<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[ Topical / Raindrop.io ]]></title><link>https://raindrop.io</link><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><language>en-US</language><generator>raindrop.io</generator><atom:link href="https://bg.raindrop.io/rss/public/58353096" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:21:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[ Woman Explains Why She Won't Give Job 2-Weeks' Notice: VIDEO - Comic Sands ]]></title><link>https://www.comicsands.com/never-give-two-weeks-notice-tiktok#Echobox=1776061768</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.comicsands.com/media-library/woman-explained-why-she-didn-t-believe-in-giving-two-weeks-notice.png?id=34226455&amp;width=210&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Treat your employees the way you'd like to be treated. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:17:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.comicsands.com/never-give-two-weeks-notice-tiktok#Echobox=1776061768</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ workplace ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Some Texans concerned about proposed changes to state social studies curriculum ]]></title><link>https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/04/08/some-texans-concerned-about-proposed-changes-to-state-social-studies-curriculum/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://res.cloudinary.com/graham-media-group/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/c_thumb,w_700/v1/media/anyclip/fstl-tf/jQiqap0B7IqjxwHUnmkq/1775611220806_1920x1080_thumbnail.jpg?_a=DATAg1fkZAA0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Concerned Texans gave public comments Tuesday in Austin about planned changes to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for social studies for elementary, middle and high school students. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:45:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/04/08/some-texans-concerned-about-proposed-changes-to-state-social-studies-curriculum/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Nebraska student appeals censorship of editorial cartoon - Student Press Law Center ]]></title><link>https://splc.org/2026/03/nebraska-student-appeals-censorship-of-editorial-cartoon/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/splc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/censorship-alert.png?fit=3600%2C2062&amp;ssl=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Gretna East High School junior Nicholas Mitchell filed an appeal yesterday with the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education, asking them to reverse the recent censorship of an editorial cartoon and to establish a district policy that lets student editors determine the content of school-sponsored student media without prior review. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:14:56 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://splc.org/2026/03/nebraska-student-appeals-censorship-of-editorial-cartoon/</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ censorship ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border | Electronic Frontier Foundation ]]></title><link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/border-act-3.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:56:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Ranked: The U.S. Jobs Losing the Most Workers by 2034 ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/zPmmW4</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fastest-Declining-Jobs-in-America_02-share.webp&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.Some of the … ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:41:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/zPmmW4</guid><category>link</category><category><![CDATA[ jobs ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ OPINION: Shuttering women’s and gender studies programs sends the wrong message to higher education ]]></title><link>https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-shuttering-womens-and-gender-studies-programs-sends-the-wrong-message-to-higher-education/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/oped-butler2-030326-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&amp;ssl=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Shuttering a women’s studies program, overhauling a gender studies program and cancelling courses focused on race and gender is an attack on all feminist movements and women everywhere. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:39:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-shuttering-womens-and-gender-studies-programs-sends-the-wrong-message-to-higher-education/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ ‘Shocking’: What Supreme Court ruling on transgender policy means for California students ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/68CX.x</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/1c1a433/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x538+0+72/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F1a%2F5a%2Fa7600cb04be09b5b7735e7971103%2F090723-transgender-school-notification-getty-cm-01.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.Advocates for transgender youth vowed to keep fighting Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked — at least … ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:59:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/68CX.x</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Scott Galloway’s ‘Resist and Unsubscribe’ movement asks you to ditch Amazon, Apple, and Netflix | Fortune ]]></title><link>https://fortune.com/2026/02/28/resist-unsubscribe-scott-galloway-netflix-amazon-apple/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Scott-Galloway_JM_017.jpg?resize=1200,600&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The NYU professor and podcast host is hoping to wipe out roughly $250 million in market cap from 10 tech companies in his protest of Trump administration immigration policies. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:54:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://fortune.com/2026/02/28/resist-unsubscribe-scott-galloway-netflix-amazon-apple/</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ When AI Safety Becomes Negotiable ]]></title><link>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/when-ai-safety-becomes-negotiable</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XOCT!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7839d6bd-44f6-4b7f-a0b7-eeb40d5830be_632x465.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ What the Pentagon's pressure on Anthropic reveals about power, governance, and the future of our schools. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:26:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/when-ai-safety-becomes-negotiable</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Handshake That Replaced the Red Line ]]></title><link>https://hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/the-handshake-that-replaced-the-red</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2UvY!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bde8b60-076e-480c-b95e-e32df01ed32d_979x649.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Sam Altman praised Anthropic on Friday morning. By Friday night, he'd signed their replacement. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:15:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/the-handshake-that-replaced-the-red</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Federal Threat to Student Access: Fight The National Book Ban ]]></title><link>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/when-silence-is-not-an-option</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nz9h!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe14bf63-5c4c-4f77-823d-eb696d844008_1142x1428.jpeg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ What H.R. 7661 Means for School Libraries and Why We Must Speak Now ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:03:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/when-silence-is-not-an-option</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Texas DPS installs license plate readers across Central Texas ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/AyvCzj</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox7austin.com/www.fox7austin.com/content/uploads/2026/02/1200/630/license-plate-reader.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ AUSTIN, Texas - Earlier this month, DPS installed license plate readers along several state rights-of-ways. Now, we’re learning which agencies can access that data.The City of Austin ended its … ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:46:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/AyvCzj</guid><category>link</category><category><![CDATA[ privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Israel and US launch a major attack on Iran | AP News ]]></title><link>https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5fd9bb4/2147483647/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fbd%2F0f%2F2bfc2c616ad5eb499361d2d4ec27%2Fceaf3b380dd745f7894cf2df314d0d0a&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Israel has launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s downtown. The apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei had been in his offices at the time. He hasn’t been seen publicly in days as tensions with the United States have grown. Sirens sounded across Israel at the same time. More explosions struck Iran’s capital after Israel said it was attacking the country. Authorities have offered no casualty information from the strikes. Meanwhile, Iran shut down its airspace after Israel launched an attack targeting the country. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:39:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ war ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Academic Freedom Under Revision at Texas A&M: Family Values, Forbidden Fields, and the Closure of Women’s and Gender Studies, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. ]]></title><link>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/academic-freedom-under-revision-at.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjME8E29yS-mEVppsUhrXRWXeBDokRuNyhqVgYyEstRpvNdps6dfUlghNkSNc7doF_jAyofn_ZnqQBQms98O5xgx6tcyGuHE7t4rC9HnvZU4soM5P44mUf5x72Kfug9ZBoa3pxQcC69vMaO9nNiyNpqODZIZDg0LE9X0Vxa64njm7nmSk9LxtZoog/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-02-25%20at%2012.42.16%E2%80%AFPM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:36:57 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/academic-freedom-under-revision-at.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Cookie for Dario? — Anthropic and selling death ]]></title><link>https://anildash.com/2026/02/27/a-cookie-for-dario/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.anildash.com/images/pexels-lisa-from-pexels-230325.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ A blog about making culture. Since 1999. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:27:14 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://anildash.com/2026/02/27/a-cookie-for-dario/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ School District Layoffs Surge Nationwide ]]></title><link>https://edcircuit.com/school-district-layoffs-surge-nationwide/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://edcircuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/School-District-Layoffs-Surge-Nationwide.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ School district layoffs are rising nationwide as deficits grow, affecting class size, programs, and student support services. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:07:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://edcircuit.com/school-district-layoffs-surge-nationwide/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ UT's restructuring makes Texas less inclusive and more divided, by Alicia Perez-Hodge ]]></title><link>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/uts-restructuring-makes-texas-less.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2NoOna6JpB6fvHROkeAMxZtlQ1z3jDpC57O2kTlIkMhqUZCHlxjEtmdxmArrEW9AlFs48N10NNTiUoKN1XxuAPbjZhvOgEp0aXbqGKMmd-WFTKaSUUOXQCjJ-NsnEV_QChmmHxjQLP6mEs20-Oq9aCUtYSls1XknYZI19uHsQ95fdVbD2_I_gg/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-02-25%20at%209.25.06%E2%80%AFPM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:04:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/uts-restructuring-makes-texas-less.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature ]]></title><link>https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?si=ovJkI7mRvoc7UI6N</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oiTJ7Pz_59A/hqdefault.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico's campaign for the Demo... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:29:32 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?si=ovJkI7mRvoc7UI6N</guid><category>video</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number ]]></title><link>https://theintercept.com/2026/02/10/google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2259269004.jpg?fit=4000%2C2666&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:18:09 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://theintercept.com/2026/02/10/google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist/</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ google ]]></category><category><![CDATA[ tech_privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Stephen Colbert Goes Scorched-Earth On CBS, Reveals What He Was Told Not To Mention ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/37I.IR</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/699417e0150000a9d7bb8c7d.jpg?cache=8h0j8wkjZm&amp;ops=500_281%2Cscalefit_1200_630&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The &quot;Late Show&quot; host on Monday night opened up about something the network &quot;clearly doesn't want us to talk about.&quot;“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert tore into his future former employer on Monday night as he accused CBS of caving to FCC threats by spiking his interview with Texas state Rep. and U.S. S ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:10:05 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/37I.IR</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Open Letter to Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas | Electronic Frontier Foundation ]]></title><link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/protest-2024-2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:59:14 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ tech_privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Artificial Intelligence Combined With Human Stupidity Is a Recipe for Disaster - WhoWhatWhy ]]></title><link>https://whowhatwhy.org/science/technology/artificial-intelligence-combined-with-human-stupidity-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=topic/technology</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ While artificial intelligence and robotics promise opportunities, the people who stand to benefit the most from these technologies are some of the worst in the world. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:21:55 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://whowhatwhy.org/science/technology/artificial-intelligence-combined-with-human-stupidity-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=topic/technology</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Listen, America ]]></title><link>https://thehumanist.com/arts_entertainment/poetry/listen-america</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://thehumanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/american_flag_tattered-219x300.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The latest piece from writer and poet Carol Frome. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:10:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://thehumanist.com/arts_entertainment/poetry/listen-america</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’ by Vimal Patel, New York Times, Feb. 4, 2026 ]]></title><link>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/professors-are-being-watched-weve-never.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU87agMk3RKTAn8dbB3vYdSJ8Bl_obnW70Zl2aZedZ64DvFjgtdGmP1xZzrYFOu3rOAOMlbUQ6pSn2MC3F9NGAiXpKhY8Mvwi3p8QqamBzq3XCcdPOZOZTK0X-OTNiCmuctjAuT7m6yKVxTTDL4grEpVPrSzJ1xTPVpk3N48446e3Vns_qGqOXAw/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-02-13%20at%2012.16.43%E2%80%AFPM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:08:09 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/professors-are-being-watched-weve-never.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bad Bunny Knows the Truth. Do We? by Julian Vasquez-Heilig | December 2, 2025 ]]></title><link>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/bad-bunny-knows-truth-do-we-by-julian.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-DhfbhqEZtJNujVnXDz5JWZxSL5F29GuVS9-nOUeVFrKBuDOofHJ0fhU5L2SZ9j_OlGMLSjZqRz2ONKzeMITwS1tgkFKYoh2hXq5mqZ5VvdInHkKnTKgA02q9JyqPsWfdFahiumoGAG7X-Kyi5XXZ1W-8RDE6TWfuitLTV459r8YrH4_9Kxm2Q/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-02-14%20at%2010.32.19%E2%80%AFAM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:01:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/02/bad-bunny-knows-truth-do-we-by-julian.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ New on OnlySky: American brain drain ]]></title><link>https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/2026/02/11/new-on-onlysky-american-brain-drain/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/wp-content/themes/ftb2-theme/images/logo.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:18:36 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/2026/02/11/new-on-onlysky-american-brain-drain/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Europe builds its own payment network, ditches Visa - Boing Boing ]]></title><link>https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/europe-builds-its-own-payment-network-ditches-visa.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/credit-card.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Visa and Mastercard process $24 trillion a year. Trump can weaponize them. Europe is building an alternative. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:26:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/europe-builds-its-own-payment-network-ditches-visa.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/pwbVm1</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/homeland-security-google.jpg?quality=85&amp;w=1200&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The US government has found a frighteningly efficient way to keep tabs on citizens who criticize the government: just demand their personal data from Google.According to recent reporting from the … ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:44:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/pwbVm1</guid><category>link</category><category><![CDATA[ privacy ]]></category><category><![CDATA[ google ]]></category><category><![CDATA[ tech_privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Anthropic's $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments ]]></title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/01/2353221/anthropics-200m-pentagon-contract-at-risk-over-objections-to-domestic-surveillance-autonomous-deployments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/ai_64.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Talks &quot;are at a standstill&quot; for Anthropic's potential $200 million contract with America's Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.&quot;)  The two issues? 

- Using AI to surveil Americans
- Safeguards against deploying AI autonomously 


The company's po... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:57:11 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/01/2353221/anthropics-200m-pentagon-contract-at-risk-over-objections-to-domestic-surveillance-autonomous-deployments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</guid><category>article</category><category><![CDATA[ privacy ]]></category><category><![CDATA[ aiethics ]]></category><category><![CDATA[ surveillance ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ ICE Map ]]></title><link>https://www.icemap.dev/</link><description><![CDATA[ ICE Map - Visualizing ICE activity ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:27:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.icemap.dev/</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Rice University students launch public map tracking ICE activity ]]></title><link>https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/rice-students-ice-map-21319887.php</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/62/41/70/30023185/3/rawImage.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ After ICE enforcement halted their volunteer program in Southeast Houston, two Rice University freshmen launched ICE Map, tracking arrest and detention activity ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:26:34 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/rice-students-ice-map-21319887.php</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Resist and Unsubscribe ]]></title><link>https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/697939a96b56f073bcf5262a/271c2b17-99d0-4fc8-bbeb-b590725441a2/resistAndUnsubscribeLogo.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:16:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/</guid><category>link</category><category><![CDATA[ privacy ]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities ]]></title><link>https://theconversation.com/anti-ice-protesters-are-following-same-nonviolent-playbook-used-by-people-in-war-zones-across-the-world-to-fight-threats-to-their-communities-274498</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.theconversation.com/files/715005/original/file-20260128-66-pfcb79.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;rect=0%2C692%2C5400%2C2700&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1356&amp;h=668&amp;fit=crop&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:34:52 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://theconversation.com/anti-ice-protesters-are-following-same-nonviolent-playbook-used-by-people-in-war-zones-across-the-world-to-fight-threats-to-their-communities-274498</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s ]]></title><link>https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/01/28/2233210/french-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-social-media-use-by-under-15s?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/cellphones_64.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under 15 and prohibit mobile phones in high schools, positioning France as the second country after Australia to impose sweeping age-based digital restrictions. The Guardian reports:  The lower national assembly adopted the text by ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:34:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/01/28/2233210/french-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-social-media-use-by-under-15s?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Pluralistic: Carney isn’t a hero (and that’s OK) (27 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow ]]></title><link>https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/#now-make-me-do-it</link><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:11:39 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/#now-make-me-do-it</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Why the New College of Florida Story Matters: It's 'Ground Zero' for the Anti-DEI Takeover of Higher Education, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. ]]></title><link>http://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/01/why-new-college-of-florida-story.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8-9qpWj0_SuStLu6slFeDqVx_unpwQtoRAG-oyb7CC73qGQMkkYT6kYmGyfX168mFxNCtvPLTYad063cnUzt2QG1WH7Sfam8xzHhwDWwQd4JFDpRABZJFmJxX7efOXf0xD7Q2y7HocgKE-PnUB0xLTPE8dRj0kwQnaErr2qIUSjLXK7y5Xp9oA/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-01-27%20at%2011.33.01%E2%80%AFAM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:12:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/01/why-new-college-of-florida-story.html</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Catalog to Greenland For Free ]]></title><link>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-trashes-amazon-greenland-free-music-1235505119/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/neil-young-amazon.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C1800px%2C1014px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Neil Young has escalated his way against Amazon due to Jeff Bezos' support of Trump, and is giving his music to the people of Greenland. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 03:26:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-trashes-amazon-greenland-free-music-1235505119/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Second American Civil War Has Begun | David Todd McCarty ]]></title><link>https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/the-second-american-civil-war-has-begun/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://ml6gp3u1wg6m.i.optimole.com/cb:0XJx.3c1/w:1920/h:1280/q:mauto/f:best/https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/did-somebody-order-freedom-stockpack-unsplash.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  I never considered a civil war where the government attacked its own citizens, and its supporters cheered them on. I don’t know why I didn’t think that was an option here. Did I mention my naivety?  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 03:24:36 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/the-second-american-civil-war-has-begun/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters - CBS Minnesota ]]></title><link>https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-patrol-long-range-acoustic-device/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/01/27/92c93e4e-8e69-4fbb-a5b0-4354bc5f321f/thumbnail/1200x630/db4dd04c1a779527cfc8fad8429e7cd4/4p-pkg-state-patrol-sound-cannon-wcco9oss.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:11:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-patrol-long-range-acoustic-device/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ When Fear Shows Up at School: Supporting Students During ICE Crackdowns ]]></title><link>https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trauma-immigration-raids-leave-classrooms</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/1200x630/public/2025-09/ice_protest.jpg?itok=SJEq_dKO&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ 'Are they coming to take us away?' asked kindergarteners in Minnesota. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:22:10 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trauma-immigration-raids-leave-classrooms</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Alabama Senate passes ban on ‘three-cueing’ method of reading instruction ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/A7T1qr</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://alabamareflector.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Donnie-Chesteen-Jan-22-2026-1024x683.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday morning that bans the use of an education strategy known as the three-cueing system.SB 168, sponsored by Sen. Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, codifies the Alabama State Board of Education’s May 2024 ban of the method. Three-cueing is a teaching strategy affiliated ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:15:39 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/A7T1qr</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Rupture ]]></title><link>https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/the-rupture?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9nh!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d980bfa-d01d-41f7-8a9a-a14be5d519a3_1234x838.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ “The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.” ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:49:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/the-rupture?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Benefits of Attending TCEA for San Antonio Locals ]]></title><link>https://blog.tcea.org/benefits-of-attending-tcea-for-san-antonio-locals/</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blog.tcea.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/attending-TCEA-for-locals.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Discover the benefits of attending TCEA for San Antonio locals, like lower costs and a network of other Texas educators! ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:05:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://blog.tcea.org/benefits-of-attending-tcea-for-san-antonio-locals/</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It ]]></title><link>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/neutrality-is-not-librarianship</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!80xm!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff06fa998-90fe-48b1-8599-dc6a936cba63_1536x1024.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ A powerful, firsthand reflection on why “neutrality” is not librarianship and how silence and self-censorship can unintentionally fuel book bans. This post explores representation, intellectual freedom, and what school librarians must do to protect student access and fight censorship. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:16:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/neutrality-is-not-librarianship</guid><category>article</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Do it! - Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/iHxp5Z</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=62835834&amp;width=1200&amp;height=600&amp;coordinates=0%2C416%2C0%2C417&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of … ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:55:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/iHxp5Z</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The teacher pay penalty reached a record high in 2024: Three decades of leaving public school teachers behind ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/kkQKJV</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://files.epi.org/uploads/teacher-pay-report-950x535.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Over the past three decades, stagnant weekly wages of public school teachers have fallen further and further behind those of college graduates who chose other careers, resulting in an ever increasing teacher pay gap that hit a record high in 2024.
 ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:40:14 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/kkQKJV</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/juJMPC</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/18/multimedia/18french-jtzc/18french-jtzc-facebookJumbo.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Imagine for a moment that you’re a member of Renee Good’s family. You’re mourning her death at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, and you want justice.So you visit a lawyer to see what can be done.First, you want to help in any criminal investigation of the officer. You’ve got information … ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:38:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/juJMPC</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ How Trump intends to hijack the midterms ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/J_59Cj</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Donald-Trump-2246764781.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ Donald Trump’s authoritarian chaos machine is running amok. Pro-democracy Americans — and those simply hoping for a return to normalcy — are pinning their hopes on a Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections. But that salvation will not be easy or cheap. Their hopes will face a coordinated e ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:25:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/J_59Cj</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know ]]></title><link>https://flip.it/9SivOD</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/the-endangerment-findi.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[ President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an … ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:11:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://flip.it/9SivOD</guid><category>link</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate, by Josephine Lee, Texas Monthly, Jan. 13, 2026 ]]></title><link>http://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/01/texas-taxpayers-will-fund-dozens-of.html</link><description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoNJm7DgSC1P9To1E74UuKJyTXufGuWdgGQCRf4yjL7ZuHj2VQEGNxi5KhtXve3T5rO69yimKXhdrkg8QUHMn0koUyx2dUcj6PbUM41b0C2I-a0mPASDsiIq7QS9bUARnBpBb3bOi4a-PhNhGWl8TQ0wy2wCeRSktqZ4zDLTOfVm9DFmxHjsAIA/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Screenshot%202026-01-16%20at%208.21.00%E2%80%AFAM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<![CDATA[  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:07:10 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/01/texas-taxpayers-will-fund-dozens-of.html</guid><category>article</category></item></channel></rss>