A small army of African-American women across the South is using networks originally forged in segregation to muster turnout for Democratic candidates

The women are mobilizing in conservative states and districts, hoping to pull off upsets like Doug Jones’s Senate victory last year in Alabama, where 98% of black women voted for him and proved a critical base of support. https://t.co/RSD5JCJ0Ui
"We're trying to stir up the spirits of the folks who’ve been turned off this damn process." — LaTosha Brown, in Greenville, Mississippi, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund https://t.co/RSD5JCJ0Ui
Kewyata Dice works as a nursing assistant in Americus, Georgia. She sat out the 2014 and 2016 elections, but has promised to vote in this one. "I feel like I should get out and make my vote matter," she said. "Make myself matter." https://t.co/RSD5JCJ0Ui
Kayla and Kiana Blaine in Tallahassee, Florida, are fueled by a protectiveness and fear about the fate of black men. They applaud Andrew Gillum’s opposition to Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law and are recruiting fellow FAMU students to get out the vote. https://t.co/RSD5JCJ0Ui
At age 11, Lorena Barnum Sabbs tried to integrate a theater. She was arrested and locked in the Leesburg Stockade. Now she runs a funeral home with a voter registration booth: "Baby, have you registered to vote? It's really easy; we can do it right here." https://t.co/RSD5JCJ0Ui
"When you invest in a black woman, she brings her house, her block, her church and her story," said Glynda C. Carr, co-founder of Higher Heights, a group that fosters black women’s political leadership. https://t.co/ey3FKe9vzy

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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! 👇

It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
Rig Ved 1.36.7

To do a Namaskaar or bow before someone means that you are humble or without pride and ego. This means that we politely bow before you since you are better than me. Pranipaat(प्राणीपात) also means the same that we respect you without any vanity.

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Surrendering False pride is Namaskaar. Even in devotion or bhakti we say the same thing. We want to convey to Ishwar that we have nothing to offer but we leave all our pride and offer you ourselves without any pride in our body. You destroy all our evil karma.

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We bow before you so that you assimilate us and make us that capable. Destruction of our evils and surrender is Namaskaar. Therefore we pray same thing before and after any big rituals.

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तं घे॑मि॒त्था न॑म॒स्विन॒ उप॑ स्व॒राज॑मासते ।
होत्रा॑भिर॒ग्निं मनु॑षः॒ समिं॑धते तिति॒र्वांसो॒ अति॒ स्रिधः॑॥

Translation :

नमस्विनः - To bow.

स्वराजम् - Self illuminating.

तम् - His.

घ ईम् - Yours.

इत्था - This way.

उप - Upaasana.

आसते - To do.

स्त्रिधः - For enemies.

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अति तितिर्वांसः - To defeat fast.

मनुषः - Yajman.

होत्राभिः - In seven numbers.

अग्निम् - Agnidev.

समिन्धते - Illuminated on all sides.

Explanation : Yajmans bow(do Namaskaar) before self illuminating Agnidev by making the offerings of Havi.

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