Notices by LoriQuaid (loriquaid@noauthority.social)

'It's astounding to see EU President Ursula von der Leyen laugh when asked if one of her own children is in the military, quickly dismissing the idea with a "No, of course not"

Meanwhile, she's in London making decisions about sending other people's daughters and sons to die in Ukraine.
The hypocrisy is mind-blowing.'
https://x.com/ricwe123/status/1896234974577377575

Low-Flow Showerheads Actually Use More Water Than High Pressure Ones

Researchers placed sensors in 290 showers around campus, recording data for 39 weeks from 86,421 shower sessions. “Water consumption was reduced by up to 56% with high water pressure”

They theorized that the low-flow showerheads were producing inadequate water pressure for rinsing hair, so more time was spent showering
https://archive.is/HmNZs

Or perhaps making your life worse is the actual goal of environmentalists. 🤔

Breaking | Next generation Honda Civic to be built in Indiana instead of Mexico — Tariffs win again.
https://x.com/Reuters/status/1896559938572619851

"BREAKING: Patriot Front announce they will shut down the same day Wray steps down as FBI Director"

'Patriot Front’s leader, Thomas Rousseau, stated, “We’ve decided to return to our roots,” hinting at a return to less public activities or perhaps disbanding entirely. The timing of this decision aligns precisely with Wray’s departure from his role as the head of the FBI, leading to numerous questions about the connection between these two events.'
https://genesiustimes.com/breaking-patriot-front-announce-they-will-shut-down-the-same-day-wray-steps-down-as-fbi-director/

The European Digital Identity Wallet

The plan is a single government-issued app that holds your records, whether they be medical, employment, travel, education, vaccination, tax, financial as well as copies of your signature, fingerprints, facial scans, voice samples & DNA.

Businesses & government would access this data from the back-end to do “automated background checks”.

Consumer Organizations are worried about risks to privacy, but “duh, that’s what it’s for!”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coming-soon-european-digital-identity-wallet

Brits 'will sacrifice privacy for efficiency', Blair claims as he pushes for digital ID and facial recognition

Me: I'm not British, but I wouldn't want to make this trade off. Infuriatingly, Blair makes the case that this would make it so the hoards of illegal immigrants would stop coming into the country, but since the political leadership seems to want this, I assume they would issue a smartphone and digital ID to each immigrant no matter his legal status.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tony-blair-id-cards/

Nativism!!!

"Dem Congresswoman (Rep. Marcy Katpur of Ohio) Musk Can’t Be Trusted Because He’s an Immigrant"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/02/27/democratic-rep-marcy-kaptur-attacks-musks-loyalty-as-an-immigrant-n2652930

@DeWalt @YoungBlood I think the government should not be able to give any of our taxpayer money to non-governmental agencies. This arrangement just turns NGOs into proxy-governmental agencies and hides the actual, governmental agenda from the public.

@KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate People who think "transwomen are women" apparently believe that there is some sort of honor system in place, and that no sexual predator would ever dream of claiming to be a transwoman just to get access to their prey.

@ILoveAmericaNews I read that some years ago. Is he still there? Not sure, but if he has some sort of legal basis for being in Britain, his existence is less problematic for Ilhan Omar over there.

@ILoveAmericaNews I heard that the brother moved to Britain yard ago.

@mk In general in the Anglosphere, the national government is prohibited from surveiling people without some sort of evidence that the individual is committing a crime (in the U.S. the fourth Amendment to the constitution requires that there be probable cause, warrants, etc.). But if the U.K. decides to spy on an American in the U.S., then share that data with the U.S., apparently that's fine. So that's the "Five Eyes".

@mk Maybe the U.S. has access to the iCloud, and the U.K. doesn't... 🤔

UK Gov’t Demands Apple Create Backdoor to Spy on Users
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/02/10/u-k-government-demands-apple-create-backdoor-to-spy-on-users-worldwide/

@ILoveAmericaNews I really like Marco Rubio 2.0. But I wasn't a big fan of Marco Rubio 1.0. I keep wondering if the 1.0 version is going to re-emerge...🤔

Meghan Markle is among several historic figures - including Beyonce, Oprah and Maya Angelou - featured in project celebrating Black women, helmed by Tyler Perry

Me: What, no Kamala Harris? First black vice president? She is black and historic, right?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14370179/meghan-markle-oprah-tyler-perry.html

Babylon Bee: "Trump Becomes First Fascist In History To Reduce Size Of Government"
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-becomes-first-fascist-in-history-to-reduce-size-of-government

Bill Gates warns RFK Jr is misleading people as Trump's pick for health secretary awaits confirmation vote

Me: I read RFK Jr's book, "Fauci". It turns out that about 20% of the book is actually about Bill Gate's misdeeds in the public health arena, all heavily documented with footnotes backing up Kennedy's accusations. I have noticed that Gates has not sued Kennedy over the book.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14354647/Bill-Gates-warns-RFK-Jr-misleading-people-Trump-pick-health-secretary.html#

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