On the acceptability of #parking policy: Replacing on-street parking with space for street life, #cycling, and vegetation in central #Copenhagen
TikTok users in the US were presented with a new privacy policy; the changes were part of the app's ownership transition and now allow precise location tracking (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/
Sources: Ali Javanmardi, VOA's Persian-language service advisor, is accused of censoring coverage of Iran's exiled crown prince due to a personal political bias (Laura Kelly/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5701358-voa-persian…
Dear (neo)liberals,
I’m not here to make you feel better about yourselves and gloss over your hypocrisies that are at the heart of the mess that we find ourselves in. I’m not here to pat you on the back when you write a strongly-worded letter to a fascist asking him to please limit his persecution to the Other. I’m here to remind you that your willingness to perpetuate an unjust system as long as it benefits you personally IS the reason the problem exists in the first place.
There is video. Please take care of yourself and your mental health. And please hold space in your heart this morning for the person who was shot, for their loved ones, for those who witnessed it.
Another one for linguistic fun:
At the big birthday party, we all got a name tag, displaying the first name, the place the person met the birthday person and the respective year. Plus color-coding for kind of relationship causing the first encounter (family, school, work, etc.). Some people have (and use) a nickname. Those had the nickname as name and the real (passport) name in brackets
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Urban Spots ✴️
城市噪点 ✴️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Hi Seafarers!
Please help improve crisis intervention after critical incidents on board.
Here is a survey by WMU:
https://wmuhq.questionpro.eu/SEACARE
Please share!
The Beeb is getting a live-ish report out of Minnesota, with the presenter being confused about the difference between “State Troopers” (a.k.a. state police or ‘highway patrol’) and National Guard (who are NOT yet deployed.)
Apparently the state police are doing interventional peacekeeping by getting between the feds and the civilians.
UK government wastes police time. Repeat offender
Mass arrests at UK protest in support of hunger-striking detainee | Protests | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/25/mass-ar…