Trump’s ‘little incursion’. I suspect #Betteridge’s law will fix the question, but at the same time it is an important question to be asked. Are we seeing the beginning of the end, a withdrawal to a smaller technological, economic and power base? Significant but much diminished.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/donald-trump-iran-excursion-vietnam-war

#War #Israel #USA #Iran #Overreach

#WarOnDrugs #SanFrancisco #overreach

"El Rio, Zeitgeist and more push back on new SF bar ordinance

A petition undersigned by El Rio, Zeitgeist and more is gaining steam

A new ordinance proposed by San Francisco District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar aims to ban smoking on bar patios, and some local venues aren’t happy about the plan.

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Several bar owners said that it puts an undue burden on their businesses and that the supervisor’s office didn’t do the necessary community outreach. In reaction, 13 Bay Area bars, including the Stud, Mothership and Horsies Market & Saloon, have crafted a petition opposing the ban. It’s estimated that approximately 50 bars would be affected by the change. The petition has racked up 1,488 signatures as of Friday morning.

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Under current regulations, businesses that operate as restaurants are not allowed to have smoking on their patios. As a result, Casements is one example of a bar that doesn’t allow smoking, but the owner has still put her bar’s name on the petition opposing the legislation.

'Taking away that choice is the problem,' owner Gillian Fitzgerald said. 'We’re just drastically affecting the entire culture of bars as a third space every time we tack on these things.'

(. . .)

'The impact on my business would be direct and immediate,' Zeitgeist owner Lara Burmeister wrote in an email to SFGATE. 'My staff would be required to enforce this change rather than focus on the work that actually serves our customers and drives revenue — creating friction that affects both the employee experience and the customer relationship.'

Burnmeister said that over the past 10 days, the bar surveyed 1,577 customers and found that 89% stated they prefer allowing the ability to smoke on the patio."

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/san-francisco-smoking-ban-22247800.php

“I’M EX-POLICE. BANNING PALESTINE MARCHES IS WRONG”

by Nailah Sharif in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@uk_politics
@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran

“Senior police now claim that the marches have driven the rise in antisemitism, without explaining how protests that include Jewish groups can be deemed to be terrorising the same community it is asked to keep safe.

[..]

Correlation is not causation. To prove the marches – rather than an external conflict – drive antisemitism, the Met would need offence-level data linking specific demonstrations to specific incidents.

That data has not been published, if it even exists.”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/im-ex-police-banning-palestine-marches-is-wrong/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #PalestinianGenocide #Protest #AntiSemitism #MetPolice #Rowley #PoliticalPolicing #OverReach #Dictatorship

Coding Models Are Doing Too Much

https://nrehiew.github.io/blog/minimal_editing/

#HackerNews #Coding #Models #AI #Ethics #Overreach

In an EO today, #trump called for DHS to work with the Social Security Admin and MAKE A LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS in each state.

(Note: For months, the DOJ has been demanding detailed voter info. Many states have complied. The DOJ has sued those that didn't.)

Trump's EO also ~"seeks to bar the #USA Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each state’s approved list" (but the president may not have that power ).

#USpol #overreach #voting #privacy
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https://www.kdrv.com/news/national/trump-signs-order-directing-creation-of-a-national-voter-list-a-move-sure-to-face/article_c5d4f5b9-8441-52c4-94a1-ef39cf58ee79.html