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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 10h

oh look another id verification related breach

404 Media @404media.co · 14h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

THIS IS THE ONLY AGENT I've come across who refuses to open the door.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

@charlietodd.com let me know when you need good #opendata law.

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 10h

National politics is a joke, so these comedians are going local instead
nygroove.nyc/local-news-c...

Civic nerd comedy is having a moment

National politics is a joke, so these comedians went local

nygroove.nyc

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 10h

“What’s the deal with district leaders? 1 male and 1 female? Is the NY constitution the bible?”

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

“Just as past generations built systems for clean water and electricity, this Internet Master Plan makes connectivity a public good—fast, fair, and universal,” said Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC. “It’s the foundation for an equitable, connected future.”

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

Super excited to read the updated NYC Internet Master Plan bill.

legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationD...

The New York City Council - File #: Int 1122-2024

Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a plan for expanding home access to broadband internet

legistar.council.nyc.gov

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

Super excited to read the updated NYC Internet Master Plan bill.

legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationD...

The New York City Council - File #: Int 1122-2024

Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a plan for expanding home access to broadband internet

legistar.council.nyc.gov

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

what about climate oriented development?

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

This door that the station agent can unlock, but they refuse to.

I have a stroller and am too wide to make it through the fare gate, so I have to use this door.

Instead of unlocking it, they demand that I push the crash bar and wait.

Everyone else sees the stroller and unlocks the door.

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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 16h

On Oct 3, I went to the Broadview ICE facility and saw unprovoked violence by Federal agents

ICE is a violent, untrained, unidentified and unaccountable agency sent by a tyrannical administration to terrorize and silence us

Tell them to leave and never come back

derekeder.com/blog/ice-in-...

The presence of ICE in Illinois destroys our peace

On October 3rd, I attended the protest outside the Broadview ICE facility, and witnessed firsthand unprovoked violence by Federal agents. It was at this time that Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Muñoz,...

derekeder.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 18h

Last time she yelled at me to watch the YouTube video to learn how the door works.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 18h

once again, the alternate station agent at 14th and first (H7) doesn't know how to open up the accessibility door and demands that I pushed the button and wait.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 20h

🙏🏽

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/z...

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

bus liberation project.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

What's the over/under on this?

Two weeks?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

is the youtube settlement about his J6 sh1t?

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

nelson_laughs.gif

www.guru3d.com/story/synolo...

Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet

Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology hard drives.

www.guru3d.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

I bet they are waiting on a good deal to open up on Williamsburg's North 6th.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 1d

reminder that @nygroove.nyc was on this weeks ago nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

nygroove.nyc

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

I love the slide and would love to know more context.

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

The Miami Valley is not represented on this map. There are 5 districts.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

And that is the Danish Prime Minister talking about American children, right?

Don't forget that the Dains still have reproductive rights and a solid public education system.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

yes. America.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

the feds never got that data. also, the city ended up deleting the data and no longer storing future data...

apnews.com/general-news...

Judge tosses suit seeking info from NYC city ID applications

A judge has rejected a bid to force New York City to turn over redacted versions of documents people provided to apply for immigrant-friendly municipal ID cards.

apnews.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

Where will you do your outdoor gear purchases?

REI has been great for outfitting my son and me.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

The Danish prime minister says the country will ban social media for under-15s, as she accused mobile phones and social networks of “stealing our children’s childhood”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

www.theguardian.com

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