor agrees to resign amid pet store controversies"

this aldi peri-peri spice mix is really good in scrambled eggs

Sources: President Trump is being deployed against the BBC by those who want to defund the broadcaster, as its mandated license fee expires at the end of 2027 (Joel Simon/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/how-donald-trum…

How Donald Trump blew up the BBC.
The president set out to undermine public broadcasters in the US. Now, with help from British allies, he’s taking his strategy global.

Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor
https://hechingerreport.org/without-school-vaccine-mandates-many-kids-may-never-see-a-doctor/

sigh rain specs and faceid completely fails to work
bring back touchid
(and headphone jacks)