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FKA @jcthomsonjr - Solution Engineer for a major CRM co., UW-Madison Journalism PhD. Minnesotan living in Silicon Valley, by way of Madison WI. Thoughts (my own) on ed tech, copyright, privacy, higher ed, journalism, food, etc. He/him
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Yeah, so TikTok shadowbanned this one. Wonder why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3aMgiR9mMI
What counts as a concentration camp?

YouTube

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:

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/19/during-ice-surge-minnesota-immigrants-share-their-stories-from-hiding

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.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/donald-trump-voting-midterms-democrat-national-strike

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‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

The Guardian

RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116021599442246396

This reads similarly to investment in education - particularly Ed Tech.

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

404 Media

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

@toroidalcore Reminds me of educational video streaming. There are tools opencast or big blue button, but they might not be an exact fit. Some time ago I built something similar on Drupal using plugins, but that might not be a huge leap forward from your ffmpeg approach.
Any politician or organization asking for money right now: if you’re not directly involved in providing aid or community action, you seem really tone deaf (more than usual). Folks will remember.