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1 Thessalonians 2:14-16
14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews 15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]
Obama Judge Chutkan Agrees to Unseal Jack Smith’s ‘Evidence’ Against Trump in Dirty October Surprise
UPDATE: As expected and with the ink barely dry on Donald Trump's request to prevent the public docketing of Jack Smith's unsealed evidence appendix to his massive immunity motion, Tanya Chutkan denies the request, reiterates the election is of no consideration to her, and then stays her decision for 7 days so Trump's lawyers can seek judicial relief on the matter:
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1844482922352701660
Smart TVs are spying on everyone
Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change
Smart TVs are watching their viewers and harvesting their data to benefit brokers using the same ad technology that denies privacy on the internet.
In a report titled "How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era," the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) outlines the expansive "commercial surveillance system" that has infested Smart TVs – aka connected TVs or CTVs – and video streaming services.
"The US CTV streaming business has deliberately incorporated many of the data-surveillance marketing practices that have long undermined privacy and consumer protection in the 'older' online world of social media, search engines, mobile phones and video services such as YouTube," the report [PDF] declares.
"Millions of Americans are being forced to accept unfair terms in order to access video programming, which threatens their privacy and may also narrow what information they access – including the quality of the content itself."
The report calls out the proliferation of FAST (Free Advertiser-Supported TV) channels like Tubi which, through its Tubi360 brand and content studio, "enables marketers to engage in enhanced product placement by incorporating their brands directly into programming content to target individual viewers."
It also catalogs various mechanisms used for profiling viewers and presenting them with personalized ads. These include: cookieless IDs; identity graphs that combine various IDs to link activity across devices and locations; automatic content recognition (ACR) software that analyzes what's on-screen; and AI-based ad targeting that "analyzes a scene's text, images, and sentiment, determines an emotional score, and then places ads with a similar emotional score."
"CTV has become a privacy nightmare for viewers," lamented Jeff Chester, executive director of CDD and co-author of the report, in a statement. "It is now a core asset for the vast system of digital surveillance that shapes most of our online experiences."
The CDD has presented its report to the US Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and California privacy regulators in the hope these watchdog agencies will do something about an issue that has been simmering for years.
The FTC, for example, held a Smart TV Workshop in 2016 to explore the issue. "In 2016, virtually all television delivery systems – smart TVs, streaming devices, game consoles, apps, and even old-fashioned set top boxes – track consumers' viewing habits, and sometimes in new and unexpected ways," the agency noted at the time.
The following year, the agency settled with CTV maker Vizio for $2.2 million over allegations that its smart TVs "capture second-by-second information". Info captured included videos viewed, which were allegedly matched to "specific demographic information to the viewing data, such as sex, age, income, marital status, household size, education level, home ownership, and household value." The combined data set is then sold to third parties for ad targeting.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/smart_tv_spy_on_viewers/
New monument suddenly appears in the heart of Sydney CBD on Martin Place - so what is it?
Monument is replica of Islamic Holy Kaaba
The replica was erected temporarily for cultural event
A new monument was temporarily installed in the heart of Sydney's CBD, with many people walking past it without realising its significance to many Australians.
Located at the eastern end of Martin Place near Macquarie Street, the monument is a replica of the Holy Kaaba, an important symbol in Islam that plays a central role in Muslim worship.
The replica, which has since been removed, has passages of the Qur'an inscribed on it in golden lettering and was protected by a metal fence.
The Kaaba, also known as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, is considered the holiest site in Islam. It is a stone structure located at the centre of the Great Mosque, the Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Each year, millions of Muslims make the pilgrimage to the Kaaba during Hajj, a week-long event that takes place in the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar.
Muslims also turn toward the Kaaba in Mecca whenever they pray.
A spokesperson for the City of Sydney Council told Daily Mail Australia it was the third year the replica had been installed as part of a cultural celebration.
'Sydney is a global, multicultural city that celebrates our diverse communities,' a City of Sydney spokesperson said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13914743/New-monument-suddenly-appears-heart-Sydney-CBD-Martin-Place-it.html
Nothing that traitor says is notable
Mossad asset FFS
Said on AJ that the constitution was a relic that needs to be replaced.