Catherine Morris<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFP</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reuters</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> joint statement Thursday says their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> face <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a>: "…these independent journalists have been the world's eyes & ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering… </p><p>The statement called on Israel to allow journalists in & out of Gaza & allow adequate food supplies into the territory." | CBC <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/news-organizations-journalists-gaza-face-starvation-1.7592779" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/news-organiz</span><span class="invisible">ations-journalists-gaza-face-starvation-1.7592779</span></a></p><p>See the joint statement: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/joint-statement-on-gaza-from-afp-ap-bbc-news-reuters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statemen</span><span class="invisible">ts/joint-statement-on-gaza-from-afp-ap-bbc-news-reuters</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>The full US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit kept in place a June 6 decision by a divided 3-judge panel that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin could legally restrict access to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> to news events in the Oval Office & other locations controlled by the White House including Air Force One.</p><p>The D.C. Circuit order denied the AP's request that it review the matter, setting up a possible appeal to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WHCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHCA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>WTF</p><p>US appeals court won't lift limits on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to White House</p><p>A US appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s admin on White House access by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> organization declined to refer to the body of water long called the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as he inanely prefers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WHCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHCA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-wont-lift-limits-associated-press-access-white-house-2025-07-22/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/government/u</span><span class="invisible">s-appeals-court-wont-lift-limits-associated-press-access-white-house-2025-07-22/</span></a></p>
Hazelnoot<p>Concept for discussion: <b>Replacing HTTP Signatures with Bearer Tokens for ActivityPub Federation</b><span><br><br>Curious what other people think about this idea. What if federation security was re-worked to use target-assigned </span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Authentication#bearer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bearer tokens</a><span> to authenticate GET/POST requests? This would remove the need for complicated signing schemes and reduce system load under heavy traffic bursts (as no cryptography is required).<br><br></span><b>A basic implementation could look like this:</b><span><br>1. When instance A (</span><code>a.example.com</code>) first attempts to federate with instance B (<code>b.example.com</code>), a POST request is made to a dedicated registration endpoint. (for discussion, we'll say it's <code>https://b.example.com/activity-pub/register-instance</code>). This request includes fields necessary for verification, including the <b>source domain name</b>, <b>target domain name</b>, and a securely-generated <b>verification token</b><span>. Other metadata could be included to allow instance B to selectively allow/prohibit federation based on other criteria, but this is optional.<br>2. Instance B makes a POST request back to a dedicated verification endpoint on instance A (for discussion, we'll say it's </span><code>https://a.example.com/activity-pub/verify-registration</code><span>). This request must include the target domain name and verification token provided in step 2.<br>3. Instance A checks the verification token (and verify that it matches the target domain name) and return a successful value. </span><b>The verification code must be invalidated after this call!</b><span><br>4. Instance B, after verifying instance A's request, returns a securely-generated </span><b>federation key</b> back to instance A. This federation key is a bearer token used to authenticate all requests from instance A to instance B. <b>This key must be unique to instance A!</b><span><br>5. Instance A completes the original request with the </span><code>Authorization</code> header set to <code>Bearer {federation_key}</code><span>.<br>6. Instance B receives the request, detects the federation key, and checks it against the list of registered instances.<br>7. If the key does not exist or A has been defederated, then a </span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/401" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>403 Forbidden</code> error</a><span> is returned.<br>8. If the key is expired or revoked, then </span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/401" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>401 Unauthorized</code> error</a> is returned. Upon receiving a 401 error, instance A should start over from step 1 to re-authenticate and complete the request with a new token. <b>This process should not be repeated for recursive failures!</b><span><br>9. If the key is approved, then a </span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/200" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>200 OK</code> response</a> or <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/202" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>202 Accepted</code> response</a><span> is returned, and A can consider the request as successful.<br><br></span><b>Advantages versus HTTP Signatures:</b><span><br>- No cryptography requirements.<br>- Simple logic, no edge cases around HTTP query parameters or header order.<br>- Equally effective for all request types.<br>- Keys can be easily revoked or rotated.<br>- Supports authorized fetch and defederation use cases "by default".<br><br></span><b>Disadvantages versus HTTP Signatures:</b><span><br>- Breaks the actor model - instances are required as a first-class concept. (but really, the actor model is basically dead already. you can't even federate reliably without a WebFinger server, at minimum.)<br>- Requires multi-request "handshake" before communication. (but this is already required in practice, since a signature can't be validated without first requesting the signing actor.)<br>- Out-of-band protocol - communication can't happen over ActivityPub / ActivityStreams because this is a prerequisite to authenticate any request. (but again, we already require WebFinger and some software requires NodeInfo for full support.)<br><br>So, what are your thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? Did I miss something? Please let me know, I welcome replies here!<br><br></span><a href="https://enby.life/tags/ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://enby.life/tags/AP" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AP</a> <a href="https://enby.life/tags/Federation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Federation</a></p>
Karen Strickholm<p> Behold, fascism in action...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@WSJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WSJ@flipboard.com</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@wsj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wsj@mstdn.social</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WSJNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSJNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WSJLawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSJLawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@apnews_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apnews_bot</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/APNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-wall-street-journal-b006f3ef25e6b4ab910cc3b41c865227" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-epste</span><span class="invisible">in-wall-street-journal-b006f3ef25e6b4ab910cc3b41c865227</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2264559/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2264559/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump Boots Wall Street Journal From Press Pool Amid Lawsuit <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Water tanks replace springs on a Serbian mountain as drought endangers some 1,000 cows and horses | Nation World <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1214789/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1214789/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’</strong> </p><p>[now let's see if they <em>do</em> something]</p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/APNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNews</span></a><br>By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS<br>Updated 1:05 PM EDT, July 21, 2025 </p><blockquote><blockquote><p>LONDON (AP) — Twenty-five countries including <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> and a host of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> nations issued a joint statement on Monday that puts more pressure on <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, saying the war in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> “must end now” and Israel must comply with international law.</p><p>The foreign ministers of countries including <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> said “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.” They condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.”</p><p>The statement described as “horrifying” the deaths of over 800 <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> who were seeking aid...</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-israel-hamas-war-gaza-e4062cffa9585790061105236a93d8e5/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/europe-isra</span><span class="invisible">el-hamas-war-gaza-e4062cffa9585790061105236a93d8e5/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopStarvingGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopStarvingGaza</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WestAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestAsia</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Summer in the UK usually involves a visit to the pub 🍻 </p><p>At the Newsmast Foundation, we're spending our summer at a different kind of pub - Activity Pub (but yeah, we'll probably be at the other kind once or twice too)! </p><p>The structure of the AP protocol means social is in its DNA, just like it is at your local! Our hope is that, just like your local, AP can provide a hub for your community too 🏡 </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/ActivtyPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivtyPub</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/APProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APProto</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Karen Strickholm<p>Good still exists in America...</p><p>"A diverse group — faith leaders, college students, grandmothers, retired lawyers and professors — has been showing up at immigration courts across the nation to escort immigrants at risk of being detained for deportation by masked ICE officials."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-court-arrests-ice-bd145fae56c0d493ba52418cc66ef3b7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-court-arrests-ice-bd145fae56c0d493ba52418cc66ef3b7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@apnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apnews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@apnews_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apnews_bot</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/APNewsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNewsroom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@apnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apnews</span></a></span></p>
DrWeb<p><strong>Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project – NBC News and the Associated Press (AP)</strong></p>Ironworkers with the California High-Speed Rail Authority work on the Hanford Viaduct in Kings County, Calif., on April 15. Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP file<p><strong><em>President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have called the project, first approved by California voters in 2008, a “train to nowhere.”</em></strong></p><p>July 16, 2025, 7:46 PM PDT / Source: <a href="https://apnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a></p><p>By The Associated Press</p><p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump administration</a> revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles.</p><p>The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, weeks after signaling it would do so. Overall, a little less than a quarter of the project’s funding has come from the federal government. The rest has come from the state, mainly through a voter-approved bond and money from its cap-and-trade program.</p><p>President <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy both have slammed the project as a “train to nowhere.”</p><p>“The Railroad we were promised still does not exist, and never will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This project was Severely Overpriced, Overregulated, and NEVER DELIVERED.”</p><blockquote></blockquote><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <em><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-pulls-4-billion-funding-california-bullet-train-project-rcna219248" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project</a></em> CA.gov</p><p><strong>See also Governor Newson’s statement on Trump’s failure</strong>… <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/ap/" target="_blank">#AP</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/associated-press/" target="_blank">#AssociatedPress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/bullet-train/" target="_blank">#BulletTrain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/california/" target="_blank">#California</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/health/" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/nbc-news/" target="_blank">#NBCNews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/travel/" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-administration/" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-cancels-train/" target="_blank">#TrumpCancelsTrain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>
René<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErikJonker</span></a></span> Laar de <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> daar eens naar gaan kijken wie worden eruit gepikt? <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/grenscontroles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grenscontroles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/asiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asiel</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p>Freed from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> detention, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> files $20 million claim against Trump administration</p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/APNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNews</span></a><br>By JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 3:47 PM EDT, July 10, 2025</p><p>[good article - contains interview excerpts and photos]</p><p>"Inside, Khalil said he was denied his ulcer medication, forced to sleep under harsh fluorescent lights and fed “nearly inedible” food, causing him to lose 15 pounds (7 kilograms). “I cannot remember a night when I didn’t go to sleep hungry,” Khalil recalled.</p><p>Meanwhile, the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration publicly celebrated the arrest, promising to deport him and others whose protests against <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> it dubbed “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.” "</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-ice-release-trump-columbia-protests-570f7af32010c16b1a00dd7e78f4c687?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha</span><span class="invisible">lil-ice-release-trump-columbia-protests-570f7af32010c16b1a00dd7e78f4c687?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoDeportationOfMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeportationOfMahmoudKhalil</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopTheDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheDeportations</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoDeportationOfR%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeportationOfRümeysaÖztürk</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NoDeportationOfMohsenMahdawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeportationOfMohsenMahdawi</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendFreeSpeech</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
René<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Kletskous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kletskous</span></a></span> De <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> voert een persoonlijke jihad tegen alles wat <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/belastingdienst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belastingdienst</span></a> is. Het verhaal is voor een groot deel onjuist. En ja, je kan zien of een vrouw met een vrouw partnerschap heeft en met een man man maar ook man vrouw. Dat is gemeentelijke informatie. Wat is daar zo vreemd aan? <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> en <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> weten meer dan alle informatie die de belastingdienst heeft. Het suggereert dat medewerkers een hele dag naar zogenaamde privacy informatie zitten te kijken.</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2224705/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2224705/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> How Wall Street powered to a record high and what comes next <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"But under the hood, the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> protocol doesn’t use full mentions at all. Instead, it uses actor IDs."</p><p>The actor ID for my main account is <a href="https://mastodon.social/users/crepels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.social/users/crepels</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. In my case, there is a direct translation between the full mention and the actor ID, but that doesn’t have to be the case."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@crepels" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crepels</span></a></span>, 2023</p><p><a href="https://seb.jambor.dev/posts/understanding-activitypub/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seb.jambor.dev/posts/understan</span><span class="invisible">ding-activitypub/</span></a></p><p>Intriguing. So in theory, the Actor ID for a fediverse account could also be represented in an app as @username@email.service or @username@xmpp.service 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a></p>
Chris Hitarori 📯<p>The terrorists were clearly seen in wire service videos and social media posts from that day. But they don’t appear in the still photos distributed by Reuters, AP, or The New York Times, whose photojournalists at the site chose to leave the terrorists out of the frame and include only the wounded and dead.<br><a href="https://honestreporting.com/revealed-reuters-ap-nyt-photos-of-gaza-hospital-leave-hamas-out-of-the-frame/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">honestreporting.com/revealed-r</span><span class="invisible">euters-ap-nyt-photos-of-gaza-hospital-leave-hamas-out-of-the-frame/</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/photojournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photojournalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shifa</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reuters</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nyt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyt</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorists</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamas</span></a></p>
Karen Strickholm<p>🔥🔥🔥 TRIGGER WARNING 🔥🔥🔥</p><p>Truly SHOCKING video reporting here by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a>, about US contractors in Gaza firing live ammo at Palestinians as they come for food aid. IMHO, this is one of those times when it's important to bear witness, unless it would be too distressing to watch the footage. Will be shocked if this does not explode in the news.</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=63XTo2EyLZA&si=w9W1uKIMznffVone" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=63XTo2EyLZ</span><span class="invisible">A&si=w9W1uKIMznffVone</span></a></p><p>.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
NieuwsJunkies.nl<p>📰 A$AP Rocky annuleert optredens op Lowlands en Pukkelpop</p><p><a href="https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1bjH" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1bjH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🕛 12:03 | RTL Nieuws<br>🔸 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lowlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lowlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geannuleerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geannuleerd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p>Rebooting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23openweb" target="_blank">#openweb</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-open-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-th...</a> A old post from just before the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AP" target="_blank">#AP</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Fediverse" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> came into being <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OMN" target="_blank">#OMN</a><br><br><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-open-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rebooting the openweb – Hamish...</a></p>
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