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the Guardian
Gun crackdown and controversial protest laws to be passed in NSW despite Coalition split over firearms
NSW Nationals to oppose gun law reforms introduced in wake of Bondi attack as Greens say protest laws are ‘draconian’ and may be unconstitutional
2025: July - October Political Notes
 New South Wales's governing party is about to adopt strict restrictions on protests, citing antisemitism as the excuse. These include a list of phrases that it will be a crime to say, and power to ban all protests for three months any time a
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the Guardian
Barcelona and Madrid have very different ideas on tackling Spain’s housing crisis. Which will succeed? | Jaime Palomera
While the country’s capital is loosening regulations, the Catalan city is strengthening social housing. Their outcomes will affect all our future...
 Madrid and Barcelona present a contrast between right-wing and left-wing approaches to the problem of high rents for housing. Right-wingers claim that radical deregulation will bring rents down. That article shows that it doesn't have that result. It also shows that countries should block the sell-off of public housing to private entities. Under Thatcher, Britain
Demand Progress
Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem!
Rep. Ramirez called out Noem’s “unaccountable, unlawful, unconstitutional war” on communities across the country as the head of ICE and CBP.
 US citizens: call on Congress to impeach Kristi Noem. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
the Guardian
Many Europeans mistakenly think most immigrants are illegal, poll shows
Exclusive: Seven-country survey finds strong opposition to increasing migration and support for deportations
 *Many Europeans mistakenly think most immigrants are [unauthorized], poll shows.*
Finally, the Supreme Court stops Trump
Friends,
 *The Supreme Court blocked [the persecutor] from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to [his] executive power.*
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The Intercept
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
Under the TikTok deal, its Chinese owners will sell U.S. operations to a group of pro-Israel billionaires eager to censor critical content.
 *Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Will Now Control What TikTok Users See.* In the US at least. Regardless of the specific preferences of any particular antisocial media platform, the general practice of boosting whatever gets viewers mad, upset or riled (because that leads to "more engagement" of viewers) is harmful - the site's "algorithm" (recommendation engine) is a tool for manipulating them. Such manipulation
MacRumors
Apple May Have to Enable Always-On GPS in India
India is reviewing a proposal that would require Apple to keep GPS location services permanently active on every iPhone sold in the country, accord...
 India withdrew the plan to require all snoop-phones to have an app for the state to track them. Now it demands that Apple enable GPS tracking for all iMonsters all the time.
the Guardian
Australian PM rejects Netanyahu’s linking of Palestine recognition to Bondi beach attack
Israeli PM on Sunday accused Anthony Albanese of doing ‘nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism’
 *Australian PM [Albanese] rejects Netanyahu's linking of Palestine recognition to Bondi beach attack.* Criticism of a country's crimes is not the same thing as bigotry against its dominant ethnic group. To blame Jews in general for Israel's cruelty and atrocities is where antisemitism enters the argument.
TechCrunch
OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch
OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecu...
 Some Fake Intelligence companies admit - in words that downplay the point - that "agentic" FI carries such a large risk of falling for scams and attacks that no one should use it.
The Horns and Whistles Work – Mother Jones
Glossary
 Journalists report on driving to follow deportation thugs and the neighborhood activists who warn about their dreadful visits.