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[lauren☄️ @blondecai]

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[woke dog 🇲🇽 @dailyplanetfilm]

here is a spreadsheet of gofundme's made by families in palestine, whether you rt this post or give a donation or both, anything helps! https://t.co/Rw7uT1Ikoo

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

When people talk about industry plants in Hollywood, Gala Gadot should always be at the top of the list. Her entire purpose is to sell the normalisation of Isrseli and IOF politics using her body, and if you think her playing WONDER WOMAN isn't part of that, well...

[Crash Tako | Indie Animator🏳️‍⚧️✨ @crashtako]

Anyway the trans knight short film “Moonlit” drops on September 16th on my Youtube channel🏳️‍⚧️🗡️

Trans rights are human rights ✨
#IndieAnimation

[ᒪᗩᑎE @lanechanged]

Wow.
Just fucking WOW.

YESSSS, GIRL!! 🎯💥

[SkyeKurisu @SkyeKurisu]

I had this shit enabled too and I didn't know about it

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

A US senator walked up to an airport checkpoint and refused to have his face scanned.

His name is Jeff Merkley. He is the senator from Oregon. He has spent three years trying to get the TSA to tell travelers something the TSA already admits on its own website.

The face scan at the checkpoint is optional. Almost nobody is told.

There is one sentence that stops it. Here is the sentence, and everything the TSA does not want you to know about saying it.

First, the TSA's own words. From the TSA website:

"Travelers who do not wish to participate in the facial recognition technology process may decline the optional photo, without recourse, in favor of an alternative identity verification process, which does not use facial recognition technology to verify their identity."

Optional photo. Without recourse. Those are their words, not mine.

The TSA also says this on the same page:

"Travelers will not lose their place in line for security screening."

And using the alternative method "does not take longer."

So the two things a TSA agent might tell you at the checkpoint, that you will hold up the line or take longer, are ruled out by the TSA's own website.

Now the sentence. When you get to the checkpoint, before the scan, say this:

"I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

That is it.

The officer will take your physical ID, either a driver's license or a passport, and check the photo against your face the way they did for the last twenty years. Merkley has documented himself doing this on flights between DC and Portland.

Here is why almost no one knows.

Senator Merkley has been pushing this since July 2023. He went to Reagan Washington National Airport that summer to publicly demonstrate the opt-out and to challenge the TSA on how the program is being run. The Washington Post covered it.

In May 2025, Merkley introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act with Senators John Kennedy of Louisiana, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Roger Marshall of Kansas. Two Republicans, two Democrats. The bill is endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Citizen, and three other watchdog groups.

Merkley's own words from that press release:

"Folks don't want a national surveillance state, but that's exactly what the TSA's unchecked expansion of facial recognition technology is leading us to."

And:

"Americans have the right to opt out of using TSA's facial recognition at the airport, and we need to protect that right. Our Traveler Privacy Protection Act safeguards the freedoms and privacy of all Americans by making sure no one is required to have their face scanned to travel."

Here is what the TSA is planning.

Facial recognition is currently at more than 84 US airports. The TSA plans to expand it to more than 430. That is nearly every commercial airport in the country. And per the bill's findings, the TSA is "eventually planning to make this technology mandatory for all travelers."

Right now it is optional. That window is closing.

The TSA says the technology is not being abused. Their exact wording:

"Biometrics are not used for surveillance. Facial recognition technology is solely used to automate the current manual ID credential checking process and will not be used for surveillance or any law enforcement purpose."

Take them at their word. The point is not that the TSA is doing something illegal. The point is you get to choose.

Here is the 5-minute action you can take tonight, before your next flight.

- Memorize the sentence: "I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

- Have your physical ID out and ready. Driver's license or passport. Not a screenshot on your phone.

- When you get to the podium, hand the agent your ID and say the sentence in a normal tone. Do not apologize.

- If the agent pushes back or tells you it will take longer, calmly repeat the sentence. If they still refuse, ask for a supervisor.

- This applies to TSA checkpoints only. International arrivals into the US go through Customs and Border Protection, which is a different agency with different rules. For most US domestic flights, the sentence above is what you need.

Here is the last thing.

The TSA already admits, on its own website, that this is optional. A sitting US senator has spent three years asking them to put that in plain sight at the checkpoint. They have not. The signs at the podium do not tell you. The agents often do not tell you. The airline app does not tell you.

Congress is being lobbied by the airlines to keep it that way. Reuters reported in July 2025 that the airline industry publicly opposed Merkley's bill.

Right now, before the 430 airport rollout, you still have a one-sentence way out.

Say the sentence. Show your ID. Walk through.

[⛩️Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus ➡ 📍Wishlist on steam! @SquidShock]

look at this. The new gen of pixel artists are insane.

[𝓔𝓶 ♡ @emkenobi]

AND THATS HOW YOU DO IT 👏🏼 call your local legislators and remind them that they CAN do something to stop this. Contracts can be ended people. We do not have to live like this.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

The trailer for ‘SLO PITCH’ has been released.

The series is centered around a queer, underdog, slo pitch softball team and their dedicated and determined coach

Premiering September 25 on Crave.

[shahngat hangat 🌺🍉 @AishahN]

and not a single Avengers actor stepped up to defend him, like they did for Chris Pratt

[Third Worldist Crisprtek @CollapseAnime]

BTW if the Argentinian beef is what Trump acquired it contains chloramphenicol, a powerful antibiotic that can cause aplastic anemia. Aplastic anemia destroys your bone marrow and basically gives you leukemia. I would avoid beef for the next 6 months+ if you're American.

[vera!! 🪶 @hisuiyumi]

reminder that if you still wanna use google without the ai overview this works
&udm=14 makes it so that google only displays website links, nothing else

[Mr. Gray @GaryLGray]

People really be killing me when they talk about shows like this and The Acolyte/ Watchmen and say "nobody watched it" because time and time again that has been proven to be a lie. And when the numbers come out it's always, "well it was crap" which is OBVIOUSLY not true

[𓆩♡𓆪 GODS FAVORITE 𓆩♡𓆪 @soulaaangel]

BLACK PEOPLE DON’T HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES!

[Pop Fusion HQ @PopFusionHQ]

Lady Gaga’s new AI biotechnology firm with Michael Polansky — Outer Bio — is receiving backlash from fans for being funded by Israeli linked Lightspeed Ventures.

[Numan @Numan_Ai12]

DELETING YOUR BROWSING HISTORY DOESN'T DELETE YOUR BROWSING HISTORY. GOOGLE KEEPS ITS OWN COPY, TIED TO YOUR ACCOUNT, ON A PAGE MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER OPENED. HERE'S HOW TO WIPE ALL OF IT:

[My Aunt Fanny 🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @Dienne_7]

If capitalism breeds innovation, how come all the innovation is happening in a socialist country?

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘Sinners’ star Miles Caton makes his musical return with his new single, “Lean On”

[Braden @bradenbecker]

If you say “chat” to refer to ChatGPT and not your imaginary twitch stream chat, you’re a fucking loser lol

[Kent Okwesa @KentOkwesa]

Hi there,

If you like sea creatures and black people, you will love my short film about an isolated black man who leaves his reality behind to become a giant Octopus.

Stream it on YouTube:
https://t.co/y2rjUezbU2

[live & love 🌈 @scallionfingers]

please support the mafia action gl 'the dragon house' and uprising ent. the main actress and her partner are SELF-FUNDING the show after not getting investment. they truly care 😭.