RE: https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works/115932962577081159

Today the @EUCommission unveiled its proposal for a Digital Networks Act ( #DNA)... and it has far-reaching implications for Europe’s internet.

Despite being framed as a “technical update,” our member @epicenter_works's first analysis shows the proposal could dismantle key net neutrality safeguards, centralise political power, and threaten an open and neutral internet.

Read the full analysis 👇

RE: https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works/115932962577081159

Today the @EUCommission unveiled its proposal for a Digital Networks Act ( #DNA)... and it has far-reaching implications for Europe’s internet.

Despite being framed as a “technical update,” our member @epicenter_works's first analysis shows the proposal could dismantle key net neutrality safeguards, centralise political power, and threaten an open and neutral internet.

Read the full analysis 👇

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

DHS Invokes Immigration Enforcement to Justify Gathering Americans' DNA

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna/

#HackerNews #DHS #Immigration #Enforcement #DNA #Privacy #Rights

Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research.

Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event.

Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.*

#archaeology #immigration

Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research.

Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event.

Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.*

#archaeology #immigration

Yeah, I don't think this is going to exactly help us recover from the massive drop in #tourism since his term started.
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#Trump Wants People to Submit DNA Just to Get a #TouristVisa

Want to visit the USA? CBP will make you submit your social media history—and your family history & #DNA too.

#SocialMedia would become a “mandatory data element” , and all applicants would be required to submit a social media history going back five years.
#biometrics #privacy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-people-submit-dna-212517547.html

Biometrie-Deal mit den USA: EU-Rat ebnet Weg für weitreichenden Datenaustausch

Die EU-Staaten haben grünes Licht für Verhandlungen über ein Rahmenabkommen mit den USA gegeben, das den Zugriff auf biometrische Polizeidaten regeln soll.

https://www.heise.de/news/Biometrie-Deal-mit-den-USA-EU-Rat-ebnet-Weg-fuer-weitreichenden-Datenaustausch-11120410.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Biometrie #Datenschutz #DNA #EU #Journal #Netzpolitik #SocialMedia #news

All the essential ingredients to kick-start #life as we know it have now been found in samples from the #asteroid #Bennu.

Asteroids could have delivered all the prerequisites for life to Earth – and perhaps elsewhere.

In 2020, OSIRIS-REx mission extracted samples from Bennu, an asteroid that was orbiting the #sun between Mars and Jupiter, and returned the samples to Earth in 2023.

Since then, small amounts of the 121 grams collected have been sent out to labs across the globe for analysis, so specialists in detecting each type of biological compound could set to work.

The first studies revealed the presence of #water, #carbon and several organic molecules. Next came the detection of amino acids, formaldehyde and all five of the nucleobases found in #RNA and #DNA, as well as phosphates.

However, this isn’t quite enough to put together the molecules that carry genetic information.

Now, scientists have revealed the presence of #ribose, as well as other sugars, including lyxose, xylose, arabinose, glucose and galactose.

#astrobiology
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506650-asteroid-bennu-carries-all-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know-it/

Paper by Furukawa et al. (2025): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01838-6

DNA Learning Center: Mechanism of Replication 3D Animation

https://dnalc.cshl.edu/resources/3d/04-mechanism-of-replication-advanced.html

#HackerNews #DNA #Learning #Center #Mechanism #of #Replication #3D #Animation #Education #Science #Animation #Genetics

Yeah, I don't think this is going to exactly help us recover from the massive drop in #tourism since his term started.
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#Trump Wants People to Submit DNA Just to Get a #TouristVisa

Want to visit the USA? CBP will make you submit your social media history—and your family history & #DNA too.

#SocialMedia would become a “mandatory data element” , and all applicants would be required to submit a social media history going back five years.
#biometrics #privacy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-people-submit-dna-212517547.html

Als je als toerist de VS in wil, dan moet je binnenkort veel informatie op tafel leggen.

Het is een hele lijst; ze willen bijvoorbeeld: de gegevens van je familie, dus namen, adressen en telefoonnummers. En ook alles wat je op je eigen social media hebt gepost in de afgelopen 5 jaar.

Ook wil de regering Trump DNA gegevens, een oogscan en vingerafdrukken.

Wie heeft er nog zin in zo'n reisje?

https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/douane-in-amerika-wil-straks-meer-gegevens-van-je-dit-zijn-de-gevolgen-162188

#VS #Toerisme #Trump #DNA #privacy #EenVandaag #1V