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[Joe Black 🇿🇼 @joeblackzw]

Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.

Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.

THEN they branded him a terrorist.

A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

most days I’m convinced this is the greatest moment in irish tv

[The Aureus Press @Trad_West_Art]

Everyone's on Poogie

[Just.A.Thought 💭 @e_galv]

Do you know how much PROPAGANDA it takes to convince a whole country of people that their military exists solely to keep them safe, and not to keep people around the world under their rule by destroying their homes and infrastructure while stealing their resources?

[The Intercept @theintercept]

One top military officer provided a plausible explanation, behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, The Intercept has learned. In the briefing, a high-ranking officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff stated that some of the people killed by the U.S. military may have been the victims of human trafficking.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’

Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.

So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.

[Friederike Ernst 🦉 @tw_tter]

Closing the bathroom door: not suspicious.
Sealing an envelope: not suspicious.
Wanting your phone unscanned: not suspicious.

Privacy is the default setting of a free society.

[AnechoicMedia @AnechoicMedia_]

What I really started worrying about today is a near future in which all access to information is intermediated by AIs, able to infer intent and political coding of all user activity, like a librarian reading over your shoulder and denying your access on a page-by-page basis.

[goma @soigomaa]

I think of these women every day and feel guilty.
If not for geographical luck this could be me. I don't know how to help

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Surprising no one: Israel lied. The car was not “accerating towards the soldiers”, it was fully stopped. The “single shots” were to the head of a 7 month old baby. Who is evacuated without any help from the soldiers. Never forget Sam. May his memory haunt these monsters forever

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

What a weird way of saying ISRAEL KILLED Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil.

[Chris Doyle @Doylech]

Whereas Israeli soldiers who participated in the genocide in Gaza.... are welcome.

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

What the BBC headline is...
And what actually happened.

[simabgr @simabgr]

@mullvadnet @escapedcat So more control for authorities and their proxies (e.g. Palantir) meaning power and protection for elites and more surveillance/control over people..

Why not start prosecuting the pedos that are already known, instead of protecting them, and before pretending to look for more

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo

[Fr. John Whiteford ☦️ 🇸🇴 公 公 @frjohnwhiteford]

This is the last completely Christian village in the Holy Land. This is what Israel just did to it. Are you going to do anything about it, Ambassador Huckabee? @USAmbIsrael

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

It's a good time to remind everyone that FIFA is ass.

[simabgr @simabgr]

@5149jamesli @notkanyewesst Not just “a foreign country’s account of the attack”

They are taking THE ATTACKER country’s account of the attack, over the U.S. veterans testimony that got attacked by them.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

The ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ is to be held in London this Sunday.

This disgraceful event will involve the sale of land stolen from Palestinians in illegal Israeli settlements.

Today, I called for the Government to ban this event.