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अपेक्षा / Expectation  – Kaushal Kishore

When I speak a lot, 

people think I’m crazy; 

if I speak less, 

I look arrogant, 

if I focus solely on work, 

I’m branded as selfish,

and if I stay silent, 

I risk appearing dumb, 

it makes me wonder 

what people actually expect…

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–Kaushal Kishore 

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Source: अपेक्षा / Expectation  – Kaushal Kishore

Republicans Want To Block Broadband Funding To Schools That Refuse To Implement Easily Bypassed TikTok Bans | Techdirt

We’ve noted how the GOP’s obsession with TikTok is… weird and superficial. Guys like Ted Cruz or Brendan Carr will suffer absolute embolisms about TikTok (and TikTok only) to get on cable news where they’ll be portrayed as good faith privacy reformers. While simultaneously refusing to pass a privacy law or regulate dodgy data brokers (who routinely sell consumer data to everyone, including Chinese intelligence).

At the same time, the GOP’s “solution” to TikTok is somehow even more superficial and stupid: a blanket ban that doesn’t work. You’ll recall how it took college kids all of forty seconds to realize they could bypass the Montana TikTok University ban by simply switching their phone from Wi-Fi to cellular, something the GOP brain trust still hasn’t gotten its collective noggin’ around.

Source: Republicans Want To Block Broadband Funding To Schools That Refuse To Implement Easily Bypassed TikTok Bans | Techdirt

Sisi says state on 1967 borders is the solution to Palestinian crisis – Egypt Independent

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that the stability of the region depends on international recognition of the Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
During his meeting with the President of Hungary Katalin Novak, in her first visit to Egypt, Sisi outlined his nation’s efforts from the beginning of the crisis up to reaching a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip.
President Sisi stressed the importance of reaching a permanent ceasefire and introducing the largest possible amount of aid to the people of Gaza to meet their needs and reduce the extent of their suffering, while ensuring that the conflict does not spread to the West Bank…

Source: Sisi says state on 1967 borders is the solution to Palestinian crisis – Egypt Independent