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Tories and Lib Dems criticise Starmer’s ‘spinelessness’ after U-turn on digital ID
All very silly. The proposal is still in place, it's just that a biometric passport can be used as an alternative.
Pragmatic authoritarianism that still needs opposing.

The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over
A new alternative is set to take over in 2026
#Passwords will be on the way out in 2026
as #passkeys take over

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over
The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is set to take over in 2026

It's a good question about the French public AC charging infrastructure: why? Caught between unreliability and high time-based pricing, who does it serve? Not those who need it, I would say.
https://www.numerama.com/vroom/2134433-bor

Coûteuses et capricieuses, le grand mensonge des bornes de recharge publiques à charge lente
On installe des bornes lentes, sauf qu’entre les pannes, les tarifs absurdes et le matériel douteux, la recharge publique ressemble encore trop à un parcours du combattant. Voilà de quoi nourrir l'édito Watt Else du jeudi 4 décembre. Les bornes AC (ou courant alternatif) représentent 80 % des 180 000 points de

»Exploring alternatives to UUIDv4; Enter ULIDs.
UUIDv4 is a commonly used unique identifier format. UUIDv4 is a standardized format for generating unique identifiers that are widely used in distributed systems. […]«
Of course, UUID is usually used as a clear data hint and there are countless alternatives that are optimal depending on their application but I didn't know ksuid yet.
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Antonio Brown seeks attempted murder case dismissal, citing 'stand your ground' law https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6868526/2025/12/06/antonio-brown-case-dismissal-attempted-murder-charge/

A lot of people will call shunning Amazon, Meta, etc "purity politics". According to them, since no company is perfect, we should just give up having lines, since there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
Alternatively, it can be seen as exercising whatever little direct power we have, as individuals, to stop funding the machines that are killing us and making us poorer. It's not enough, but it's certainly a start.

FPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol

'Cancun better be ready': Ted Cruz mocked after secret recordings revealed - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/ted-cruz-2675023299/

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a neighborhood that wasn’t designed around cars?
Well - in most of the country that’s actually illegal.
But in Tempe, AZ there’s a new development called Culdesac
that has managed to make it happen.
This community is designed around alternative transit first,
which means more land is freed up for housing, retail and open space
- and it seems to be working
As more modes of transportation become avail…

West Virginia Sen. Chris Rose has introduced a proposal to incorporate 33 conservative counties from Virginia and Maryland into the Mountain State.
Dubbed the
"Appeal to Heaven Movement,"
the plan would alter state lines to include all counties bordering West Virginia, except Democratic leaning Loudoun County, Va.

West Virginia senator proposes adding 33 counties from Virginia, Maryland
West Virginia Sen. Chris Rose has introduced a proposal to incorporate 33 conservative counties from Virginia and Maryland into the Mountain State.Dubbed the "A