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"Citizen scientists are spotting more and more rare frogs on private land"
#Frogs #Animals

Citizen scientists are spotting more and more rare frogs on private land
Threatened frogs aren’t just found in national parks – citizen scientists are finding them throughout private land too.

JD Vance seems to believe that Black and brown U.S. citizens in Minneapolis being pulled over by ICE somehow did something to deserve it
—including the cops of color being targeted.
“Earlier this week, local law enforcement accused federal agents of racial profiling,”
a reporter asked Vance at a Thursday press conference in Minneapolis.
“Why are there so many U.S. citizens being caught up in this operation?”
⭐️Vance blamed those getting arrested instead of the agen…

JD Vance: Nonwhite Citizens Targeted by ICE Must Have Done Something
The vice president had an alarming press conference in Minneapolis, as federal immigration agents are getting increasingly violent.

Israeli startup Claroty, which makes security tech for hospitals, manufacturing, and industrial systems, raised a $150M Series F, sources say at a $3B valuation (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/syuo0xklwe

Claroty raises $150 million at a $3 billion valuation as cyberattacks on infrastructure surge
Israeli cybersecurity firm cites rising attacks on hospitals and industrial systems.  

Job Posting
Citizen Lab Research Officer in the Area of Spyware and Digital Targeted Threats
https://citizenlab.ca/job-posting-citizen-lab-research-officer-in-the-area-of-spyware-and-digital-targeted-threats/

Job Posting: Citizen Lab Research Officer in the Area of Spyware and Digital Targeted Threats  - The Citizen Lab
The Citizen Lab is now accepting applications for the position of Research Officer in the Area of Spyware and Digital Threats. Under the supervision of the senior legal advisor, the research officer will assist with building case databases, implement training workshops, and conduct legal research on methods used in digital accountability research as well as […]

DHS Confirms Third US Citizen Killing After Newsweek Investigation (Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-confirms-ice-agent-fatally-shot-us-citizen-2025-11558664
http://www.memeorandum.com/260221/p23#a260221p23

Ministry says 202 Indian citizens recruited by Russia to fight in war against Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ministry-says-indian-citizens-recruited.html

Belated #MonochromeMonday / #MountainMonday: A moody winter day in the Ammergau Alps. A view down the snowed-in river bed of the Linder with the Notkarspitze summit catching the last light in the distance...

Newly released records show
a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas
by a federal immigration agent last year
during a late-night traffic encounter
that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.
The death of #Ruben #Ray

Records reveal a federal immigration agent fatally shot a Texas man last year
A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break. The death of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez occurred in March on South Padre Island and was reported by local media outlets at the time. But authorities did not publicly disclose that the shooting involved a team from Homeland Security Investigations conducting an immigration enforcement operation in conj…

A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran,
who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian,
is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and now on the brink of war with the United States.
She is one of thousands adopted from abroad who were never granted citizenship because of a fracture at the intersection of adoption and immigration law.
 
The woman, who The Associated Pres…

Woman adopted by American war veteran faces deportation to Iran
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States. She is one of thousands adopted from abroad who were never granted citizenship because of a legal loophole. The woman, who The Associated Press is not naming because of her legal situation, received a letter this month order…