Notices by AnnaAnthro (annaanthro@mastodon.social), page 2

North #Korea: First road bridge to #Russia 'significant' development https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8qeel6959o

Columbia univ student Mohsen Mahdawi released in Vermont https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvgnwk39pwno

@hellomiakoda I hope it never happens.

U.S. #autism data project to register all autistic Americans sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent - #Trump admun #RFKjr walk it back.

For now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/25/autism-registry-privacy-rfk-research/

#Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning -

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html

Maine has two - TWO - teen trans athletes…

DOJ sues #Maine over their refusing to comply with #Trump transgender athlete ban

“On Friday the Dept of Education said it would pull all federal funding for education in Maine unless the state agreed to ban the state’s two transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams.

Today AG Pam Bondi threatened to pull past funding retroactively.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/16/justice-department-maine-transgender-athletes/

Head of New #RFK Jr. Vaccine Study Practiced Unlicensed Medicine on Autistic Kids

https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-rfk-jr-vaccine-study-201913530.html

Tax cut for #Musk, #Bezos, #Zuckerberg and other US tech billionaires on the table, #UK PM Starmer confirms

« PM says digital services tax and Online Safety Act formed part of talks with #Trump White House over deal to avert tariffs. »

« US VP JD Vance, has accused Britain of stifling free speech with the Online Safety Act which creates a legal duty for social media firms to enforce their terms of service. »

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tax-cut-billionaires-starmer-musk-bezos-trade-3630807

US air force reverses its recent Trump admin ban on use of notes about pronouns in email signatures and websites after realizing it contradicted an older Biden ban on pronoun banning https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/air-force-pronouns-ban-reversed

Another Gambit: #DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Magnetic Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records

https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/

#china #dhs #ice #trump

Chinese woman detained by US border patrol in Arizona dies by suicide https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/chinese-woman-border-patrol-arizona-suicide

Judge awards $6.6 million to four whistleblowers who were fired when they reported #Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to #FBI

https://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-whistleblower-lawsuit-5dd82f053e23f971855568b6c6b98f50

US National Weather Service pauses severe weather alerts in Spanish and other languages

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/national-weather-service-pauses-severe-weather-alerts-in-spanish-and-other-languages

#ICE deports Nepali Bhutanese refugees from #Pennsylvania back to Bhutan. They were there legally as refugees from Bhutan. #trump #bhutan

https://www.inquirer.com/news/ice-deportation-bhutan-nepal-dauphin-county-20250328.html

#DHS detains Tufts grad student who advocated for Palestine and the "humanity of all people" | Salon.com

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/

#Trump #highed

Columbia Univ should have said, ‘see you in court,’ not ‘yes, Mr President.’ | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/22/columbia-university-trump-demands

Is planting trees 'DEI'? #Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/g-s1-55090/trump-dei-trees-removal-climate-change

#Trump admin considers giving up #NATO command that has been exclusively American since Eisenhower era.

“The timeline for the #SACEUR move, if it does happen, is as yet undetermined. Army Gen. Chris Cavoli, the current SACEUR, is on a three-year tour due to end this summer.

Five of the military’s 11 combatant commands could be consolidated under the plan being discussed…”
FYI SACEUR has been responsible for #Ukraine war support coordination.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503

80 #Tesla cars damaged at Hamilton #Ontario dealership, the largest car vandalism event reported in Canada against the U.S. company lead by #Doge #Musk

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tesla-dealership-vehicles-damaged-1.7488806?cmp=rss

US ‘deletes evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of 35,000 Ukrainian children

“A #Yale University source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to #Ukraine.

It would also have been used to prosecute those behind their abductions – including Russian president Vladimir #Putin.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html