ain't that just the way

saw "different sport au" on the @kuroyakuweek2022 prompt list and immediately ascribed my embarrassing uni crush i had on my taekwondo instructor (who was only two years older lol) onto them.

kuroo is a uni student making his way up to black belt, intrigued by his instructor who is the same age as him and yet has a second dan black belt and a main instructor job at the downtown branch of the nekoma taekwondo school. :')

And that there’s a public comment period OPEN RIGHT NOW? It only has 18 comments. Let’s get this circulating!! Public comment period ends on 11/26/25. If enacted, it would go into effect 12/26/25.

I hope I don’t need to explain why this is a problem, especially in our current administration. But a few key reasons why this is a very bad idea and sets a very bad precedent:

- privacy and security. HIPPA and other privacy laws exist to protect the unnecessary collection of data so that it’s less likely to be leaked. Is this data going to be stored securely? Who will have access to it? For what purpose? What safeguards will be in place to protect the proper use of this data? Surely there could be no reason to collect personally identifiable information about “foreigners” and “aliens”. Surely this wouldn’t be used for mass deportation efforts.

- the public comment is aimed at “the specific collection process as well as costs and benefits” for the process. So in your comment, the most effective arguments will center around how this system is infeasible to implement, cost prohibitive, and has no benefit. Focus on how the collection process will cost a lot of money, infringe on rights to privacy, etc.

Others please feel free to add ideas or template messages!!

Things to personalize:

If you feel comfortable doing so, in the text of the comment, include the state where you reside. This will highlight the ways that this may affect you, a US citizen. Unfortunately, they largely only care about the affect this will have on people living in the US

If you work in a field related to matters like this, express that. Add in how it might negatively impact your job or the industry you work in

Use expertise you may have on these matters, and briefly express how/why you have that experience

If you have any other points you feel would pose a solid argument against this policy, please include them in your comment. The good thing about comment periods is that they take into account all comments left, to some extent. This is a good time to bring your own experiences and your own thoughts to the table

Important: Do not remove the first sentence from the template. Comments are only considered if they include the docket number and agency name. Additionally, no information provided in comments is altered before being shared publicly. Please only share things that you will be comfortable having posted in full. You don't need to provide your name or address anywhere in your comment, you can be as anonymous as you wish to be.

Template:

Regarding US Customs and Border Protection, DHS Docket Number USCBP-2020-0062, "Collection of Biometric Data from Aliens Upon Entry to and Departure From the United States." I am reaching out as a resident of [blank state] to say that I strongly disagree with the implementation of this amendment for a multitude of reasons– among them being financial concerns, travel concerns, and overall concerns of the economic impact that these changes may pose.

I will begin with my concerns regarding the financial impacts of this amendment. As we have seen over the past year, the United States of America is in an ongoing and worsening financial crisis. Tax payer dollars are no longer enough to support the basic necessities that keep this country running smoothly. Everyone is feeling this crisis right now, and implementing costly new programs like efforts to collect, store, maintain, and review biometric information and databases of any non-citizen who enters the country will only make the burden even more painful. That doesn't even taken into account the struggle of maintaining a workforce to collect such data. Workers for customs, TSA, and similar federal agencies are being understaffed and underpayed at historic rates. Adding more work to their plates, or creating new agencies to fight over the scraps of resources currently available to people working in those fields, is incredibly unwise. If there are resources to create a workforce to collect that information without impacting travel in the US as a whole, their use for this purpose would cause further unrest among underpaid workers who have been told for years that there is nothing more to give them in compensation for their work. Funding the systems necessary for this would eat into resources that our country has expressed it cannot afford.

My next concern is the impact that this amendment will have on travel in the United States, should it be instituted. Already, there are ridiculous delays when it comes to traveling– both domestically and internationally. Whether there are different lines or routes for non-citizens to take, this will still eat into staff that oversees the flow of security and boarding in different travel facilities. Many airports in the United States already advise including up to an hour or more in your schedule to account for security and delays. I don't want to imagine how this change will impact those existing delays, especially while it is still being worked out. I would also be worried about the way that might be instituted. Would it be based on travel documentation, or would it be another avenue for security staff to pick and choose where they enforce and try to enforce rules? How often would US citizens be required to go through some sort of screening to determine that they don't need to wait in lines to have their biometric data collected? If it was collected by mistake, would they have a right to demand it be removed from systems? I think these are all very important questions that US citizens deserve an answer to before something like this is put in place.

My final area of concern on this matter is the possible economic impact that this amendment might have when it comes to tourism and similar industries in the United States. For many, many states, international tourism is crucial to keep local economies alive and thriving. We've already seen the damage that happens when tourism in the US slows down, as a result of a growing sense of distrust towards the function of US Customs and Border Control, as well as misuse of Immigration and Customs Enforcement forces against legal tourists in the US. Everywhere that relies on tourism is suffering, and this amendment will likely only further fuel fear and distrust of travelers coming to the US for travel and leisure. In light of the ongoing economic crisis in the United States, I fear that instituting these amendments will be disastrous. What sorts of relief will be provided to areas that are affected by this? What measures will be taken to lessen the damage this amendment will cause?

Ultimately, given the sheer number of problems that instituting USCBP-2020-0062 will bring, I would like to express my desire as a US citizen for this amendment to be withdrawn. This is not the time for the efforts outlined in the amendment to be put into place.

End Template.

Rio de Janeiro, originals above and the new "Riocard Mais" which covers a bunch of different systems (metro, bus, BRT, etc) below

These are from the last 8 hours only. And not all of them.

We're here! We're here we're here we're here!

Check the notes! There are so many of us and so many who love us.

food chain 🌾🍚🍙

Remember children—this tactic is really annoying to the police, so YOU SHOULD NOT become floppy—it’s frustrating to them and makes them look bad and is a waste of resources and no one wants that…

I’m currently trying to get a member of the british peerage to give me £50 because we’re distant cousins. I appreciate her.

she travels around for these videos and one day she went to Manchester and parked on a road called Collier Street.

Collier Street has (or had, at the time) another car park at the end of it - the SIP car park. SIP is a private company that runs these. the signage on Collier Street indicated that the payment machine there was where you’re supposed to pay, so Zoë and a fuckload of other people assumed that that was where you got the tickets. Zoë put it on her car and went about fucking with whoever she decided to confuse today

she gets back to her car, has a parking ticket, and is confused

again - she paid for a ticket. she wasn’t trying to get out of paying.

because she’d bought a ticket from the machine that the SIP car park instead of the council run machine that is actually on a different road, she’d been ticketed. and, rightly so, she contests it and the person at the council says that the rules are the rules and there’s clear signage

Zoë: the signage is misleading

council: we don’t believe it is

Zoë: well, I was misled

council: we believe the signage is adequate

Zoë, being Zoë, doesn’t agree with this. she pulls up literal years’ worth of data on the history of that sign, the parking on the road, and the number of people who got ticketed. very early on, she says she’s not actually bothered about her own ticket, but she’s upset that people are being caught out and sees that it’s a money-making scheme for the council. she speaks to parking wardens, who mostly seem to agree that the signage is misleading. she has data. she calls them back. same response.

Zoë, being an artist, makes her own sign. which she puts up below the official one. and then she waits to see how long it is before it’s taken down.

[note: there was a side quest sometime during this - it went on for months - where she put cones in the parking spaces. the council moved them onto the pavement/sidewalk. this made it inaccessible for wheelchair users, people with prams, other people who can’t just move around them, which is illegal. so she called the council repeatedly to complain about the cones and monitored them until they were moved. this took ages - we are talking weeks.]

Zoë’s sign gets taken down.

the signpost it was attached to, with the misleading sign, becomes a point of pilgrimage for British people who appreciate a good bit of humour with the intent of bullying the local government. it is COVERED in stickers.

her sign is taken down. the sign is not changed. more people get tickets.

[there was a second side quest, where Zoë discovers that the SIP car park - the private one - doesn’t have planning permission. she doesn’t let this slide.]

not happy with this, Zoë calls in to the local radio station. which has a Q&A with Andy Burnham. the Mayor of Manchester. she calls in and asks him about this. Andy Burnham says he’s taking her concern into consideration and will look into it, and get back to her if she calls in next week.

she’s not put through next week.

she contacts his office.

no response.

she calls in again and brings it up.

[all this is happening while she’s repeatedly ringing the council to ask them about it]

she has gone from “harmless tiktok prankster” to “calling out government incompetence”. with a MASSIVE platform.

eventually, after her being interviewed by the BBC, Manchester City Council puts up a sign saying where the actual car park for Collier Street is (there is a running bit where a council worker misheard her and thought she said “Collyhurst Street”, which to my knowledge does not exist. Zoë now exclusively refers to it as that, including in her radio appearance and on her phone calls)

she isn’t done. she now has a petition to force the government to change vague signage. the government said no, all their signage is adequate. she’s now fighting with them. in one of her most recent videos, she was on the phone with the House of Commons enquiry department trying to figure out how to contest it. she’s brilliant.