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We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.

China is crushing America in the technologies of the future & lays out a plan for how America can try to counter that. Reading that plan while knowing the policies of the current administration makes it pretty clear that America has already lost.

#GiftArticle #MAGA #FascistAmeriKKKa #Technology #China #ChinaShock nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion

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"His mobile phone, which is required for the two-step authentication process to verify his identity cards, is held by police."

I have ALWAYS thought #twoFactor created personal vulnerabilities, particularly but not exclusively when travelling abroad. I (stupidly) hadn't thought about how it facilitates autocratic policies such as ethnic cleansing. Much like #AISurveillance.

#giftArticle in previous toot.

#giftArticle "While some of those targeted lacked legal status, many appeared to be Indian citizens; others were legal residents after living in the country for decades, family members said." Modi like Trump deporting people across a continent to countries they have never been on the basis of protected / "ethnic" characteristics. wapo.st/3Gps3Y9

The Washington Post · In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the seaBy Pranshu Verma

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#ICE declares millions of undocumented #immigrants ineligible for bond hearings

A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

#law #Constitution #DueProcess #immigration #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy
wapo.st/40e4rfK

The Washington Post · ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearingsBy Maria Sacchetti

What people in the US do not seem to realize is that a lot of “diversity” funding for trainees goes to people who grew up with fewer opportunities to be a scientist. Some of these trainees are people from rural areas or who grew up in foster care. This funding tries to make sure that anyone can be a scientist. Your kids. Not just the kids of professors…nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/trum #giftarticle #nih #uspol #research #Science #DEI

Lucas Dillard at Johns Hopkins.
The New York Times · Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural, White Americans, TooBy Kate Zernike

Spectacular photography.

“Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects“

“As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.”

theatlantic.com/photography/ar

The Atlantic · Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power ProjectsBy Alan Taylor

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#TulsiGabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce #Trump’s agenda

The Director’s Initiative Group has expressed an interest in gaining access to emails & chat logs of the largest US #intelligence agencies to root out “weaponization,” according to multiple people familiar with the effort.

#law #surveillance #IllegalSurveillance #InfoSec
wapo.st/4eEqfa1

The Washington Post · Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agendaBy Ellen Nakashima

#NYTimes Attempts To Put The #PaperOfRecord's Ol' #EastCoast Spin On A #ComputerNerd #California #Cult, And Its #GenderBender Leader That Darn Near Defies Droll Descriptiion...

If You Love #Murders, Mayhem And Manson-esque Antics Against #ArtificialIntelligence, This Could Be A #GiftLink For You... It has all the #RevengeOfTheNerds chaotic content and egregious elements you love, including #CourtroomDrama, #CopKilling, #ElderAbuse, #manifestos, #patricide, etc etc etc!

nytimes.com/2025/07/06/busines