non-Dhamma, but useful

  I didn't know this was an option, there was no signage, no one told me about it at the airport. I encourage you guys to exercise this right, if everyone gives in (goes along with getting their pictures taken), it makes us all more vulnerable for our personal digital data to be exploited by corrupt gov't and bad actors How to opt out of facial recognition at the airport https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/29/airport-facial-recognition-scan-opt-out/ And why TSA face scans that are optional on paper can feel mandatory in practice. Updated July 29, 2025 5 min Security screening at Miami International Airport includes facial recognition technology. (Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images) Analysis by Shira Ovide You typically have the right to opt out of having your face scanned at airports. And it’s worth doing. That’s your summer travel advice from Joy Buolamwini,  a pioneering artificial intelligence researcher and founder of the Al...

 frankk comment: really educational  article showing you how the real world works, and explains some of the puzzling things like billionaire whores kowtowing to Trump, and why Trump keeps pushing tariffs when it doesn't benefit the country or the world.   Trump’s honest graft [opinion piece] by Jack Shafer https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/11/trump-rent-seeking-dispensing-plunkitt/ The president has turned himself into the central dispenser — and recipient — of economic opportunity. July 11, 2025 at 6:45 a.m. EDTToday at 6:45 a.m. EDT (Illustration by Chris Gash/For The Washington Post) 17 min When Donald Trump finally gets around to erecting his proposed $34 million National Garden of American Heroes,  he should reserve a tall plinth for a bronze likeness of George Washington Plunkitt. The National Garden, which is expected to feature about 250 statues of notable Americans such as Albert Einstein,  Lauren Bacall, Sitting Bull, Douglas MacArth...

 frankk comment: 5 min. interview with Kareem, mentioning events from his activist life as speaker, writer,  promoting social causes during and after his legendary professional basketball career. the excerpt on his writings are from his award winning substack: https://kareem.substack.com/p/special-edition-free-excerpt-from?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=482856&post_id=163301702&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2r0fau&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email  Free excerpt from my new book, "We All Want to Change the World: Special Edition:  Free excerpt from my new book, "We All Want to Change the World:  My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar May 16, 2025 This week marks the publication of my new book, We All Want to Change the World:  My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today.  To celebrate, I’ve included an excerpt from the bo...

frankk comment I republish a couple good articles on the scandal, first one is from behind medium.com paywall, for educational purposes and as PSA to encourage better understanding and prevention of this type of crime in the future. Since the term "sexual assault" can be vague, here is a paragraph from the below articles that gives details of exactly what hundreds of women students of the "guru" have experienced over the decades from him. Since “inappropriately touched his pelvis” is vague, this example that JS gives does not compare to what we know KPJ to have done.  Jubilee Cooke summarized KPJ’s actions thus, “Pattabhi Jois intentionally grabbed women by their genitals.  He intentionally placed his hands on their breasts.  He intentionally kissed them on the lips.  He dry-humped women in supine poses after intentionally placing his penis on their genitals.  Several women have described how Pattabhi Jois stuck his fingers into their vaginas through their tight...