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Who holds Congress accountable? A look at the invisible ethics system for lawmakers Congress is charged with writing the laws that govern the rest of us, but who holds lawmakers accountable when they break the rules? We take a closer look at the number of sitting members of Congress ...

Who holds Congress accountable? A look at the invisible ethics system for lawmakers www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Ten Questions Boards in Emerging Economies Must Ask Steering towards effective governance in the face of global disruptions.

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Trump administration is still touting a $50B Anthropic investment amid agency ban The White House included Anthropic’s contribution in a Monday release trumpeting private-sector investments the administration has “secured.”

Trump administration is still touting a $50B Anthropic investment amid agency ban
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Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

A look at evidence linking U.S. to Iranian school strike The U.S. is investigating an explosion at a school next to an Iranian navy base in the city of Minab. Iran says the strike killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolgirls. A U.S. official briefed on t...

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... “… no stupid rules of engagement …” —Pete Hegseth. This Defense Secretary is a war crime waiting to happen.

Public participation geographical information systems By Nora Fagerholm, María García-Martín, Mario Torralba, Claudia Bieling and Tobias Plieninger What is encompassed by public participation geographical information systems? What resources are requir…

Interested in what #PublicparticipationGIS (geographical information systems) can do? Find out in the great 2023 i2Insights contribution by Nora Fagerholm, María García-Martín, Mario Torralba, Claudia Bieling and Tobias Plieninger at i2insights.org/2023/01/31/p...

Break Glass: A Plan for the Next Economic Shock | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget The U.S. has never experienced an economic shock as indebted as we are today.

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Reporter seeking freedom of speech in the US arrested for exercising freedom of speech in the US

On 'Settle In,' Hany Farid and Amna Nawaz discuss spotting manipulated images On the latest episode of our video podcast, "Settle In," Amna Nawaz spoke to pioneering digital forensic expert Hany Farid. They discussed why disinformation spreads online, how to find reliable sourc...

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From slogan to practice: Restoring transdisciplinarity as a serious way of working By Hussein Zeidan. Do you sense a growing gap between the promise of transdisciplinarity and the way it is often practised? Have you recognised instances where a paper praises integration, yet trea…

Interested in discussing whether #transdisciplinarity is a victim of its own success with a growing gap between promise and practice? Check out this week’s great i2Insights contribution by Hussein Zeidan at i2insights.org/2026/03/10/r...

Air Academy High School students use their skills to support younger students with adaptive needs Air Academy High School students are using their skills to support younger students with adaptive needs.

Air Academy High School students use their skills to support younger students with adaptive needs www.koaa.com/news/local-n...

Hegseth is so glib. I wonder if he’ll be eating his words.

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Administration having trouble maintaining the “not a war” position.

I hate so much how we venerate vaporware salesmen as business geniuses given how easy it is to do anything with billions of investor dollars.

If you want to respect someone for business acumen, look at the person who started a profitable gymnastics studio or roofing company with an idea and $5,000.

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for child sex crimes Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his victims money he expected to receive from the Justice Department, authorities said.

All the best people.
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Trump team bashed Europe for a year. Now he wants support in war on Iran. European leaders are ramping up their response to the crisis spreading outside Iran but remain wary of a conflict that could have untold ramifications.

Churchill didn’t treat his allies the way the President has - that may be why he’s getting a different response. This underscores the importance of character in leadership. It opens doors. wapo.st/40hXFoH

Young people with spinal cord injuries find a fresh track in life at adaptive Colorado ski camp Craig Hospital, Kelly Brush Foundation and Challenge Aspen team up to help skiing reach everyone. "So cool to be able to see snow not as an obstacle but as an opportunity."

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Measles is 'worse than expected' in Utah, officials say Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation.

Measles patients are developing severe complications including life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. Measles is a life-threatening infection which can be prevented by vaccination.
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There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

"The only ones who need to be worried right now is the Iranians who think they're gonna live"

-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy

Our troops are dying this isn’t a video game. The White House is posting so-called “hype” videos that mix real footage from the war in Iran with clips from movies and video games like Call of Duty. It’s an absolute disgrace.

Americans stranded abroad as Iran war erupted describe struggle to return home When the U.S. ignited a war with Iran last weekend, the State Department issued a plea to Americans to "depart now" from several countries in the region. But airspace closures left thousands of Americ...

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Working With Informal Networks - Renée Cardarelle
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Making Metrics Matter for Local Governments - Alex Trembley
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"International law cannot be “à la carte”. Its credibility depends on consistent application, regardless of who is involved." - Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders

✉️ NEWSLETTER | International law cannot be “à la carte”

In our latest newsletter, Graça Machel discusses the U.S. and Israel’s military strikes in Iran and argues that a world in which powerful states set their own rules is a threat to everyone.

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“The military strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran violate international law and threaten regional and global security.”

Chair of The Elders, Juan Manuel Santos, calls for an immediate halt to military escalation.

WHAT WE’RE THINKING ABOUT IS A PEACEFUL PLANET. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANY KIND OF POWER. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANY KIND OF STRUGGLES. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT REVOLUTION OR WAR OR ANY OF THAT. THAT’S NOT WHAT WE WANT. NOBODY WANTS TO GET HURT. NOBODY WANTS TO HURT ANYBODY. WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AN UNCLUTTERED LIFE. A SIMPLE LIFE, A GOOD LIFE. AND THINK ABOUT MOVING THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE AHEAD A STEP, OR A FEW STEPS. — Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia on thinking about a peaceful planet

RIP Bobby

New Mexico rural libraries launch soundproof booths for telehealth The telehealth booths are now installed at libraries in Aztec, Bayard, Columbus, Fort Sumner, Gallup, Hobbs and the Mescalero Apache Reservation.

New Mexico rural libraries launch soundproof booths for telehealth www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n... via @thenewmexican.bsky.social