@mia@hcommons.socialMore #DH2026 travel tips - you need an arrival card even if on UK etc passport. Do it online or ask on the flight.
The bus from the airport to Daejeon / Daejeoncheongsa was easy to find. Looks like it runs regularly.
Google Translate with pre-downloaded Korean and translating photos also helps!
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump administration will use passport data for voter citizenship checks, court filing reveals - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-will-use-passport-date-for-voter-citizenship-checks-court-filing-reveals/
@servelan@newsie.socialIncluding non-profits.
State Dept To Let Outside Groups Access Passport Data - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/09/state-dept-to-let-outside-groups-access-passport-data/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRussian law enforcement docs: Binance provided Russia with transaction records and passport copies of IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy, leading to terrorism charges (Anton Zverev/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/b
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaThe neighbor thinks I should renounce my Dutch citizenship and take Irish because I might be on a plane and there might be terrorists and they might go checking everyone's passport and they'd be less likely to kill someone with an Irish passport. Not idly, either. She brings this up regularly.
Anyway, leve de koning.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump posts new passport rendering -- featuring a memorable photo of himself (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/politics/passport-trump-photo-rendering
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p109#a260626p109
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialWhat is a #name? It is not me, but it is mine. It signifies me. It identifies me. Many cultures historically and presently allow, or even mandate, that individuals choose their name, often ritually, at mileposts in their lives. Maybe more than once, as need be. Maybe more than one name concurrently. But our govt doesn’t like it when trans folk, for instance, adopt a new name when their “circumstances”…
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe
@cdarwin@c.imAn opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s
“department of government efficiency”
(Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites
– for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings
– in ways critics say appear to violate federal law.
The National Design Studio (NDS)
was established by a Donald Trump executive order last August,
and is led by…
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioTwo things:
1. I bet he got/gets his own passport issued in the new design.
2. I'm surprised he didn't add himself to Turnbull's painting.
#narcissist #classless #passport
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaKafka, meet your Dutch cousin Koffietje!
Dutch passport renewal abroad (EU):
* Must be done at Netherlands Embassy
* 5-week waiting time for an appointment
* 8-week processing time
* Can be tracked online if you receive a tracking number
* You do not receive a tracking number
* You will receive an email when your passport is ready
* No emails are actually sent
* No way to speak (voice) directly to the Embassy
* NederlandWereldwijd call cente…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government Services (The Washington Sun)
https://www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-house/trump-aides-ai-takeover-america-gov-passport-direct-file
http://www.memeorandum.com/260917/p45#a260917p45
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeDon't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments cyber defenders should know, including
--OpenAI loosens GPT-5.6 cyber guardrails for vetted defenders,
--Anthropic to watermark Claude output worldwide,
--Gunra ransomware targets critical infrastructure through Fortinet flaws,
--WormGPT creator faces trial in Portugal
--Ransomware disrupts systems at Winnipeg’s largest hospital,
--China-linked hackers exploit N-central flaw to deploy ransomware,
--AI-found Zoom flaws enabled silent device takeovers,
--DEF CON flight hit by hacker WiFi scare,
--LexisNexis takes services offline after suspicious activity,
--NATO, AI startup join ENISA’s CVE program,
--BdThemes supply-chain attack creates rogue WordPress admins,
--Jeju Air breach exposes passenger passport data,
--Adversarial patterns make people and cars invisible to surveillance AI,
--Ceva Logistics hack ripples across retailers and customers,
--New cyber program aims to help small water utilities,
--DeepMind AI team warns applicants its own AI may reject them,
--Hong Kong police bust $800,000 sugar daddy scam,
--Cyber AI startup Corma raises $60m in seed round,
--UK courts ban Meta’s pervert glasses,
--FBI warns hackers are stealing intimate images for sale,
--ICE pays millions for LexisNexis data to feed Palantir
--China’s AI companion crackdown breaks millions of hearts
https://www.metacurity.com/openai-loosens-gpt-5-6-cyber-guardrails-for-vetted-defenders/
@smurthys@hachyderm.io"Over 30,000 Americans phoned our passport call center since July 4 asking to apply for this passport”
And the calls came from the same two phone banks? 😏
#PatriotPassport #makeBelieve
