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Sindarina, Edge Case Detective

From February 4th, 2025;

"The UK’s chief auditor has said he is open to learning from Elon Musk’s US ‘department of government efficiency’, as he gave a speech warning that the NHS and special educational needs funding systems are becoming unsustainable.”

"Gareth Davies, who leads parliament’s National Audit Office (NAO), said his organisation was looking at international comparisons as it examined spending in Whitehall departments.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/04/uk-chief-auditor-elon-musk-nhs-sen-funding

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UK chief auditor ‘open to learning’ from Musk

NAO’s Gareth Davies says healthcare and special educational needs systems are becoming unsustainable

The Guardian

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 5th, 2025;

"Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that their experience of covert surveillance showed a public inquiry was needed, describing it as an ‘attack on democracy’.

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled last year that a covert surveillance operation authorised by a Northern Ireland police chief in a bid to unmask the journalistic sources of award-winning journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey was unlawful.”

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/mps-told-of-suspicions-of-uk-wide-spying-on-journalists-by-police/

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Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 4th, 2025;

"A former Donald Trump aide who once called for ‘competent white men’ to be ‘in charge’ and spread conspiracy theories about the 2021 US Capitol assault has been given a top State Department post, an official said.”

"Darren Beattie, an influential figure in Trump's ‘Make America Great Again’ movement and founder of the right-wing ‘Revolver News’ site, has been named acting under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, a US official told AFP on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.”

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250204-trump-ally-known-for-racist-comments-gets-top-state-dept-job

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Trump ally known for racist comments gets top State Dept job

A former Donald Trump aide who once called for "competent white men" to be "in charge" and spread conspiracy theories about the 2021 US Capitol assault has been given a top State Department post, an official said.

FRANCE 24

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 4th, 2025;

"The European Union’s highest court found on Tuesday that imposing fines on asylum seekers who fail to pass integration exams violates EU law and forcing them to pay for the courses undermines the integration process.”

"Over the past few years, the Netherlands has fined over 3,400 new arrivals for not passing their integration exams within three years and can issue penalties of up to €1,250.”

"According to Trouw, refugees currently have combined loans of €27 million and the total amount in outstanding fines is €2.3 million.”

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/no-systematic-fines-for-refugees-who-fail-inburgering-exams/

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No systematic fines for refugees who fail inburgering exams - DutchNews.nl

The European Union’s highest court found on Tuesday that imposing fines on asylum seekers who fail to pass integration exams violates EU law and forcing them to pay for the courses undermines the integration process. The case revolves around a man from Eritrea who arrived in the Netherlands when he was 17. When he turned 18, he was told by the authorities he had to go through an “inburgering” course. When he failed to finish in time, he was ordered...

DutchNews.nl

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 6th, 2025;

"Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has halted its funding of one of the world’s most important climate certification organisations, amid broader concerns US billionaires are ‘bowing down to Trump’ and his anti-climate action rhetoric.

The Bezos Earth Fund has stopped its support for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an international body that assesses if companies are decarbonising in line with the Paris agreement. Earth Fund had been one of two core funders of the SBTi, […]”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/jeff-bezos-climate-group-trump-bezos-earth-fund-science-based-targets-initiative-decarbonisation-aoe

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Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to Trump

Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisation

The Guardian

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 6th, 2025;

"A rightwing group that has created a series of blacklists to target federal workers it believes the Trump administration should fire has received funding for the project by the thinktank behind Project 2025.

A recent list created by the American Accountability Foundation called the ‘DEI Watch List’ includes mostly Black people with roles in government health roles […]”

"Tom Jones, the president of the American Accountability Foundation, said the organization had plans to add to its existing lists and create more.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/project-2025-federal-worker-blacklist

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Project 2025 thinktank has backed group listing ‘woke’ federal workers

Heritage Foundation gave the American Accountability Foundation $100,000 for list focusing on homeland security

The Guardian

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 6th, 2025;

"President Donald Trump is not alone in his anti-immigrant crusade. Turning undocumented people into the enemy has been the xenophobic and racist argument that has inspired two Republican state legislators to propose rewards for those who report undocumented foreigners to the authorities. The offer includes $1,000 rewards for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of an immigrant without legal papers.”

Also included a proposal for a ‘Missouri Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program‘.

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-06/racism-no-longer-hides-in-the-us-1000-for-reporting-undocumented-immigrants.html

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Racism no longer hides in the US: $1,000 for reporting undocumented immigrants

Missouri and Mississippi lawmakers have proposed creating ‘certified bounty hunters’ to help President Donald Trump in his mass deportation campaign

EL PAÍS English

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 6th, 2025;

"Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration”

"All the archived ICE press releases soaring to the top of Google search results were marked with the same timestamp and read: ‘Updated: 01/24/2025’.”

"So she set to work doing some digital sleuthing and enlisted a friend who is a tech expert to help. What they found leads them to believe that ICE is gaming Google search.”

Deliberately creating a culture of fear 😒

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google

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US immigration is creating a mirage of mass deportations on Google search

Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration

The Guardian

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 4th, 2025;

"NASA personnel were told to ‘drop everything’ to scrub public sites of mentions of DEI, indigenous people, environmental justice, and women in leadership, according to a directive obtained by 404 Media.”

An excellent example of how white women can be just as two-faced as the men, with current NASA acting administrator Janet Petro, first woman to ever hold the job, talking shit about DEI efforts less than four years after being interviewed about her role in NASA's DEIA efforts.

Fuck you, she got hers 😒

https://www.404media.co/nasa-dei-drop-everything-executive-order/

https://www.enr.com/articles/52939-ksc-director-janet-petro-reflects-on-diversity

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Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites

"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.

404 Media

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

From February 6th, 2025;

“[…], FEMA employees received an order ‘for immediate compliance’ this week that states they must immediately change their vocabulary to comply with the Trump Administration’s preferred terminology on gender and immigration.

For example, FEMA employees are no longer allowed to call undocumented immigrants ‘migrants’ or ‘undocumented individuals’, they must instead call them ‘undocumented aliens or illegal aliens’. FEMA can no longer refer to the idea of ‘integration’, it must begin to say ‘assimilation’.”

It always begins with language.

https://www.404media.co/for-immediate-compliance-fema-workers-responding-to-wildfires-ordered-to-say-alien-instead-of-immigrant/

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'For Immediate Compliance': FEMA Workers Responding to Wildfires Ordered to Say 'Alien' Instead of 'Immigrant'

"This is the most 1984 email I've ever seen," one worker said.

404 Media

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Feb 16

Splitting the thread.

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From February 2nd, 2025; “A criminal campaign which saw over 270 car exhausts stuffed with expanding construction foam is suspected to have been Russian sabotage aimed at discrediting the Green Party, according to German authorities.” ”Stickers were then left on the damaged cars depicting Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, the Green Party's chancellor candidate in the upcoming federal election, and bearing the message: ‘Be greener!’” Organised, affiliated fuckers. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-suspect-russia-behind-car-vandalism/a-71517942 Related coverage; https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/02/05/niet-de-groene-activisten-maar-de-russen-zaten-achter-duitse-uitlaten-vol-schuim-a4882088 — Thread continues from here; https://ngmx.com/@sindarina/114014139926787899 1460/ 🧵 #OrganisedAffiliatedFuckers #DEpol

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Marguerite Efdé Feb 16

@sindarina as Margaret Atwood showed in her novel The Handmaid's Tale it was a white woman who wrote the horrible instructions for a new state. I would not be surprised if white women would be involved in what's going on. Elon Musk seems to be very depending on his mother for example.

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!Feb 16

@sindarina
Despicable, of course, but I'm relieved to see this is how hard they are failing.

Tobias Horvath Feb 16

@sindarina Fucking hell.

David Hembrow Feb 16

@sindarina Good. Hopefully this will change soon. I went through the process, though not as a refugee. It's too expensive and made too difficult for many people.

Rowland Mosbergen Feb 16

@sindarina this is a special kind of horrible :(