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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 21h

I hope this incident (and public pressure it generates) will finally get airlines to close vulnerabilities of reservation systems to stalkers, harassers, etc. they've known about for decades but chose not to fix. CRSs need to add passwords & access logs: hasbrouck.org/blog/archive...

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I've reported and tried to sound the alarm for 20+ years (including with authorities in the USA, Canada, and EU) about all of this.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 1d

I've been warning for years that airline reservations are insecure. Anyone who shoulder-surfs "record locator" from boarding pass or bag tag can access, change, or cancel them without password. There are no access logs. See explainer and links here & more on my site: hasbrouck.org/blog/archive...

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 1d

I've been warning for years that airline reservations are insecure. Anyone who shoulder-surfs "record locator" from boarding pass or bag tag can access, change, or cancel them without password. There are no access logs. See explainer and links here & more on my site: hasbrouck.org/blog/archive...

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 1d

Note circularity: Army says National Guard was requested to protect Federal courthouse in Loop (contradicting Chief Judge of that courthouse) *because* of "need" to protect court hearing regarding... deployment of Army to Chicago. If the Army weren't there, it wouldn't even arguably be needed.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

Chief Judge Kendall's statement comes as last night an Army commander told a federal court that DHS had so far made two requests for National Guard deployments in the Chicago area: (1) at the Broadview ICE facility, (2) at the Dirksen Courthouse on Friday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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It's FOSS News @news.itsfoss.com.web.brid.gy · 2d

Microsoft Kills Windows 11 Local Account Setup Just as Windows 10 Reaches End of Life

Local account workarounds removed just before Windows 10 goes dark.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 1d

This is the sort of plain speaking we need:

"President Donald Trump has declared war on Chicago....

"Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens."

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 2d

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 2d

Remember Nixon and Reagan. Do not forget. Do not forgive.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s War on Drugs
theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...

Trump’s War on Drugs

Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 2d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 2d

Hitler started by jailing the opposition* not by building death camps. So please stop dismissing comparisons to fascism as hyperbolic.

*This included my great-grandfather, a communist. Growing up in the long, dark shadow of the Third Reich, I've always feared it 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 happen here.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

I mean it was only a matter of time when they named the spy agency Doggystyle.

Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 2d

Ahah. Whoops

We have been made aware that several titles in the Spy Dogs, Spy Pup, and Spy Cat series by Andrew Cope contain a weblink at the back of the book that no longer directs people to information about the books. Instead, the link now leads to inappropriate and unsafe material, containing pornographic content with no age restrictions.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 2d

Time to repeal the REAL-ID Act:
papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/0...

Repeal the REAL-ID Act – Papers, Please!

We urge other US Senators from both sides of the aisle to co-sponsor S. 2769, and US Representatives to introduce the similar legislation in House.

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Amano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 3d

Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 3d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 3d

#iamreading Erin van Rheenen, "You Could be Happy Here":

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"a fascinating take on, among other themes, guests and hosts, relationships across divides of privilege as well as culture, and the role that “place” plays in our identities."
erinvanrheenen.com/you-could-be...

You Could Be Happy Here - Erin Van Rheenen

Coming Sept 16, 2025. Available for pre-order now! Download Reader’s Guide (pdf) Read the Author Q&A (pdf) Download Tip Sheet (pdf) Read an Excerpt Behind the Book Ask about a Book Club visit You Coul...

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 3d

When a civilian vessel in international waters is boarded by force of arms, and the people on board are kidnapped, there's a word for that:

piracy

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 3d

Hello again @aaron.bsky.team.

Does Bluesky has a special contract with thehive.AI where thehive.AI won’t use Bluesky users posts for their GenAI?

Or is Bluesky actually feeding every user post (Art & Writing) to a GenAI system that profits off of copyrighted material not intended for it?

James Dreben @jdreben.omg.lol · Jul 3

What’s up with this… Is 1) The Hive really being used, and 2) using images here for generative AI? Pretty bad look if true

To anyone thinking about joining BlueSky, especially artists: everything you post is used to train generative Al models.
BlueSky uses Al to label content for moderation, and to do that they use a company called https://t hehive.ai/. If you look through their privacy policy, you will see that they all content sent to them to train models for all their services, which include generative Al for both text and images.
It's a built in «feature" and cannot be turned off.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 3d

#European #train #travel #FAQ:

Updated guide to tools, techniques, and resources for European train routes, reservations, and tickets:

hasbrouck.org/blog/archive...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

For the London tabloids, Trump's mental illness is a major, front-page issue. For the US media, it's something that urgently needs to be swept under the rug. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

New conspiracies over Trump’s health swirl after CNN text interview

The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages

www.independent.co.uk

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 4d

papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/0...

Federal Air Marshal (FAM) tasked with surveilling an airline passenger followed them to curb and recorded license plate of vehicle in which they left airport, so airline reservations could be integrated with LPR data into uninterrupted multi-modal travel history:

The weaponization of travel blacklists – Papers, Please!

Coming just hours before the partial shutdown of Federal government operations, this hearing was sparsely attended, even by members of the committee, and got little press attention. The hearing opened with the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the committee talking over each other at length.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 5d

OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.

Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.

Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 5d

OK I need to watch this it looks amazing

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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