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The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Houston's Rice University and 44 other U.S. institutions surrounding claims they discriminate against students by using racial preferences and stereotypes.

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

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Such statutes collectively prohibit #housing #discrimination on the basis of #race, #sex, #national origin, #disability & other characteristics.

HUD ofcls, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, voiced concern that #DOGE’s access to #HEMS could violate the #privacy rights of discrimination victims & potentially put them at risk if their #information is mishandled or leaked.

[“will be read by malign foreign actors” - HHS]

#law#InfoSec#USpol

* Internationally Available
#Health Information

Is *Your* #National Health #Information Site down or "normalised"?

Needing some Health Information alternatives during the USA's #Gleichschaltung ?

*Try some of these.*

As @EdCates posted:
"The Most Stereotypical Canadian thing ever."

** Canada
(paraphrased)
For their American Friends who may be struggling to find sound health advice.
canada.ca/en/public-health.htm

** WHO
who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

** Ireland
gov.ie/en/organisation/departm

** Germany
bzga.de/home/key-topics/
(language button at top)

** Papua New Guinea
health.gov.pg/

** Singapore
moh.gov.sg/

** New Zealand
tewhatuora.govt.nz/
info.health.nz/keeping-healthy

@Edelruth @EdCates
@kaffando @MxVerda

ToBeContinued ...

www.canada.caPublic Health Agency of Canada - Canada.caPublic Health Agency of Canada

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

About a year after General Motors released its flock of autonomous vehicles onto the streets of downtown Houston, the automotive manufacturing company is reportedly pulling funding from the initiative and stepping back from robotaxis entirely.

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

X - A place where users can “share potential incidents of voter fraud or irregularities you see while voting in the 2024 election.” 🤯 💥
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabt
#National Security

'Elon Musk, one of Trump’s most gleeful supporters, someone with troubling links to both China and Russia, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who’ll take to the streets.'

emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/elon

The #National #Climatic #Data #Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina.

As I write this, the center's website remains offline.
That's because Asheville, a city in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding from #Hurricane #Helene that has played out over the last week.
🔥The climate data facility is inoperable because water and electricity services in the region have entirely broken down due to flooding.

arstechnica.com/science/2024/0

Ars Technica · We’re only beginning to understand the historic nature of Helene’s floodingHow does a region that is nearly 500 miles from the Gulf become devastated by flooding?