<p>Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.<br>—</p><p>Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for such kits following a ProPublica and Texas Tribune report that showed there’s no evidence they work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-child-id-kits-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-child-id-kits-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-lawmakers-child-id-kits-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#Policy</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#Budget</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
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<p>Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work<br>—</p><p>For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported there’s no evidence to support that claim.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#Budget</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#Policy</a></p>
<p>I think large social networks should verify users. It's like getting a driver's licence. If you don't want to verify your identity, you can, but you won't see content from unverified individuals and your content won't be visible to others. </p><p>The only problem is implementation. We need a system that chooses what data to transfer (name and age) and how. </p><p>Everything we write on open social networks should be something we can say on the street. </p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a></p>
<p>I am excited to share that Barron’s is on <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span>! If you’re in the beta, you can add their Economy & Policy custom feed to your Favorites. </p><p>Not in the beta? Join via the link below and use my referral code: Surf+JeJord. </p><p><a href="https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jxzredr7pxhc0r37fes5f2jd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jxzredr7pxhc0r37fes5f2jd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom</span><span class="invisible">%2F01jxzredr7pxhc0r37fes5f2jd</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
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<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> learning English, <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#teacher</a> training & other services.</p><p>The money, which was already allocated by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *<a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a>* Department notified <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> education agencies that the money would not be available.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a> System</p><p><a href="/tags/poor/" rel="tag">#Poor</a> kids will be hardest hit by <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>'s <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#AntiVax</a> crusade.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a> <a href="/tags/socialcleansing/" rel="tag">#SocialCleansing</a> <a href="/tags/healthyifyourewealthy/" rel="tag">#HealthyIfYoureWealthy</a> <a href="/tags/aporophobia/" rel="tag">#Aporophobia</a> <a href="/tags/economicdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#EconomicDiscrimination</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/health/202</span><span class="invisible">5/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc</span></a></p>
<p>EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/climate</span><span class="invisible">-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hackernews/" rel="tag">#HackerNews</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/scientists/" rel="tag">#Scientists</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/publications/" rel="tag">#Publications</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#Policy</a></p>
The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?
<p>香港管治架構的徹底失能，再一次刷新下限。</p><p>巴士強制佩戴安全帶的條例修訂，當然從一開始就是錯的，稍有常理、常識的人應該都理解，強制一架有企位的巴士坐位上的乘客戴安全帶，有多反智。</p><p>行政機關會做傻事，並不稀奇，所以現代社會架構，往往會設下不同的把關、緩衝，作為行政機關做傻事的煞車掣。但今次，這些機制全部失效，包括但不限於理應的獨立諮詢架構交通諮詢委員會，理應的立法機關立法會內的事務委員會、法律小組委員會、內務委員會，以至普遍輿論民意、傳媒意見反饋，全部都喪失了應有作用。</p><p>若涉及的是一些非做不可的「任務」，這情況尚能理解，然而今次只是純粹為「安全」而非國家安全的技術修訂，就充份反映這些社會緩衝機制，已經失能，這是第一個面向。</p><p>第二個面向，是政府一直用來為巴士安全帶說項的理由，包括 2018 年大埔巴士車禍後獨立調查委員會的建議，外國都有類似安排等等，後來被證實全部充滿誤導成份。</p><p>同樣的，若要推動的新政策涉及更高層、非做不可的...<br><a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/failure/" rel="tag">#failure</a> <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUIZZDDj5u7/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.instagram.com/p/DUIZZDDj5u7/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.instagram.com/p/DUIZZDDj5u</span><span class="invisible">7/</span></a></p>
<p>📌 The demolition by Israeli authorities of the facilities of the 🔵 <a href="/tags/unitednations/" rel="tag">#UnitedNations</a> Relief and Works Agency for <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> Refugees (UNRWA) in <a href="/tags/eastjerusalem/" rel="tag">#EastJerusalem</a> constitutes a serious violation of Israel’s obligations as an occupying power </p><p>🔹 It reflects a deliberate <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> to undermine the United Nations, reduce its presence and role in the city, and impose new on-the-ground and administrative realities that entrench Israeli control <br>--</p><p>Euro-Med <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> Monitor JAN-20</p><p><a href="https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">euromedmonitor.org/en/article/</span><span class="invisible">6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem</span></a></p>
<p>📝 New post 🚀</p><p>"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"</p><p>🔗 : <a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/openness</span><span class="invisible">-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p>mentioning <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@europeanspodcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>europeanspodcast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@haubles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>haubles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@tferrer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tferrer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@rstockm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rstockm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@samvie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samvie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/socialsovereignty/" rel="tag">#SocialSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a href="/tags/rss/" rel="tag">#RSS</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>