Who is tracking the number of World Cup players who cite visa restrictions. Most recent: Vozinha, Cape Verde's goalkeeper, whose mother could not meet the financial reqs to be granted a visa. US tourist visa application includes submitting bank records to show that you have money to spend in the US
What my algorithmic feed filled with Argentina national team inspired saris taught me about engagement-based recommender systems and youth safety...
Indigenous creators have had to tone down posts, going from documenting systemic prejudice and institutional burdens to posting about local cuisine, to avoid takedowns and account bans on YouTube restofworld.org/2024/youtube...
Keir Starmer keeps referring to the consultation as evidence for why the social media ban isn't a last gasp by-election gambit in his answers to the press. The consultation had 116,211 responses to 54 questions. The government has published a single percentage of answers to just two questions
New from @annamaria.bsky.social and myself about the new approach to foreign aid, which be given “in a way that directly benefits the American people and directly promotes our national interest,” according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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“For the billions cheering on from a distance, one question is becoming increasingly unavoidable: How long will FIFA let Trump’s United States of America spoil a celebration that is not theirs to spoil? How long will we let one man ruin the world’s game?”
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Thousands of noncitizens are eligible and registered to vote in DC's mayoral election tomorrow, but fear is keeping them from doing so, dampening their willingness to engage in local election conversations at all, let alone cast a ballot: 51st.news/noncitizen-v...