Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters
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Advocate for privacy and broader human rights impacted by data. Love nothing better than a hike in the hills. Embracing Yutori ゆとり over on @yutoriwalking.bsky.social
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mollyknight.bsky.social
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_
privacymatters.bsky.social
:( Hope your partner doesn’t suffer too badly with it
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921 #WomensArt
Painting of a hilly landscape reflected in still water in colours of purple green and blue
privacymatters.bsky.social
The only local pharmacy to offer if it on the day of choice was Tesco’s. I booked (£90) but then had to register with and complete a pre consultation questionnaire with Pharmadoctor - so another cost, privacy.
privacymatters.bsky.social
And yet in the UK soooo many people are not eligible for a Covid jab. If they want one they need to stump up £90-£99 (as I will next week)
privacymatters.bsky.social
Thank goodness. And let’s hope key people are held accountable
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unrwa.org
"UNRWA is waiting for green light to bring in supplies. our teams in Gaza are ready to receive and distribute them. They include good, medicines and hygiene kits" our Juliette Touma tells @nytimes.com
Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire
The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.
www.nytimes.com
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elinorcarmi.bsky.social
Another opportunity to check @danmk.bsky.social and my article on how NSO normalizes its surveillance. Our analysis identified four legitimation practices: securitization, Zionist patriotism, ethics washing, and normalization

And it is open access 😉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
privacymatters.bsky.social
Agreed. I was only diagnosed with prostate cancer in August. Had surgery 6 weeks ago. Not yet been given the all clear. Have asthma but checked yday and not eligible cos I’m not have radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

It’s £90 to £98 privately which I think I’ll do (having had Covid twice)
privacymatters.bsky.social
Too many are not eligible sadly .. even though they perhaps should be …
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wendy-pearlman.bsky.social
"Even if it does bring about a welcome respite from the suffering in Gaza in the short term, I believe a durable, mutually agreed upon resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires what Trump’s plan sidelines: Palestinian self-determination."
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noyb.eu
noyb @noyb.eu · 3d
🎉 Big #WIN for student privacy! 🔒 Austria’s DPA has issued a decision finding that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks pupils and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes.

📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children
Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.
noyb.eu
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noyb.eu
noyb @noyb.eu · 3d
🎉 Big #WIN for student privacy! 🔒 Austria’s DPA has issued a decision finding that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks pupils and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes.

📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children
Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.
noyb.eu
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greenparty.org.uk
“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
privacymatters.bsky.social
I also haven’t verified on this platform
privacymatters.bsky.social
But “won’t ya think of the children” …. Many did and that’s why many objected to age verification & the processing of identity documents
404media.co
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
privacymatters.bsky.social
6 weeks ago today since the prostatectomy.

Yesterday I did a 10.4km walk and what a glorious day it was.

Still lots of recovery to do but onwards and upwards! Plans to make and adventures to have!