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U.S. to stop issuing immigrant visas for 75 countries
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/us-stop-issuing-visas-75-countries-rcna254039

RE: https://flipboard.com/@insideclimate/latest-news-igngpae4z/-/a-EJ1TpedCRO-8uwsxYvuG5g:a:2648295990-/0
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erschreckend und ergreifend - eine Doku hinterlässt gemischte Gefühle:
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/riefenstahl/riefenstahl-oder-doku/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhv…

Make a passport a requirement to vote. Then block the issuing of new passports. Magats in action.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nonprofit-libraries-ordered-by-state-department-to-stop-processing-passport-a…

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Meme coins are now just GoFundMes for the rich.
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/13/former-bitcoin-mayor-eric-adams-faces-usd3-million-rugpull-allegation-after-issuing-nyc-coin

Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token
On-chain data revealed that a wallet linked to the token's deployer removed $2.5 million in liquidity, prompting accusations of a possible rug pull.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

I'm looking at a bunch of open clipart icons and some of them have straightforward licenses like CC or public domain.
But others are using more software-oriented licenses like GPL or LGPL. I'm... not entirely sure how that is supposed to work.
If I load a GPL'd icon PNG into my application is that "dynamic linking" in a way that would require my entire application to be GPL? There's no code involved, no symbol manipulation, and the icon isn't compile…

The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide
to cease processing passport applications,
-- disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on
and that has run smoothly for years.
The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to not-for-profit libraries in late fall,
informing them they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Fac…

US State Department halts passport services at nonprofit libraries
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service. In late fall, the agency started sending cease and desist orders, which take effect on Feb. 13. It says these libraries cannot collect and keep passport processing fees under federal rules. Librarians say the service has worked for years and residents still call every day. Members of Congress from several states pushed back in a letter to Secretary of State Marc…