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The National Park Service claims putting a sticker over inappropriate parts of the 2026 pass invalidates it. However, you have an absolute right to carry the pass inside a clear plastic case, and that case may have a sticker on it that tastefully hides the affected area.

Govt. Issues SIM Binding Directions To WhatsApp and Telegram

India sees US and EU lawmaking idiocy and wants to get in on the fun. Basically, they demand that popular messaging apps link your online ID with a physical element the government believes they can control. They say so right in their claims: it will deter “fraud”; that is, any activity you wouldn’t want traced back to yourself.

In this specific case, I hope the corpos tell them to shove it.

The Black Panther Party had a 10 point platform. These demands are painted in various places around Oakland, CA. This is the painting for number 4:

We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter of Human Beings.

It’s in the middle of a homeless encampment. Some things are better now. Some are not.

Photo of tents and bikes and trash under a yellow sky over a homeless camp. A sign behind it reads “4: We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter of Human Beings.”

In honor of its new financial arrangement with Donald Trump, Intel announced its new flagship CPU: the Inanium.

Kim Jong Un’s New Warship Capsizes at Launch Due to ‘Absolute Carelessness’ - The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/world/asi…

Kim, who witnessed the mishap unfold at a Wednesday launch event, lambasted officials for their “absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism” in causing the “serious accident,” North Korea’s state media reported. The 41-year-old dictator equated the gaffe to a criminal act.

Thought you were having a bad day?

California is now 4th-largest economy in world, surpassing Japan

Some Americans constantly talk about how much CA supposedly sucks and is on the edge of collapse. My favorite criticism is that “no one wants to live there because it’s so expensive”, although the fundamentals of capitalism explain that it’s so expensive because so many people want to live there.

Meanwhile, back in reality…