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Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.
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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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-child-id-kits-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Children #Safety #Government #Policy #Budget #Business

Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work
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For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported there’s no evidence to support that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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Law #Children #Safety #Budget #Government #Policy

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.

The only problem is implementation. We need a system that chooses what data to transfer (name and age) and how.

Everything we write on open social networks should be something we can say on the street.

#socialmedia #EU #europe #policy #internet

I am excited to share that Barron’s is on @surf! If you’re in the beta, you can add their Economy & Policy custom feed to your Favorites.

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https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jxzredr7pxhc0r37fes5f2jd

#SurfFeeds #economy #policy #news

The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.

The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.

#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#GiftArticle

America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier #Vaccine System

#Poor kids will be hardest hit by #RFKJr's #AntiVax crusade.

#PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc

EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/

#HackerNews #EPA #Scientists #Research #Publications #Environment #Science #Policy

People seriously getting upset because I used AI to edit an article about how to protect people from getting replaced by AI. Smdh.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brandonbedard/p/the-ubi-trojan-horse-of-the-leisure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qos2e

#NUPA #UBI #UHI #policy #technology #politics #economics #economy #government #psychology #finance #fintech #AI #robots #futureofwork #writing #reading #substack #business #physics #science #BLM #reparations

香港管治架構的徹底失能，再一次刷新下限。

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。

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。

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。

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。

同樣的，若要推動的新政策涉及更高層、非做不可的...
#government #policy #failure
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUIZZDDj5u7/

📌 The demolition by Israeli authorities of the facilities of the 🔵 #UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency for #palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in #EastJerusalem constitutes a serious violation of Israel’s obligations as an occupying power

🔹 It reflects a deliberate #policy 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
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Euro-Med #humanrights Monitor JAN-20

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb

NEW EPISODE 🚨

Can 150 random Europeans actually solve the EU’s biggest problems?

We sent Wojciech to Brussels to find out how these Citizens’ Panels work - and whether they’re worth the hype (and the cost).

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/can-a-group-of-strangers-solve-europes-biggest-problems

#eu #europe #politics #democracy #policy