The Oder Delta becomes Europe’s wetland classroom, thanks to ten years of cross-border rewilding.
Poland and Germany have re-flooded polders, removed dams and restored landscapes, two-thirds of which is now under protection.
Wildlife tourism is soaring as elk, wolf, grey seal, and beaver recolonise the area, while European bison and Eurasian lynx are gradually moving westwards towards the delta from Poland. #poland #deutschland #Nature #wildlife #environment #germany #wetlands #border #europe
It's DANGEROUS to even approach the #US #border from #Canada
#Politics #News #Business
#Resistance #Resist
www.mynbc5.com/article/i-do...
'I don't look for trouble': Ca...
EW systems deployed near NATO border, Estonia sounds alarm https://www.byteseu.com/1226038/ #border #Estonia #NATO #Russia
@dkmackinnon Here's some more about that incredible rights violation by the US Coast Guard:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/quebec-man-says-u-s-coast-guard-abducted-him-in-canadian-waters-and-border-patrol-threw-him-in-jail/ar-AA1Jfb1G
#BorderPatrol Wants Advanced #AI to #Spy on American Cities
A U.S. Border Patrol “Industry Day” deck also asks for #drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.
by Sam Biddle
July 23 2025
Excerpt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking 'advanced AI' technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly sophisticated #autonomous systems, and even the ability to see through walls.
"A CBP presentation for an 'Industry Day' summit with private sector vendors, obtained by The Intercept, lays out a detailed wish list of tech CBP hopes to purchase, like satellite connectivity for #SurveillanceTowers along the #border and improved radio communications. But it also shows that state-of-the-art, AI-augmented surveillance technologies will be central to the Trump administration’s #AntiImmigrant campaign, which will extend deep into the interior of the North American continent, hundreds of miles from international borders as commonly understood.
"The recent passage of Trump’s sprawling flagship legislation funnels tens of billions of dollars to the #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity. While much of that funding will go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bolster the administration’s arrest and deportation operations, a great deal is earmarked to purchase new technology and equipment for federal offices tasked with preventing immigrants from arriving in the first place: Customs and Border Protection, which administers the country’s border surveillance apparatus, and its subsidiary, the U.S. Border Patrol.
"One page of the presentation, describing the wishlist of Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations Division, says the agency needs '#AdvancedAI to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment [sic],' citing the 'challenges' posed by 'Dense residential areas.' What’s considered '#SuspiciousActivity' is left unmentioned.
Customs and Border Protection did not respond to questions posed about the slides by The Intercept."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cbp-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ohLtM
Painting on paper, 20 x 30 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #astronauts #dancing #spaceSuit #spaceTravel #outerSpace #innerSpace #innerLife #introspection #environment #border #borderline
Previously, from Francesca D'Annunzio and Gus Bova: “Any time you have laws like this that empower local law enforcement to essentially serve in the role of federal #immigration agents, what we see is that there’s an increase in racial profiling.” https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-sheriffs-ice-cooperation-jails-streets/
"Enough of the past, let's sit at the table of peace and build a better future"
Joy at the Ethiopia-Eritrea frontier as the Zalambessa crossing is reopened for the first time in five years, letting families and friends reunite after the 2020 Tigray war sealed the border.
The temporary re-opening of a section of the border was organised by local activists and community figures without the official backing of authorities, but those behind it indicated that they had the blessing from officials in Tigray and Eritrea #Ethiopia #eritrea #Africa #world #news #global #peace #border
https://www.europesays.com/uk/277439/ Crew pulled from Great Lakes cruise ships in federal sweep #Advocacy #Affiliate #AI #and #Border #Charters #Cruises #CruisesU0026Charters #Customs #Donald #DonaldTrump #Enabled #Great #GreatLakes #highlights #Immigration #Issues #Lakes #local #LocalAffiliateTravel #News #Politics #Protection #Social #SocialIssuesU0026Advocacy #Story #StoryHighlightsAIEnabled #Travel #trump #U.S. #U.S.CUSTOMSANDBORDERPROTECTION #u0026 #UnitedStates #us #USA #visa #VisaU0026Immigration
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, a key humanitarian aid hub, suffers hellish night and morning of Russian strikes — Russia is weaponizing deportation — Ukraine proposes peace talks with Russia next week — [vlog/video blog] 24 hours inside Pokrovsk as Russia closes in on key Ukrainian city … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-20-2025/
Featured story, from Chilton Tippin: Trapped between the treaty and the drought, many Conchos Valley residents find themselves in an increasingly dire situation. As one Mexican farmer said, “When the #water goes down, everything goes down with it.” https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-texas-mexico-water-treaty/
"The [research] videos suggest the animals are avoiding the [#Border ]wall and changing their behaviors in response...the animals need to be able to wander the area freely to find water, food, and mates.
"...Last year, when fires swept through parts of Texas, frogs, snakes, and other animals close to the border couldn't escape because they were blocked by a section of the border wall."
TC by Craig Gerard https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientist-makes-astonishing-discovery-observing-104500657.html
#Environment #Pollution
Politics in neutral, military bearing burden
While the local authorities have agreed on protocols for managing tourism at Ta Muen Thom Temple, tensions continue…
#Europe #Conflicts #border #Cambodia #conflict #geopolitics #military #Thailand
https://www.europesays.com/2254705/
Politics in neutral, military bearing burden
While the local authorities have agreed on protocols for managing tourism at Ta Muen Thom Temple, tensions continue…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #border #Cambodia #conflict #geopolitics #military #Thailand
https://www.europesays.com/2254705/
Thousands of soldiers to be deployed to Poland’s borders
Photo. PLinNATO (@PLinNATO) i @Zelazna_Dywizja/Twitter Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Copy link Send email Five thousand Polish soldiers deployed to…
#Europe #Lithuania #belarus #border #frontier #Lietuva #lithuania #Migrants #naujienos #poland
https://www.europesays.com/2252900/
@michelestrider It is done:
(this linked post should share into the fediverse in less than 15 minutes)
From Jesús Jank Curbelo in 2024: "It got to the point where I feared leaving home, afraid I’d be followed by plainclothes state agents.
So I fled. Destination: #Dallas, where my father lives. I became a man without a country, and I was as terrified of setting foot in the United States as I was of not surviving the trip." https://www.texasobserver.org/cuba-journalism-border-immigration-asylum-texas/
