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USA, March 2026.

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LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

#USpol #Liberty #Photography #NoKings

In his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV declares that Jesus, as the King of Peace, “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-03/pope-leo-xiv-celebrates-palm-sunday-mass-rome.html
Pope at Palm Sunday Mass: ‘Jesus does not listen to prayers of those who wage war’

Pope Leo XIV presides at Mass on Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, and reflects on Jesus as the King of Peace who rejects war and refuses to listen to the prayers of those who wage war.

Vatican News

The vast majority of people who will be impacted by trans bans in sports will be little girls with short hair or arms that are "too muscular."

It will also mean that when a woman is good at her sport the disgusting grumbling and whispering about "may she is he" gets taken more seriously.

This happened with Paula Radcliffe for running marathons too fast. If it helps you to think of a white cis woman being the victim of this.

Of course little black girls will take the brunt of this. As ever.

I did not know about this kind of insidious pricing. Thank you for highlighting it!
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series https://www.theverge.com/report/901818/hbo-harry-potter-jk-rowling-transphobia
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

JK Rowling’s transphobia casts and inescapable shadow over the new Harry Potter adaptation.

The Verge

Over 100 people—including many directly impacted by fossil fuel and petrochemical pollution—danced to the jazzy sounds of local musicians and whacked a giant piñata depicting fracked gas giant Cheniere Energy CEO Jack Fusco. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-oil-conference-protest-iran-war/

#energy #ClimateChange #environment #activism #politics #USpol #news

Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston

Meanwhile, the U.S. Energy Secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid shock to global markets.

The Texas Observer

The US / Israeli war on journalism continues. Another #warcrime

A media office in Tehran housing Al Araby was struck during a live broadcast, causing severe damage and halting transmission. Journalists inside say they narrowly survived as debris collapsed around them.

#us #uspol #usa #israel #iran #journalism #eu #eupol

https://youtu.be/iXxt7889lkk

Media Building Struck During Live Broadcast in Tehran

YouTube
Buried History: The Woman Who Created the Home Pregnancy Test

YouTube

OS-level age checks in California and Apple shift verification from apps to devices, classifying users and sharing age signals across services 🔐.
Centralized OS identity APIs can entrench platform control and expose sensitive data, impacting privacy, shared-device access and open ecosystems 🌐

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/age-verification-operating-system

#TechNews #Privacy #AgeVerification #Apple #Regulation #DigitalID #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Data #Freedom #Internet #Policy #Surveillance #Tech #OS #California

When age verification moves into your operating system | Proton

Age verification is moving into operating systems. Here’s how OS-level age checks could reshape privacy and access online.

Proton