https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3aMgiR9mMI

| Homepage | https://johnthomson.org |

Anyone who is about to complete, or already has completed, an age-verification or identity-verification process online should read this short article.
Especially if it's on LinkedIn or Discord.
"I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over." by @thelocalstack
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
#Privacy #LinkedIn #Discord #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #MassSurveillance
Now — still!— in the Twin Cities, there are thousands of people who are living in hiding, terrified (justifiably so) of an authoritarian secret police kidnapping them off the street because of the way they look.
For these people, full-on fascism is already here. Still.
MPR shares their voices:
This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):
If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”
1/
RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116021599442246396
This reads similarly to investment in education - particularly Ed Tech.
Huh. So Ronald Lauder, the billionaire who owns Estee Lauder, is apparently the guy who convinced Trump that he should destroy NATO by invading Greenland.
Maybe don't buy shit from them? Here's a convenient list of their brands: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands
And sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder
http://web.archive.org/web/20251107131250/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/trump-greenland.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland