#action needed

Here’s the link

Hopefully, you don't have to be Czech to sign it - just click on the "ne v CZ" button under PSČ. Or at least, please reblog if you can, there are only 5000 signatures left.

Want accessibility in federally funded buildings to continue? Please check this out and comment on the proposed regulation changes. https://www.respectability.org/act/accessible-buildings-doe/

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently working to quietly rollback two regulations that help implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: 10 CFR 1040.73 and 10 CFR 1040.72(c) & (d). These regulations guarantee individuals with disabilities the right to access buildings constructed or modified with federal funding, as well as require existing facilities to have a plan to remove access barriers over time.

If this change is implemented, builders would no longer be required to meet established accessibility standards, such as providing elevators, ramps, accessible bathrooms, as well as the placement of accessories, such as changing tables, grab bars, towel dispensers, etc.

Hey UK folks, there's a thingy here from Action Against Hunger whereby you can email your MP (through a text they've written, or your own) to push them towards getting Westminster to a) support a ceasefire, b) support humanitarian aid getting through to Gaza, especially with so many in danger of starvation (and already experiencing hunger and malnutrition).

Doesn't take long, and even if there's no direct good response it helps keeps the pressure up and the awareness that the UK populace at large wants a ceasefire.

Reblogs of this post (or making your own with the same link) wuld also be super.

This GoFundMe is for the son of one of my oldest friends, a friend who has always been there for me when I needed them. Anyone who can, please contribute! He is now in an emotionally abusive situation with his other parent who is making him do physical labor despite his neckbrace and needs funds to be able to get his own housing in a safe place.

The LastPass hack in November was much worse than we were initially led to believe. Catastrophically worse. And it came after an earlier breach last August. The entire situation has been a disaster of opacity, sparse information sharing and the company making efforts to retain business at the expense of user security, which was the only thing we were paying them for.

I’ve just migrated over to 1Password, which was fortunately a very easy process, because now I begin the painstaking and time eating process of updating every password that I haven’t changed since that November breach. Nothing can be assumed safe.

If you stuck with LassPass, you should really change that today. And if you’re an iOS/MacOS premium account holder, demand a refund; if Apple is processing refunds to third-party Twitter app users for something that those companies didn’t do (Twitter shut off their access) then they should certainly do likewise here when the company is wholly at fault.



Deadline to Submit Public Comment: March 27, 2023

The Gist (as far as I understand it):

The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice have proposed a new rule that will limit asylum seekers.

According to this rule, people seeking asylum at the US's southern border will be determined ineligible unless:

the individual is granted parole prior to arrival,

presented themselves at a port of entry through a pre-scheduled time and place, or

sought asylum or other protection in a country they traveled through and received a final denial

The rule also relies heavily on an app of all things: CBP One. The app requires Internet access to function and there have been reports of how buggy it is (e.g, it does not recognize black faces). This is the app asylum seekers require, though, if they want to make an appointment to satisfy the second bullet above.

There are some exceptions to using the app, but they're narrow and require the asylum seeker to come up with a 'preponderance of evidence' to get the app usage waived.

Unaccompanied minors are exempt.

The rule is only supposed to last 2 years, but there's allowances for review, extension, and modification.

If you agree this rule is shitty, you can submit a public comment.

Your comment must be unique. Duplicates will get collapsed into one and only count as one comment.

Click where it says 'comment.'

The form is super easy to follow and fill out. No weird boxes to check or anything like that. It took me about 5 minutes.

Some tips:

Be clear in your opening that you OPPOSE the rule.

Provide a reason (e.g., against my faith to be welcoming to others, against domestic and international law to protect the right to seek asylum, provides an unnaturally high barrier for asylum, relies on faulty technology).

That's it. Here's some sites talking about this if you want more info:

American Immigration Lawyers Association

International Affairs Forum

National Immigrant Justice Center

Asian Americans Advancing Justice

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Catholic Legal Immigration Network