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An anti-imperialist movement is building in Mexico,
where the U.S. invasion of Venezuela has been seen as an act of intimidation for all of Latin America.
Across the country, larger-than-usual marches on January 3 and 10 condemned the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
The marches included some pro-Morena groups
(the governing party)
as well as students, workers, farmers, and Indigenous groups that are critical of Morena.
Over a hundred organizations met in univ…

Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow
After US intervention in Venezuela, Trump’s threats against cartels may be seen as paving the way for actions in Mexico.

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Ahh ... Vermeer bij RTLnieuws
Henk Vermeer over vertrek Keijzer bij BBB: 'Ze had al tientallen keren gedreigd met opstappen'
#Mona #Vermeer #Markuszower

I'm still thinking about a longer blog post about LLMs, and one of the things I keep thinking about them is how they not only cause direct harm to the community, but also make people more suspicious of one another. And then I've been pointed out this text:
"I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me."
"""
I am a writer. A writer who also happens to be Kenyan. And I have come to this thesis statement: I don't write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT, in its strange, disembodied, globally-sourced way, writes like me. Or, more accurately, it writes like the millions of us who were pushed through a very particular educational and societal pipeline, a pipeline deliberately designed to sandpaper away ambiguity, and forge our thoughts into a very specific, very formal, and very impressive shape.
"""
#AI #LLM

Apple will block users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading apps rated 18 without age assurance and rolls out new age assurance tools for devs (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/apple-e

Apple expands App Store age assurance tools in several regions - 9to5Mac
As new App Store restrictions for 18+ apps take effect in select markets, Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers.

Stephen Miller is pushing states to stop educating undocumented children | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-education-texas-florida-b2944711.html

Lol ... Vermeer wilde dus voorkomen dat bbb samen met Markuszower een soort pvv-light zou worden.
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#NOSjournaal

A great deal has changed since the 1960s and early 70s,
which helps explain why today’s anti-war movements are relatively weaker than in those days.
For one, the level of associational culture
– to say nothing of explicitly political organization
– has receded.
Anti-war activists did not just organize headline-grabbing mass marches.
They patiently worked together to build a vast anti-war infrastructure
– legal groups, GI coffeehouses, alternative n…

Senate Republicans held a budget reconciliation “vote-a-rama”
in the wee hours of the night
to kickstart their Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol funding process.
The controversial move,
which wrapped up just after 3:30 a.m. on Thursday,
resulted in a 50-48 vote in their favor,
with zero Democrats supporting
and Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski breaking rank.
The measure still has to pass through the House,
but if …

Senate GOP Rams Through Plan to Cut Out Democrats and Bankroll ICE
The vote happened in the early hours of the morning, while most of America was still asleep.