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Worked as a research biologist before transitioning to IT. History buff. Lived in Germany (back when there were two) for 6 years. Currently retired.
@thmorris VPNs change the IP address that websites receive your requests from, which can confuse them if that's the only source of information they have about your location, but apps on your phone usually learn your location by asking the operating system to use the GPS. A VPN can't interfere with operating system details like this, and it can't understand apps' network traffic, so there's no way for it to stop them from sending your location over the internet without blocking the app entirely.
I wrote about Elon Musk “going to war” with MAGA influencers and major right wing figures and what this could mean for the future of the pro-Trump movement https://www.usermag.co/p/a-maga-civil-war-is-breaking-out
A MAGA civil war is breaking out

+ the Walmart Birkin, RIP Gators Daily, Julia Fox + Hunter Biden, the biggest online moments of 2024, and Matthew McConaughey's secret tuna salad recipe

User Mag

Rape, torture, beatings, bombings, starvation, kidnappings, and indefinite detention of Palestinians summarize the third report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestine.

The Commission submitted this report weeks ago, yet legacy media pretends it does not exist. Here's the breakdown legacy media won't report:
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/un-commission-the-idf-is-raping-killing

UN Commission: The IDF Is Raping, Killing, & Torturing Palestinians

Legacy media has conducted a near blackout of this damning report and the Biden administration is refusing to act to uphold international human rights law

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
i am once again asking for mobile operating systems to have a "lie" option next to "allow" and "deny" for permissions like location, notifications, files, camera, nearby devices, etc. that generates sensible garbage to poison tracking profiles

a global "lie" toggle that causes all but a few trusted apps to receive false information would also be nice, if you're going to a protest or a sensitive medical appointment

wouldn't do much if your os vendor was an ad tech company (which is the case on pretty much everything but a linux or rooted android phone without google play services) but it would be a very cool feature for an android custom rom to add at the very least

#privacy

"As a singer with asthma, I fucking hate the masks, but I wear them," said Queen Stevie Nicks. "People give you dirty looks. I dare anybody to give me a dirty look. I would just say, 'Hey, you know what? I’m Stevie Nicks. And if I get sick, my entire thing goes down. Forty families are out of work. So that’s why I have a mask on, asshole.'"

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/stevie-nicks-fleetwood-mac-kamala-harris-new-music-1235140437/

Stevie Nicks: ‘I Believe in the Church of Stevie’

In a nearly four-hour interview, Stevie Nicks talks Kamala Harris, longevity, why Fleetwood Mac are finished, making new music and much more

Rolling Stone

Clarence Thomas has been on the Supreme Court for 33 years as of this week.

During that time he's received at least 193 gifts worth an estimated $4 million from wealthy benefactors.

He only reported 27 of the gifts on his financial disclosures.

How is he still on the court?

Netanyahu claims he bombs hospitals because they're "Hamas command centers."

But an independent UN inquiry investigated Israeli bombings of 110 hospitals & found 0 evidence of such. Israel could not provide any such evidence either.

These are war crimes.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/un-commission-the-idf-is-raping-killing

UN Commission: The IDF Is Raping, Killing, & Torturing Palestinians

Legacy media has conducted a near blackout of this damning report and the Biden administration is refusing to act to uphold international human rights law

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
This family's got some beef!

IMPORTANT - if you've voted by mail, CHECK to make sure your ballot was received and counted as legit

This is critical, as many states/counties require that errors be corrected BEFORE Election Day (November 5).

It takes less than a minute to do - and it's soooo important!

Here's the link for Pennsylvania, for example:

https://pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/ballottracking.aspx

Beyoncé will perform at Kamala Harris event tomorrow night -- in HOUSTON.

Yes, Houston as in Texas.

Harris is suddenly going all-in on Texas -- do they have data showing Texas is now a toss-up for the election?

Without Texas, the Republicans have ZERO path to win.