Forget the US birthday, here's your real Independents Day: a fresh batch of indie music for your enjoyment. This week, synth-driven art pop, dungeon rave, modular ambient, techno-industrial deconstructions, & a wildly eclectic singer-songwriter album.
BINI's Homecoming Fan Meet photo. Colet looks real pretty here
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Another endorsement (35th?) for Staku and the rest of the Filipino girl group BINI. This time for Baobab Eyewear.
OMB Approves EO 14284 Final Rule from OPM – Makes changes to 5 CFR Part 2, Appointment Through the Competitive Service – https://tinyurl.com/4waenmbj #Regulation #OPM
Mikha of the Filipino girl group BINI is so beautiful.
They are holding shows in Seattle on June 20 and Vancouver on June 21 as part of their world tour.
Filipino group BINI traveled to North America to hold concerts in 11 cities in a tour bus. Here's a peek of their tour bus. (8:31)
Toronto :check:
New York :check:
Washington DC :check:
Chicago :check:
Houston :check:
Dallas :check:
Los Angeles :check:
Temecula :check:
Next: San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver
#Philippines #Asian #BINI #OPM #UnitedStates #Canada #Concerts
#Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in OPM/DOGE Lawsuit
#EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) #Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in #OPM / #DOGE Lawsuit.
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/privacy-victory-judge-grants-preliminary-injunction-opmdoge-lawsuit
"In a victory for personal privacy, a New York federal district court judge today granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) disclosure of records to DOGE and its agents.
Judge Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that OPM violated the Privacy Act and bypassed its established cybersecurity practices under the Administrative Procedures Act. The court will decide the scope of the injunction later this week. The plaintiffs have asked the court to halt DOGE agents’ access to OPM records and for DOGE and its agents to delete any records that have already been disclosed. OPM’s databases hold highly sensitive personal information about tens of millions of federal employees, retirees, and job applicants.
“The plaintiffs have shown that the defendants disclosed OPM records to individuals who had no legal right of access to those records,” Cote found. “In doing so, the defendants violated the Privacy Act and departed from cybersecurity standards that they are obligated to follow. This was a breach of law and of trust. Tens of millions of Americans depend on the Government to safeguard records that reveal their most private and sensitive affairs.”"
#Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary #Injunction in #OPM / #DOGE Lawsuit https://www.eff.org/press/releases/privacy-victory-judge-grants-preliminary-injunction-opmdoge-lawsuit
"In a victory for personal privacy, a New York federal district court judge today granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) disclosure of records to DOGE and its agents."