Kennt sich hier jemand mit #Enten aus? Ich hab vor ein paar Jahren in Erfurt diese Enten gesehen und Leute auf iNat sagen, das sind normale Stockenten, nur in einer anderen Färbung und jung. Ich find das unwahrscheinlich. Weiß jemand, ob das stimmt?

#ducks #birds #identification #birdphotography

"La reconnaissance faciale déployée à grande échelle sur les téléphones des forces de l’ordre"

#ReconnaissanceFaciale #Surveillance #Identification #Police #France ...

https://disclose.ngo/fr/article/la-reconnaissance-faciale-deployee-a-grande-echelle-sur-les-telephones-des-forces-de-lordre

"Maryan Sheikh Abdinur grew up in Somalia and Kenya, and moved to the U.S. as a teenager when her family was granted refugee status."

"These are her notes two months into [DHS's] 'Operation Metro Surge.'"
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Author: Maryan Sheikh Abdinur
Publication: Hammer & Hope
March 16, 2026
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#Minnesota #USA #Somalia #Identification #Protest #Education #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://hammerandhope.org/article/minnesota-somalis-ice

UK Government Digital ID consultation

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-consultation-on-making-public-services-quicker-easier-and-more-secure-to-access-with-digital-id

#UK
#UnitedKingdom
#DigitalID
#Identification
#Digital
#Consultation

"Stripping anonymity from the internet."

"'[C]hild online safety' bills [are] moving forward in the House [..] with bipartisan support."

"Online protest, documenting war crimes, even news articles could be suppressed."
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Author: Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz
Publication: The Intercept @TheIntercept
March 5, 2026
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#USA #Media #Identification #Surveillance #Censorship #Whistleblowing
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

I have to say I'm a little annoyed that pronouns.page links are now only visible to people who are logged in.

The whole point is to link to my #pronouns in a language agnostic way that allows others to quickly see the results and possibly do the same for their own (potentially more complex) choices.

For those who don't wish to log in (which I really understand), screenshot shown here of what you'd get if you did.

#inclusivity #identification #anonymity #privacy

"Two transgender residents of Kansas are suing the state over its newly enacted anti-trans law that has invalidated the driver's licenses of hundreds of trans people."

"[S]tokes fear and puts trans people at serious risk."
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Author: Chris Walker
Publication: Truthout
March 2, 2026
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#Kansas #USA #Identification #Bathrooms #Transportation #Courts
https://truthout.org/articles/trans-residents-sue-kansas-over-new-law-outlawing-their-current-licenses/

Cool.

"In a study published in Ornithology, researchers describe how they used thermal imaging optics, flashlights, and high-speed photography to detect and photograph birds in flight after dark. The technique allowed scientists to identify low-flying species across three fall seasons in Cape May, New Jersey—including thousands that would have gone undetected by other monitoring tools."

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-reveals-technique-individual-night-flying.html

#Birds #Nature #Identification #Night